Friday's road trip to the Big DC Flea Market

There are only a few things that make me get up at 6 am on a Saturday morning. One is a craft show and the second is antiquing. You see I'm just not a morning person so the motivation has to be just right LOL! When my Facebook primitive/stitcher friend Michelle Blanco told me about the DC Big Flea Market in Chantilly, Virginia at the Dulles Expo Center I was game. I mean after all I'd get to antique and meet Michelle for the first time. I also talked my long time best friend Holly LeMay into going too. 

I must say it was a perfect day with lots to look at and buy. There must have been over 500 booths. The best booth for me was "The Truffle Pigs" booth it was a stitchers dream come true...vintage buttons, hat pins, sewing notions, mixed in with Handmades by a bunch of very talented gals Stacey Bear, Deborah Hartwick and Kim Stout. If you like to check them out here is their blog

Truffle Pigs Sewing Room

My friend Holly found a sweet Steiff fish and a vintage fish bowl to put him in LOL. Michelle found the cutest little antique red and cream sewing machine. I found a crock that was in perfect condition outside of a small chip for a really great price. We all came away with a lot more goodies but those are just a few of the items we found that come home. Here is a photo of everything I brought home.

The Big Flea Market schedule

Also for those that some to the show there is a Cheesecake Factory only several miles away...this is where we all had lunch...yummy!!!

Road trip courtesy of Theresa of Dulaney Woods Treasures

Your friends at PHM!

PHM Collectors...Glove Forms

What a unique collection? Don't you agree with me!

Antique wooden glove forms date back to the 19th century. They were used for leather and knit gloves. The majority are made of hard wood and come in many sizes as you would imagine. There are some with movable thumbs, some that stand in their own and some that were meant to hang.

While looking up the history of glove forms...I got lost in a Pinterest board "Wooden Thingys".

I MUST start collecting some of these treasures. How about you?

While you are on Pinterest...check out our page and follow us

Primitive Handmades Mercantile on Pinterest

Many thanks to Audrey of Bay Ray's Child

Click here to visit her PHM web page!

Your friends at PHM

"Road Trip" to The Blue Herron Mercantile Antique Shop

In todays "Road Trip" we are going out west...to Oklahoma

Meet Carol Kern Fisher (left) and her daughter Missy Kern Hill

The Blue Herron Mercantile Antique Shop has been in business for over 34 years. Owned and operated by Carol Kern and her daughter Missy. It's tucked off the Main Street, on 111th Street South between Elm and Elwood...in a country setting.

They carry Ohio, Pennsylvania and many fine American pieces from the northeast...this Friday and Saturday...May 2nd and 3rd, they will host their Spring Open House from 10-5. It is always a joy to shop at the only shop in Oklahoma that carries such quality pieces and has a wonderful knowledgeable staff. Stop in and see for yourself!

Here is the link to their web page so you can see for yourself
Blue Herron Mercantile Antiques

Just to tease you a bit...here are some photos from their Facebook Page...

Thanks for taking some travel time with us today...
From your friends at PHM!