Antique Festival of the Ozarks this Weekend

For anyone local to the Southwest Missouri area, just wanted to let you know that the Antique Festival of the Ozarks  will be held this weekend at the Event Center at the Ozarks Empire Fairground, here in Springfield. This is the 3rd year of the show and it just gets better and better.

 Vendors from Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and all throughout the Midwest will be there. It's a good sized show, indoors, so don't worry about the cold and wind, it's warm inside! I'll be there shopping, with camera in hand!

And if you haven't joined in for Vintage Inspiration then just scroll down to the last post, still time to join the party!

xoxo,

Vintage Inspiration #111 Savoring Fall

Hard to imagine that Halloween is next week, and that soon all the beautiful leaves will be off the trees, cold weather will set in, and we'll be counting down the days to Christmas. I want to savor the colors and textures of Autumn just a little longer, so I'm sharing some features today that do just that.

Maria from Rusty Hinge has a way with her camera. She knows how to bring you in to her subject matter, making you feel like you can reach out and touch her subjects. Last week she shared some Fall vignettes from her home, and I wanted to share them with you. If you haven't met Maria, you'll find yourself browsing back through her blog posts and enjoying each photo.

My sweet friend Julie at Idyllhours
recounts the start of her love affair 

 (and wonderful collection of)  Bauer Bowls

A bold and dramatic Halloween Gallery Wall 

that will knock your socks off from Meeha Meeha

The collector in me fell in love with this vintage Shadowbox
 in the colors of Fall from Danielle at Blessed Serendipity

Kathleen from Faded Charm 
shares her wonderful galvanized French pitcher
filled with Rose Hips 

and if you need a delicious, but super simple Fall recipe,

 then check out these Pumpkin Muffins 

from Alison at Stuff and Nonsense...yum!

Hope you'll come link up all your Fall Fun and vintage inspiration.

And since we're celebrating Fall feel free to link up your Fall DIY posts,

recipes...and anything old or new that celebrates Fall.

Please have a link within your post to be featured.

Today's Vintage Inspiration Party is brought to you by

French Bleu Vintage

where you'll find an amazing variety of vintage finds.

Dee is having a Sale so be sure and check out her site.

Hope you'll join in these other great Friday Parties!

Thanks so much for joining in

 and making this party so much fun. 

Love each and every one of you!

The Top Three from Vintage Inspiration

Part of the fun of party-going is to find out who had the most viewed links each week. Thanks everyone that comes over here to share all your great posts that are full of vintage ideas, items, and inspiration. Here are the top three, and if you didn't get a chance to go visit last week, you'll want to run by and see these fun posts this evening!

Robin aka The Decorating Tennis Girl

 gave us an outside tour around her wonderful home
and the new porch at the Cape House.

Dru shared treasures from her farmhouse bath at

The Country Farm Home

And Betsy from My Salvaged Treasures 

who creates such beautiful jewelry,

 repurposed a small silver tray for a lovely vintage accent piece.

Hope you'll join in tomorrow for 

Vintage Inspiration...

see ya then,

Announcing "Blissful Whites" at Timewashed

If you thought that your Wednesday was going to be without a place to share your wonderful whites, then never fear. My sweet friend Becky from Timewashed, has picked up the baton from our lovely hostess Kathleen with White Wednesday at Faded Charm. Becky is launching her new "Blissful Whites"  Wednesday Party this evening, so come join in for the fun and inspiration of celebrating all things white!

click here to meet Becky

Hope to see you there!

xoxo,

The Marketplace at Common Ground

Hi Everyone, Time for The Marketplace to go live.

Many of you know my dear friend Rebecca Ersfeld from her beautiful blog, A RePurposed Life. She's a creative powerhouse with so many diverse talents.  I want to share two of her beautiful jewelry designs she has listed in her Etsy Shop today.

Turquoise and Jasper Necklace

 from Rebecca for Vintage Living

Vintage Shoe Buckle Cuff Bracelet

If you don't know Rebecca, I'd love for you to meet her at her wonderful blog, and then be sure to browse her lovely one-of-a-kind items at her Etsy Shop.

Here are a few more great links from last week!

Shawnee King Corn Teapot

from Thoroughly Modern Me

Antique English Cutlery

from Liz at LaCroixRosion

Pumpkin Pie Soy Wax Candle

from Erin at Harmony Farm Candles

Two Vintage Porcelain Clock Faces

from Mary Alice at Vintage Chateau Chic

And this week Sweet Magnolias Farm 
is in the Sponsor Spotlight.

Mother/daughter team Abbey and Sara bring you
wonderful handmade Farm Fresh goods that you'll love!

Burlap and Lace Table Runner

Shabby Farmhouse Apron


"Farmhouse Blessings" set of 4 Farmhouse Napkins

Wouldn't these be wonderful for your Thanksgiving table?

Thanks gals, love your shop!

Hope you'll join in today by linking up your Etsy and Online Boutique Items. Link up to three of your listings, hopefully with a link to your individual item. This link party is for items that are FOR SALE only, (all other links will be deleted). So if you're here to link up, or just to browse and shop, so glad you're here. This link will be live all week, so be sure and come back throughout the week to see what new items have been listed. 

Thanks for joining in, and be sure to let your blog readers know about 

The Marketplace.

Have a super week, everyone!

just playing...

I have a hundred other things to do this afternoon, but I had to go play over at PicMonkey for a few minutes. These are just a few photos from the last two years at this time in October. Have I told you it's my favorite time of the year? thought so...

Hope you're having a great Sunday afternoon. Cloudy and warm and humid, but oh gosh, the trees are gorgeous!

xoxo,

Ceramic Owls on the Mantel

See this little guy?

He's been my inspiration for a project that I've had in my head for the last several weeks. Well, actually this little fella has a twin. I knew I wanted to have some white owls on my mantel, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. I needed bigger, as these are only about 5 inches tall. Several of you (if you read this, please leave a comment, 'cause I can't remember where I saw them) had spray painted their flea market ceramic owl finds.

So these were the ceramic misfits that I finally located. 

But I wanted a white "Snow Owl" look. 

After a couple of coats of white latex paint...Getting there, but too "modern", and I wanted some definition of their faces.

So I got out the craft paints and gave them a slight gray wash. 

A little paint for the eyes and beak,

and a light coat of spray sealer.

But they needed a little sparkle to get them close to my inspiration.

I think they turned out pretty cute.

Their bigger size makes them show up on the mantel,

 even though they've been "snowed".

I warned you early on that there would be many evolutions of my 

"Fall Mantel". 

I think this will work until after Halloween.

then...

the "Late Fall Mantel".

joining in for these parties:

Party Time at Design Dreams by Anne

Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm
Mod Mix Monday at Mod Vintage Life
Table Top Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House
Knick of Time Tuesday
Cowgirl up at Cedar Hill Ranch
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Blissful Whites at Timewashed
Primp
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
TTT  at Stone Gable
Transformation Thursday at Shabby Creek Cottage
At the Picket Fence
Stuff and Nonsense
2805
French Country Cottage
Shabby Art Boutique
Redoux
The Charm of Home
Rooted in Thyme
Jennifer Rizzo
My Romantic Home
Pin Party

Hope you're having a great Fall weekend,

xoxo,