Forget Me Not Dreams

More Atlanta Gift Market Displays

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:23:00 +0000

I have just a few more favorites to share today. It was a pretty quick jont through the market after all. In my prime buying days, we use to take 5 or 6 days to shop the market. It's huge and really does take allot of time to cover it. So here's a few more photos taken as we dashed through!

Loved, loved this oversized burlap lampshade!

DCI is always a fun showroom to walk through. Love the large Canisters.

We had a blast reading all these wonderful signs in the Primitives By Kathy Showroom. What a joy it has been to watch her company grow over the years. She's a wonderful, talented lady! Just goes to show you what can be accomplished when we follow our bliss!

Hugs, Eileen

The Atlanta Gift Market Favorite Displays

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:20:00 +0000

It's been a few years since I've attended the Atlanta Gift Market. It was so much fun to spend the day visiting favorite showrooms and photographing wonderful displays. It's such an inspiring an inspiring place, filled with creative and unique ideas, and wonderful talents of many. I just love being here. These were a few of my favorite displays today!

I always love visiting the Barreveld showroom....amazing!

Loved these burlap covered vases at Home Arts!

K & K is by far one of my favorite showroom! I love big, over the top displays and their showroom is full of them! Love it! I'll try to post a few more pics in a day or two!

Hugs,

Eileen

Starting The New Year With Our Big Half Price Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:06:00 +0000

Can you believe that it's January already! Holy Cow! We enjoyed taking some time to be with family and enjoyed a much needed break. We hope all of you had a wonderful Holiday Season too! But it is time to get to work again and it feels good to get back into the swing of things. So we are starting off the year with our BIG HALF PRICE SALE!!! We are clearing out our shelves to make way for the new products so grab these goodies fast! The listings are up and ready to go so click here to take a quick peek at these great priced bargains. Remember that the discount price is listed above the old price as well as on the listing itself. We still have a few more boxes to go through, so more items will be added throughout the week!

We are so excited about staring another year! We have some fun new designs we are working on! We feel so blessed to see our business grow and we know that is because of you! We are grateful for your friendship, you encouragement and the inspiration you bring to us! May this year be a year of joy and peace for all of us.

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Putting The Fun Back In Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:57:00 +0000

I love Christmas! I'll just come right out and say it, "hands down Christmas is my favorite holiday". I LOVE the decorations and the warmth they bring into my home. I LOVE shopping for my loved ones. I LOVE the Christmas music and the all around magic that seems to be present this time of year. But I too feel the stress of all the "extra" things there are to do during this special month. I want everything to be perfect for my family and friends. So I kill myself trying to get just the right presents, the right decorations and of course all the right food. Add running two businesses on top of that and a few "Grinch" moments are bound to sneak in! I know many of us are in the same boat! It takes a little effort to focus on the fun and not the stress of Christmas. Here are a few things that seem to help me:

I just have to make a list! There are too many things swirling in my head to remember them all. Being able to cross something off my list just makes me feel a sense of accomplishment.
Do something fun everyday! We have so many "have to do's", so make sure and plan a few "get to do's" for each day. It doesn't have to be anything big, just a little something to look forward to. I love sipping a hot chocolate while I read the ads or catch up on email. I also love watching all the Christmas shows that are on! Some of those old movies are a hoot!
Listen to Christmas music! We have radio stations that play it non stop....sing along!
Make a gift for someone, or a new decoration for your home. Creating and working with my hands just does something special for me. I can't show you what I am working on because they are gifts...but you can see a few of our fun handmade Christmas goodies here on our website.
Reward yourself for finishing a task. While I'm out shopping or working on things at home, I allow myself a little reward here and there. All work makes life dull! Sometimes it's a candy bar to eat as I drive from store to store, sometimes curling up with my book for a few minutes, or surfing the web! Have you checked out Pintrest....I'm just getting started, but it's addicting!
Focus on someone who needs help. Offering service of any kind will lift your spirits.

I know there are tons of other ideas, so feel free to share what works for you. I just think this is such a special time of year, but we all need to put the FUN back in Christmas! Here's to more fun and less stress! Happy Holidays!

