More from years gone by at Round Top Antique Week… this from what I believe is the biggest and best of all the show that take place during Antique Week ~ MARBURGER FARM.  This Fall’s Show will start on Tuesday, September 27 thru Saturday, October 1. 
{more info about this Fall’s show HERE}

I always love the time spent at Marburger Farm Antique Show during Round Top Antique Week… 40 lovely acres of Texas country covered with a dozen tents, and a dozen buildings, all full of the finest antique dealers from around the world. We saw everything you can imagine, from crystal chandeliers worth tens of thousands, to repurposed bath tubs, to quirky art… and everything in between.

There was even a star sighting when Tori Spelling & her husband Dean who were in town to shop for their new store in Sherman Oaks, California called InvenTORI which will carry antiques, gifts & more.

In the booth above they had taken an old bath tub, cut it down, and made it into a chaise lounge… I actually walked by it, and another one they had which was white, several times before I realized that it was a bathtub. They had also taken these old framed photos and drawn on them ~ notice “JAY” written on the picture above the bed… great ideas!!!

{more pics including the other tub/chaise on our Facebook Page HERE}

Picture above is from The Shop Antiques which specializes in CARNIVAL, AMUSEMENT PARK & CIRCUS items.

I LOVE this bed displayed with hay bales, there is another one that is AFTER THE BREAK Below >>>>>>>>>>>> I’m going to have to borrow this idea one day…

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ROUND TOP ANTIQUE WEEK is just a couple of weeks away!!!  Sooo excited about the trip and all the BIG things happening this year down in Texas… Yesterday the Junk Gypsy Company posted the LOW DOWN on all that’s coming up {’cept for a few surprises still to come} and included a link to this post that I wrote after the Fall Show two years ago… THANKS to my favorite girls for including CCD.com!!!!  More from past shows in the next couple of days…

After last spring’s Junk Gypsy JUNK-O-RAMA Prom I was inspired to write an ‘ode to Prom. Feeling like I had something to live up to I’ve taken another stab at rhyming. It’s not Shel Silverstein but it’s definitely from the heart…

We had a doozey of a time at this Fall’s prom… already counting down the days till next spring. I think I speak for many when I say that we are all grateful to the Junk Gypsies for starting this new tradition and giving so many ‘grown ups’ an excuse to act like kids again for at least a couple of nights every spring & fall…

Check out our Cactus Creek Facebook Page for more Prom PICS.

** THANKS to Gay at Whistling Dixie for letting me ‘borrow’ a few of her pictures!! xo **

** Click HERE for our Junk Gypsy Prom GUIDE **

** Click HERE for last Spring’s PROM PICS **

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Welcome to CactusCreekDaily.com’s Round Top Antique Week GUIDE. We are by no means experts on Round Top but we sure do LOVE IT & this is our little version of a TRAVEL GUIDE ~ for us and YOU. Since it is online we will be able to update it with new pictures, tips & more as our Fall & Spring trips to Round Top Antique Week evolve.

Round Top, Texas ~ Then & Now

So what, exactly, is Round Top?? First off it’s a small Texas town, population 77+, located in Fayette County. ONE hour East of Austin, an ONE 1/2 hours West of Houston, and FOUR hours south of Dallas. The Round Top Antique Week, as it is often called, began over thirty years ago in the Round Top Rifle Association Hall, when Miss Emma Lee Turney and her company, Antiques Productions, were asked to do an Antique Show in a little German town that was quietly being restored, Round Top, Texas.

The show quickly became a social event for Houston socialites as they retreated to charming Round Top every Spring and Fall. The show was still small but it was the cream of the crop in quality dealers, and had the leaders and financiers of Houston buzzing. The fresh air and country-style shopping gave the society folk a chance to let down their guard, pick for their beautiful homes, and even guzzle a Shiner or two beneath the shade trees. {For a wonderful interview with Emma Lee Turney, and her account of the Round Top Antique Fair, click HERE}.

