What do I love most about my job?
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Without question, the people! That's why I love flea markets! Shooting the story about Canton First Monday Trade Days was filled with new faces and wonderful stories. Thankfully, I had my friend and Canton expert, Margo, to introduce me to some of the nicest dealers on the planet. Where else can you meet a guy that sells hundreds of water skis - including a surfboard named Bubbles - while he entertains you with his quick wit and humorous quips as you hold the sweet hand of a charming woman while listening to her reminisce her 40 years as a vendor at Canton? I could have spent the entire day just chatting with folks.
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Then, with ample southern hospitality, Maggie welcomed us with lemonade and cookies at the Veranda and Linda Hatfield, operations supervisor, delighted us with a narrated tour of the grounds, golf-cart style.
I felt so pampered.
Now, you have to realize that shooting and shopping are two different animals. Shooting requires focus and keeping to a schedule. You see, photos are required to be taken during daylight hours. I've been known to lack focus, as I tend to wander off track when seduced by a rusty piece of junk or when distracted by chatting with customers and vendors. Margo did an amazing job of keeping me on track as we tried to see and shoot it all. As you may know, Canton can be overwhelming and has more to offer than we could fit in 10 pages!
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Okay. So while I didn't quite get all the photos I needed that day, fortunately Allen and Margo agreed to go back another day to grab the additional shots needed to complete the story. (Thanks guys!)
You meet the nicest folks junking! Really!
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What we asked Ki:
Q. Which member of the FMS team would you most like to trade jobs with for a week?
A. I would like to be the person behind the camera. Matthew, Kim Cornelison, Jenny, Heather, and Allen Arrick are my idols. To create such beauty and fun with a click of a button makes me drool with envy. I keep saying I will take a class someday....haven't quite gotten past those how-to photos.
Someday...
(all photos by Allen Arrick)
(all photos by Allen Arrick)
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Now for the give-away!!
Leave a comment for a chance to win one of Ki`s cool, one-of-a-kind canvas bags, made by her sister and embellished using vintage aprons. Check out her shop while you`re at it!
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Contest is now Closed
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Contest is now Closed
110 comments:
Oh, I want it, I want it!!! I love this earthy looking bag, and I also love ANYTHING with ball chain and little "findings" on it!!!!! :)
This bag is beyond cute! Love the keys & pretty trim. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to get to a great flea marker like this someday!!
Love the bag!Thank you so much for dropping my name in the hat for your fun giveaway!
blessings
mary
I haven't been to Canton in SOOOOO many years, I probably wouldn't even recognize it. I would love to go again, if just for the nostalgia.
The giveaway is awesome! I could so use a bag like that to take my stuff to and from work in. So functional yet stylish!
Smiles~
Marilyn
mcgoo4@gmail.com
Love...love...love it. What a great bag. And I love vintage upcycled aprons. Just perfect.
I have wanted to go to Canton for years! I bet it was so much fun. I love the bag also and all the little trimmings it has on it. I would definitely use that bag! Please enter me into the drawing.
Adorable bag - love it!
I am so glad I found this blog I am enjoying it immensely. I agree, you meet the most wonderful people while junking! It's like an insta-friend, isn't it?
And that bag is fabulous! I love the vintage apron details.
Vintage apron bag, so lovely! :)
Canton sounds like so much fun. I hope to go soon!
Looks like a fun time! Would love to win the wonderful bag!
I live in Texas and go to Canton as often as I can. It's definitely not a one day kind of trip. You need a couple of days to really see everything. We do things bigger in Texas after all.
Love all that you do! This blog is wonderful! Marie Wirth
I want to try the Canton markets someday! I only live a few hours away but with 3 kids that would be a bit much!
That bag is darling! Please do add me to the "wishing and hoping I win it" list!
im so loving following along with you on your blog! and your sister is brilliant too! thank you for all the ideas! keep 'em coming
What a great bag. Would love to win.
Also, sorry if I am the only one who doesn't know this, but may I ask...Is Canton a city or the name of a flea market. I am so curious about a place that sounds so great. Thanks for helping out a curious lady...
I am a Texan recently transplanted to Colorado and Canton is one of the things that I miss most about living in Texas, right after friends, family and TexMex food. Reading your post helped me remember the many wonderful visits I have made to the Largest Flea Market in the World. I even felt the humid heat!!!
Awesome blog you have, love reading it.
Love this bag very impressive
Just received my copy of Flea Market Style from Heather today. What can I say? It's scrumptious!!! So much more than I expected and oh-so lovely! Way to go, guys!!!
Thats for shore...you cant find nicer people then the junk..I am one of those hi hi...
I love to win that bag:)
Have a nice day:)
Hugs from elin anita
I would love to win that cute bag! Thanks for the chance! I can't wait till our weather warms up and flea markets begin again!
That flea market would be a DREAM to visit, but alas :( Live tooooo far away lol (the Netherlands)
Please enter me in this give away what a lovely bag to win ♥♥
The bag is fabulous! And the market only makes me want this MN winter to go away faster!
Oooo!! Another one of the fabulous junk bags up for grabs! Please enter my name on that giveaway...pretty please?? *elaine*
Love this bag!
