country living south - part trois

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so after all the eye candy

inspiration

design ideas

etc...

here's some shots of my booth

for those who did not make it to the show

i only had a single booth at this show,

but you because the park is so awesome...

and there is only so much level ground,

you get lots of extra space besides your 10' x 10'..

you can make it look much larger  - you just need to be creative ! 

views from my spot...

 

new item for me this year

silverware bells...pretty much gone the first day

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another great thing about traveling to shows is hanging out with friends...

this year for the atlanta show,

i brought along my good friends

lucy from bel monili

krystal from green bubble gorgeous, and her cousin/friend/helper britney

and the ever faithful suellyn, my friend and helper.

we also get to see 'show friends' and 

meet 'internet friends'

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i posted this pic after country living ohio:

and i got teased that it looked like cardboard cutouts..

(cari and haas from hgtv cash and cari show) 

haha 

when i told haas that, he insisted on this pic so there would be no doubt !

well...he is the muscle after all !

not to name drop,

but we really are friends with cari cucksey and her crew

we all went out to dinner friday night...

and had a blast !

krystal, brit, moi, suellyn

 

haas and sydnee

cari and vince

cari, brit, moi, lucy, haas

 brit and haas 

photo-bombing....

(yes maturity was running rampant

and perhaps so was the alcohol)

suelly, me, brit

cari, lucy

cari NOT posing.......

connie, lucy

got to meet connie,

lucy's friend from college..

local atlantain...

great girl..

a laugh a minute !

random couple who just kept ending up in our pictures. !

me & cari at the end of the night...can you say tired?

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then onto saturday.....

i got to meet the 

'highly acclaimed, ever loved'

heather from

at the picket fence

she's a blogger i met on line...

and we've been internet friends for quite a while now, 

but had never met in person !

kindred spirits to say the least !

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 then onto dinner with the folks from FOLK magazine

-ben, heath and the lovely hillary-

(the BEST up and coming read around !

check out their blog and get your subscription here)

heather, me, hillary, heath, ben, suelly, connies husband...connie, lucy, krystal, brit

a serious good time was had by all

 

 heather lucy and i felt like we'd known each other for years...

i guess we're going to have to take another trip to atlanta..

hmmm

or she may have to meet us halfway !!

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 isnt it funny, when you meet your friend's friends...and like them right away...

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i have one more 'travel' post from this excursion

will hit that over the weekend

hope you've enjoyed the trip so far...

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