The End of an Era

I want to express my deepest appreciation and gratitude to everyone that has played a significant role in helping  capture  the essence of  

                          'Vintage With Flair'   

  
                        
from inception to retirement. It was because of each of you!!!!!!  

Laura who planted the seed of starting up a market, with 'The Farm Chicks', as our model and creating our first market under the name of  'The Vintage Chicks' in 2008.   My Junk Mister, Gord, my  sons Brent & Keith, my talented cousin Cyndy, ever supportive and creative friends Nicola, Tammy, Shelly, Marcia, Sue and G, as well as our various chosen partner charities over the years. 

 To every creative curator, artisan/designer, you both  inspired myself as well as our community, of which many continue to play a much bigger and significant role as  entrepreneurs!!!!!

TO YOU .... our SUPPORTIVE FOLLOWERS, CUSTOMERS  and FRIENDS,   
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ! 
YOU KEPT US COMING BACK!!!!

On a personal note you can follow me personally onhttps://www.facebook.com/WowandThen/    to see what I am up to..  currently I have a space at the awesome https://www.facebook.com/Allthroughthehouseinokotoks/, I look forward to continuing to hunt for those unique pieces, and you may even find me as a vendor the odd market!!!!

Cheers for now!!!!

Pam

On to the next journey!!!

  

VINTAGE WITH FLAIR - BOUTIQUE BOOTH CURATORS AND ARTISANS

A shout out to all that applied for our upcoming spring sale - a vintage country market in June!! In the beautiful Bragg Creek!!

      We are over the top excited at our fabulous line up this year!! 

Vintage With Flair - the original "Vintage Chicks"!!!! 

     From farmhouse finds and salvage,

 up cycled and restyled home and

garden decor and fashion,

 to maker made unique products for home and life!!! 

We will be announcing each boutique curator/designer throughout the next few months.. !!!!   You will NOT want to miss meeting them for real June 15 4 -8 and June 16  9 -4 at the Bragg Creek Community Center, 23 White Ave, Bragg Creek, Ab., Canada! #coollittletowns #tourismalberta #vintagemarket  

Join the love train of Vintage!!

Do you love vintage, (aka junk)

       to collect,(aka dumpster dive)

             to create?(aka reimagine)

Then hit the application button at the top of the page ...   you might be one of us!!!

 

Draw Prize WINNERS!!!!

Congrats to the winners of the #vendor donated door prizes!!! Enjoy your 
treasures~~~

*Alex
*Gill
*Breya
*Donna
*Marrie Anne
*Annie
*Pat
*Lise
*Wendy
*Suzanne
*Lisa
*Brigitte
*Val
*Carla
*Kendalle
*Vanessa
*Chris

THANK YOU !!!! Vintage With Flair - Spring Sale 2017 is a wrap!!!

Vintage With Flair - Spring Sale 2017 !!!

Our  new venue,  The Bragg Creek Community Centre, proved to be so much more than one could ask!!!   Accommodating staff, lovely setting of Bragg Creek, gorgeous weather and beautiful venue!!!    aaaand

To the fantastic vendors, families and friends, our food vendor, volunteers, musicians, photographer, my special friend and cousin Cyndy, and to each and every customer and supporter of Vintage With Flair!!!

 
            

My junkmister of 40 years - greatest supporter and helper of all time!xxxooo

THANK YOU!!!xxxxx

SHOW INFO

some helpful info on our upcoming

            Vintage With Flair market              

          -'a country garden party'!

Friday  June 16  4 -8 PM

Saturday June 17  9 -4 PM

at the Bragg Creek Community Centre
23 White Avenue, 
Bragg Creek, Alberta.

*

FIRST 10 ENTER   FREE! both days

*

$4.00 at the door

*

children under age 12 free
*
portion of door entry to rainbow society of alberta

*

door prizes

*

35 + vendors

Farmhouse, shabby and chic, hand designed, recreated, vintage, rusty, rustic, faded and chippy

*

Garden and yard decor, upcycled and restyled clothing, unique one of a kind art and stained glass 

shabby and chic, pretty  and hand made home decor

 vintage inspired and hand made jewellery

 antiquities and pieces with a past

*

great food on site by local brand new restaurant

Bragg's Korner Kitchen

owner Birgit Schmitt

(opening to be announced)

located opposite side of mall across the street

*

most vendors have cc 

cash always accepted

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playground adjacent to parking lot for the kidlets

*

and

places and ammenities in and surrounding the beautiful

hamlet of Bragg Creek to explore!

See you there!!!!!

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ANNOUNCING!!!! CONTEST WINNERS!!!

Congratulations to our two lucky winners of
the $50.00 giveaways to shop at Vintage With Flair, June 16 or June 17, 2017!!


drum roll..........;....     Suanne Richardson 
                   and
             Barbara Lockhart!!!!!

Happy shopping !!!!!

VINTAGE WITH FLAIR - a country garden party - FEATURED TALENTED VENDORS!!!!

