I’ve got some very fun news to share with you today! We’re hosting a vintage goods market here in Pike Road, Alabama on October 19th!
(Logo by Courtnie at Poppy Pedals!)
It’ll take place in what’s technically called “The Meeting House”, but most folks around here refer to it as “The Chapel”:
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It usually functions as a place for meetings, weddings, and birthday parties- but we thought it would be a super fun place to host a vintage goods market in!
(Note: I got a question about it on Instagram, so I feel like I should also mention that the chapel isn’t, and never has been, a church building.)
It’s not super huge, but there is enough room for 8 vendors inside. These are the ladies (and gentleman!) who will be setting up booths at the market:
Marian, a.k.a Miss Mustard Seed and author of Inspired You, is driving in all the way from Pennsylvania with a trailer full of fabulous flea market finds! We’re very excited she and her hubby are coming to town, and I can’t wait to see how she sets up her booth! (Have you seen her booths at Luckett’s in Virginia? #Stunning)
Lucy Farmer, who blogs at Lucy’s Inspired will be bringing in a whole truckload of architectural salvage from (owner) Garlan Gudger’s Southern Accents store, in Cullman, Alabama. Lucy will also be selling pieces of vintage-to-vogue jewelry from her Lucy’s Lockets line!
Evan G. Cooper, stylist extraordinaire, will not only be helping me style (and re-style!) the Chapel Market event, he’ll also have a flower stand set up smack dab in the middle of the chapel for local folks that want to take home a pretty bouquet that day!
Mary Gulbrantson, a.k.a Urban Farmgirl is driving all the way down from Rockford, Illinois with what is sure to be an awesome bunch of farm-style finds. Mary hosts wildly popular vintage goods sales at her Urban Farmgirl shop in Rockford on a regular basis, so I’m really excited to be partnering up with her for this one in sweet home Alabama! (True story: Mary and I have been talking about doing something like this together for about three years now, and I can hardly believe we’re actually going to do it for real this year!!! #BestieFromAnotherNestie)
And to make matters even more fun, Susan from Maple & Magnolia will be coming down with Mary, and rumor has it, she’ll be bringing a bunch of vintage goodies with her, too!
Shaunna West, who blogs at Perfectly Imperfect Blog will be selling a lovely mix of both vintage and vintage-inspired items in her booth. Her Perfectly Imperfect shop is located in Troy, Alabama- which is only about an hour away, so I may try to talk her into bringing up two loads of stuff! 🙂 (Paint-lovin’ peeps: Shaunna will also be selling Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and Miss Mustard Seed’s line of Milk Paint in her booth.)
And speaking of talented Southerners- New York Times best-selling author, Mary Kay Andrews, will also be bringing a trailer full of vintage goods picked from around the South, and I could not be more excited that she is able to attend! Her next book comes out on October 15th, so it’ll be extra fun to celebrate with her at the market that week!
KariAnne Wood was named Country Living magazine’s “Blue Ribbon Blogger” last year, and her blog, Thistlewood Farms, is definitely one of my favs! She’ll be driving down from Kentucky with another one of my favorite bloggers, (Laura from Finding Home) and I can’t wait to see all the vintage goodness they bring down with them!
I’ll be setting up a booth at the market too, and I look forward to parting with/gathering up a bunch of fun stuff to put in it over the next few months!
(Note: The items in the photos above are not necessarily going to be for sale. I just wanted to include a few small photos of the types of things you will probably see at the market.)
Each of us vendors will be posting pics of the actual items we’ll be selling on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook from time to time- so if you’re interested in seeing what everybody’s bringing, be sure to pop over there for sneak peeks along the way!
Marian Parsons: @MissMustardSeed on Twitter/@MissMustardSeed on Instagram/Miss Mustard Seed on Facebook.
Lucy Farmer: @LucysInspired on Twitter/@LucysInspired on Instagram/Southern Accents Architectural Antiques on Facebook.
Evan G. Cooper: @EvanGCooper on Twitter/@EvanGCooper on Instagram/Evan & Co. on Facebook.
Mary Gulbrantston: @UrbanFarmgirl on Instagram/@UrbanFarmgirlCo on Twitter/ Urban Farmgirl on Facebook.
Shaunna West: @PIShaunna on Twitter/ @PIShaunna on Instagram/Perfectly Imperfect Restoration on Facebook.
Mary Kay Andrews: @MKayAndrews on Twitter/@MaryKayAndrews on Instagram/Mary Kay Andrews on Facebook.
KariAnne Wood: @Thistlewood on Instagram/ @ThistlewoodFarm on Twitter /ThistlewoodFarm on Facebook.
Layla Palmer: @LetteredCottage on Instagram/@LetteredCottage on Twitter/The Lettered Cottage on Facebook.