Hugs,

Eileen

A Special Show Worth The Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:08:00 +0000

We are participating in a special show this month....Katie's Christmas Cottage! It's the perfect size and has plenty of Christmas spirit to put you in the mood! It's filled with a great selection of vintage, handmade and both Christmas and home decor.

I just love this vintage Tea Cart. The lines are quite contemporary and I wish I could think of a reason to buy it! Isn't she cute!

This is one of the Cottage displays. Love that tree!

The Tuscany section turned out wonderful and feels warm and welcoming. This is one of my favorite displays too.

I just love the Retro Christmas done in Red and Turquoise! These are too cute!

I love the idea of using ordinary things in my Christmas decor! These vintage Thermos containers are perfect! Come by and enjoy this special show! Open now through December 24th 10:30am to 5:30pm and located at 4812 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Raleigh Hills Oregon! This special show is worth the trip! For more information visit BrookhavenVintage.com

Hugs....

Eileen & Karen

Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Blog Gone!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:37:00 +0000

Oh where or where has my little blog gone! Oh dear! I am so sorry for such a laps! Seriously…my life has been crazy! When I was trying to think of a title for this post, I thought about how many different ones would be appropriate for this post…things like: "Missing In Action", "What I Did On My Summer And Or Fall Vacation", "Weddings, Events and Funerals Oh My!", and "Nothing Is Better Than Family Time!" Everyone of those titles would describe in part why the last couple of months have been so awesome…but crazy! Anyone who really knows me, would say I’m a perfectionist, workaholic type personality, so the fact that I let this blog go for so long just speaks to the dead run I have been on for the past couple of months. I can’t complain, my time has been filled with so many wonderful blessings.

Seeing my Son be accepted into a prestigious collage program and moving him from one end of the state to the other....

(BYU Campus!)

(His New Apartment Complex...spoiled!)

...completing many weddings, funerals and big time events with my floral & design business,
(A few of my weddings)

(Floral and Booth Design for As Good As It Gets Catering Company...super fun people to work with!)

...and spending precious time with our daughters and two sweet grandsons is just the best of times!.

...Add into that an extremely busy show schedule...

(Funky Junk Sisters Junk Salvation Show)

(Our display at Ruffles and Rust)

...church responsibilities, taking care of my elderly Mom and everyday life and there is not much time left over. So my apologies for being gone for so long, but as you can see even though my life is a bit crazy….I am truly blessed. There you go, now that’s the best title of all.

Satisfaction! Mission Accomplished!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:48:00 +0000

There's nothing quite at satisfying as completing a big project....a really big project! We've been working on a custom order this week...actually for several weeks!

We made 175 handmade wedding favor burlap bags for one of our Etsy customers! It's been a hugs undertaking with many steps in the process, and we definitely enjoyed crafting together! Awe, but the best of all was the great sense of satisfaction as we carefully wrapped and packed them for shipping! Whew...mission accomplished!

We finished just in time to get a few Fun and Funky Finds listed this week. So stop by our website and have a look. Enjoy the summer weekend!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Summer Treats

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:23:00 +0000

Can you believe it's the end of July! Wow, the Summer is slipping away! It's about time we were treating ourselves to something good! Here is a link for a yummy recipe for Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas! Holy Yum Batman!

We also have some "yummy" new vintage linens and quilt squares just listed. Karen and I truly have a hard time passing up these special pieces of handwork.

The time, effort and love that has gone into these makes them little works of art in our minds. And Karen is the master at getting the stains out! I'm always amazed and how fabulous they look when she is finished with them! Click here to take a peek! Enjoy!

New This Week!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0000

I've been working on some new listings! I've added a full page of Estate Sale finds so pop over and check them out!

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Eileen

Wedding Update

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000

So I've been promising for a long time now that I would post some pics of my weddings this year. So here are a few...OK more than a few pics, but they are some of my favorites.

~Favorite Bouquets~

This one is my all time favorite this year. It was so unique with Lisianthus, Hellebore, Andromeda and Roses. Drizzled with beaded pearls and crystals. I had such a fun time making this one!