The jurying process has been completed and we are over the top thrilled  to share the talented featured artisans, curators  and creators for  'Vintage With Flair' - a country garden party, June 16, 17, 2017!!!! in Bragg Creek, Alberta

To all those that applied thank you!!!!👏👏

                - Wow and Then

                   (https://www.facebook.com/WowandThen)

                - Ramshackle Romance

                  (https://www.facebook.com/RamshackleRomance)

                - Art and Found
                   (laura_youngren_art on IG)

- Hot Rocks Jewllery

(https://www.facebook.com/HotRocksGlassJewels) IG

- Romancing The Home

(https://www.facebook.com/Romancing-the-Home- 1157034741007984)

                - Chrysalis Home Works

                   (https://www.facebook.com/Chrysalis-Home-Works- 135547429952077) IG  

                - Farmhouse Pickers

                  (https://www.facebook.com/groups/FarmhousePickers)

                - Wardrobe

        - The Vintage Pickers AKA https://www.facebook.com/Rocky-Mtn-Antique-Hunters-1380916818635028               

- Just Vintage Blue

(https://www.facebook.com/Just-Vintage-Blue-487016308125227)

- Rustic Blue Design
(https://www.facebook.com/rusticblue16) IG

- Lasso Girls

(https://www.facebook.com/lassogirls)

- Gillian Mitchell Ceramics IG

- G'art
(https://www.facebook.com/gartbygwen)

- The Brocanteuse
(https://www.facebook.com/thebrocanteuse) TW

             - A Little  Forked UP       
                   (https://www.facebook.com/alittleforkedup) IG

           - Farm Girl Vintage Collectibles  IG

- My Garden Creations
www.mygardencreations.com

- Home Creations by Jessica

(https://www.facebook.com/homecreationsbyjessica) IG

- Mad Mrs. Rochester

(https://www.facebook.com/madmrsrochester)

- Monkey Business Vintage Home Decor

(https://www.facebook.com/MonkeyBusinessVintageHomeDecor)

- Rebecca Maher Glass https://www.facebook.com/rebeccamaherglass/ IG

- Winslow Rowe
(https://www.facebook.com/winslowrowe) IG

- sue loves junk
(https://www.facebook.com/suelovesjunk) IG

- Seven Saints Designs
(https://www.facebook.com/sevensaintsdesigns)IG TW

- Black Leaf Rustorations

(https://www.facebook.com/Black-Leaf-Rustorations-1012853845500810)

- Wicked Willow Beds and Furniture by Beau (https://www.facebook.com/Wickedwillowbedsandfurnituremadebybeau)

- All Through The House

(https://www.facebook.com/Allthroughthegreenhouse) IG TW

- Red Barn Mercantile
(www.redbarnmercantile.ca)

                - Heart is Home Ltd. (The River Dragonfly and                               Suncatchers, Bragg Creek)
                   (www.suncatchers.com)

- Concession:

Birgit Schmitt (Bragg Creek's own )

Enjoy a very country... very rustic... very handmade Christmas sale!

 @  The Rustic Hutch 

A unique Christmas sale!!! at the https://www.facebook.com/The-Rustic-Hutch-363777817131877!
   snowmen....trees... ornies & so much more

Greenery,  vintage decor!

BEAUTIFUL!!!- THANK YOU!!

beautiful  - one word to describe the day!!!

vendors, customers, volunteers, helpers, and location and the 
          ++ weather!!!!!!   

Thank you to the talented makers, curators and fun creatives who brought their best to Vintage With Flair - Christmas in the Country!!!  

 

Thank you to all our families, friends and volunteers, you are appreciated more than words can say!!!!

willing to get down and fix it!!! 

Thank  you to our customers and friends, who support our work!!! I know you found some amazing unique gifts and finds!!!

Congratulations to the 10 door prize winners!!! Enjoy!!!

vendors donated prizes!!

Thank you to frfa.ca for participating in our event and we are delighted to share  a portion of our door entry with you!!! 

The following is a recap of the vendor lineup!!!

1.  Misty's Designs
2.  Bird on a Barbed Wire
3.  Stitch Plus Stitch
4.  Flint and Feather
5.  The Ellebee Tree
6.  Emmalina Blanche
7.  Whitebarn Vintage Designs
8.  Poofs Potpourrie
9.  Monkey Business Vintage Decor
10. Wardrobe
11. Gillian Mitchell Designs
12. Romancing the Home
13. The Copper Grove
14. A Little Forked Up
15. Homebody-Sara Girletz Art

16. Aunties in the Attic-Plaster Paint
17. Antiques New to You
18. Hot Rocks Glass Jewels
19. Lost Valley Textiles
20. The Collective-Fort MacLeod
21. Wow and Then - vintage
22. sue loves junk
23. Magpie Maggie
24. Indulgence at Home

ANNOUNCING!!!!!!!! 2 WINNERS!!!

Congratulations 

Melinda Peckam and

L.C. Donald 

Vintage With Flair online contest winners of $50.00 each !!!!!!      

Vintage With Flair - Christmas in the Country - Charity Partner!!!

As one of our mandates for Vintage With Flair markets is to partner with at minimum one local charity, and it is our pleasure to announce that FRFA.. OR better known as Feline Rescue Foundation of Alberta, http://frfa.ca will be our represented charity for Vintage With Flair -Christmas in the Country 2016!!