Round Top is no longer ONE SHOW. {The Map to the left will be updated regularly!!} Over the years it has become a 10 day event featuring 1000s of merchants spread out over four small towns: Round Top, Warrenton, Carmine and Shelby. The Round Top Register guesses that there are now about 35 separate shows with at least 2,500 dealers. Not to mention the surrounding fields, warehouses, and tents covering cow pastures and black tops… Round Top Antique Week takes place every Fall and Spring with the next show beginning WEDNESDAY, September 21st, 2011 and running till October 2nd, 2011!!

So where do you start?? Locals, weekend warriors and dealers alike all say that enjoying the town of Round Top is a great way to settle in before you start your shopping spree. Here are a few of the local venues that make Round Top not just a lovely place to shop ~ but an enchanting way of life for 77+.

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Marburger Farm Antique Show in Round Top, TEXAS begins in a few weeks on Tuesday September 27, 2011 and lasts through Saturday October 1, 2011.

Here are 10 Things you need to know happening at Marburger this Fall… 

1. This fall, a portion of our ticket sales will benefit the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.  Visit the Susan G. Komen tent at the show Tues – Sat to help in the fight, to learn about the upcoming Race for the Cure in Houston and for Susan G. Komen t-shirts, which are also available in the Show Office.

2. Book-Signing by author Leslie Sinclair of Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors On the Promenade

In 300 pages of breath-taking homes, Sinclair’s shares the secrets, tips and techniques of fine plaster and paint wall finishes that will complement antiques, art and a love of texture and patina. “We work on some of the most beautiful homes, with rooms and wall textures that please both men and women,” says Sinclair, who confesses that she got her start painting the walls of her Barbie house. Today Segreto Finishes is the largest plastering company in Houston, offering fine plaster and paint finishes for older homes as well as new construction homes. “Each project in the book is unique,” says Sinclair. “Like the antiques at Marburger Farm, nothing I do is mass-produced. In walls or in antiques, texture appeals because it gives surfaces depth. Texture takes the flatness out and gives multiple layers of interest.”

3. Marburger has a new mobile website designed for smart phones.  Access it through roundtop-marburger.com, which offers complete show information.   Follow us on FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube.

4. Food & Libation News – The Austin catering company, Sterling Affairs, will offer two food and beverage pavilions at the Marburger Farm Café with hot and cold sandwiches and other re-enforcements; try the “Marburger.” Party Thyme will offer a third food pavilion with tacos, as well as coffee and desserts, all on the Promenade. Take a break at the Blacksmith Bar for beer, wine and “Marburitas.”

5. Insider tips: In addition to the ten tents of vendors, be sure to visit vendors in the twelve historic buildings at the show. Many offer air-conditioning. All shoppers will receive “The Howdy”—the official guide to Marburger Farm with maps, vendor locations and information about on-site shipping. Look for the red magazine racks filled with free publications on antiques and home decor. The 43 acre site of the Marburger Farm Antique Show includes an ATM, comfort stations, free wi-fi, free parking and a courtesy parking shuttle.

6. Register for the daily cash drawings by placing your admission card in the “Marburger Mailboxes” or at the Show Office front porch.  

7. In the Blacksmith Shop, Marburger Farm welcomes a benefit booth for the Brookwood Community, a non-profit organization that has supported adults with special needs since 1985. Their wares will include holiday and home décor items, all handmade by functionally disabled adults. See www.brookwoodcommunity.org  

8. Find our new Marburger blog from the website roundtop-marburger.com/blog be in attendance, taking advantage of our VIB program – see website for additional details.

9. Media: We welcome guests from the Maine Antique Digest who will be greeting shoppers and offering free copies of this national publication. Brenham’s KTEX 106.1 FM Radio will broadcast live from the show on Fri. Sept. 30. Kansas City’s Junk Mafia “Junk in My Trunk” radio program will broadcast from the show on Thursday Sept. 29.

10. Marburger Farm is available to host your next event. During the antique “off season,” you can book weddings/receptions, reunions, corporate gatherings, parties or other events. For information, see marburgerfarmevents.com or call Rick McConn at 713-703-6371.

