So yesterday was a "play day" with a couple like minded, antique loving friends. Our first stop was a VERY upscale antique show about an hour and a half from home. Soon after arriving, I ran in to a hooker friend and her husband . . . no real surprise because I have run in to them on several antiquing excursions. A while later, I am in a booth and hear a man and woman people talking about Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village. Of course I had to butt in!!! Turns out the dealer recognized me from a guild I belong to (but am not active in because of the distance) and reads my blog 😉. So we are talking hooking and another woman in the booth says she is also hooker!!! She, too, reads my blog and was surprised to find out I lived in Ohio. So the three of us are on our phones sharing pictures of our rugs 😁. Not pictures of our kids, grands or furkids, but RUGS!!! So nice chatting with you, Debbie and Sharon ~ and thank you for reading my blog.
My meager purchase was a postcard size original painting by Stacy Enoch. If you are on Facebook, you may have seen some of her work. Her work is absolutely amazing. What talent.
I could have spent 100 times more at the show. Truly wonderful antiques but most too rich for my blood. I did see one antique sampler I was in love with that was reasonably priced, but decided against buying it. So ironic because before leaving wanted to show a spice cabinet that was next to the sampler to my partner in crime . The same sampler was tempting her, too, but she too passed on purchasing it.
We made several other stops along the way. I purchased a few odds and ends but nothing spectacular. I did purchase my first grinding stone so that may be the start of a new collection😲. For now it is sitting on top of a milk can but will eventually find a place in the yard.
