Introductions...of sorts

Good morning, you crazy peeps! I have to admit that I am still sore from all the walking we did this weekend. Shawew! We went a little nutty trying to hit all of our favorite Atlanta spots in a day and a half.....and I am definitely too old for those kinds of shenanigans!

 We started off with the Country Living Fair, and while we waited for the gates to open, we tried to take pictures of ourselves and got to laughing so hard we cried. I forgot that with my fancy schmancy new phone I no longer have to guess what I am getting a photo of....I can just flip the screen around...and whalla! But, it was fun to do it "wrong" for a bit and laugh until we were sweaty and sick to our stomachs. A few of the people around us said they wanted a little bit of whatever we had, because it looked like fun....and I promised them I was running on chai tea alone. 

Anyway, in a nutshell, the CLF was set up in a wooded area of Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. It was a gorgeous day to be outside, and a beautiful area. Each vendor had a tent type set up, where they displayed their lovelies

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We ran into the Nate Berkus film crew, and the Editor of CL a million times it seemed, as they were filming a segment for the Nate show....it was fun to watch them tape for a bit, and watch their faces as they tried to act really excited about making yet another light fixture out of a chicken feeder! { i jest!}

I enjoyed getting to hear Shawna Robinson from Happy Chair chat about who she is, why she does what she does, and watch a demo of her working on one of her chairs. Shawna is a cutie, full of energy, and I enjoyed her.....period. 

The booth that I took the most photos in, was Splurge Design, and happened to be a couple from Asheville, NC. I recognized their work from seeing it at the Screen Door. This team is amazing at display, and I would have to give their booth the award for being the best in show! {all of the light fixtures, letters and numbers in photos above} I loved Rebekah Blocher's ceramic jewelry, for the fantastic color combinations that she used, and the way she had everything displayed in her booth. Then there was the Modern June booth, that had lots of colorful oilcloth material for sale by the yard, more great ceramic jewelry, and some really pretty felt wreaths by Hershey is My Baby. 

photo via hershey is my baby

These are the booths that stood out to me personally, out of the many booths that were there.....not to say that the other booths were not beautiful and good, just a different aesthetic than what my eye is normally drawn to. There was definitely a lot of country goodness at the Country Living Fair, {imagine that?!}, but it's all good. 

Amy and I had a great time exploring and taking in new things.

{all photos shot with my spiffy new iphone camera!}

xo,

Barb