(PS- We’ve been tagging pics with this hashtag: #TheChapelMarket)
We’re still working out all the details and I’ll update you here as we get closer to October, but in the meantime, leave us a comment if you think you can make it, and let us know if you have any questions. Hope to see you this Fall! 🙂
PS- We’re celebrating Kevin’s 39th birthday at my mom’s house down on the coast today, but I’ll be back on Monday with our half bath reveal! 😀
Oh, I am so excited!! I live in Tallassee and LOVE all of these bloggers. Thanks, Layla!!
Layla what a wonderful job you have done getting this all together! I have often wondered why we didn’t have something like this in this area and now you have created it! Thank you so much! I know everyone will have great success with it and I will be there EARLY!
Thank you so much for something so great to look forward to!
xoxoxo
Dolores
LAYLA!!! I am in STIMULATION overload!!! All my favs in ONE place! I am from the midwest (Iowa), but am SERIOUSLY considering a road trip now on Oct 19th!!!! #dreamcometrue ~Kim
Oh, AND your bathroom reveal coming next!!?? Seriously.excited!!!!
I love that y’all are doing this!! I am in Gulf Breeze FL, probably very near your Mom, so hopefully I can make it up for Market!!! Yay!
Happy Birthday to Kevin! Hope y’all have a fun weekend!
WOW! So much talent in one place at one time!
Off to map quest the distance between here and there!
Omg…I’m giddy with excitement! All of that talent in one place, look out Alabama :-). I have to figure out how to make it! Anyone one up for a road trip South from the Midwest/Iowa???
Is that top photo (showing the chapel) a real place?!? Seriously, it looks like a movie set! So nice.
Yep! We just moved here last Fall, and we’ve been enjoying our new surroundings so much! 😀
Right? It is so gorgeous!
I am seriously considering coming out from California for this event! Some of my very favorite bloggers and market goodness??? *Girly squeals of delight*
I have always dreamed of meeting all of you ladies but it always seems that so many of the market type events are no where in the South. I live in Columbus, GA and CANNOT wait to come! October seems so far away ahhhh but I am so excited!! 🙂
Meggie,
I’m in Columbus, too! 🙂 I will be the one in the U-Haul right behind you…lol! It’s going to take a U-Haul to bring all the goodies home. 😀
I am obsessed with the Urban Farm Girl, who isn’t far from Chicago. I hope to visit her shop sometime soon. Thanks for hooking us up 😉
Wow! Wow! Wow! Nuff said
What a fabulous way to spend a wonderful fall weekend!! I am definitely planning on being there. 🙂 hmmm…wonder how far you are from Lake Martin…might could combine a trip there with this too!
I love that street and the little chapel is darling! Congrats!
Happy Birthday to Mr. Kevin!
Jake’s a Girl
How fun. I will be there with bells on and cash in my wallet!
Did you notice I have sunglasses on in both photos– OOPS! 😉
OH.MY.WORD!
I live almost 3000 miles away – and I’m working on figuring out how to come (honestly) My DH just gave me the “are you crazy look” but I’m honest to goodness thinking about it.
Recently I cut back on the amount of blogs I try to follow, and narrowed down to about 10 favs the best of the best – and they are almost ALL going to be there! How awesome is that.
I will be starting a blog soon and small creative business this Fall selling vintage finds and pretty things, painted furniture and am inspired by all of you! If I get there – I’m sure I’ll have come the farthest!
(I’m in NB Canada)
WAY FUN – Hope to see y’all there!
Wendy
Ughhhh it kills me that I live in ny and cannot make it 🙁 🙁 double boo. I was disappointed to miss the perfectly I perfect market and even more bummed I am not close enough to check this one out! Will live vicariously through all the photos.
Oh Layla, how I wish I could go. You have some amazing people coming, great job! I know it will be a HUGE success.
So, maybe, just maybe, you could get someone to sponsor a trip to your market as a giveaway???? I know us gals in CA would love to come visit!!
Ha! Crossing my fingers!!
WOW!!!!!!! I am going to do all I can to attend!!!
Have a pretty day!
Kristin
Oh, I’m going to miss it!! We’ll be in College Station for the Auburn v. Tx A&M game (War Eagle!). Looks like a super fun event and you’ll love MKA — she pretty much rocks in person!
xo Heidi
Awww, we’ll miss you at the market Heidi! War Eagle though! 😀 You’re right about MKA too- we’ve had the pleasure of hanging out with her a handful of times and she is so much fun to be around!
Yes I will be there! I live in Navarre fl so if you come down hwy 87 please honk and wave!
After this horrible day, this is just what I needed to see to put a smile on my face!!!!! Yes, I will defiantly be their to meet all my favorite bloggers!
Oh my goodness…how awesome is this!!!! I live about 5 hours away and I am going to do my best to make it there! I am so excited and feel so fortunate that y’all would have this in my area! It would be a dream to be able to meet all of you!
I forgot to say I live in Middle Tennessee. Thank you Layla for putting this together!
