Category Archives: Antique

The Details – Good Guys Car Show 2014

Good Guys, Car Show, Antique, Car Detail

My parents recently came to visit and my dad had a mission – to attend the Good Guys Car Show at Texas Motor Speedway. Mission accomplished! We set out for a few hours perusing the sales and checking out the shined up cars at the show.

It was pretty fun walking around with my dad. He’d tell me about certain vehicles and check out the details. The details are definitely pretty interesting and unique. You never quite know what someone will be inspired by and how they will incorporate it into their vehicle. This post is completely dedicated to exactly that – the details!

Good Guys, Car Show, Antique, Car Detail

Some truck beds went into some intricate leather and woodwork…
Good Guys, Car Show, Antique, Car Detail Others got religious – ‘The Pope Mobile’…
You never know what you’ll see in a Rat Rod…
Engines…
Sharp and Shiny Grills…
Finally, my favorite. Check out the details! The coolest door opener and manual window handle ever.
Come back next week for a look at a few of my favorite vehicles! Do you have a favorite car show or vehicle?
Good Guys, Car Show, Antique, Car Detail Today I’m linking up with Photography Essentials and Create With Joy for {Wordless Wednesday}.

Heading to Justin

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Last week, I was headed to Justin and I did what I do when I head anywhere, take a road that may not always be taken and see what I can find along the way. Never steers me wrong. For some reason this year, I am totally intrigued by round bales just sitting in large open fields. Rarely, do I enjoy pictures of myself but I would love to just get out there and have some pictures taken of me (or take pictures of others). What a beautiful back drop! The sunflowers make it even better!

To top it off, I found this old barn. We all know how much I love old barns (barns, windmills, old homes, the list goes on and on). I couldn’t help myself.

Today I’m linking up with The Paper Mama, Jenni From the Blog, Seven Clown Circus, Photography Essentials, Communal Global and Live and Love Outloud for{Wordless Wednesday}.

Let’s Go Antiquing!

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Just south of the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex, you will find yourself in the little town of Venus. I mean, it’s little, not small, little. I found myself looking at the water tower that hovered over the police station, overlooking the park and the one and a half blocks of buildings that surrounded it. A restaurant, hardware store and an antique store. I couldn’t have been happier to have found the antique store… I’ve been searching for just the right piece of furniture to call my own!

In the above building, you will find Grandma Had One Antique and Once in a Blue Moon Antique Sale. Essentially, the store is split up into two sections. The section on the far left is filled to the brim with books. Thousands and thousands of books!

The section on the right, well, anything and everything else. Furniture, books, window panes, horse shoes, cookware, odds and ends, chairs, tables and everything else.

For the curious and crafty mind, you might as well bring a trailer for your goods. You’ll be overwhelmed with ideas from all of those great HGTV shows. For others who are just looking for a good piece of furniture to pick up and bring home, well there’s plenty for you as well! If I had a house, I would’ve taken the below piece home.

Instead, what I took home was this little table (below). Super cute and very reasonably priced. I just had to dust it off a bit and I was able to check getting a piece of Texas furniture off my bucket list! Plus, the color is perfect!

If you happen to be in the market for furniture, refurbishing or even just looking for a drive thru a little ole Texas country town, here’s one you can check off your list!