Greenmead Flea Market in Livonia is always fun! It only happens in June and September and I think I look forward to it more than any other one I go to, except perhaps Midland (which I'd like more if it wasn't almost 2 hours away). I went last Sunday and had a wonderful time. The weather was ideal -- low 70s and sunny -- and it was a perfect day to shop!
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| This is the only picture I took of the market -- I guess I was too busy shopping... |
Mr. KV went with me and it's a good thing he did, because I filled up the granny cart and had lots of extra stuff to carry besides.
Here's most of what I found...
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| A shabby birdcage with cool pink accents |
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| White painted breadbox |
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| This pillow cover is hand embroidered and painted. It's in perfect condition! |
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| Souvenir linens |
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| Lots of tea towels and a tablecloth |
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| Lots of RED -- a metal bin with wood handles, a metal watering can, tin tray and a 48-star flag |
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| A collection of kitchen items, including to fired-on individual bakers |
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| I love this little cat & kitten pot holder holder! It needs new hooks and then it's ready to sell |
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| A collection of glassware, some burlap & melmac bowls and a wood wall plaque for a child's room that has animals & circus people on it. I have another one like this that's orange and white that I added coat hooks to, but when I took it to the mall, I ended up bringing it right home -- I can't part with it! |
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| A Pyrex tulip pattern casserole with rack |
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| A 1943 boxed set of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights with woodcut illustrations. I have this one myself (it was my mom & my aunt's) and I've always liked it a lot, though the illustrations used to scare me |
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| This yellow formica table is in really nice condition! I've never bought furniture at Greenmead before, but it was a terrific bargain |
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| These guys are the only thing I bought for myself -- I'm really on a flamingo kick lately |
The conference I'm at is at the
Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island -- a wonderful historic all-wood hotel, built in the 1887. It has the world's longest porch, is quite posh and is a bucket-list destination for lots of people. It's a little TOO posh for me -- has a strict dress code for dinner in the main dining room and hanging out in the main lobby after dinner. I'm more of a jeans and gym shoes girl, but I'm managing.
The 1980s movie
Somewhere in Time was filmed here and there's even a Somewhere in Time weekend --I've never seen the movie, but it seems to have a cult following. So far -- in a day & a half, we haven't been out of the building (training sessions all day and all meals provided in-house), but if I get outside and get a chance to play the tourist, I'll be sure to post some pictures to the blog. In the meantime, check out the Grand Hotel
website to learn more about it.
I hope you had a fun weekend and are busily mapping out your thrift shopping route for the coming weekend!