What a cute bag!! I want it!! I wish we had a local flea market here where I am. I have to settle for garage sales. Not the same. lol!
Hana
@MomTog Diaries
I've been going to Canton since I was a young child (back when you could walk the whole thing in a day). My childhood home was furnished with so many things from Canton. Last week I posted about my family of junkin folks.
Love that bag.
Talk about the perfect styling bag to go flea marketing with. I love the vintage flair! Good job to the creative girl that made it! You're very talented!
oh my word - I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win that bag - soooo cool!
I would love to have anyone's job at Flea Market style! Looks like an exciting job & fun people to work with.
Love the bag!! Canton looks like fun!
m.chphotography@hotmail.com
LOVE it!!
Cheryl
OH MY GOSH!!! I must have that bag. My daughter would just flip. Wish we were closer to Canton.
I love the bag! So cool. I am counting the days til I get to see the magazine! Then I will be incommunicado until I've devoured the whole issue.
xo
Claudia
Love this blog, and wish I could travel right along with all of you. I'd have to agree, you do meet the most wonderful and interesting peole junking! Love the bag - my daughter would love it as her camera bag!
xo Heidi
Canton sounds amazing. I've always wanted to go...with a very big trailer to fill. And I couldn't agree more about vendors being so friendly at flea markets. I love people who are passionate about what they're selling. It's a lost art.
Ki's cool one of a kind bag made by her sister is so. delicious. I love it!!
How I adore flea markets--and this great bag!
monicawalkAThotmailDOTcom
its been great to get everyone's reactions on what was all involved in putting out the magazine - so much more than one would ever imagine. Yes! enter me to win the bag!
amy
fourcornersdesign.blogspot.com
Great bag! Count me in!
S.W.A.K.
ooooooo - love to win that funky bag!
Thanks
I'm so glad you had the opportunity to visit Canton.
We really do it big in Texas!!!!
P.S....that bag is to die for!!
Oh wow I heart that bag!!! Very cool! Oh and yes luurrrve Canton. Don't get to go as much as I would like, but Warrenton twice a year takes care of that for me.
I haven't had the pleasure of visting Canton yet...but it's on my to do list...and as for the canvas bag...I love it...it totally looks like me.
Love the bag (I was surprised there weren't more of these on the shop site but will keep checking)....I am so excited for this magazine. Its great finding out I am not the only "junk recycler" and person who finds "old and battered" an actual decorating style!
I'm impatiently waiting for your magazine,...it'll be fabulous I'm sure. Love the bag, too! Fun and practical,...always a great combination.
wow that is an AWESOME purse! I want it!!!! When do winners get announced? I never win anything, but I am really crossing my fingers for this one!!!!
I'm off to check out the rest of her lust worthy shop!
Abbie
abbieroadart@gmail.com
Now that is a very cool bag!
love the bag! it would be the perfect accessory for flea market shopping!
karla
please enter me...what a cute bag..love the vintage fabrics and rusty ole keys. I would love shopping part for like props..is that a job..if not I could be YOUR woman!!
OMG!!! That bag is amazing. Off to check out her site :)
Oh I can't wait to see the article! I have heard so much about this wonderful event and dreamed of one day going, I will be a arm chair traveler through your article!
I would love to win a bag, they are so beautiful and creative. Thanks so much
Becky in WA
Ki, meeting you in Canton was so much fun and the pic you posted of us all is one of my fav. Hope you make it back to Canton soon, Theresa
Wow, love the bag. Would love to carry it anywhere.
I love thrift shopping, garage sales and Flea markets! I can't wait for our winter to be over here and we can go on our hunts again!
I love the bag!
amcolvin08 at yahoo dot com
great bag! Oh to go to Canton.....sigh
Good to know that even the pros get sidetracked by rusty things and enjoying the people. I thought that it was just me!
Such a great bag to take to Canton! I am a regular Canton-ite! I even went for February this year and it was FREEZING and no one there, but wow, there were DEALS! So bring on the cold if I can get a bargain price! Can't wait for it every month! Suzie purrpage3[at]verizon[dot]net
Love the bag. I have trying to convince my hubby that vacationing in Texas and hitting some of the great fleas would be fun. I think he is just worried about the U-haul truck he would have to drive all the way back to Oregon.
Hi, just wanted to ask if your magazin will also be available here in Germany?
Nice blog and a beautiful Canvas-bag to win, Greetings, Mira!
People who love to go junking are some of the best in the world aren't they? We've made lifelong friends in our shopping and showing!
The bag is cute as can be. I am betting my daughters in law would covet it. :-)
Tina
Pecan Corner
Oh, I would love to have this bag! My husband carries a khaki canvas "manbag"/messenger bag and ornates it with patches from all the places we travel. I would love to have this more feminine version that seems so "me" with its vintage trinkets on it.
I am in LOVE with the magazine, the blog, your ideas, and the funky bag! Great job on Flea Market Style! Congrats!
Oh, wow, love the bag, especially the "danglies" on it!! And wish I could go to the Canton Flea some day -- but in the meantime, am looking forward to seeing the photos in the magazine! Thanks!!
