even after $3 for parking and $6 for sno-cones (the little joneses deserve a treat at ”the flea”) i spent far less than my $100 budget and came home with great things to fix and paint.  two of my favorite vendors, martha virginia (from trenton, tennessee) and bill yost (from atlanta) were among those there with some great treasures (and produce):

at anthropologie in nashville a few weeks ago, i spied several vintage fans just like these grouped together on top of an old armoire, and a group of wooden print-blocks hung scattered around on the wall…it looked amazing! how fun to find the same things here at our humble little flea market:

despite all these temptations, i remained focused on my mission, and came home with only paint-ables…

of course i hope you will check back soon for the “afters”. (and be a little proud of me for passing up the funnel cakes.)