Farm Chicks 2012

Hello all!  I wanted to pop in and say a big thank you to everyone who shopped at The Farm Chicks last weekend.  I had great fun.  This year I really played with shapes and color and decided to tackle bigger pieces.  It was fun seeing some familiar faces and meeting new friends.  I have the best time at this show, I love all the kindred spirits all around me.

Apologies for being so absent around here lately.  If you want some more recent updates you can follow me on instagram- beccalux.  I am in love and obsessed with instagram!  I also update the photos to my flickr page.

I have to thank my amazing friends.  I have the best friends, I kept repeating that to Sam all week.  Friends who call and ask what time they can pick my daughter up to babysit her, friends who deliver Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Pepsi's, friends who had homemade pizza dough and all the fixings and salad all ready to go for me.  Friends who helped me paint.  Friends who gave encouraging phone calls and texts to get me through my emotional highs and lows.  Friends who helped set up and tear down for me.  Friends to party with and sip margarita's with when it was all said and done.  I love my friends!

I'm hoping to get some before and after pictures up here on some of my big furniture pieces.  I really went a different route and did primarily big pieces.  In true Becca form, most of those pieces were done in the last two weeks.  I thrive under pressure.  I am a procrastinator.  I had a good time painting and sewing this year.  

 I completely reworked this chair.  It was in pretty sad shape when I began.  I completely reupholstered this from scratch.  My friend Court sanded her down, my husband stained it.  I made the cushions after a few late night sewing sessions!  We also put in new webbing.  It was a labor of love, but worth it!

 I think my favorite pieces were the houndstooth side table and the blue chevron table.  I will post more pictures of those.  They were painstaking, but unique and cool.

 This sink weighs about 300 pounds and is a beast!  Two grown men had to muscle it over here.

 I have to thank my friend Court for the orange velvet chair.  Sam called it the throne.  I was sad to take it out of my house.  Court had to do some serious convincing for me to buy this one Saturday morning from a nice guy on craigslist.  I wasn't so sure about the color.  Yes, that's right I was second guessing orange velvet, can you believe it.? Of course she was right, and at least I can enjoy this babies twin at her house.  She has it's pair in her living room.  This one went home to a girl who appreciated it's beauty.  It's always fun sending these off to their new homes.  It's the fun part.  I only wish I got to see pictures.

My lovely husband Sam.  He's always amazing and helps me in every way possible.  He does most of the finishing coats on our furniture.  He's my quality control man.  He is a pro at moving and packing a trailer.  We just celebrated our 7th anniversary.  I love this guy, he is the best.

Farm Chicks 2011

Well it has been a full 2 weeks indeed!  We were in Denver the week before Farm Chicks celebrating my best friend's wedding.  We got home and packed up for Farm Chicks.  And yesterday we officially became homeowners.  So I have so many awesome things to blog about.  Life has been so full!

 My favorite little family photo- even though it's a bit blurry.

Here are some photos of our booth.  I will post a few more on flickr.  Sadly I didn't get as many as last year.  This year was good and different.  I was a little disappointed in myself in not having very many good big pieces.  I decided to embrace the fact that we moved over the summer and had a baby, and were out of town the week before.  Of course it was very fun.  I was more relaxed during set up than last year.

Chaps

isn't jessica cute?

I was hungry, the first real meal in days!

Today I must share the after the show dinner at Chaps on Saturday night. I didn't know what to expect, but was blown away again by all the attention to the details. All the decorations just made you feel happy. It was a gorgeous evening. We were joking that we were living the life of rock stars all weekend (except rock stars get to sleep in don't they?) Celeste was sweet, the food was amazing. The decorations were magical. We got to chat with Courtney. It was a nice way to wind down a crazy day! Coutney has some great pictures of the inside of the new part of Chaps- the bakery if you want to check it out. If you haven't been to this restaurant you must go!

All the Pretty Vendors

I have so many photos from this weekend. This is a marathon post that took forever to put together. I hope you take time to check out the links because everyone has such amazing stuff. I am updating all the other pictures of all the other booths on my flickr page right here. I'm trying to give credit, so if you see your booth or one you recognize let me know so I can link to the web site. I wish I would have had more time to shop and chat with other vendors. I could have stayed a week I think!

Here is Krys from Hutch Studio. She had the most darling little set up all out of cardboard. Jessica got one of her pieces for her new home. I wish we would have seen her booth fully stocked at the beginning of the show. She is a sweetie. And can you believe it- she manned her booth solo the whole time. We had 3 people and I felt like that was barely enough at times. The next time I'm in LaConner I'm checking out her shop. Check out her blog for more cool pics of this set up.I did manage to buy a piece of enamelware from the gorgeous collection of Big Ship Salvage. We got to chat with John and he's so funny! I'll post a pic later of my piece.
The girls from Carousel vintage clothing were so cute. One thing Jess and I noticed walking around is how everyone matched their booth. The style they wore is the style they like, I wish I had pics of everyone standing in front of their booth and you would see what I mean.
I'm pretty sure this is Cori's art. She is on the etsy team with me and sadly we didn't make this connection until after the show. I remember wanting to go back and buy one of these, I was in a hurry to get back to my booth when I walked by. Check out all of her amazing art on etsy.
I'm kicking myself that I didn't introduce myself to Debbie Kennedy of Retreat. Serena gave me her number and I chatted with her about the show. She was so sweet and nice and helpful and I was looking forward to meeting her and I just didn't get a chance. Maybe next year :( I'm sure you have seen pictures of their booth on other blogs. It was so calming and peaceful. They had a ton of pretty pieces.

Here is a photo I stole from Patricia's blog of her booth. She was our next door neighbor and so nice. Going into her booth was magical. She had fresh flowers and it made it feel like you were stepping into an enchanted little place. I loved that shade of blue she used. This picture doesn't do it justice, if you were there you would know. And you must check out her etsy shop because she's got gorgeous jewelry.

This is Orange Crush. They just have piles of awesome things. I bought a belt last year. They're right in the front.

My friend Courtney had a charming booth. It was so welcoming and inviting. I loved everything about it. And too bad I didn't get there earlier to shop, I loved her cherry blue little table and chairs! And that freezer-too cute!

Here are Serena's puffy clouds. She's got an amazing giveaway on her blog right now. You can come to Spokane and spend a night at the Davenport. You can also see Glam Garb in the background. I love their stuff. They hand dye vintage slips.

Here is our neighbor Tim and Lisa's booth: Blue Canoe. They are so creative. Their stuff is trend setting for sure. I feel like it's the stuff you will see at Anthropologie and Pottery Barn.