Sage Returns from The Country Living Show

Greetings,

   We have just returned from the First Annual Country Living Show in Rhinebeck, NY and it was such fun!
The crowds were so huge we couldn't leave our tent on Saturday or Sunday! Friday, opening day, it poured :( but the serious shoppers were there and went right under our tarped area to buy furniture!
     The area was lovely. We stayed in Kingston, NY which meant we traveled over The Kingston Bridge and the view was just gorgeous. Found a great restaurant called The Albany Post Road House with fresh delicious food and fair prices.
     Fingers crossed that Country Living sets the show there next year again (we heard they are) because we will be there!

Be Well,

Sharyl

Esteemed shoppers!   Please read the post below and if you have snagged some great finds at Sage Farm please!!!!! Tell them your story. C'mon now, who hasn't scored a great find at Sage Farm Antiques! Help a sista out here :) Thanks for your support and we look forward to another great season for 2013!

Be Well,      Sharyl

We at Flea Market Style love a good rerun, and today, we
are once again asking you to  Tell us about one of your favorite junk/antique/vintage purchases from an antiques shop, vintage store, flea market, thrift shop or auction house still in business!
No garage or estate sale finds for this query, please!

What was it?

Why do you love it?

Where did you buy it?

Please share the name and location of where you scored your great find. We may publish your response in an upcoming issue of Flea Market Style.

You can contact us by sending an email to fleamarketstylemag@hotmail.com with "FAVORITE VINTAGE PURCHASE" in the subject line. Dont forget to include your FULL NAME and contact information (as well as your blog/website, if you have one) so we can get in touch with follow-up questions.

Don't spare the details! Ki purchased Glenda, pictured, from Jim Cox while junking  in West Point, Neb. She and Cammie climbed ladders and pawed through the contents of numerous shelves in search of  treasure...and there she was!

We look forward to hearing your stories, too!

Christine and Kim

#Sharing My Story

This week's Community Journal Challenge From Folk Magazine asks:

Reflect on the meaning of time. What do you spend your time doing? Is there something you wish you had more time to do?

     Time, has been on my mind a lot lately. I turned 55 in January....it makes one pause for reflection.
My husband (the pilot in command) has always laughed at my frequent, audible wishing that I could clone myself and experience a number of things in life at the same time. I never feel like I have enough time for anything! There's a me that wants to live in Ireland for at least a year. There's a me that wants to buy and restore old houses....real estate is a hobby of mine you might say. Dreaming about lovely arched hallways and crusty pantry doors as I drive by an old farmhouse. Time spent on the front porch with fresh squeezed lemonade....unique rocking chairs in a bright cheery red.....but I digress.









    







This year more than any I am giving more thought to how I spend my time...because the bottom line is...there just isn't enough of it to do what I would like to do. So....time to give thought to priorities. What has become most important in my life. What can I live without or can I choose not to do, so as to be able to DO
the many other things that catch my fancy. How can I best use my time. An age old question that, if I may so myself, becomes more important with age.
     Time to realize that I probably won't be able to do everything...getting older makes you a bit more realistic...not much...but a bit.
     What's on the list for 2013?  Learning how to needle felt, better personal care and exercise, participating in a new antique show or antiques related experience....maybe a buying trip to somewhere new.
     Also, taking the time to learn to listen and watch better. Could be the hardest thing to spend my valuable time doing...but clearly so important. Care to join me on the porch for a thinking session and some lemonade? Time well spent.