This one was hard...for me! But turned out so beautiful.

Megan and her pretty maids! Loved her colors and how the hydrangeas looked with the freesia, orchids and deep purple accents.

This bride wanted something that felt like wildflowers... with a Red, White and Blue color pallet

~Centerpieces and Arrangements~

I love how Cake Plate centerpieces look. We placed them on top of mirrors so the crystal and chandeliers would reflect in the rustic barn setting. It was so cool!

I love doing fresh floral on cakes!

A gorgeous Alter Arrangement made by my wedding buddy Carol!

An over sized Cylinder Arrangement. This was so fun to make, but I didn't have a step stool and I was so afraid I was going to tip it over while I was standing on my tippy toes!

~Wedding Decor~

-Rustic Wedding-

It was so fun to do something different. This bride wanted her reception in a barn, but couldn't find one to use. So I transformed a church gym instead! We used Burlap for the backdrop curtains and many of the tablecloths.

I made rustic directional signs and used vintage pieces for the food display and accent pieces.

I had a blast designing this wedding!

-Asian Wedding at the Persimmon Golf Club-

I was blessed to work with a friend on this wedding. She took the lead and it was fun to be her helper. Didn't she do a great job with the design!

I loved how the shade umbrellas looked waiting for the guests to come!

-Barn Wedding-

Loved, loved this setting! Again it was really fun to work on something completely different! This is the gorgeous...but rustic McMenamin's Octagonal Barn. We brought in lots of curly willow and lights, hung crystal chandeliers over the tables and used mirrors to reflect the lights and open up the space.

I loved working on this wedding too.

I feel so blessed to be play a part in making someones dream wedding day come true!

Something For Everyone?

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:29:00 +0000

Have you ever seen the garage sales that say, "they have something for everyone" Usually we get to those and think...yea right...false advertising! But last week we found one that truly fit the bill! We couldn't resist taking a few pics at this Barn Sale. It's not everyday that you see a vintage Electric Chair for sale...right next to a vintage Coke Machine! We got a real kick out of that!

This week we have been working on restructuring our website and adding new products. We'd love to know what you think. Hopefully it's a bit easier to find all your favorite products with things a little less spread out. You can find our website here.

We hope you are having a great summer!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Signs Of Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Summer had taken it's sweet time arriving in Oregon this year....but we think it's finally here. Several days of sun in a row and temps above 70 degrees are a welcome reprieve from the rainy, soggy days we've had for months and months.

We ventured to the Coast on Saturday to soak up some of that glorious sun.

What a wonderful day with family and our sweet little guy...his first time putting his toes in the water and joining in the Frisbee fun!

Awe, the sweetness of summer is here.

We Have A Winner!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:37:00 +0000

First we want to thank everyone who participated in our Farm Chicks Blog Giveaway! It was really fun reading your comments and we feel blessed to add you to our blogging friends. We hope you'll come back and visit often!

So drum roll please...... Sonja from Counting My Blessings is our big winner! Congratulations Sonja! We are so excited for you! This is such a great prize and we hope you love it! Please contact us through our website at www.forgetmenotdreams.com with your mailing address and we'll get your book in the mail asap! You can visit Sonja's fun blog here.

We are getting caught up around here and getting our product sorted, photographed and listed on our website!

New This Week on Thursday we will feature more of our handmade pillows and totes and some fun Vintage Cottage finds. So stop by and say hi!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Bringing A Little Farm Chicks Your Way!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:20:00 +0000

Over the years of being a Farm Chick vendor, so many of our web customers tell us how badly they wish they too could attend The Farm Chicks Show! So this week we decided we would restock our very bare web shelves with product from our booth at Farm Chicks!

We are bringing our slice of The Farm Chicks Show to you!!! WOO HOO! So skipadee do on over to our New This Week category and start shopping!

This will be the last weekend to enter our Farm Chicks Giveaway too! So leave a quick comment while your here or click one of the follow buttons.

This is a great book and Serena signed it for us so it's also a special keepsake. We'd love to give it to you!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Farm Chick Favorites

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Here's a few more pic from Farm Chicks. There are so many wonderful booths and displays. But it's such a great sale, that we don't have much time to get out of our booth.

