Recent Posts Tagged With 'farm chicks'

• 'The World is Waiting for the Sunrise'

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 15:21 in one of a kind art, farm chicks

  This song holds a very special meaning for a young lady whom we met at Farm Chicks last month. When she saw the sheet music that I had collaged inside the front of our Piano Bar, she reacted visibly and then told me a story that made me completely we...

• Flyin' Home

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 23:31 in farm chicks

  Sooooo, let's time travel a bit here... back to last Monday morning. Exhausted after the Farm Chicks Show and beyond frustrated by a mistake-laden 6 AM wakeup call from the front desk on the one day we planned to sleep IN (note: Holiday Inn Express o...

• A Very Heartfelt THANK YOU

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 16:55 in coming attractions, farm chicks, funky junk sisters

  Ok, I am s.l.o.w.l.y. deleting old photos so that Picasa will allow me to post NEW ones. This is the only solution I can come up with right now, since my body and brain are on hiatus for who knows how long.Before I try a post to upload a slew of shot...

• Oh Sweet BeJeebers.....

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 11:15 in farm chicks, funky junk sisters

  WeLLLLLL we had plans to share some lovely photos of booths and products and people from the Farm Chicks show.... but apparently Blogger and Picasa have other ideas. I'm getting messages on all of my blogs that I 'have exceeded my photo storage quota...

• Day Two Begins...

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 09:23 in farm chicks

  Yesterday was AMAZING! Thank you to everyone who came and shopped at Farm Chicks, and also to our lovely blog readers who introduced themselves. What a pleasure it is to meet you! We sold SO much that by the afternoon our booth was looking a bit bedr...

• Starting Bell......

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 00:47 in farm chicks

  Waiting for 9 AM when the doors open.....9:00 and three seconds later...... move in begins!6 PM: some of the lights on, not all of the product in our booth. These are not 'beauty shots' like in magazines! Those come tomorrow morning when ALL of the f...

• The Gauntlet

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 21:34 in farm chicks

  Safe & Sound in Spokane, and we arrived to a nice surprise: the gates to the fairground were open and we were able to take our big trailer right in and park it. No dealing with it in the hotel parking lot! YAY! Along with others, the trailers hav...

• Finding Retreat at Farm Chicks

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 11:27 in coming attractions, farm chicks

  Teri & Serena posted the show map & vendor list on their Farm Chicks blog, so we thought we'd share them here, too. Unfortunately, for some reason I can't get them to enlarge when clicking on them - so you'll have to go to the Farm Chicks blo...

• One Week to Go!

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 10:21 in shows, coming attractions, farm chicks

  One week from today, we'll be in Spokane making magic!...

• Sneaky Sneak Peek...

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 23:43 in coming attractions, farm chicks

  You say you want a glimpse of what we are planning for Farm Chicks (in just over a week!)? OK....here ya' go. Positively hideous, isn't it? Don't worry, this is the before shot. With some TLC and a bit of paint, sandpaper, muslin, burlap, and screen ...

• Sneak Peek

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 22:01 in shows, faded elegance, farm chicks

  We are working on lots of wonderful creations for the upcoming Farm Chicks show AND for our expanded space at Faded Elegance! Something wonderful will be arriving there May 1st. Stay tuned!...

• Chickfest

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 21:19 in decorating, farm chicks

  While I was yammering on in my post earlier today about our plans for the upcoming Farm Chicks show, I had no idea that the girls had posted on their blog about the video series I filmed at their show last June! (Thanks for the heads-up, 'Shopgirl'!)...

• Two Month Countdown!

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 13:16 in shows, farm chicks

  Yup, that's right - in exactly two.short.months, we'll be set up and sellin' like crazy at Farm Chicks '09! We are so excited, and you just will not believe the AMAZING things Bob is creating in his shop for this show. Seriously. You'll fall over whe...

• In the Works...

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 20:14 in shows, poppyseeds, faded elegance, farm chicks

  We have so many projects and several themes underway here at Retreat central...You'll notice a few new things here on the blog - the sidebar is a bit cleaner and we have two new logos, and will be integrating them into all of our product presentation...

• National Attention for Retreat!

  Posted on Saturday October 11th, 2008 at 16:07 in press, farm chicks

  Some of you may not know this, but Deb of retreat is a public speaker, writer, and video host in addition to her design work & antique sales. Known as 'the Decorating & Display Diva', Deb contributes her experience & expertise to many ret...