Visit to Lucketts!

I have always wanted to visit Luckett's in Leesburg, VA

given that it is only 30 miles outside Washington DC

a place I travel to regularly for work.

I planned this year to travel on the weekend and

attend the Sunday day of the show.

Sometimes you build these things up

in your mind of what a wonderful day

it will be if you ever get to go to this place or that event

(well at least I do)

and sometimes the anticipation does not equal the reality once you arrive!

This was not the case for Lucketts

 ~I was not disappointed in my visit!  

Having been a Main Street Manager

I understand how much work goes into

planning these events,

particularly outside events.

Mother Nature can not be a team player sometimes,

but after over five inches of rain Friday,

Sunday was a perfect day!

The booths were plentiful in number of vendors

and well stocked offerings,

keep in mind this was 3 o'clock on the last day of the event.

Sometimes you attend these events and 

there are only a few booths that you like

the rest are either not your taste or

are dissimilar inventory.

Lucketts was chocked full of goodness!

All the vendors were friendly and

customers were not just browsing

but buying too, which as a former vendor

I understand is just as or more important~

you want a well attended event, but sales

need to be high to retain vendors.

We did not have time to go into the Lucketts store

or Design House, crowds were still heavy

and I am limited in the amount of walking I can do.

Parking was in the adjacent field(s) to the fair.

I am not someone that can walk more than a few blocks

and I had no problems parking and walking to the fair.

When we arrived in the tiny town of Leesburg, the traffic

was backed up for about a mile on the 2 lane

highway that runs in front of the store.

I was concerned the whole parking, walking thing

was going to not work out, but it was no problem once

we made it thru traffic and parked.

I was so happy to see Miss Mustard Seed's booth!

I regularly read her blog, even during these years I have

been attending school fulltime while working fulltime,

she was my coffee break reading.

I had wanted to get a signed copy of her book, but she was not at the booth when we found it.

Then I saw her walking around and pointed her out to my husband.

I am a shy person so I was going to just leave, but my husband is not shy at all

and actually started following her to get her attention!

She was heading back to her booth momentarily so he waited for her to

return and got my signed copy!  I have several of her booth pictures here at the 

end of this post beginning with the blue dresser.  It was wonderfully setup and styled!

I also learned that her parents lived in our hometown for awhile

and her Mom actually went to college where my daughter and I went!

I had to head back to the car to rest but my husband got

my book signed and I was so pleased!

One note on the event, as a person with an auto immune disease,

the walking distance is important, but also the restroom

situation is probably more important.

Luckett's only had port a potty's and washing stations.

This would not work for me if I was feeling sick,

however, about five minutes away there was a nice

restroom in a gas station (yes really) if you turned right out 

onto the state highway.  If you turn left and drive for

about 15 minutes you are by lots of fast food, gas stations, etc.

Nell Hills Christmas Tablescapes

I recently got to visit Nell Hill's store in Atchinson, KS.

I posted more here.

There was so much to look at it was hard to 

photograph it all!

Here I am sharing a few holiday

tables to give inspiration for December!

 One thing to note in the settings,

all of them use basic dishes and add holiday

items like ornaments or greenery.

 You don't have to go

out and buy a complete set

of Christmas china to 

obtain the look of a great holiday table.

 I liked the pastels mixed with ornaments.

 But I think this green table was my favorite.

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Nell Hill's Dish Display

I was lucky enough to go on a recent vacation

with my husband to Kansas City.

He got to tour the Harley Davidson Plant

and I got to go shopping at Nell Hill's 2 stores!

I have broken down my pictures into 

a few posts -this one is about dish displays.

 For those of you that don't know Nell Hills is a home decor, interior design, entertaining store

that originated in Atchinson and now has a 2nd store in Kansas City.

It's wall to wall eye candy for the dish, textile, decor lover.

 I thought it was so interesting how all of the dishes were

displayed in different cabinets, hutches and cupboards.

 If you are a dish lover like me you are always looking

for ways to change up your china cabinet and shelves.

 Each room seems to have a them of color or patter.

See below all the white and yellow theme.

 Most was decorated for Christmas

they had just hosted their holiday event the 

weekend prior to our visit.

 Love the green and white in the white

cabinet, which would look great anytime of year.

 I also loved the white owl

peaking out from the top of the black 

rounded hutch.

Next I will post more about the store and holiday decor,

then on Thursday some of the tabletops for Christmas!

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White Rabbit Cottage

You may remember that over the Labor Day

weekend, Miss B and I went on a 

Southern Shopping Tour.

Well that seems like a long time ago, 

but I am finally getting around to sharing the 

Atlanta portion of that trip.

We visited several shops in the Atlanta area

recommended by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.

I knew they would all be fabulous, because

Susan has great taste.

The first was White Rabbit Cottage in Marietta GA.

 I have used some of their holiday pictures from

their Facebook page here to

show you a tiny bit of their holiday selection.

All the non-holiday pictures were from my visit.

 Grab a cup of tea and get ready for some shopping!

 The store, which is actually 2 buildings,

is a delightful mix of furniture,

home goods and accessories.

 Allow for plenty of time to shop

when visiting!

 Wonderful accents and pillows!

 I got great ideas for accessory placement,

which is often hard to style.

 Wonderful vignettes of what I would 

call elegant country style.

 Things for the pet lover!

 Seasonal decor 

(there was more autumn at that time

but I did not post most of those pictures)

 Tons of dishes, napkins and table jewelry!

 White Rabbits (of course)

 Lots of gift items, perfect for holiday or bridal

birthday or thank you presents.

 The staff was friendly and helpful.

The store was such a delight to visit.

And finally a special greenhouse/conservatory

full of gardening accessories!

I hope you enjoyed the shopping ~please visit their store

if you are ever in the Atlanta area.

I will post more from our Atlanta visit soon.

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