Folk Magazine Community Journal Prompt March 3rd, 2013

  #SharingMyStory

Although my husband (the pilot in command as he calls himself after getting his pilot's license for his 50th birthday....) does the vegetable gardening, I'd like to responsibility for the fact that we have all those wonderful veggies each year. Let me explain. About 5 years ago, in one of my fits of energy, I insisted we put raised beds in, close to the front yard, so the critters wouldn't bother them. Jerry grumbled but complied, recognizing that he was up against something far bigger than he could defy!  He built and filled and raked and prepared 3 nice size beds. I stood by and asked for at least 3 feet between beds so I could put in brick walkways with the brick I hauled back from Upstate NY....but that's another story....
      While he did all this he explained how I was never going to get to these beds because I was already so busy and this was a waste of time and ridiculous.
      I think we managed to plant seeds in the beginning, but pretty quickly we switched to seedlings. We have fresh tomatoes, the most wonderful deep purple Italian eggplant, crisp, cool, cucumbers, dark green peppers and more. I also insisted on ornamental corn because I had visions of rows of gold, rust and burgundy kernels in big wooden bowls for display in our antique shop. The Pilot In Command said it wouldn't work....he was right).
      Recently the Pilot In Command planted potatoes and they are the very best potatoes we have ever tasted. We planted more the second year because they were so darn good and they were gone by late October! We planted Jalapeno peppers one year and the Pilot In Command made delicious, hot Red and Green Pepper jelly. Beautiful glistening shades of green and red that we gave to friends for Christmas.
       So, here we are and it's coming up on Spring of 2013 and you ask...What will you be planting in your gardens this year? Well, if it's up to me we will plant pumpkins, corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, eggplant, cauliflower, peppers (all sorts), tomatoes (can't wait to try a new fried green tomato recipe!) kale, heirloom varieties to try new things, strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb...oh! and asparagus. But, you see, it's not up to me.
      The Pilot In Command works those beds as if they are his babies. Taking a break from the hectic office phone calls and paperwork that sometimes weigh on his shoulders so hard and so heavy, he can't leave the seat in his office. The seat that looks out on the garden of 3 raised beds. The beds that have become his therapy in a sometimes too busy world. I'll come home to work on a day when he is working out of the home office and he will be muddy and happily watering the raised beds. "Taking a mental health break".
Lucky I have so much energy eh? I think we'll plant what ever The Pilot In Command wants to this year...

   What family memento do you cherish and why?   This is the blog prompt for Folk Magazine for the week of February 9th....I can think of a number of things I inherited when my mother passed away that I am very fond of. There is a large salt glazed piece of pottery that was originally my grandmother's and when we were children my mother kept the old bags she brought home from the grocery store in it, to be used over again. At some point my father made a wooden lid with an old porcelain handle on it to cover the pot because the family dog was fond of sticking a nose in there and spreading the bags all over the house.
    Then there is a the old iron doorstop that has some sort of  terrier on the front of it. Nice and heavy, it currently holds the kitchen pantry door open for me. But the thing I cherish the most, isn't really as much family related as it is a token of  my mother. When I was in my very early 20's I bought my mother a ring with 3 garnets on it for her birthday. Her birthday was in March, but mine, you see was in January. Hence the garnet was my birthstone and I thought it would be a great mother's gift to have her oldest child's birthstone on her ring. She loved it and wore it all the time. When she passed away I inherited it and I wear it, probably not as much as I should but I am hard on rings, being in the antique business. No matter, when ever I do wear it I can't help but think of my mom. And miss her and the laughs we would share and the gardening stories we would try to out do each other with. Miss you mom, think of you all the time and send you hugs up there in heaven.

Folk Magazine asks....In the near future, what are you looking forward to most?


      That's a tough one! The weather has been so cold here in New England I think it's Spring I am looking forward to most....but that can't come soon enough!. Then there's the antiques show we will be putting on this weekend. It will feel good to get back to work after being on a little sabbatical for the holidays. Cabin Fever Market will offer the chance to get my creative juices going again. Leaving on a buying trip next week, that's something to look forward to as well!
     Moral of the story is, especially in this business...our minds are constantly going and it's hard to choose just one thing! Let's make it simple, I am most looking forward to jammies and working on my latest felting project when I get home. Now tomorrow.....that's a different story....

Greetings To All! 

     We hope that everyone has weathered hurricane Sandy successfully and our prayers go out to those who have been adversely affected by her mighty power. The sun is just starting to peek out here in North Hampton. The show is really shaping up to be a lovely way to ease in to the Holiday spirit. Gathering rooms and holiday touches surround you. We have a gorgeous, antique pharmacy counter with original glass, just waiting to be come a fantastic bar for someone. Unusual piece fresh from an Ohio family who held on to it for years after their family closed the pharmacy. Now they want someone else to love and appreciate it. Cheer up and come browse through the old days at Sage Farm. We can't wait to see you at the Market!

Sage in November

We are pleased to announce that we will be remaining at the former Rollins furniture building at 144 Lafayette Road for our November show. The show title is Gathering Rooms and we will be adding a Christmas touch to the displays. The Rollins building sets the stage for such a beautiful show and who doesn't love the holiday season!

Stay posted for news about December, we aren't sure where we will be that month but we will post it as soon as we know.

Where is Sage Farm being held & why?

Hello and Happy Summer days to everyone,

     Our customers have been asking when we are returning to the Rollins building and we wanted to let you know we will be back there for October. The September show is still at the Exeter Road location and there is no entry fee.

