i got to go back to the flea market!
i have missed it so much.
this is my favorite place to shop.
the first time i came here i remember thinking
"i don't think i will ever shop in a store again"
(of course that didn't happen)
but i was totally hooked.
i went all year round even in the snow for years.
i love everything about it.
and then we moved away.
there is so much to see.
so many ideas swirl around in my head.
i am filled with creative inspiration when i am there.
the last time i was here i was more than 8 months pregnant with annie & alone.
walking is good for labor you know?
i figured i had done it 4 times before
and surely someone would help me if i went into labor.
and thought "this town has hospitals"
so why wouldn't i go to the flea market? (i am crazy i know)
i almost bought this.
i really liked those nurses…all 500 of them.
and then i almost bought this mirror.
but i was pretty sure craig wouldn't appreciate that.
and you have to have ice cream on a hot day right?
this was yummy.
i only ate one…the other was joy's.
i promise.
at a flea market you think thoughts like
"what could i do with this giant box of tiny plastic babies?"
or "where else could hang a chandelier?"
or "could i strap a bench to the top of my car all the way back to kansas?"
i had the best shopping partners!
10 years ago they took me to this flea market for the first time.
i bought the white cabinet in my living room holding my red dishes.
and now here we are again.
it was an awesome day.
jenny and joy…i had the very best time.
thank you for taking me 10 years ago and last week too.
and thanks for my flowers joy!
i can't wait to tell everyone "these are from my illinois mom!"
traci - are you at kane county? to bad i wasn’t home – i would have probably run into you there. wouldn’t that have been a hoot?
Kelly - Hi there, I just wandered over to your blog from, hmm . . . maybe modgirl, do you read her? I can’t remember. Anyway, I love your photography and this flea market looks like the best of the best and I know some flea markets! 😉 Where is it? What is it called? I would love to go! Kelly
Trish - That looks like an wicked good time! Where is/was that flea market? How did you keep from breaking the bank there? 🙂
jeanetta - Pyrex heaven! Pyrex heaven! Pyrex heaven!
OMGosh I almost swallowed my tongue!
Jen - How fun!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer P. - Am I weird to think that I would have bought the big mirror and the box of plastic babies and then glued the babies around the frame :)?! That would make for an interesting mirror!…
carissa - THAT flea market RULES!!!!!!!
i wanna go NOW! shooooooot!
Nancy - I’ve never been to a real flea market like this one. Would love to though. Do you know of any in KS? Or closer than Chicago? If so, please share.
Amanda Jo - WOW!! That flea market looks GREAT! We don’t have fun flea markets down in this area. It’s a pity!
Looks like you guys had a ton of fun! 🙂
laura @ shorehouse chic. - This looks like an amazzinnngggg flea market! I (sadly) probably would have scooped up those plastic babies and put them in a fancy glass apothecary jar for a good chuckle.
beth - was this by any chance the Kane County flea ???
I used to live in St. Charles and I think you are in Illinois too….
anyhow if it was….gosh, how I miss that show !!!
Beth
http://www.moredoors.blogspot.com
Julie - What a fabulous day! Love the flea market and the great pics. That mirror would have been great painted….
The ice cream cone sign… want it!
Every year my friends and I ditch church one Sunday and head out for a day of Starbucks, vintage treasures and end it with pancakes. Paradise. Only 10 weeks to go…
princess lasertron - I have never seen a flea market that was that cool!!! looks like there’s something for everyone. I want all that colored pyrex.
danelle - I want you to take me to my first one!!
Gina Carlin - I’m inspired. I’m grabbing up some buddies this weekend!
Bri - OH MY GOD!!!
I so want to go to one of these even more than before. I was always curious, but now I am very sure I would find EXACTLY what I’ve imagined I could find. ….just wish I had a truck.
PamperingBeki - Oh I am so jealous!! I’ve wanted to go back to the flea market for ages and haven’t had the chance.
It looks like you had a great time!
Steph @ Problem Solvin' Mom - Wow, that flea market looks much better than the ones we have in Ohio, where can I find a flea market like that?!
mallory Heffron - oh what fun…where is this wonderful place.
I’m glad you did not come home with any of the plastic babies, they were kinda freaky….
chris - Oh I love flea markets too, now I am inspired to go , it is far but fun for our whole family, I love seeing my girls find wonderful quirky things.
Thanks, and what did you buy, those lights were gorgous.
Chris
Aby - I’m jealous! I LOVE really good flea markets! That looks like a great one! Glad you got to go again!!
Lorilee - Wow, what a great place. I hope to get back to the Warrenton, Texas show this year. My husband and I went years ago and came back with a hutch that just fit into our van with all of the seats folded down. We joked that it was a good thing we didn’t have the kids along. They would have had to stay there or ride on the roof.
kristin at praire daze - i could do so many things with that giant box of babies.
oh, beautiful pictures.
jerry said you stopped by…sorry to miss you…sorry we didn’t have a swimsuit. : )
sally - love, love love these pictures – I just want to go now! Hey Meg, where did you get your top from – love that too!
Jenny - That looks like great fun!
Leah Schoonover - You are so darn cute! I wish I lived near a cool flea market like that… we dont have much of that in the Pacific Northwest. Makes me miss my southern family!
Keri - I’m heading over to our town’s huge annual flea market tomorrow. I was already excited, then seeing your pics just made me more so! That reminds me…I’ve got to go the ATM. =)
robin bird - this is a real honest to goodness flea market! wow! buckets of babies and Oxydol for show and tell. this is thrilling…very midwest and i wish so much i could go. you made me laugh at least four times…500 nurses, adventure in home design with plastic babies. i’m glad you stopped over to see my flea market pictures tonight. gave me a poke to come visit you. and i would not have wanted to miss this… mine are completely tame compared to these 🙂 xoxox
i’m so glad yo had fun just like you knew you would 🙂