I don't go out of town a lot when picking ( hunting for treasures). I stay pretty close to home. But occasionally I'll decide to take a trip to the Twin Cities for a bigger selection. And when I do, I invite one of my granddaughters to go along. It's a fun Gramma-Granddaughter outing. We go out for lunch and have great visits in the car and they love to help me shop for treasures to sell.
A week ago Granddaughter Ashley and I took one of these day trips. As we settled in the car I told Ashley we were like the American Pickers. We had the van. I was Mike and she was Frank. Let the adventure begin!
There was an antique shop "close-out" sale I had read about. Turned out it was in an old warehouse and the rest of the warehouse housed artists. Lucky for us, all the artists (four floors of them ) were having a big open house! Bonus!
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| Ashley AKA Frank |
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| First the art... |
And then we managed to find a few treasures...
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| Cute vintage table with two chairs |
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| I might paint this blue. It's all wood. |
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| Love these old stoneware milk pan bowls |
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| Vintage stoneware pot with lid |
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| Vintage child's chair. Think I'll paint this as well... |
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| An old brown jug with lid |
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After the antiques and art, we headed over to Leeann Chinns for some Chinese. Ashley always takes pictures of her food at restaurants for Instagram.
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| She did start to eat before she remembered to take this photo. Haha. But I included it anyway. |
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Great company, great food, art and antiques. What could be better?
Sounds wonderful !
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to spend the day and make some memories.
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