Guest Reporter Kelly Jones on Location – The Farm Chicks Antique Show –

Please welcome Kelly Jones to Vintage Indie. Just back from The Farm Chicks antique show, she’s brought some serious eye candy with her. I hope you enjoy her report.

 
   
Serena Thompson and Teri Edwards are the crafty minds behind
The Farm Chicks. This duo’s love for junking’,
has gone from selling antiques out of a friend’s barn, to a much, much larger
yearly event that has many die hard lovers of junk lining up for some of their
good old-fashioned fun. This year the Farm Chicks Antique show, held in Spokane
Washington (July 7-8^th) held up
to it’s reputation!

I have been a fan of
the duo for some time now, especially since becoming contributors for one of my
favorite magazines, Country Living.
When my husband gave me the OK to attend this year’s event, I booked my flight
from California, to Washington
faster than you could say “Junk in my trunk!” All the anticipation, the waiting
in the cold and rain along with the other hundreds of other serial Junkers, was
well worth it!

(Pictured Above Present Past by Heather Bullard)

Gorgeous booths of every imaginable vintage, antique and
handmade goodie, as far as the eye could see! It was a little overwhelming the
first day of the event, so many things to see and everyone and their mother were
there to see it! It was almost impossible to make your way through the crowds
and into the amazing booths.

(Pictured Left The Vintage Empire)

The second day was much calmer. The feeding frenzy
had died down, and the crowd was much more subdued. I was finally able to
really dig in to those booths!

The Farm Chicks booth was the first thing you
saw upon entering the venue. Their featured items were new, old stock, enamel
ware from a warehouse in India.
Gorgeous colors of red, blue, green and white. I’m not kidding when I say there
was maybe 8 pieces left from the first day! Those ladies went nuts for this!
And who could blame them really! The booth also featured their handmade vintage
wallpaper pendants, and adorable soldered charms displayed in vintage cupcake tins (both pictured above)!

                

                  

                  

The rest of the show was filled with some of the most extravagant and well
thought out booths I have ever witnessed! The vignettes these vendors put
together were so breathtaking, that it was nearly impossible to walk away with
out a purchase! The event was fabulous, and was such a hit that they have plans
to expand even more next year! If you are a little “Farm girl meets Fifth
  Avenue”, then hitch up your horse, grab your
cowgirl finery, and visit their next event! Or you could just hop on a plane
like I did!

A Special thanks to Kelly Jones for her wonderful reporting and great photos. Please be sure to stop by her fantastic vintage shop on Etsy Sweet Addie and her beautiful blog Sweet Addie Vintage.