  The  Feline Rescue Foundation of Alberta (“FRFA”) is a registered charity based in Calgary that provides rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing for cats living on city streets and rural areas. We are a NO-KILL organization.  

Gillian Mitchell Ceramics - Artist Statement

Complete artist statement for Gillian Mitchell Ceramics, www.gillianmitchellceramics.com 

Artist Statement

Gillian Mitchell

I believe my ceramic work bridges the gap between sculptural and functional.  There has to be enough visual interest through familiar and unfamiliar, or unrecognizable textures, to allow my functional work to come to life. These textures are inspired by the natural aspects of beautiful places I have travelled to in Canada and around the world.

Nearest to my home in Calgary, the Grassi Lakes hike in the Rocky Mountains in Canmore has provided plentiful visual stimulation that comes across in my ceramics. Most inspiring are the rock formations on the hike up, the brightly coloured pools at the top, and the lush vegetation on the way down.  

Moving farther away from the prairies and to the ocean, the living fluid life-forms of coral reefs have always been an inspiration.  Repeated patterns like those found while snorkeling in Costa Rica, Mexico and Dominican Republic constantly surface in my work.

Though the inspiration for much of my work comes from around the world, it is still grounded in the prairies.  Much of the textures I use to replicate mountains and coral reefs are directly from the grasslands in which I grew up.  

VINTAGE WITH FLAIR - CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY!!!! Artisans, creators and purveyors !!!!!

It is with great pleasure that I introduce our lineup for Christmas in the Country at the Red Deer Lake Community Centre, Nov. 5, 2016!!!   

Each vendor displays and takes payment  in their own boutique styled booth.. !!!

in no particular order:

The Ellebee Tree,           https://www.facebook.com/theellebeetree,                                                      @theellebetree (inst),  
                                       Welcome Leslie!

Antiques New to You       https://www.facebook.com/group       s/571132413040620,  
                                        WelcomeMaureen!

Poofs Potpourrie             https://www.facebook.com/PoofsPotpourrie1,                                                  Welcome Jan!

Gillian Mitchell Ceramics @gillyweeds (inst)

                                       Welcome  Gillian! 

EmmaLina Blanche https://www.facebook.com/EmmaLinaBlanche-Designs-1405257293106865
Welcome Donna!

Hot Rocks Glass Jewels   https://www.facebook.com/HotRocksGlassJewels,                                          @hotrocksjewellery(inst),
                                       Welcome Sue!

sue loves junk                  https://www.facebook.com/suelovesjunk,                                                        @suelovesjunk (inst),
                                       Welcome Sue and Georgia!

Lost Valley Textiles         https://www.facebook.com/Lost-Valley-Textiles-     509471469154849, 

                                        @lost_valley_textiles(inst),
                                        Welcome Tammy!                        

Romancing the Home        https://www.facebook.com/Romancing-the-Home-1157034741007984,        Welcome Carol!

The Copper Grove            https://www.facebook.com/thecoppergroveshop,                                             @thecoppergrove(inst),
                                        Welcome Shelly!

Stich Plus Stich               https://www.facebook.com/StitchPlusStitch,                                                   Welcome Jill!

Bird on a Barbed Wire     https://www.facebook.com/BirdOnABarbedWire,                                             WelcomeJennifer!

Flint and Feather             https://www.facebook.com/flintnfeather/,                                                       @flintnfeather(inst),
                                        Welcome Lauren!

Plaster Paint Alberta        https://www.facebook.com/Plaster-Paint-Rural-Alberta-1475181532777480,                                                                                                                   @aunties_in_the_attic(inst),
                                        Welcome Charlene!

The Collective                  https://www.facebook.com/theC    ollectiveFortMacleod,  
                                        Welcome Cynthia!

Magpie Maggie                 https://www.facebook.com/Magpie-Maggie-561360247235412,         Welcome Marcia!

Whitebarn Vintage Designs  https://www.facebook.com/whitebarnvintagedesigns,       @whitebarnvintagedesigns(inst), 

                                         Welcome Kim and Keri!

A little Forked Up            https://www.facebook.com/alittleforkedup,                                                     Welcome Marina!

Homebody                         https://www.facebook.com/saragirletzart,                                                     @saragirletzart (inst),
                                        Welcome Sara!

Mistys Designs                 Welcome Misty!!

Monkey Business               https://www.facebook.com/MonkeyBusinessVintageHomeDecor,
                                        Welcome Deb & Hillary!

Wardrobe                         Welcome Janet!

Tea Wagon                        https://www.facebook.com/yycteawagon,                                                         @yycteawagon,
                                        Welcome Samantha!

Indulgence at home Personal Chef  https://www.facebook.com/Indulgence-at-Home-Personal-Chef-175152742510015, 

                                          Welcome Ashley!

Wow and Then Vintage       https://www.facebook.com/WowandThen, that's                                             me   Pam!!!

I know you will be amazed at what they will bring to share with you, our community and friends!!!!