I’ve tried to write a post about Lucketts and I keep staring at a blank page or I write something and then delete it.  It was a very overwhelming weekend and I don’t even know how to write about it.  I feel like I need to stop the clock and write about 30 posts to really capture it all.  As I was setting up my booth, a woman came over and hugged me and told me a bit of her story.  I was in get-the-booth-set-up-before-the-crowd-descends mode and I wasn’t prepared for it.  I started getting all teary and choked up.  I had a few other moments like that.  When I add it all together…the teary moments, the fact that my family was there to support me fully and execute my (sometimes frantic) requests, how quickly my stuff sold, how many people bought my t-shirts and loved the tags Jami made, the thoughtful

Well, here it is…Lucketts Eve.  I am about as nervous and excited as a kid before Christmas.  I’ve been preparing and shopping for weeks and I’m now just over 12 hours away from the event.  Whew. We dropped our stuff off at Lucketts yesterday, but it’s just stacked under a tent, not arranged in any particular fashion.  I know it’s going to be a frenzie to get it all set up tomorrow, so we’re leaving at 6:00 am.  (Ugh.)  I am in the same exact place I was last year, so those who came last year will know where to find me.  If you’re coming for the first time, I’m on the gravel and hopefully you’ll recognize some of my stuff.  (I’m in the two white tents on the end.)   It was hard to not get distracted by all of the Lucketts goodness everywhere…       I will

The “I’M SAD I CAN’T COME TO LUCKETTS THIS WEEKEND” Giveaway I am busy preparing for the Lucketts Antique Market and I know it’s driving some of you crazy that you can’t come because of distance or other commitments.  Well, I want to bring a little Lucketts to one of my readers.  I am having giveaway for some of the special items I’m bringing to the fair.  Here are a couple of the items that will be included in the giveaway…. …an MMS t-shirt (let me know the size – S, M, L, XL, or a custom size)…   …one of my “take-away” tags…     …you’ll also get one bunch of lavender, a bag of loose lavender and a few other surprise goodies.  I’m not sure what they’ll be, yet, but they’ll be cool.  Probably an old brass number stencil, a skeleton key, maybe a piece of ironstone.  You’ll just

Last year I made a couple hundred mini cupcakes with my logo stamped in the top to give away at the Lucketts Antique Market. I knew I wanted to bring something special to give to customers who come to my booth again this year, but I also knew I didn’t want to be baking until almost midnight the night before (again.)  So, I talked with a couple of my girls, Jami from Freckled Laundry and Reni from Bliss & Tell.  The three of us came up with some clay tags that read “move mountains.”  I think it’ll be a nice little reminder for people who visit me that they can move mountains in their own homes…in their own lives.   Jami made them in yellow, gray and pale blue.         Reni designed the paper closure for the bag.     I think that says it all.  I’ll