The Lettered Cottage

Interior Design Blogs | Decorating Blogs | Cottage Style

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Shop My Instagram
  • Adoption
  • Advertise
  • Our Nest
  • Favorite Posts
  • Blog Info
    • Blogroll
    • Archives
    • Categories
    • Grab a Button
  • Pick My Presto
  • Reading List
  • Adoption Timeline
  • Advertise
  • TLC Community Login
    • Community Login
    • Community Sign-Up
You are here: Home / Featured Posts / Flowers and the Flea Market

Flowers and the Flea Market

Mar 27, 2011 by Layla

A crazy Southern sky full’a storm clouds didn’t stop me and my Mom from hitting up a local garden center’s Spring open house event this past weekend.

We were like kids in a candy store amongst all the pretty flowers and plants.

Mom was on a mission to find us a couple of hanging pots for the naked shepherds hooks sticking out of our front flower bed.

There were so many beautiful varieties to choose from…


We ended up picking these two because she thought I’d be able to keep them alive the longest…

I’m still regretting not bringing home a couple of these for my naked porch pots though…

Begonias. *sigh* Sweet, sweet begonias. (I will be back for you- I promise!)

After we loaded our flowers into the car, we decided to pose like Vanna take a walk around the property…


I love a good ‘walk n’ talk’.

Especially when it takes place underneath umbrellas like these…

…and is occasionally interrupted by invitations to tiny islands like these…

Lamar and Johnny definitely know what’s up when it comes to walk n’ talks…

After our stroll around the pond, we headed over to Eastbrook Flea Market. Mom was on the hunt for a little mirror to hang on the fence in her secret garden…

We looked at lots and lots (and lots!) of contenders, but in the end she chose the little round one in the photo above.

We saw so many great flea market finds while we strolled from booth to booth. I loved the tone of this big basket…

…and those map and glaze-covered boxes would be kinda fun to make too.

We saw a neat twig-covered chandelier, pretty pastel-painted frames, stunning vintage cameras, a magnificent, blue-painted mirror, a sweet little garden-themed chandelier, and a colorful, folding ruler, like the one we used in our Flea Market Style magazine article…

There were lots of farm-style wares too…

And I could’ve just eaten up this driftwood frame, antique trunk, and vintage card sorter…

…as well as this seafoam green butter slicer, wooden number ‘thingy’, and this amazing old metal bed…

It was such fun shopping trip, and although I really didn’t plan on bringing anything home with me, Mom went ahead and bought us this piece of framed photography we’ve had our eyes on for quite a while now…

The tag on it said ‘Old Minnesota Farm Family Panoramic Photo’…

…and it is right up this Minnesota girl’s alley!

(alley?...pasture?)

So many things draw me in…the simple old farmhouse…the little kiddo standing on the chair (in front of his mama?)…the six-pane windows…the one that’s open upstairs (what does that room look like up there?)…

The little girl in the middle…the weathered barns in the back…the beards on the men…all their s’penders and straps…

The car on the right side of the picture intrigues me too…surely it was parked there for a reason (composition?)…

The whole thing just makes me wanna build a barn on a bed of round rocks somewhere!

(One with a chevron-patterned door, and teeny-tiny square-shaped windows, of course.)

——————————————————————————————————–

Join us on Twitter or Facebook!


Photobucket

————————————————————————————-

Need help arranging your furniture?

Check out my e-book!

How To Make Pillows
California Country Style
Share11
Pin222
Tweet
Email
Shares 233

Click here to subscribe

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Flea Market Finds, Mom

Have posts from The Lettered Cottage sent right to your INBOX!

Comments

  1. liz says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    I am DREAMING of that walk!!

  2. Rita says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    About what time do you post your Tuesday link party? I don’t want to miss it!
    Rita

    • Layla says

      Mar 28, 2011 at 7:16 pm

      I’m thinkin’ 7:30 am (central time)….see ya there RIta! 🙂

  3. Nana says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Moved away from Montgomery 7 years ago, and still miss the Eastbrook Flea Market. North Alabama has lots of great flea market/antique malls, too, but Eastbrook is special. Were you at the Southern Something or other nursery – can’t remember the name, but LOVED their flowers and plants and mixed potted arrangements!