I got the magazine yesterday. Such lovely photos and ideas. I'm still reading it. Oh I'd love to win this giveaway. Maybe you should giveaway a trip to Canton also. I'd love to go oh and I'll take my new bag with me. Thanks, DE
I would so love the bag! And I'm headed to the store tonight to hopefully pick up my very own copy (plus a couple maybe!) so wish me luck. If my local grocery store doesn't have it, off I'll go to WalMart.
What I great bag! I promise to give it a good and loving home.
That is the cutest thing!!! Love it!
Gorgeous bag! Even more gorgeous is the cover of the magazine. The color on the walls made me just about fall outta my chair...yummy!
Hugs ~ Angie
Love the bag, Oh how I would love to visit Canton..
Karen Sikes
Oh, this is so fun! I hope I win the bag. :)
Love unique creations! Great giveaway!
I've been thinking about a trip to Canton lately. I have driven down I-20 headed to Dallas and not been able to stop. I just need to find a shopping partner.
I love the bag, pick me pretty please!
love it love it love. Can't wait to get the new mag.
man, you guys do have great jobs! and i am a Margo too!!!! its just exciting to see others with that name. I've only met 2. i'm looking fwd to FMS hitting our stores. THANKS GUYS!!
Love the doohickeys on the bag, reminds me of my military map bag.
I LOVE this bag. So original, creative and just plain fun. Fingers crossed...
Oh how cute!! Please enter me for sure:)
Sure cute bag!
Love your blog and I would really love that bag. Can not wait to get the new magazine.
Junk Mammas Jenn
Just relocated across the country and had to sell most of my treasures. Sure could use that bag to hit the flea markets in my "new" area to find "new" treasures. What a great conversation piece it would be! :)
I was at Canton that month and went to your booth ~ it was so fun !
I adore Canton and just have to make the trek every month ~
xoxo
Lori
Looking forward to your magazine! Please enter me in your give-away. Keep up the hard, beautiful work.
Blessings!
Sheila Atchley
Can't wait for the magazine! I love the bag! Thanks for the contest...
Heather Nowak
I would love to go junking around the world-how fun. That bag is way cute.
Lisa in DE
Love the magazine, looking forward to being a part of junk bonanza this year as well. And..........I NEED this bag :)
I love all the cute accessories hanging off the bag. Makes it really fun!
Ki,
I see myself in one of your Canton pictures. It was great meeting you that day and all of the picture taking was fun, too. I think the bag is just what a girl needs to go "Junkin". Congratulations of the new magazine. I cannot put it down.
I love this! Must learn more about these bags...
What a fantastic bag!! I never win anything, so I won't hold my breath, lol! My husband has banned me from buying any more bags (yup I have bag issues) so winning one (especially one this cute!) would be so fun! Thanks for the opportunity!
The bag is wonderful...looks like it would be great to take on a junking adventure.
I think I need this bag for flea marketing! it is sooooooooooooo cute!
I have always loved Ki's Style!!! Great bag!
I have drooled over these bags for so long! I REALLY want to win one!
how cute is that?
Love this site, I'm putting the button on my blog!
SouthernGirl
Where can we sign up to be a groupie?? Ahh...to travel around with you all would be the best!
Love the bag!! Perfect for junkin!
dee@spitzerind.com
Love the bag!I'd be happy to show it off!!!
Is the drawing still open? I want to win!
That bag is just adorable. Adorable.
Oh my! This is one of my favorites!!!!
love the bag; can't wait to see the mag!
I would certainly put the beautiful bag to good use - just my style, it would be a hit at the flea market when I wear my 'Junk Gypsy' necklace!
What can I say about the magazine other than.....FABULOUS! Found it yesterday at Borders - bought two copies, one for me of course, the other for my very dearest local antiques/vintage shop owner here in Raleigh, NC. She is hospitalized for a back injury. We almost lost her yesterday due to a dreadful medication mistake at the hospital! She is OK now thankfully, and I thought the best thing I could send to her, besides chocolate, was a copy of your magazine.......I believe it will help the healing process.
My favorite article has to be Jocie's farmhouse. I shopped her Red Chair Antiques last Summer and am hoping to return again in July - I absolutely love her stuff, French, Swedish, Belgian......what more can a transplanted Englishwoman (me!) want!!!!
Thank you all so much for the hard work you've each put into this wonderful publication - when can we expect the next issue????
Mary - ACROSS THE POND
I shop Canton regularly and am so sorry that I missed seeing you there! I'm hoping to go again next weekend!
So wonderful--thanks for the chance!
Oh my goodness!!!! This bag is FABULOUS!!!!!!! I'm SO keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks so much for a chance to win such a fantastic giveaway!!
Blessings,
Paula
That bag is awesome. I would love to have that on my shoulder.
Wow, this is so funky!! Love it!!!
Love that bag!
Lynn DuBois
How wonderful this bag is! Thanks for telling us about this artist.
I found you via the magazine ad on The Daisy Cottage.
Love the bag. Please throw my name in the hat.
Thanks!-Jean Tomaso Moore
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