Country Living Fair 2011 and winner of a hand carfted, found object dragonfly...

My sister Heather, daughter Rachel, my sister's friend Shelly and I attended the Country Living fair sponsored by Country Living Magazine yesterday.  Lucky us, it was held in Columbus, Ohio which is about 45 minutes from home.  I had been wanting to attend for a couple of years but always had other plans on that weekend.  Well yesterday I got to check it off my bucket list :)  We were all worn out by the time we left, and on sensory overload!  There was so much to see, and so many beautiful and wonderful items.  We got a few ideas to try, and of course everyone had an arm full to haul to the car.  As we were sitting in line to get in, we saw license plates from several other states.  There were a lot of people there.

Lil Raggedy Angie wasn't able to attend because she was selling her handmades at the Old Time Farming Festival in Centerburg, OH.  I saw several items very similar to hers, that weren't as nice, or cheap. Hopefully she'll sell more at her next show.  I helped her Friday evening and Saturday.  The weather was perfect, and it was nice spending some quality time with my daughters.

And regarding the giveaway of my hand crafted found object dragonfly...

The winner is...... since I only had 8 people interested, each of you will receive a dragonfly. It won't be exactly like the one pictured, since each is unique, but within the next two weeks Peggy, The Cranky Crow, Sherry, Lona, Tricia, Carmen, Cheryl and Stacy will each receive some sort of whimsical one of a kind dragonfly. Email me your addresses to: mystevens@columbus.rr.com. 

We planted some gourds this year.  This is one of my beauties.

Hubby built us a fire out back last night and we enjoyed just swinging, listening to the crickets and bugs, and enjoying the fire.

That's my weekend.  Anyone else do something fun?