FUN with Blog Friends at The Green Pea!

You know it is going to be a good day when it combines friendships, food and shopping. So come along as I share this fun filled day spent with Sandi (The Green Pea), Jean (In The Garden With Miss Jean) and Dawn (Cottage State Of Mind).

Dawn lives about an hour and half away and she drove up here to meet us girls for the first time. It felt like we have all known each other for years!

So let's start with some shopping. These photos are from Sandi's shop, The Green Pea.
Sandi and her husband, Jim, transformed an old hardware store into this amazingly warm shop that is full of all sorts of treasures.If ever you are in our neck of the woods, here is the address and phone number of the shop. (Escalon, California is located in the Central Valley - an hour, or so, south of Sacramento and about an hour and half from San Francisco).
When you stop in for a visit, you will be greeted by the shop mascot, Barney. Isn't he just adorable in his tie? You can read about him HERE.
Here are the gals (l to r), Jean, Sandi and Dawn.

Dawn and Jean are taking a moment to smile pretty for my camera.

Sandi has created lovely vignettes that are inspiring for decorating.

Jean snagged that small cloche!

Lovely Italian toleware lamp....hmmm...thinking about that one, Jean!

Laundry implements sure have come a long way!

Jean's new needlepoint pillow....so sweet!

I LOVE this old red wheel.....

....but it is not for sale....

Insert a sad face HERE. : (

Before our shopping extravaganza began, we had a lovely breakfast at a local diner. Nothing beats a good country meal with good friends!

Dawn brought us each a present, too. (Dawn, you are so thoughtful!! Thank you!!)

She made us each a "Strawberry Pupcake." You can read about how she made them HERE. Here adorable children also played a part in putting together these pupcakes. Thank you to the children, too! ((((Sending a hug your way!))))

Dawn also gifted us with a copy of the cover of her 1933 Sunset magazine. Any idea why she gave us one? Her father had the copies made and even took great care to copy them so the crease on the original didn't show up. (Thank you to Dawn's dad!)

Inside the magazine is an ad for gas.....YES, you read it correctly....

3 cent premium!

And get this....Milo Ayer said, "Since I changed to Super Shell, you should see my Nash go over the Fish Ranch Road grade here in high, at 30 MPH." Hmph.....LOL!

Here are the "Strawberry Pupcakes" that Dawn made for us. Dawn lives in a 1930's home that has an attic full of family treasures. In her spare time she goes through the many boxes of items and recently found these vintage scottie dog candle holders. I gasped when I read about them on her blog, never thinking that I would actually have some given to me!

The plates are from her attic, too. They match the pupcake purrrr-fectly! And check out the cupcake box she found at Michael's. I tell you what, this was such a treat and they are just the cutest things!

This day was a day to remember! Hands down good girl fun! We laughed, shared stories about our families, collections, decorating and shopping.

Thank you, girls! Till next time.....

happy shoppin' trails to you....