Round Top Trip

Hello everyone...I got home from Round Top, Texas last night and boy, I'm still  pooped!!!! We walked for two days straight and still didn't get to all the tents and booths. The backs of my legs feel like boils but I tell ya....we had a fabulous time!!!!! The highlight of my shopping yesterday was when I found a $1.00 table full of the most wonderful antique dishes....on the last day of the two week trade days the venders want to get rid of stuff so they don't have to pack it home. Ooooh, how I love a good bargin...Whoohoo!!!
Anyway...I made this Halloween card before I left...it was made with stamps from Red Lead Paperworks. They have such cute little witch stamps!!
Recipe: Stamps: Red Lead
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, White, dp scrap
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Really Rust
Accessories: Fiber, Ribbon, Circle Punch

This is a picture of the wonderful Pecan Grove Inn Bed and Breakfast in Carmine, Tx where we spent Saturday night. It is a turn of the century home with 7 bedrooms and a dining room where we all eat family style. The owners are sooo nice and they are great cooks!!! Susie and I shared a double room...all the rooms have their own bathroom and little sitting area.

This is the side garden and patio...check out all the big  beautiful trees!! All the houses in the area are gorgeous, too!!

This is the sitting area in our room.....the owners love antiques and period pieces, too!! Note the wood siding on the walls...it's original. The ceiling has the original beadboard and the floor has the original 6 inch painted wood planks.

The last two pics are different tents with lots of goodies....some of the tents house from 2 to 20 or more venders. Take these tents times 200 or maybe 300 and that's how many tents are in each town not to mention the huge metal buildings with hundreds of venders sharing the space. We went to 3 towns in two days...yikes call us crazy!!

Thanks for stopping by.....have a great Monday!!!! 

Round Top

My friend Susan

ready to dive into that tent of goodies!!!

Hundreds of tents like these are full to the brim with antiques along the roads of several small towns close to Round Top, Texas

The mall pictured here was so big I got lost!! It was one of many enclosed buildings....we went in that one because it was free. Some charged as much as $10.00 admission!!

Hi everyone....I am sooo tired and sore!!! We walked for 2 days solid and had such a wonderful time!! If you like antiques, Round Top is the place to go. Two weeks at the end of March and first of April in the spring and 2 weeks in October each year antique venders come from all over the country. We went to 3 little towns and they were all filled with hundreds of tents, buildings, and warehouses full of stuff!!! I went with 3 friends and we stayed at the cutest Bed and Breakfast called the Pecan Grove Inn in Carmine, Texas. They had great rooms in a turn of the century restored house and the breakfast was FABULOUS!!! If you ever want to visit Texas and love antiques, make you plans with Round Top in mind!! Be sure to wear good shoes and bring lots of money!!! I bought an Eastlake rocker that we couldn't get in Linda's SUV so we will have to go to the ladies antique shop in Austin to pick it up...oh, darn...heehee!!! Did I plan that right or what!!?!! Thanks for visiting and I will get some stamping done tomorrow!!