I am exited to invite you all to a special shopping event in Weston MA on Fri Oct 23, 11:30-5 and Sat Oct 24th and Sun Oct 25th from 9-3 located at 18 Sudbury Rd, Weston Ma, 02493. There will be about thirty different vendors including Antiques, Decorative home furnishings, Jewelry, Flea market treasures, High end art, Kid stuff and so much more!! Antique Therapy will have some cool antiques there too!! So come on out to the Barn and prepare yourself for a great fall day of shopping in lovely Weston!! Can’t wait to see you all there!!

I know it has been a while since my last blog post. The reason being I have been preparing for my sons baptism and after party for about a month now. This weekend we finally had this blessed event. We were also graced with a beautiful fall day so I could get alot of great shots outside. The baptism took place in a very special place called The Martha Mary Chapel on the grounds of the famous Longfellows Wayside Inn. Thirty five years ago I was baptized in this amazing picturesque chapel and eight years ago I was married there. It has always been a very special place to me and my family, and this weekend we got to baptize my son there.

When planning all of the details for the day I started out deciding to look for an Irish linen christening outfit that I found online straight from Ireland. The romper had three celtic knots embroidered on the front along with a linen hat and booties. My son looked so precious!! For a simple centerpiece for the mantle I used an old brass lamp base that I purchased from Brimfield and dried some hydrangeas then inserted a birds nest. I was lucky enough to have friends and family that had hydrangea bushes and let me pick as many as I wanted to spread around my house for the big day. I thought that using birds nests and eggs were very symbolic to rebirth and baptism so I went crazy and purchased a ton of nests. Along with the nests and hydreangas I incorporated burlap into the decor. I even tied in the burlap into the cake design.

The cake was an amazing work of art that a friend of mine baked and designed.  Her name is Kristen Livoti and she recently opened a cake shop in Marlboro Mass by the name of Bella Cakes. I believe her website is bellacakes.com. Kristen went above and beyond to create this amazing cake and let me borrow her beautiful silver flower etched cake stand which I fell in love with!!Oh yeah the cake was also soooo yummy!!

All in all it was a fabulous day filled with great family, friends and most importantly the cutest baby ever!! Here are some shots from the day along with all of the decorating fun!! Enjoy!!

After a few days of moving I am finally all set up in my new shop space over at Thoreauly Antiques in Concord Ma. My space is located in the left room when you walk in the door. The shop is located at 25 Walden St. in beautiful downtown Concord Ma. Hours of operation are 10-5 Mon-Sat, 12-5 Sun, 978-371-0100. The first few pictures are of my new space. The rest are of the other dealers  spaces in the shop.

As you can see from the pictures we have a wide variety of antiques from smalls to furniture. If you get a chance come into Concord and take a stroll through the town. To add there are three other antique shops down the road as well as cute boutiques and some tasty lunch spots to get a quick bite!! Make a day of it and enjoy some fabulous antiquing!! As usual happy hunting and hope you had a great Labor Day!!

Yesterday I started to move into my new space in Concord at Thoreauly Antiques. I am so exited to be back in Concord. As I left the shop for the day I took a walk over to my other favorite shop Nesting On Main up the street. While I was looking around the shop I met a young woman named Karen Harvey. We soon discovered that we both had blogs and in fact I had actually been on her blog sometime ago.

Karen is an amazing artist who inspires me each time I go on her site with her whimsical paintings and digital artwork. I told her that I had just set up shop in Thoreauly and she went there soon after and purchased one of my Parisian black and white architectural lithographs. Out of the print she created two amazing digital designs that I have included here for you all to see.

Karen’s blog is a treat to stop by and see. You can visit her here at karenharveycox.blogspot.com or in my links bar on the side. Thanks Karen for continuing to inspire me and countless others with your beautiful artwork. Enjoy her designs and have a fantastic weekend. Stay tuned for pictures of my new completed space in Concord!!

I spent the past week in Maine for our vacation. I have been going to there since I was a child. I wanted to bring my new son up there to show him all the things and places I love about Maine. Despite being a tad hot we had a great week filled with antiquing, going to the beach and just exploring, although my son is only three months he seemed to soak in the atmosphere and really enjoyed just being outside looking at all of the new things to see like the ocean, trees, and the sky. It really brings you back to the basics and lets you be a child again experiencing everything for the first time all over again.

During the week I managed to go to the Monsweag flea market in Wiscasset. The antiques market is held on Weds and the regular flea is during the weekend. Wiscasset is filled with pristine antique shops  with many beautiful yet pricey things. I manged to get a few shots of the flea as well as some scenic views of Maine.

Tomorrow I am going into Sterling to move out of my old space and will be moving into Concord next weekend. I am  exited to start in Concord but a little overwhelmed with all of the moving. I hope  to be posting some new pics when I get the new space set up. Until then enjoy the pics of my  trip to Maine!!

