THE FC VINTAGE FAIR
A Visit With The Farm Chicks Vintage Fair Vendors
Pay a visual visit to The 2013 Farm Chicks Antiques Show and meet a few of the vendors too. MEET SERENA! Stay-at-home mom, Serena Thompson, dreamed of creating a fun and happy little event to sell her vintage and handmade goods. In 2002, she and some friends held the...
Creating The Farm Chicks Fair 2013 Installation
The 2013 Farm Chicks Antiques Fair went off without a hitch. I had such a fun time pulling everything together. The theme this year was "Forage for Finds". I wanted it to have a fresh-from-the-forest woodsy feel. It all started with the show poster and postcard,...
Poster Printing at Hearn Brothers Printshop
I've been working with Dale at Hearn Brothers Printing in Spokane for many years. His printshop has printed much of the materials for The Farm Chicks Fair. This year, the printshop has been busy printing the show posters and postcard flyers. I thought you might enjoy...
The Farm Chicks 2013 Poster
I'm starting to get butterflies for The Farm Chicks. It's coming up in June. Come forage for finds! MEET SERENA! Stay-at-home mom, Serena Thompson, dreamed of creating a fun and happy little event to sell her vintage and handmade goods. In 2002, she and some friends...
Advice on Being Healthy in Business and Life
Although I grew up with no television, I remember my mom talking about Candid Camera. She'd watched the show as a teenager and always loved it. She believed that laughter was the best medicine. And I remember her describing episodes and laughing until she cried when...
Cotton Candy Balloons!
Every year, I love creating a fun photo opportunity for visitors at the entrance of The Farm Chicks Fair. This year, I crafted a big bunch of cotton candy balloons, DIY'd to look like they were balloons made out of cotton candy. For me, cotton candy is fun. And happy....
World Headquarters
The original Farm Chicks office was located in the corner of my laundry room. It was October of 2002 and Teri and I had just held our very first sale, in my friend's barn, just a short walk from my house. I had a strong feeling that The Farm Chicks needed to have a...
The 2011 Farm Chicks Fair Re-Cap
Who better to talk about The Farm Chicks Show than YOU? Here are your posts: On The Green Farms The Foutch Coutch The Maternal Lens Creating the Life I love The Fancy Farmgirl Bungalow Bling Heads Carolina / Tails California Funky Junk Jennifer HippieDog Home is......
Did You Know…
....that before The Farm Chicks Fair became The Farm Chicks Fair.... I had tried for years to convince a local organization that I should organize a similar event annually, to benefit a charitable cause. I eventually stopped trying to convince the organization it was...
IT'S ME, SERENA!
I bounced through the first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon, hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods on property that was once inhabited by Native American Indians.
I spent my childhood days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home. My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity and turning ordinary objects into something useful. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.
Now I’m married to my husband, Colin, and our children are all grown. After 24 years of producing The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair, I'm spending time visiting other markets around the world. You can watch episodes of Serena Goes to Market here.
I share more about my life story from time to time, here on my blog. You can also find me on Instagram, and Facebook.
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THE FARM CHICKS
P.O. BOX 9866
SPOKANE, WA 99209