It's A Wonderful Big Flea!

There's not much that I wouldn't do for my BFF Suzy. Having hubby take our picture early in the morning of the Big Flea, when I have no make up (not that I usally wear it, but never for going to the flea market), is one thing I will do only because she wants a pic of us together. I adore Suzy and will let you see the both of us together. Suzy is the pretty lady in red. I'm the other one ;)

We headed out for the Big Flea soon after! It opens at nine and there were two buildings with a total of 1100 dealers! Yay! We found several of our favorite booths right away. Suzy and I scanned the vast array of goodies and quickly loaded our totes with wonderful vintage sewing items. We were too distracted with buying to take a picture of that wonderful booth. Perhaps next time. I snapped a pic of Suzy in another booth nearby before anyone could tell us not to!

I found a wonderful vintage Mary Poppins coloring book, but didn't buy it because I actually still own the copy my mother bought me way back in the day! I did, however, snag some fun vintage barkcloth and quilt pieces from the friendly folks at this booth!

One of our vary favorite booths is run by Victoria Pramme from York, PA. Her items are fabulous and we always buy something from her! Victoria is a lot of fun and has the best eye! If you ever see Victoria when you're flea marketing on the east coast be sure to stop in!

Another of our favorite stops is Ann and Linda's booth! Look how very pretty it is! You can also find Ann and Linda's fabulous shop, The Cottage, in beautiful and historic Leesburg, VA! Ann and Linda invited Suzy and me to have our very first trunk show at their shop in October! We'll keep you posted!

Here are some pics of what I found at the Big Flea! Vintage fabric scraps for pin cushions, vintage millinery flowers for corsages, and trims for lots of creations!

Vintage barkcloth and animal hankies to transform into tote/diaper bags!

Of course, I bought LOTS of vintage buttons! I needed yellow, pink, and green ones and found them!

Vintage kid's playing cards with incredible graphics, vintage jewelry, bird and poodle cabuchons--oh my!

And of course more vintage millinery flowers! I'll use these in new vintage flower corsage/brooches I make for my etsy shop. You just can't have too many vintage millinery flowers, IMHO!

Be sure to check out Suzy's blog for her to post her fabulous finds! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and found lots of treasures!

XXOO, Beth