I definitely plan to be there! I’ve been to one of Shaunna’s workshops and I know she’s awesome! Thanks for all the hard work I’m sure you put into planning this.
I’m so excited! Looking forward to it and putting it on my calendar! What a great idea!
Holy Smokes! I would about d.i.e to get to attend.
That is it.
I need to invest in a personal jet.
AMAZING!!! I read so many of these blogs everyday and never dreamed I would get to see these ladies and their treasures in person. Is dawn too early to get there? (Joking) Thank ya’ll for putting this together. Happy,Happy,Happy in Dothan, Alabama
Ok, I live about 1500 miles away, so I probably won’t make it. I wish! 🙂
I was wondering if you made that flyer, and if so, would you mind sharing the fonts you used? Or are they hand lettered?
I am 90% sure I am going to this,, how awesome of an event! I live in georgia and even lived in Alabama for a year, so it should be a pretty easy trip for me, very exciting!!
This looks so awesome! Though I line outside Atlanta GA and we have awesome markets and fairs, I would love to come to this!
Any chance I’ll win a prize for being the one person coming from California?? I am so going to try and make this happen. Of course, I’ll have to bring several empty suitcases to take home all my wonderful finds!
Putting it on my calendar! Awesome group 🙂
Debbie
Oh MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!
Can I say how thrilled I am that you are bringing all these great folks to the south!! To Alabama! And that I live in PRATTVILLE!!!!
Who wouldn’t want to meet MMS in person! And get to see her booth…in person…and remember that a couple years ago that I said I would never get to see something like Luckett’s in Alabama. Or, get to see Kerianne and visit with her on some random subject. And say hi to Evan G. and fondly remember him handing me the wonderful pictures of my daughter made at KIMBOX. And Shauna…that wasn’t in Troy the day we visited. And, Mary Kay (who I have missed meeting in person TWO times)…whose new book I have, but I’m waiting to start reading, because once I start….well….enough said. And you, Layla–who I honked at one Saturday morning when you guys were out in your front yard (before you moved to Pike Road)… Yes! I’ll get to meet you, too! Yes, you waved!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEVIN!
And an early happy birthday to me as I will be celebrating my October birthday at THE CHAPEL!!!!
Oh. My! Can you tell I’m excited????
I can not wait! I live in Montgomery and love “The Waters!” It is a beautiful place. Super excited to get to meet Miss Mustard Seed, Urban Farm Girl, Southern Accents and all the others that will be here!! We need to have more things like this here in Alabama!! Thanks Layla
I will certainly be driving up from Dothan, AL!
This makes me want to drive to Alabama!
Layla,
THANK YOU…THANK YOU…THANK YOU!!! I live in Mobile and have been waiting on someone to put a vintage show together in our area…so I am soooo excited!!!! I love vintage goods (I sell vintage goods here on the coast) so, I am marking my calendar.
See ya there,
Linda
Oh! My! Goodness! I thought I was in heaven when I seen MMS was gonna be here, but now that I see all the other awesome ppl, I’m about to drop dead from excitement! (Not before I get there tho, hehe!) Talk about getty school girl excitement! I’m on the coast in Mississippi & I’m gathering up all my friends to head up there. Any details on times? And can you please share info on hotels. This maybe info that will be coming, but we are wanting to plan & make arrangements early. THANK YOU SO MUCH for putting this fabulous event together, Christmas is coming early for momma! ;o)
What a beautiful setting to get inspired! Just the booths will be enough to make us drool!
Holy Canoli!! Funness!!! What a neat idea
oh MY! fun. fun. fun. I believe I’m about 4hrs away from Greenville SC and that is doable! Your town is absolutely adorable.
I have never seen folks from CA dreaming about a trip to AL, haha! You do Alabama proud! Thanks and count me in!!!
Heard about your blog through Thistlewod Farm; checked it out and love it! Please add me to your email list! Thank you.
P.S. Happy Birthday to Kevin!
Would love to come!
Woo Hoo! That is quite the sale?! I am going to get out the map and see how far you are from Murfreesboro, TN! Sounds like a great event! Life to the full! Melissa
Melissa I live in Smyrna and am going to try my best to go! It is a little less than 5 hours from us. It is so exciting isn’t it!
I will be heading in from Baton Rouge.A few miles won’t keep this girl away. Any other La. Girls heading up just let’s know.? It would be fun to connect!
We’re planning a road trip!
So excited for this! It is on my calendar. Will be driving up from Opp, AL. Can’t wait!
Wow, what a fun event! I love Mary Kay Andrews, reading Ladies Night now and have read all of her books!! I can’t wait to meet everyone and see all your good stuff! What a pretty neighborhood! Coming from ATL.
Yea! Finally something fun in Alabama! Count me in…can’t wait to hear more!
Sure wish I lived closer, I love Kariannes fabulous taste! I bet this will be awesome! ~Diane
Would love to be on your email and face
book pages. Thanks. Looks like some fun things !!