Today The Queen of Tarte, the Barn House Boys, Annie Fannie and Abigail, Little Cottage and Sparrow have been memorialized forever as the creme de le creme of the local vintage flea market scene. I will remind everyone that there are many, many other fine contributors to this creative group of vendors however these 5 have been written up in the Oregonian, (our local newspaper) and identified as "the Ringmasters of the barn sales". Congratulations on the well earned publicity!
I spent the morning yesterday at the Tarte monthly sale and as i have already identified in my own article for Somerset Life Cindy has magic running through her veins rather than blood like the rest of us mortals. She does it e v e r y s i n g l e t i m e. Never failing to create a brand new scene of delight and wonder that is completely unexpected and ever more over the top wild and wonderful than the last sale she had..or the one before that, or that. You must visit the the Land of Tarte if you have not already managed to do so! She has 3 shows left for the season; October 24th is the Halloween Spectacular, November 7th is the Tarte Magic of Christmas and her season finale is on December the 5th.
In the stylized land of the more kingly barns I am honored to to say i have written my own article for the January issue of Somerset Life about the boys of Barn House, who are, as those who know them will attest, a force of creative physical energy beyond comprehension. Over the past year they have been generously providing me with access to their private lives as well as their Barn House lives so that i can better understand how it is that they have rocketed to such heights of personal and professional success in just over 3 years time. Read all about it come January!
This years Barn House season is complete. The boys are busy closing up the business, harvesting their garden and taking a well deserved time of quiet reflection. Not that they will be quiet for long. That isn't possible for men who are full of a passion for life and who welcome challenge. There is a lot of energetic discussion about what we all have to look forward to next year!
Love, robin
