The Stars. . .

The Stars at night truly are Big and Bright. . .

Deep in the Heart of Texas.

In less than a week. . .

I am off to Round Top, Texas for Antique Week.

I shall now rename this as

THE BEST WEEK IN THE FALL EVER. . . HANDS DOWN!

( other than Thanksgiving weekend, because its Thanksgiving and that means family and Aggie football, but back to

THE BEST WEEK IN THE FALL EVER. . . HANDS DOWN)

 

I have written about it HERE and HERE ohh and HERE and plenty more

 

Saturday

I can be found shopping the fields ( a nicer term for cow pastures) with my mom and my dear friend Brandy from Nashville plus a 100,000 new friends.

Sunday

More fields. Miles upon Miles of fields!

 Monday. . .

OHHH is it Monday yet? I have been so excited to share this with yall!!

Monday I get to hang with 30 other women and chat about blogging, our love of junk, antiques, and all things rusted. . .

and enjoy lunch from one of my favs – Royers

as we sit on a Prairie, but not just ANY Prairie.

Its “The Prairie” the  newest adventure from Rachel Ashwell.

 

I have loved Rachel’s eye for design, texture and photo for some time and I cannot WAIT to see what she has added in my favorite little Texas town.

I have to give you a sneak peak of the photos from her site cause I . JUST . CANT . WAIT! And seriously aren’t these photos DIVINE!

I apologize in advance if you find me sleeping in this bed after I eat Royer's Pie. AMEN.

Look at all the places to stay!

umm yeah, if I go missing after Antique Week I am more than likely HERE.

The chair and the deer. . .just did me in. LOVE!

Clawfoot tub?? Don't mind if I do!

And. . . the award for best pullout couch goes to THIS ONE!

 

And here is one of the best parts. . .a portion of the cost of the lunch is benefiting ‘Dwell With Dignity‘.

They are all about inspiring lives with design! I Love what they are doing!

Dwell With Dignity was recently featured on the Nate Burkus Show.  You can see a clip HERE

But please take a second to click over and check out the Dwell With Dignity blog.

 

 

Okay welcome back, good to see you again! Wasn’t Dwell with Dignity great?? Told you so!

 

Be sure to check back in as I will have the full lowdown on The Prairie with pics, info, and I am sure so much more!

Seriously . . .IS IT MONDAY YET???

AND Thanks in advance to Kelley at The Hidden List for organizing the day!

 

Ohh there is still a WEEK left sooooo. . . .

 

Tuesday

The Marburger Farm Show will start. Get ready for that blog! It takes two days just to feel as though you MAYBE saw it all! MAYBE!

So Tuesday will probably carry over to Wednesday too!

 

 

WEDNESDAY

Here we go. . .

But not before fueling up on coffee and maybe some pie ( fruit pie for bfast anyone?) at the new PIE HAVEN. The newest addition from Team Royer! Yall I have seen some pics of the décor and I have tasted the pies so I know this will be THE PLACE to be (it’s in the NEW Henkel Square). Go visit my friend Tara, You will be glad you did! I hear the muffins are a MUST too. Save one for me Tara!

 

There’s still so much to see: Warrenton, Excess, Blue Hills, The Red Barn …. My heart is starting to skip beats just thinking about it.

 

But Thursday

SWEET Thursday!

I will be hanging with my dear friends the JUNK GYPSY Gals!

If you are in Warrenton that day you do not want to miss this invite. . .

ZAPP HALL . THURSDAY . AT TWILIGHT . THE JUNK O RAMA PROM!

Trust me the “Junk o Rama Prom” is calling your name. . .

And your dancing skills are needed!!

I will be around that day and prom-i-fied by night, but don’t ask me what I am wearing, cause I don’t know yet! That old prom dress is hopefully hanging in a cow pasture ( I mean field) waiting to be found and I just know it will match my turquoise and boots!

EXCITING NEW NEWS. . .

This year there is an addition to Warrenton, Tx that I am excited to check out! HGTV will be there. Be sure to follow them on twitter #hgtvjunk  I hear they will have some good tweets about their new Texas Adventure and all the happenings in their tent! They will be at Zapp Hall near the Junk Gypsy Tent!

 

Friday

I think you know by now. . . more fields to walk and finds to be found.

 

Saturday

The show starts coming to an end and the sweet quiet town of Round Top begins to breathe again. But just for a bit cause we gotta start hunting for the Spring otherwise known as THE BEST WEEK OF THE SPRING EVER… HANDS DOWN!

