Last day of Brimfield ....for me at least

The second day of Brimfield was filled with even more fun finds.

One of my main stops was to visit The Brocantess who you may

already know from her blog. Unfortunately she hasn't
 started her new blog yet with

Typepad but I for one am anxiously waiting.

Debra and I met up in the New England Motel field and

 went right over to find her booth.

For some reason I had thought she was going to be

 under the barn but after a

quick jingle to Laura she set me straight and I knew where to head.

To my surprise when we arrived a sign was hanging

on the door saying that

the booth was being restocked and that the

booth was temporarily closed.

I knew I should have gotten there first!!!! uggh

Debra and I still wanted to peek in...so while we were being

nosey petes the Brocantess spotted us and asked us if we

 wanted to come in.

So being NOSEY paid off

this time!!!

She was so busy on the first day that whole sections of

 her booth were sold.

The whole back wall was empty.

Good for her!!!

Someone even wanted to buy the bike that was

 being used for display.

A couple of designers came in and loved everything and

half her booth was dismantled.

I still managed to get some good shots of what she had left.

This is only Marcy's second show but she obviously knows

 what people are looking for and has an eye

for displaying it well.

I think her next show is in California.....but unfortunately

 that's all the information I have.

I wish her all the best.

One booth that I happened upon was one with

 old laboratory equipment.

Something caught the corner of my eye.......

thinking I had seen some of those large clear light bulbs like

 these below.

New York Gift Show

But just as good were all these beakers and glass jars. 

Reminded me of

 High School Chemistry class.

Not really sure what they are all used for but all

 I knew was that I had to

HAVE THEM.

Oh good an new obsession!

and a new collection.

Recently Debbie from Talking Trash talked about

her love for the movie

Practical Magic which you can read about 

Here 

The movie inspired her to

look for all things Apothecary.

That theme kept running thru my head as

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as I perused the glassware.

Images from Google

I wonder if I could prepare dinner with this arsenal

of equipment at my gasp?

mighty tasty indeed!

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 I figured I could always use it for a Halloween prop like some wild science experiment gone MAD.

This was my friend Mary Maquire's booth.

She's an artist and also sells

18th c. illustrations. I spent a lot of time in her booth. It's a little hard to just look quickly...she has so much to look at

for a small booth.

Yes, I bought some bug pictures amongst others. Mostly spiders ones for George.

I hate snakes but I bought one of those too.

These were old German prints. The red pencil marks underneath the words made them less expensive so I bought those

instead of the others.

This was a booth that was new in this field...well at least I'd never seen it. It was like walking into a fine linen and bedding store. From the outside you could only see panels of lace curtains.

It was even prettier inside as you can see.

Debra and I ewwwed and ahhhed when we saw this pile of lace but it was pretty high end stuff.

This believe it or not was a curtain panel.

I think marked at $900.

Now I don't know what was going on here but these ladies were having a nice relaxing time sipping drinks and taking a load off.

Some even sitting in bed.

Oh my!
They asked us if we wanted to join but

there really wasn't any more room.

Maybe we'll come earlier next time or reserve a space.

This was Debra's friend Linda who was in the tent with some of the people like Rosemary of Tinsel Trading.

I should have spent more time in this tent but it was the end of the day and it started raining. It was full of great things. Lots of great furniture and really well priced.

The first picture was her trying to run away from me when she  knew I wanted to take a picture of her.

She's shy too so

 I told her I'd take a pic of her outfit only. 

The pants are Magnolia Pearl and the bag is hers.

You can see more of her booth at Debra blog

HERE

Well it was another great show. I'll be sharing the things I bought

and the stories that go with them in future posts.

I hope you get to come to Brimfield at least once in your lifetime.

Just bring comfortable shoes!!!

unlike me who wore flip flops:

what was I thinking???

you can't really make good time in flip flops!

See you again soon.

Hope you enjoyed the tour.

xxx

Carole