Back from Brimfield 2012

Hi! Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Well, I'm back from Brimfield! The weather was pretty decent, the fair food was good (how can you go wrong with fried dough and fresh-squeezed lemonade?!), but the traffic was way worse than anything I've seen in past years.  It's an hour and 45 minutes away and it took me 3.5 hours to get there and get parked. And then on the way home it took me a full hour to just make my out of the parking lot and down the length of the fair street. It wouldn't ever deter me from going again, but I guess next time I'll have to get up even earlier:(

I didn't come home with a ton, but I did score a large-scale find which I'm super psyched about, and a couple of other little things. I'll be back to share those in another post, here's just some pics I took while browsing.

{is this an antique show or Potions class at Hogwarts?!}

{I remember wishing I had bought one of these old wooden crate/boxes last year, but I still didn't get one this year...wasn't sure where I'd put it so I tried to stop myself} 

 

{how cool would it be to own an old railroad ticket counter?!}

{would love to have gone home with one of these industrial side tables but didn't have the money or car space...reminded me of Restoration Hardware}

{these weren't actual antique grain sacks or anything, just stenciled designs right onto the fabric, but I still really liked them, especially that soft grey 1902 one}

{had my eye out for a large hanging chart or map of some kind...a lot of the ones I saw were not in English though...don't worry, I didn't give up!}

{I already have one of these glass fishing balls, otherwise I probably would have went for it here}

{If I was working on a boy's adventure nursery, big kid room or any nautical space in general, I would have sprung for this old prop, but hopefully for a slightly cheaper price}

{Looved these huge arched mirrors, but didn't have $995 to spend}

{almost got one of these round egg baskets, but didn't}

 

{I could see this quilt inspiring Sarah Richardson's next cottage bedroom}

 

Ps. If you'd like to read about other blogger's experiences and purchases this year at Brimfield, check out design*sponge, Everything in 3s, 52 Flea, A Cottage Muse, A Continuous Lean and Capers of the Vintage Vixens.

Pps. Dina, how'd you do? Get anything good?! Did anybody else make it out?