 

Will you be at Round Top this year?? If so let me know! Send me a tweet @keelymarie maybe we will bump into each other as we are looking for our

 

NEXT BEST FIND!

 

September 24, 2011 - 8:17 pm

Lauri evans - Great post! Cant wait to meet you as well!

September 23, 2011 - 9:41 am

christine - you’re making this proud canadian wish she were just a little bit texan! ;) enjoy your week…so glad you’re going to let us travel with you!

September 20, 2011 - 8:28 pm

annalee - i CAN’T WAIT to see you there. I’ll be the Zapp Hall Royer’s cashier all week so you might see me there, but I’ll FOR SURE see you on MONDAY. eeeeeek! hooray!

September 20, 2011 - 2:02 pm

Jessi - WOO HOO! This is seriously going to be soo fun! See you Monday!!

September 20, 2011 - 12:47 pm

Upscale Downhomes - Wish I was there with you! It’s a bucket list item for me since I’m from Wisconsin…great pics by the way!

September 20, 2011 - 11:59 am

Lee Anne - I Love your photos and am so excited to meet you! See you on the Prairie!

September 20, 2011 - 11:33 am

Gloria Burson - Wow!!! Your photography is amazing! I can’t wait to meet you in Round Top!

24 hours in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

We just returned from a little more than 24 hours Esmeraldas. . .

Can’t wait to share more pictures from our time there!

Today we are back in Quito.

Spending the day with some of our Leadership Development Students and some of the sponsor kids!

More from the Equator. . . .

 

September 9, 2011 - 4:39 am

amie sikes - keely . . LOVE the images. . wow. . thanks for takin’ us on the journey with you. . much love from round top. xoxoxo,amie sikes

Hola from Ecuador. . .

Hello from Ecuador!

I am here this week with a great team of artists and speakers that partner with Compassion!

I LOVE being back in this country. It has been 2 years TOO long!

Yesterday we visited a Compassion program right out side Quito . . .

 

 

Is that pic above not the sweetest. . .

Today we are headed north to a community on the coast almost bordering Colombia.

They have had very few visitors SO I know we are excited ( and they are too!)

Can’t wait to share this part of our trip on Thursday when we get back to Quito!

September 14, 2011 - 6:39 am

Diony - Keeley, your pictures today humbled me. I have such an abundance in my life, how can I ever complain? God bless

August 26, 2011 - 11:00 am

christine - It amazes me how your photos make me feel like I am right there walking with you. You have a gift…the way you are able to capture their beautiful faces and their surroundings and transform them in a way that we see the heart of what God is doing in their midst! It feeds MY soul…

So I did it. . .

I took the plunge

or the jump

or the leap. . .

Whichever way you look at it

I have opened an Etsy Store!

I am a big fan of the great handmade online store!

Do you Etsy? Love to hear your favorite sellers. . .

 

Anyways…I decided to not just be a buyer on etsy but alas a seller.

And here is the photo that sparked it all  ( that at the convincing of some friends)

“London Calling Nashville”

and yes, it comes as a print or a canvas ( fancy eh?)

 

So here it is!

A little Shoutout to

my little shop around the interweb corner.

More photos to be loaded on the shelf (???) soon!

July 26, 2011 - 10:46 am

Jen - I love etsy!!! And your prints are amazing! I’ll definitely be checking back often. :)

July 22, 2011 - 7:43 am

Kelsey - Love it! Great idea!!

Summer Days. . .

We just got back from spending a few days

Way Down Yonder on the Chattahoochee!

( you can thank me later for that song now being stuck in your head for the day)

Did you click that link? You totally Should!

ANYWAYS. . .

It was such a great way to start the summer!

Friends, boats, wake boarding, sun, cooking, relaxing. . .the works!

Here is some iphoneography from the week.

Little Willis Bud didn’t go with us but he had a vacay of his own out on the farm!

He is WIPED out. I so wish you could hear the snores that were occurring when this photo was taken.

 

Have I mentioned my new OBSESSION with

Pinterest!

If you are Pinning your life away like myself follow me here!

I noticed that on my “eats” board

( yes I realize that is a foreign language to you non-pinteresters)

I have a few different recipes for grilled corn, avocado and tomato salad.

Thinking THIS needs to make an appearance at the Scott House this weekend.

 

Speaking of The Weekend. . .

Yall have a good one!!!

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