We loved Lisa Souers new silo! I love how her jewelry looks hanging around the edge.

This was an awesome booth.

Vintage Market always does a great job...love their booth!

I don't know what I would do with this, but I LOVE IT! Funky Junk Jen's booth was sooo cool!

Thanks for a great show Serena! We just love being part of your amazing show!

We are having a special Farm Chicks promotion on our website this weekend so we'll keep the giveaway open through the first of next week so be sure and leave a comment to enter.

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

More Farm Chicks

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posting more Farm Chick pics....I had a wedding this weekend! It was at a barn and it turned out awesome! I promise to post some pic of my weddings latter!

One of the things I love about The Farm Chicks Show is how amazing the booths are...truly over the top! See for yourselves!

This year there were quite a few booth that used these cool vintage letters to spell out their business names. Soooo cool!

Another thing that I love about doing Farm Chicks is the friendships that are made. Everyone is so nice and it's such a pleasure to get to know such wonderful people.

We often bump into Lisa of A Thing For Roses while we are out junking and at other shows. Isn't her booth awesome! Her sidekick Isabelle does an amazing job with her booth too. Unfortunately I didn't get a pic this year.

This Linda and Dixies booth of Junk Salvation! We participated in their show in May and became fast friends. Awesome booth ladies!

Don't forget to enter our blog giveaway. The winner will receive a signed copy of Serena's Farm Chicks Christmas book! Just leave a comment or add yourself to one of our follow lists. Easy cheesy! More pics tomorrow!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Enter Our Farm Chicks Giveaway!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:00:00 +0000

We made the trek home yesterday and as always managed to have some fun, see some sites and do some junking on the way home! But we'll save that blog for another day! Today we want to announce our annual Farm Chicks Giveaway and website !Serina's book "The Farm Chicks Christmas" is the prize!!!

I'm a Christmas book junkie and I LOVE this book and I know you will too!

We'll keep the Giveaway open through next week so be sure and leave a comment and let us know you've stopped by, sign up for Google follow or Facebook Follow and receive one entree for each!!! Super easy!

Also...Every year we have so many customers and friends tell us they wish they could attend The Farm Chicks Show. So this year we are bringing our slice of the show to you! Next week we will run a special After Farm Chicks Promo on our website...it's your personal invitation to shop in our Farm Chicks booth! So if you haven't signed up to be on our mailing list....now is a great time! Feel free to link to this giveaway on your blog. We'll be posting more picks of The Farm Chicks Show and of course our trip home through out the week and sharing links to other Farm Chicks vendors and giveaways!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Farm Chick Fabulous Sites

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:29:00 +0000

What a Fabulous day at Farm Chicks! We loved visiting with returning and new customers all day...definitely one of our favorite things about doing shows! It's like old friends coming together again which help makes this show such a special one. It's almost a festival atmosphere with attendees and vendors dressing in their fun and fancy from boots to ruffles! Here are a few of our favorites today:

We love these customers and their darling apron! Thanks for shopping with us ladies!

What a little cutie!

This little guys was zipping around the show in his vintage scooter.

We also love the over the top displays! Here are just a few....more to come latter. (we were so busy today I didn't get many photos taken)

These ladies are our neighbors...what a cool booth!

We've enjoyed getting to know these vendors from Today's Country Store. Their booth is to die for!

We'll be packing and loading tomorrow night and traveling home on Monday so we'll try to squeeze blogging in when we can. Stay tuned for our GIVEAWAY DETAILS. Leaving a comment or following us will automatically enter you in our contest. You might be the winner!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Farm Chicks Set Up Day

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:51:00 +0000

We arrived at the Fairground bright and early and excited to get the truck unloaded and start setting up our booth. It' so fun to see the transformation happen! It goes from this....

to this...a pile of product and props! The presorting that we did last week sure helps us get things unloaded in the general area that they go. It's organized chaos!

Slowly over the course of the day, our displays start to take shape! So the piles of tubs and props turns into this:

Our Vintage Laundry Display( with our old Bloomer aprons hanging overhead so everyone can find us!)

