Getting Ready for The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks

In few weeks I will be Selling at The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks! Our FB page is exploding with followers but it's time for me to share on blogland all about the vendors participating. 

I will be sharing few per post.

Annie from Dragonfly Dreams

Becky Wimbs
look at her set up at the June event! 

Sara and Abbey from Sweet Magnolias Farm

Eloise from "Junk Fairy"

Christie Repasy from ChateaudeFleurs

Christie and I host the event and we are having a blast! Back to work...sharing more in the next few days.

Ciao for now

Rita

My SIL and I

I learned from experience that partnerships should only be with your boyfriend, husband, wife, companion......We do learn and no matter how your partnerships ends it's still an experience that will help you grow. Christie and I host the Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks together and we are constantly telling to each other, we are not partners!, lol we are SIL. It's been and it will continue to be one of the best NON Partnerships ever. We are family. In less then 3 weeks The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks will open for 2 full exciting days and it's not that simple to put this show together especially because Christie and I are also vendors. But we do it in an organized manner and that's what keeps us sane! I am so looking forward to the 7th Vintage Marketplace as a co-host and vendor.

Look how organize I am getting!

Ciao for now

Rita

Exciting news for Chateau de Fleurs!

We have moved to a bigger, easier to find location!

We have outgrown Christie's yard, and that's a good thing. Over 30 amazing vendors will be joining us.

More to come

Ciao for now

Rita

Chateau de Fleurs, Fallbrook California

I want you to close your eyes and just listen.....well pretend!

Imagine to be my neighbor and what do you see? Your crazy neighbor Rita in the fields, wearing her RED robe, plaid pants, B/W rain boots, holding a dress form in the freezing cold!

Yes, that's what I did. I took my new dress form down the hill and pretended to be a RED NECK photographer. I am in LOVE with the results. My heart is going tutun tutun. Can you hear it? Just pretend! I am ready....loading the truck and on my way to Christie's.

Ciao for now

Rita

New Treasures

Look at what my Deano found!

A Vintage Fan

It goes perfect on my favorite corner of the Living Room with all our other sentimental treasures.

The keys are from a Castle in Sicily. "Il Castello di Donnafugata". The custodian knew that Deano loved keys. The Dom Perignon bottle was purchased by my Papa' the last time he came to visit in 1994. I love the dark green of the glass and the label is the coolest.

$5.00 typewriter

Well, today has been the quite before the storm. Tomorrow it's time to start loading the truck and taking my goodness/stuff to Chateau de Fleurs. Vendors are coming to set up and I will keep you all posted.

Ciao for now

Rita

Thank you again to "The Graphics Fairy" for more inspirations. I made address labels printed on sticky paper using one of her frames.

It's almost time for another Chateau de Fleurs event. This is the time when I really get excited and can't wait to see all the vendors! Amber, Becky, Cynthia, Debbie, Denise, Dyanna, Eloise, Jessica, Kerri, Jamie, Linda, Lisa, Lori, Missy, Nancy, Nicki, Robin, Sandra, Sara and Abbey, Sharon, Rachel, Shirley, and Vonni. Please visit our FB page for all info on the vendors. Every day Christie has been posting about one or two of them and linking to their web site or blog. Still we have few vendors to share with you.

Christie and I also have been working on making a brochure and it's finally ready! As a special thank you to all our wonderful local stores that are taking the time to promote our event and for allowing us to have our postcards in their store, we have created a brochure for the customers to pick up at the Chateau during the events. Here is a preview and please click on it to enlarge and you are welcome to print it too!

Images provided by "The Graphics Fairy"

Ciao for now

Rita

The Sun is Back!

Look at Callie, she is the cutest thing EVER! And she catches gophers too......

New Signs are ready for the next Chateau De Fleurs

Ciao for now

Rita

Next Event!

Il prossimo Mercato!

I will be taking a little break from my regular schedule blogging. So much to get done in so little time. March is going to be a blast, with lots of shows. As some of you know I co-host Chateau de Fleurs with my friend and sister-in-law Christie. We have been busy choosing which newspaper and magazine to advertise in,designing postcards, not only for the up coming show but for June too! We have to be 3 months ahead to have it done right. Chateau is created by 20 and plus amazing vendors and here we are:

The Balck Rooster Cottage, Becky Wimbs, Blossom Vintage Chic, White Horse Relics, Broken Jewels, Christie Repasy, Junk Fairy, Crafty Blabberings, Arcoiris Creations, Trinkets Baubles Bits, Lisa Loria, One Shabby Princess, Touched by Time, Mermaid Glade, Mammabellarte,TheFurniture Queen,

Under the Sun with Me, Sweet Magnolias Farm,

Pansy Cottage Garden, Rachel Luna,

The Cottage in the Garden, Vonnie Ware, Two Wild Roses Antiques.

Ciao for now

Rita

We had the pleasure to hire Claire Brocato last weekend at the Chateau de Fleurs. An amazing photographer. She had a brilliant idea, to work in each booth for a small fee and give you some of the most amazing photos on low resolution and high resolution. And if you are like MOI, I am not sure what is what. What I received the day after were the most beautiful photos, edited and ready to show. She also came to Casa Reade and did an amazing job. What a service!

Check out her blog.

Ciao for now

Rita

p.s White Wednesday one post down

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

Hope to see you this Friday and Saturday

at

The Chateau de Fleurs

Studio and Market Place.

Ciao for now

Rita

Motivation!

" The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals." Rensis Likert

I have been thinking of what to talk about on my next post or who to talk about in regard of our next Market Place and I have to say that since the March Market Place the group has grown and as a lot of you know I am a planner and like to get things done in order and in time! lol Christie and I are so proud of our group, not only they paid their fees to be IN the Chateau de Fleurs but they ARE the Chateau de Fleurs. We are getting closer to the big day and this week I am so motivated to get it done and show more photos of what's coming. I hope you can make it: Save the date

Chateau de Fleurs Market Place

June 18th and 19th

Fallbrook California

Ciao for now

Have a great week

Rita

In the picture:

(Left) Christie's new tremeau ,( top )Dyanna Cooleys new creation,( right) ruffle handbags, (bottom) Lisa Loria's Madonna,( center) March Group.