Canton Finds!

As promised, I thought I'd share today what we found on our day trip to Canton. 

and upon taking these pictures, I had a realization. 

80% of what we bought was jewelry. I'm not sure if thats a good thing, or bad thing. 

ok, I'm going with good. 

You see, Canton is like pinterest. It gives you so many good ideas (regarding decor, etc.) that I know I can replicate on my own, without overpaying for it.

Soooo, Jewelry was the only thing we really wanted to buy, plus its so cheap, how could you not?

This was the first item we purchased. My mom stopped by this antique booth and fell in love with the jewel tones. I have to agree, I could totally pair these with a blue top and my brown boots.

I think these were around $7.

We bought this brooch from the same lady. It is definitely an antique, but will look so cute with a scarf or on a cardigan. 

This was $7.

Next, we stopped by a jewelry booth which was super cheap, but high quality. 

We always check quality. Jewelry breaks so easily, and the worst thing is when you spend good money on something that lasts one wear. As cheap as something may be, quality matters more. 

Anyway, We liked these because they have just the right amount of sparkle, and will look great in the winter!

These were $3(!!!) and good quality

These are from the same lady. I cant wait to pair these with a cute fall outfit, because they are such a beautiful amber color! So perfect for fall!

These were $6

Oh, how I loved these. Actually, I loved the entire booth. It was full of shabby chic jewelry and at reasonable prices. 

These were only $5 and were handmade! Cant beat that!

Once again, these are from the same booth as above. I loved the blue pearls! I had never seen anything like these before, and knew I had to have them. 

$5 again.

This necklace is so much prettier in person! My mom loves pearls, and she loved the flower attached to it. and you guessed it, it was a great price, so we couldn't pass it up. 

$6

This is the last jewelry piece we bought. It is so beautiful and antique looking. I cant wait to layer this with scarves and other necklaces.  

The picture doesn't do this scarf justice. It is a gorgeous subtle light green mixed with an olive green.

I have an addiction to scarves so I couldn't let this one go.

$8

Ok, so this is the booth I went to that was simply AH-mazing. I seriously could've spent hours there. They had bins full of little tags like this one. I was digging through, just looking, when I saw the butterflies and books, obviously right up my alley. Then I read the quote and almost fell over. For real, it is one of my favorites. You can even see my Pin on Pinterest (obviously they have the citation wrong) So for $2, it was mine. 

Source: homegoods.com via Amber on Pinterest

I'm thinking of framing it similar to this.

Oh, by the way, here is the full Quote.

Then we found this antique military box for $5. There are so many things that can be done with it, but we decided to use it to replicate this for fall!

and finally....

This amazing old window which was tranformed into a chalk board. We plan on making the other side magnetic to hold pictures. As you can see, I've already decorated it for halloween! ( a sneak peak of my upcoming house tour decorated for Halloween!)

I got the idea from none other than Pinterest! 

Source: tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com via Brenna on Pinterest

We only paid $10 for the window (already chalkboard-ed!)

I believe that it was our best find!

Thats all folks!

Our Rainy Canton Adventure

Wow. Where to begin. 

After a blissful nights sleep (which included a pretty bizarre dream) I awoke to the sound of rain hitting the rooftop.  You see, this is a big deal. I live in Texas, which provided the last 2 months with a drought and consisted of 2 months straight of 90-100 degree temperatures.  Needless to say, the sight of rain was very welcome. Anyway, after basking out my window, staring at raindrops, I quickly dressed to get ready for the day. If you read my post on saturday, then you already know that my mom, brother, dog and I were headed out to east Texas for First Monday Trade days!

I was beyond excited!

We rushed to the car and set off on our hour and a half drive to Canton. 

(which by the way, driving on the highway in the pouring rain is quite scary!)

 We arrived, and jumped out as fast as we could to scour the shops. 

Believe me, I **wish** I had an unlimited budget to just buy wanted....Hey! a girl can dream!

So basically, Canton is just a bunch of "trade" centers that rent out booths to different vendors. There is also a "yard sale" section, which we didnt venture to because, well, it was pouring rain!

So here are some pictures of the different booths we saw:

This booth was Ah-mazing. Simply gorgeous! They had lots of vintage pieces that they had re-done. They gave me so many ideas!

Do you see that table with the bench in the back? The grey one? I so wanted to take it home with me. 

SOO many amazing things! I wanted that blue suitcase! or even those milk bottles!

There was also some serious fashion going on! I got so much inspiration for What I wore wednesday! I loved that cream and black ensemble on the right. 

Then, we stopped at this cute little paper company that made amazing postcards, tags and wall art. I wish I wrote down the name, because they have an etsy shop, but I didn't, and forgot the name (even though I swore I wouldn't)

I ended up buying something from here, But I'll show you that later.

Do you see those circles hanging from the wood? Get this, those are bicycle wheels refashioned as outdoor art! They were so cool! I want to make my own, though. 

I also want to make a pillow like this, but out of an old grain sack I found at a yard sale. 

We also got some serious halloween inspiration. There were so many booths that were decked out! I loved this sign!

ok, so I loved their whole booth!

I also loved this owl, but he was a bit overpriced. 

and guess what? I also plan on making blocks similar to these too!

Surprised no?

 The prettiest fall mantle, which gets cut off in this picture, but believe me, it was beautiful!

Surprisingly, there was also a lot of Christmas Decor! My mom wanted this banner, but decided against purchasing. 

Do you see me? Do ya??

I dont know why I have such a scowl on my face.... ok yes I do. 

So we thought that since it was raining buckets, that it would be less crowded.

Wrong. 

There were SO SO SO many people. more than usual. It was crazy town. Add on the fact that I was pushing a cart, walking a dog (who was seriously freaked out with all the people, But by this point, it was too late), and trying to find my mom who was lost in the crowd,

I totally get the look on my face. 

but It was a great day nevertheless.

ooh, I almost forgot, see that booth behind me? I LOVED all their jewelry, but It was once again, more than I wanted to spend. 

Oh goodness. You don't know how badly I wanted this picture. It was so beautiful.

again, I wish I was a millionaire.

So, I think these are extremely tacky, but my mom and brother loved them! I couldn't believe it.

What this picture doesn't show is how they are bigger than life size.

yup. Tacky. 

Wondering how the pooch did?

She was great, seeing the circumstances. There were a few moments (one of which she got scared of a lady's hat (she hates hats for some reason) and pulled herself out of her collar, so I went chasing after, through hundreds of laughing people (none of which offered to help) ). (wow that was a lot of parenthesis!)

She was rewarded with a bag of homemade treats!

and we rewarded ourselves with dairy queen. You see, this is a tradition. Every time we head east, we go to the exact same dairy queen for a chocolate dipped cone. Can you believe that the closest dairy queen to us is 50 miles away! I know! We don't even live in the boondocks! 

After shopping till we almost literally dropped, we headed back home. and sat for like, ever. and it was amazing. 

oh and if you're wondering what we we found and purchased, you will have to wait until later!

muahahahahaaha

but we got some seriously awesome stuff!

and we got soaked (which was completely free, and completely worth it!)