Fall Highlights

What crazy weather we had today! Windy, sleet and snow showers.  It's all par for the course in Illinois. It's also the weekend for Autumn Drive  in Woodstock and surrounding areas. I went yesterday in the rain and did find some treasures. The weather didn't seem to be slowing down the crowds. Two Sisters With Junk in the Trunk will continue their barn sale in Marengo tomorrow if you have time to stop by.  You'll love it!

I finally put my garden to rest this week. I was waiting for the mosquitoes to go away.  So, I picked the coldest day to close it down. The funny part is that while I was garage sailing this week, I found quite a bit of garden items that I have to store for the spring.

I'm going to use the red rusty train as part of my holiday display at the Carriage House. Since I'm talking about the holiday open house, I'll share the information with you now.

It's November 8-11. It's always lots of fun. Once again I have lots of vintage Christmas items.

Now, back to the fall. I couldn't resist this glass and metal angel base cake stand. I just sat the angel planter on top of it. It's perfect!

For a while now I have been looking for a silverplate cake stand. At the same sale, I found one! It's great to use for creating a small vignette.

My friend Mary and I went to the 3 French Hens flea market in Morris last week.

Here I am next to the canal and bridge holding my finds. It was a beautiful fall day. I'm going to make a point of going more next year. We ate at Letty Mae's Tea Room and shopped at Whimsy. I bought an adorable black vest with fur surrounding the zipper. It's a super store. 

The next market for the 3 French Hens will be held at the Grundy County Fair Grounds for their holiday market November 9-10. I went last year and there were vendors outside and in the barns. Dress warm!

So now that I'm in the holiday spirit, I created these displays. This one was a velvet jewelry box that had lost its velvet bottom.

This one has a base that was from a lamp. Mr and Mrs Claus surround it as well as a sleigh and deer on the back.

Both will be for sale at the Carriage House Holiday Open House as well as the truck creations that I make every year. 

Here are some events in November so that you can mark your calendar: November 2-3 is Nellies Christmas at the Farm in Belvidere. Also on November 2-3 is the Urban Farmgirl store in Rockford holiday open house. November 3 is Trove in Rockford and Rubies and Rust in Rockton holiday open houses. You can make a day visiting all of these. November 7 is the holiday open house for the Shops on and off of Pepper Road in Barrington. November 8-11 is the holiday open House at Carriage House Antiques in Crystal Lake. Nov 9-10 is the 3 French Hens holiday market in Morris. The stores in Lake Geneva Wisconsin have their holiday open houses November 10-11.  November 16-17 is the Harvest Lane holiday market in Elburn.  November 17-18 is the Washington Street holiday market in Naperville.

Happy treasure hunting!