The Mistress of Junk, Friends, and What All I Brought Home from Texas

On our last day of fun in Texas, we drove to Keller to the Mistress of Junk show; our friend, Kristi Day, had a booth of vintage goodies there, and we met up with another friend, Linda Postma for lunch and some more shopping!

Here we all are -- Rebecca, Linda, Kristi and me!

The beautiful weather we'd been enjoying suddenly turned freezing cold that day -- that's why we are all wearing jackets!

I wish I'd taken more photos there -- this was part of Kristi's booth that I loved so much!

After we'd seen all there was to see at Mistress of Junk, we drove to nearby Grapevine and had lunch in an antique store with a cafe!

 Then we spent some time looking around the store...

On a different day, we went to another Waco vintage shop that I just loved, called Junque in the Trunk!

 I loved this faux "spring cotton"

 Clever standing lamp

And I got myself this T-shirt that I really, really love and can't wait to wear!

NOW,

here's the stuff I brought home with me from all the places we visited:

 This is my favorite thing I brought home from Roundtop.  It's an antique print of Jesus talking with the Chief Priests when he was 12 years old.

 It was a gift for my husband.

 I finally got a bicycle wheel!  I will hang that up and clip fun stuff to it!

I loved those two wooden drawers -- the nail on them shows they are quite old.

The front of one is scrawled all over in pencil.

 I wanted more ephemera than I ended up finding -- luckily Kristi had some in her booth!

 Did you notice that vintage salesman sample button book?  That was a gift from Kristi -- she is so sweet!  The buttons are common but I love how they are assembled!

 I went a little nuts on findings...

 I bought a few things to re-sell, too, like a bag stuffed with Christmas hankies!

 I'm keeping this one, though -- my favorite!

 I love this lap-sized quilt; all of the pieces are silk and there is some shattering, but it just adds to the charm, I think!

 I'm not usually attracted to blankets like this red one, but I was charmed by all the cross-stitched designs over the gingham:

 Especially the motif with two cats!  As you can see, it's also hand quilted.

If you're thinking it doesn't look like I bought much -- you're probably right.  But, remember: I have been unemployed since January so my budget for delicious, fun antiques is tiny right now.  But there was no limit on how much I could enjoy the hunt!  It was fabulous!