     We started trying some shows at the Rollins building to broaden our exposure in the community. This has worked wonderfully. Lots more folks know about us and many of our customers enjoy the larger show as much as the usual Sage location. We don't own the Rollins building and there fore must charge an entry fee as it is a much more costly show to produce. We still love our original location and will not be leaving there on a permanent basis, as far as we know right now.

     For the forseeable future we will be at Exeter Road for September and The Rollins building for October. We are waiting to see if it will be possible for us to stay at The Rollins building for November and if offered the chance, we will stay there for November and December.

     Thanks to all for their patience and understanding about revealing the schedule slowly but surely.  In the future we would like to make some improvements to the Exeter Road location and perhaps expand a bit....but who knows when we can manage that! Until then, we will continue with the same quality, interesting and lovely shows that we currently promote.

Be Well.  Sharyl

March 1st! The month of Spring's Arrival.

We will return to the Rollins building for our first regular market of the 2012 season which is titled Garden Planning. The dates are April 6th-8th and we will have our usual fantastic assortment of dealers with fresh to the market stock and great outdoor decorating ideas.....don't worry, inside ideas too!

Also, we are so pleased to thank Flea Market Style Magazine for listing us as a favorite occasional sale from Coast to Coast, we are the only sale listed for New Hampshire! Thanks again Flea Market style....we want to know when you will be visiting our coastal region for some fun shopping on this side of the U.S.!

Grab your copy of Flea Market Style at Home Depot. Lowes, CVS or any large grocery chain. This issue is just beautiful (as usual), with loads of great ideas.

Thanks To Our Valued Customers and Friends

     We at Sage Farm would like to take a moment to say a heartfelt Thank You to all who supported us this year.
We hope that you have enjoyed the things you have purchased to improve your homes and cottages as much as we have enjoyed crafting them for you. Coming up with new decorating ideas and useful ways to re-purpose items brings us joy and hence, we hope you as well.

     Exciting news! In case you haven't heard, Sage Farm customers, owners and dealers banded together to buy raffle tickets and make out of pocket donations totaling over $1500 to benefit 3 local needy families. What an inspiration and the start of a new tradition of giving this has been. Three families will have a happier holiday season and our raffle winner was thrilled! Congratulations to Erica McPhee of Epping on winning the lovely couch Jeannie Gauthier of The Recovery Room donated. Grateful thanks to those who contributed with grace in their hearts  and please know that every penny went directly to benefit the needy. No administrative costs here! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

Check out the Calendar for all our new 2012 dates! We will be at The Rollins building for our 2nd Annual Cabin Fever show. Here's to a Peaceful, Prosperous and Interesting 2012 for us All!

Sage Farm Antiques presents Merry Mistletoe

Once again the great team of dealers that represents Sage Farm is presenting a beautiful show at the Rollins building in North Hampton, NH. We have sleighs, holiday trees and beautiful holiday ornaments galore. Over 40 dealers work together to set up a fantastic show in a huge old farmhouse full of Holiday cheer. We can't wait to see you at The Market! Photos soon....

The Fall is Upon Us

And Here at Sage Farm we are so excited to be moving the show to The former Rollins building on Route One in North Hampton...a mere 1.6 miles from the usual location. A lot of work and preparation goes in to this larger show, but we think it's worth the wonderful results. Come see the show for your self. November is Tinsel Town in a nod to the old fashioned tinsel on your Christmas Tree. We expect to have Christmas goodies to get you in the spirit and add warmth to your holiday home. We'll see you at the Market!

I have been woefully remiss in my blogging duties. I dutifully commit to be better about this part of my life :)

 In my defense I did just post numerous photos on Facebook. Late....but better late than never...photos of July Brimfield. Go take a peek at the Sage page. (Hey! I may rename my blog that! Good rhyme!) Our September Market opens on the 2nd and we have a hint of fall in the air. Then, we are excited to end our year back at the Rollins building, 144 Lafayette Road North Hampton. A huge beautiful old barn that will show amazingly for the October through December shows. You know what that means! Twice as many dealers and twice as many treasures to hunt through. Can't wait to see you at the market.

May Brimfield of 2011 shots coming soon! It's chilly there but they are out there shoppin' !! Stay tuned.

Sage Opens our Gardening Market in just 9 days. I am committed to get some photos on this blog this time! This is a learning curve for me and loading these photos is really so easy when I do it! Just have to make myself do it. We can't wait for you to see all the great things that are Sage and the garden market is one of our favorites.
Stay tuned....