After much debating I have decided to leave the Cider Mill space and continue on to Concord in the fall starting in Sept. Amy and mutually agreed that while we both love the space we are in right now it’s just to big for the two of us to maintain with her having three kids and myself just having my baby. Amy and I continue to be good friends. I will miss sharing a space with her because our styles mesh very well together and she is a great person who I admire and respect not only as a creative lady but as a great mom to her kids!!. We are hoping to possibly do the May Brimfield show. Amy will be moving her space to The White Home Collection in New Hampshire. This place has very cool furniture and cottage styled items for your home. It has become a favorite place of mine to shop as well.

On a separate topic I have been having a hard time finding time to blog. The past few weeks my son has been having a hard time and has developed some food allergies. We are working hard to get him and his belly better so he will get back to the happy little guy that he is!! Right now he is  my first priority!! I know antiques will always be there, they have survived hundreds of years right!!

I will try and post some pictures soon of some new finds that I will be bringing into Concord in the fall. Stay tuned and as always happy hunting!!

Much to my pleasant surprise I was recently asked to join Thoreauly Antiques in Concord MA.  This great little shop is right across the street from where I used to be in Concord right on 25 Walden St. It has always been one of my favorite antique shops in Concord and now I am so exited to be a dealer there. I will be moving in in early Sept and will be located in the front room to the left when you walk in the door along with a few other fabulous dealers. Thoreauly offers an eclectic collection of period and vintage antiques including ephemera, Wedgwood college plates, fine antique linens, as well as shabby chic cottage garden decor to suit any home.

In fact tonight while watching the local show Chronicle they did a feature on antiquing at Brimfield and stopped by Thoreauly Antiques too!! I tell you it must be some sort of good karma!! The shops hours of operation are 10-5 Mon-Sat, and Sun 12-5, 978-371-0100.  So come stop by and see my new space in Sept!!

I will continue to be at the Cider Mill in Sterling along with Amy my partner from Thistlebees for whom I share the space with. I am hoping I am not in over my head taking on a second space being a new mom and all, but I figured I would give it my best shot and see what happens. As I said before it has always been a favorite antique shop of mine so I am thrilled to see where it will take me!! Who knows what lies ahead, the possibilities are endless!!

Recently a friend of mine took a trip over to Paris for the week.  Knowing she was headed over I asked her if she wouldn’t mind exploring a few french  flea markets to find me a few goodies to sell or to maybe keep  couple of things for myself as well!!

Much to my delight she was happy to go and check out the flea market, in fact my friend Cindy runs a travel tour company called Art History Alive and regularly take people on tours of Europe. Cindy has been to Europe many times and is I believe fluent in a few languages. You can check her site out in my sidebar links under the travel link. Not only did she find some cool things for me but she actually incorporated it into her tour for her clients as sort of a scavenger hunt. So cool!!

Before she went I gave her a list of things to look for while she was in Paris. The group wound up finding some interesting french ephemera including some great old chocolate advertising cards along with an old Paris steamer trunk label,  a couple of theater brochures and two old paper doll fold outs. Here are the pictures of what she found. I am thinking of possibly enlarging some of the ads in the theater brochures because they are just so cool looking and would be really neat framed and hung in a grouping.  Thanks so much Cindy!! I adore all of  it!! A few of these items will be for sale in the shop. Enjoy!!

Recently I was asked to participate as a guest blogger on a site called blogs.com The site features different people including everyday bloggers such as myself as well as celebrities and any other people who have a passion in a certain area.

Each person is asked to list ten of their favorite blogs. I was asked to list ten of my favorite blogs about antiques. Here is my list. Each of these blogs that I chose are here in my sidebar links section including blogs.com. Again I can’t get my links to work so you will have to go to my sidebar!! The address for my page is www.blogs.com/topten/antique-therapys-top-10antique-blogs/. When you get to the page click on the link up top that says top ten blogs and you will see Antique Therapys top 10 list!! Enjoy!!

1.) Thistlebees Home

2.) Sadie Olive

3.) Shabby Nest

4.) Vintage Rescue Squad

5.) Time Worn Interiors

6.) Velvet and Linen

7.) Roundbarn Potting Co

8.) Garden Antiques

9.) Marley and Lockyer

10.) European Antique Market

I am truly flattered to be apart of this site and I hope to give more exposure to my other friendly antique bloggers!!

This weekend I had the  pleasure to attend the Grafton Antique Show. Usually the show is located in downtown historic Grafton, but due to some rainy unpredictable weather they held it indoors at a local school. The show was much smaller this year but still had some quality dealers with some cool things to look at. I took a few shots of some of my favorite things that I saw including lots of beautiful mercury glass. Enjoy and I hope you had a good weekend!!