The Country Living Fair

Are you ready for this? This will probably be the best post of the year! I have been wanting to blog about this since we got home from it, despite it taking me months. : /

We went to the County Living Fair!
I have wanted to go for so long and this year it worked out! Colin and I already planned to go, and I checked with my brother and his girlfriend and they were free to join us!  The Country Living Fair is sponsored by the magazine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Succulents in random fun planters! Love!
 

 

 

It wasn't exactly what I had expected but it was wonderful and I can't wait to go back.  It was a mix of about 1/3 antquies, 1/3 gift shop style merchandise and 1/3 high end craft fair vendors....along with lots of food vendors.  We had an unseasonably cool day, which was perfect for a day of strolling and shopping. : )  Colin and Kevin were good sports and followed Kaity and I around and around while we shopped and shopped.  If you plan on going, despite it looking huge, you can totally comfortably get through the whole thing in one day. 

SO here are TONS of photos of our fabulous day and all the fabulous things that the County Living Fair had to offer!

 

 One of the first booths we hit up was one with signs... We might have spent about an hour and most of our money at that one booth...
The ladies were a bit obsessed, but check these out, how could we not be!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I didn't buy that sign, but I should have! HA!  and that painted metal tub! Oh My! I might need to find some metal to paint blue!
 

 

A number of booths has some old gardening tools and I like the creepy hand rake and looked like a hand!  Especially that bright yellow one, looking at it now, I am not sure why I did not buy it!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was an amazing test of my will power to not bring this drink cooler home.  I wanted it so badly and it would have even fit in the car without a problem.  How good would that baby look on my patio!? But it was more than I wanted to spend on such a piece and I selflessly left it for someone else's patio.

 

 

 There were succulents all over the place at the fair. But I like to buy them at cheaper places so it stings less when I kill them. : )
 

 

 

 

 

 

 Looking at this image to the left, I am wondering why I did not buy one of those either?  How fun would that be on the patio filled with planties!

Smile Cute Couple #1:
 

Smile Cute Couple #2:
 

 

 

This was another booth I really liked, she had all these colorful wood animals.  Every time I see colorful wood fish like that, I decide I will need a beach house one day.  She also had all these fun whales, although I didn't get any great images of them.  And then she has owls, oh the owls! I wanted one bad, but what was I going to do with it?  If she is there again, I will probably get an colorful owl I don't need since I love them.

 

 

Continuing on the topic of things I wanted to bring home, check out this whale! Love him, but he was above my pay grade and had to stay at the fair.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we were done at the fair, we headed into the town that hosted it, and got some dinner.  Although the food isn't super fabulous  Colin and I  like the vide of this fun restaurant in town so we were pretty excited to get a prime table outside to round out our fun day. 

While in the area, we also hit up an antique barn Colin and I like.  It isn't fancy, but they have good stuff and good prices.  I did not take any pictures from the barn.  We normally go in the winter and all the exterior paths are mud puddles, so it was a nice change to go in June when they were dry and easily walkable.

So there you have it, our County Living Fair Fun Day! I can't wait to go back and do it again next year!  I did buy some loot, but I will save that for another post. : )