You bless me...

You bless me.

Totally.

Deeply.

Incredibly.

How can I thank you for sending so much love and so many prayers my way this past week after I said goodbye to my sweet little Toby?

I hope you know how much each and every comment meant to me.

I hope you know how much I wanted to give each of you a hug of sisterly gratitude.

Do you know how brightly you shone the love of Jesus Christ into my tearful world

with your words, your hugs, your stories, and your prayers?

You did.

And it was a complete comfort.

I sank into it,

wrapped myself up in it ~

and felt so very grateful for you.

Thank you
from the bottom of my heart...

♥

I was so thankful that preparing for my first time vendor experience at the Allegan Antique Market kept me and my mind busy last week.

It was a crazy busy week.

Tagging treasures, finishing up painting some items,

gathering up survival supplies to take with us,

cleaning and floofing the house before Debbie arrived ~

and then hauling all of the merchandise up from the basement to the garage.

Debbie and I were ready to go at 11am on Saturday.

Pam was working at a horse show that day, 

and Mr. Lakehouse couldn't get the day off from work.

So, Hubby and Pam's hubby {we'll call him Mr. Pam} 

helped us load up the horse trailer

and off we went.

For a few miles, anyway.....

until this happened.

{Mr. Pam lug-wrenching and Hubby jacking.}

One hour and one new tire later...

 we were on our way again. 

After finding our assigned spot and after a lot of miscalculating, 

recalculating,

grunting and groaning,

sweaty armpits,

dusty feet,

and a few grumbled "I hope this is going to be worth it...."
 ~

the canopy was up,

tables placed,

and the merchandise unloaded,

Debbie and I found ourselves

staring at...

this.

Oh, good gravy.

Where to begin....???

But we dug in and the "Floofing Fairy" just took over

in both of us.

As we worked, I saw some beautiful vignettes starting to take shape

and other vendors wandered in just to look at what we were doing.

(Debbie worked some real magic, I tell you.)

So, sit back and take a stroll through our booth...

{A last minute yard sale find made pretty for the market - that I wish I would have kept!}

{Our booth smelled absolutely heavenly from Debbie's lavender bundles.}

{My apothecary bottles and pots.}

{Debbie's beautiful pillows.}

{Pam's violin made even more beautiful with a little tulle.}

{This table was dedicated to all things by the sea...}

{Our farmhouse table.}

{An old desk reborn with Annie Sloan chalk paint, distressed with my new palm sander, and texture spray painted vintage pulls made for a beautiful vignette with Pam's old typewriter.}

{Nothing better than ironstone and lavender sachets.}

{I sanded the blue and gold eagle off that old crock and added a little French love to it.}

{Debbie relaxing with a friendly buyer....on my new settee which will replace the chaise on our deck - after a new coat of white paint and drop cloth pillowslips, of course.}

{Me, Pam & Debbie}

It was an exhausting weekend,

[realllly exhausting]

but it was so much fun greeting our customers,

sharing stories and laughs,

and connecting with some new blog friends, as well!

We want to thank you, fellow bloggers,

for stopping by and introducing yourselves to us.

We were so thrilled to meet you!

[A special 'hello!' to Tracey at Great Flower Lady!]

We only wish that we could have spent more time getting to know you ~

but Heaven's Walk booth was so busy,

we were just hopping!

We did get a chance to shop a little Saturday night after setting up

which was a ball! 

There was a block-party type atmosphere at the market while vendors were unloading and floofing their booths.

Deb and I nabbed a few really special treasures.

I'll share mine with you soon!

{ Tired but happy hugs }

[Linking with the wonderful parties at the lower right of my sidebar.

Click on the buttons and meet some new friends!]