  4. Nana says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    OK, I had to do a search online to satisfy my curiosity, and refresh my memory! So, were you at Southern Homes and Gardens? Love ’em!!!

  5. Lemonade Makin Mama says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Oh what a fun time!!! Your mama is a cutie, and you look like her too!! 🙂

  6. Ocean Soul says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    Nothing finer than a day spent with mom! the driftwood frame is awesome! It’s on my TO DO list!

  7. Danielle says

    Mar 28, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    And when you get those kiddos one day (and you will), Eastbrook’s owner will say , EVERY time you walk in, “we take kids on trade in.” Has become a joke between my husband and I.

    I am down the street from you and am glad to have just found your blog recently – duh!

    http://amomseyeview-lulu.blogspot.com

  8. Everlasting Blooms says

    Mar 29, 2011 at 11:08 am

    That looks like a wonderful day spent with your mom!

    ~ Stop by our blog some time, I think we just might have similar style? 🙂
    ~Happy Tuesday!

  9. Kristina says

    Mar 29, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE old weathered trunks! Always have my eyes open for one, but these expensive eyes always find the pricey ones!

    • Layla says

      Mar 29, 2011 at 1:02 pm

      The ones we saw that day were $140. Is that a good price?

  10. Holly says

    Mar 30, 2011 at 6:46 am

    LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures of those flowers… I can’t wait to pretty my house up for spring!! I so wish we had gorgeous spanish moss here in NC, and walking trails like those… makes me want to go out and find places like this around my area!

  11. Erica Cooper says

    Mar 30, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Oh, what a fun flea that looks like it was! I can’t imagine leaving empty handed!! ha!
    I loved this post.. I live near Minneapolis and grew up in Minnesota and have loved “barns on a bed of rocks” my whole life…someday I’m gonna have me one of those…. but until then, I will just adore their simplicity and their stories of life in the past.
    My husband and I traveled to Charleston last spring and absolutely fell in love with the gorgeous Spanish moss and trees down there- in fact one of our souvenirs was a framed photo of one of the largest and oldest in the area. Every time we look at it, we remember our trip and the great time we had.
    Thanks for bringing up memories of two of my loves!

  12. meg duerksen says

    Mar 30, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    that picture is so cool.
    a piece of history.
    a memory captured forever…..love that.
    even seeing their clothes is so neat.
    i wonder WHY they took that picture too?

  13. Jacqui says

    Mar 31, 2011 at 1:48 am

    Hi Layla,
    I think that vintage number thingy is a billiards/snooker/pool score keeper – I remember it from the billiards room at a resort my family used to go to every holidays. I had to google it to be sure and found this: http://chicago.ebayclassifieds.com/sporting-goods/chicago/vintage-billiard-pool-score-keeper-for-game-room-den-office-etc/?ad=9153929
    Love your blog 🙂

  14. Laurie F. says

    Apr 6, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    Layla,
    You are just the coolest! Thanks for sharing everything! Your phots are fantastic (I love photography!), your ideas, creativity, inspiration, videos, and overall passion for all things beautiful in life! I love looking at the world through your eyes….it is what I do, too! I take my five year old with me so she can learn to appreciate architecture, design, colors, nature with me! She loves to sit on my lap as we peruse through your website, online magazine, videos, and room designs and ideas!

    I love to read success stories – I love yours!
    Thank you and keep up the great, great, great work!!!!!

    • Layla says

      Apr 6, 2011 at 6:43 pm

      What an encouraging comment! We sure do appreciate your kind words Laurie!
      🙂

  15. Michele says

    Apr 8, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    The wooden number thingy is a scorekeeper for snooker which is like billiards.

  16. Gwen says

    May 3, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Great pictures, I also love flowers and flea markets, one of your pictures with the box made out of maps maybe my next project. Thanks again.

« Older Comments

Welcome

Hello-I'm Layla!
I enjoy writing and taking pictures, and adding pages to this place whenever inspiration strikes.

My blog is my playground
and passion pushes my swing!

Welcome to TLC!

[read more]

My Latest Videos

  • RSS
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Vimeo
  • Youtube
  • Email

Get my latest blog posts delivered straight to your inbox!

Search


Categories

Archives

Farmhouse Wares
  • http://www.laurelsbylaurie.net

Copyright © 2018 · Genesis Framework · Log in