Our Rustic Garden Display

Couldn't resist snapping a few pics in the parking lot! It's so fun to see what the other vendors bring! We are so excited for the show tomorrow and wish everyone a great show! Come by and see us!

ANNOUNCING OUR ANNUAL FARM CHICKS GIVEAWAY! We have picked a great prize and will be posting it here soon. So in the mean time, leave us a comment, Google Follow and Facebook Follows are each good for one entree. The contest will run for a while and you can enter multiple time! All the details will be posted soon. Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

On The Way To Farm Chicks We Saw A....

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:04:00 +0000

The day is finally here and we hit the road this morning with all our wares in tow! We are headed to The Farm Chicks Show. We are excited to be vendors there for our third year! It's such an awesome show! On the way to Farm Chicks we saw a....

The Coolest Farm!

A Huge Boat In Tow!

McDonalds!

A Favorite Potty Break Store

The Farm Chick Spirit!

We are ready to roll! Stop by our booth and say hi!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

It's Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:56:00 +0000

Have you ever noticed how there is never enough time! It's amazing to me how fast a day can go by. I'm a list person! Everything I need to do goes on a list! Otherwise things just float around in my head and sadly I just can't depend on my memory anymore. So today my list is miles long! It's time to get ready for The Farm Chicks Show! So every minute of time counts! Next week we are staging our booth so this week we'll finish up projects and pricing our projects! So it's work time for sure!

It's also SALE TIME! This week we have all our Tea cups on sale so take a minute and stop by and check it out! Here's wishing us all a little more time!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Junk Salvation - Nice People

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:51:00 +0000

One of our favorite things about doing these kinds of show is meeting so many nice people. I was privileged to meet Peggy from Cricket On The Hearth.

She had such a gorgeous booth. I just loved her layout. It was fun to visit with Peggy and hear the story of how she came to name her business.

She bought this vintage shop marker many years ago and saved it with the idea that she would use this for her business name someday. She just recently opened a shop in the lobby of the historic Redmond Hotel. It was so fun to visit with you Peggy. Next time I'm in your area, you can bet I'll stop by to say Hi!

We had to take one last pic with Linda & Dixie. Karen and I were drenched! Wouldn't you know it, the weather was gorgeous all day right up until we loaded the trailer and then it just poured! We were soaked all the way through. Thanks Dixie and Linda...we loved participating in your show!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Junk Salvation Opening Day

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Sat, 14 May 2011 06:33:00 +0000

Oh my...running on fumes here tonight! It was a very early morning getting on the road at 6:30am with the trailer packed to the brim with our goodies. So we'll spare the chit chat tonight and just show you some of the cool sites of the show. This is Linda and Dixie the Funky Junk Sisters! They own and manage the show!

Here is there cute booth! We have met some really nice people.

Billy of Brocanteur Vintage is just across from us. Love her stuff!

Next to our booth on one side is The Gasworks Factory...oh my gosh his stuff is so cool! More sites to come in a few days. We'll be packing up after the show and driving home tomorrow night so we'll have to blog after we get home. Have a great weekend and if you are near Puyallup WA come check out the show!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

We Are Off To The Junk Salvation Show!

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:51:00 +0000

Tomorrow we load the trailer and are hitting the road bound for The Junk Salvation Show in Puyallup WA! This will be our first time participating in this show so we are super excited to work with Linda & Dixie. We have been collecting the best "junk" and our booth promises to be filled with lots of goodies. Come check us out and use this coupon to get a $1 off your tickets. It's going to be an awesome show! See you there!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen

Life Get's Crazy

noreply@blogger.com (Eileen & Karen) — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:55:00 +0000

I guess you can tell from the lack of my blogging, that life has just been crazy! Since I blogged last I have done flowers for a funeral, a full decor and floral wedding, another junking trip and many personal and church projects. Life gets crazy sometime! So I hope you'll forgive our lack of blogging. I promise to get back into the swing of things! This week we have some unique vintage listings so stop by our site and check them out! Happy Mothers Day to all of you!

Hugs,

Eileen & Karen too