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Next week Connie {my mom-in-law and partner in all things cowgirl} and I will head down to Texas for Round Top Antique Week.  We are both anxious to get there and indulge in the bounty of all of the things that make Round Top so special… vintage discoveries, yummy food and drink, and many new friends.  I have spent this week compiling the Round Top *don’t miss* GUIDE which has been a great way to plot our 52 hours in the heart of TEXAS.  As I wind things up I want to mention two more places that are on my *don’t miss* list…

Original Round Top Antiques Fair
now in the BIG RED BARN

Earlier this week we talked about how Round Top Antiques Fair began.  What started as a tiny little show {22 vendors in all} produced by Miss Emma Lee Turney 40 years ago, has been re-created over and over again in neighboring fields, Dance Halls & under big tents, making Round Top Antique Week an internationally renown event.

So what ever happened to Miss Emma Lee Turney and the original venue??  Oh, they’re still going STRONG and I can’t wait to visit them!!  A couple of years ago Miss Turney sold the Original Round Top Antiques Fair to Susan and Bo Franks.  They have maintained the standards set forth by Miss Turney by hosting an exceptional quality of dealers, providing stellar service and adding two new shows in the Summer and Winter. 

The Original Round Top Antiques Fair now consists of two venues: Carmine Dance Hall and the Big Red Barn, plus two HUGE tents.  While the venues are close in proximity, the luxury of a transport and porter is provided to help you get to and from the parking lot.  Food from Royer’s Cafe will also be available {mm, mm, good!!}. There is a $10 charge per person, but the ticket is good for all four days of the show at both of the of the Original Round Top Antiques Fair venues & tents.

To top it off this Fall ‘08, in the Big Red Barn, Mary Emmerling will be signing her new book, Beach Cottages: At Home by the Sea.  Mary Emmerling is my biggest professional role model, and I’m practically shaking at the idea of meeting her!!!  I’ll keep you posted…

Last but not least on our itinerary is the Round Top Folk Art Fair & Creative Market.  After 40 years of Round Top’s biannual Antique BONANZA, Miss Emma Lee Turney is still in the biz producing this show which features “contemporary artisans in many areas of interest including woodcarvers, tinsmiths, custom and twig furniture makers, needle workers, creators of folk dolls, custom floor cloths, bird houses, paintings, country-style fashions, is a source for custom-made accessories, all to enhance the country lifestyle.”  WOW!!

As you plan your own trip to Round Top Antique Week you’ll want to use our Round Top GUIDE, and also these websites for reference…

So we’re off!!  I’ll probably be light on posts next week but the week after I’ll have FULL reports from all of our Round Top adventures!!  I’m still hoping to have reports from Cody High Style, too, so check in for those.  Till then, Peace & Blessings!!!  xoxo, Fancy

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A BIG Congrats to Chris Travis {we met him HERE} on his FRONT PAGE Appearance in the Home Section of the New York Times on Thursday!!  Click HERE to read the whole story and view the slide show…

Chris is a resident of Round Top, TX and also a partner in the Texas-based architecture firm, Sentient Architecture.  In addition he explores the world of emotional architecture through the development of his brain-child, Truehome, which is “a systematic process for developing criteria for building designs that are tailored to the exact needs of their inhabitants”.   {Great job, Chris!!}

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Only 137 Days till another ROAD TRIP to Round Top, Texas!!  We had such a fabulous time and met so many cool people this past spring in Round Top {Click HERE to read all about it!!}.  Today I’m making reservations for the fall – put the first week of October on your calendar and plan your trip to Round Top today!! 

Our first stop in Round Top will be Marburger Farm - an absolute fantasy world for all of us who love quality “junk”. Even Newsweek
Magazine says that Marburger is the place to be. Check it out…

To read even more about Marburger Farm click “Read More” below for a full article about this must-see Round Top Antique Week venue.

I’m headed out this morning to visit Will Wyatt’s Cowboy Couture so look for a BIG BLOG about this very cool cowboy store next week.  And tomorrow I will have a post about Rustic*Western*Vintage lighting options UNDER $500!!  Have a fab day….  xoxo, Fancy (more…)

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