Save Your Pennies.......{Fab Midwest Fleas}

 {Why I like the Fleas}

1. Always great stories from vendors.

2. Good eats

3. Not knowing what you are going to find! It's a treasure hunt at its best and a history lessons to boot. It's fun to run into people you know & chat about this & that. 
P.S. I remember when the Alameda Point Flea was teeny-tiny. Look at it now.......Next time I head to CA, hope to plan a trip around it.
{Raise your hand if you studied Rachel Ashwell's flea marketing tips in one of her first books.}

TA-DA the spring line-up:

1. May 4 & 5th 2012 Rural Society Antique & Garden Show .  Hosted by Page Price at her 50 acre farm { featured in Country Living April 2012} Vendors with decked out spaces, food & rural Ohio at its best. I'm betting on plants, well done displays and high style nestled right beside a llama, chickens, dogs, cats.... just a sampling of the menagerie Paige has. Get your buggy ready.
We are going.....hope to see you there!

2. Na-Da Farm Event {"homegrown creative freedom"} 
May 18th 5pm-8pm & May 19th 10am-2pm
Anne-Marie has picked 20 or so vendors to set up at her farmstead haven. I do believe she will be baking up a storm for the event. Sweet treats, rack up the calories please, shopping is exercise.

Anne-Marie will dole out words of wisdom. :) I love her blog. Expect cheerful camaraderie and great one-of-a-kind finds + well edited displays. Midwest Living did a feature on her last fall and Where Women Cook featured Anne-Marie's kitchen and cooking. I do believe she is in the The Romantic Prairie Cookbook with Fifi O'Neil too.

Tentatively planning on it. I'm hoping my husband can ride along bring the truck.

Springfield Flea Market + Antique Malls: {Vintage Marketplace May 18-20th 2012}

I just read an article about the Springfield Market in our paper. The antiques mecca brings in a staggering amount of $103 million to the local economy. {that includes the permanents + extravaganza, lodging, restaurants etc.} {Dayton Daily News}
Folks fly into here to shop the permanent, gigantic antique malls. The extravaganza then heralds more people flocking. Of course, the jumbo sweet teas & lemon shake-ups might be a sort of attraction on their own. {Although it is more how should I say it.....country well, lets say you need to scout if you're a I-have-lived-in-CA-and-some-of-this-looks-too-primitive-kind-of-gal. However, I can always find fun vintage fabric, wrought iron for gardens, plants and some truly great finds. Keep looking, next aisle--What are socks doing here? That can mess with your vision of finding something keen. 
Info on the Vintage Marketplace that is going on that weekend at Springfield May 18-20 2012

Are you planning on going to any of these fun events?