Nashville - Visiting my southern home

Just a few days but it felt so good to be back.

Nashville Flea Market: day 1

We're all set up now. Lots of fun summer sundresses and kitchenware. Cute purses, pretties for your wall and picnic baskets for a summer date.
I'll keep you updated with more fun photos.

Day Date

Last weekend, Shawn and I decided it was time to go out and see some of what the Nashville area has to offer us. It was time to step away from the music and hype and step back into history to learn. We went to the Lotz House in Franklin, TN.

The Lotz House was a part of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. The German immigrant family that lived there were made to flee when the battle started around their home. While they were gone, their house was brutalized by bullets and cannon fire, the original floors are dented from canon balls, and certain parts of the floors are darkly stained from all of the soldier's blood. In one of my pictures, you can see the red flag hanging over the front door, this is to symbolize that the house was once used as a hospital.

The ladies that did the tour were so sweet and full of southern charm. They shared their love of history and their town, it was absolutely wonderful to gain some of their knowledge. 

It was very surreal to get to visit a spot with so much history. The home also has one of the best antique collections in the southeast. If you want to learn more about the house, check it out here. 

Flea Market Time!

Here is the start to my booth at the Flea Market at the Tennessee Fairgrounds. Half of the shop's closet is here at wholesale prices for holiday shopping. If you're in the Nashville area, stop on by!

The Little Bro Visits Nashville

Historic RCA Studio B - the piano of legends- the room where Elvis did most of his recordings!

Control room to the Studio

So many great musicians have played these keys

Honky-tonkin' on Broadway

Nashville Greek Festival

Trying on fisherman hats

Like this dress?  Click here!

Woah, let me tell you this last week has been exhausting and I was so glad to get a couple hours to get out and about with Shawn and check out the Greek Festival. It is put on by a Greek Orthodox church in Brentwood, TN.  I have a love for Greek food so I was pumped to go out there and get some. I was boring though and just got a gyro. The pastry line was crazy long and I am way too impatient to wait. So instead we went to look at all the Greek dancers and vendors.

There were so many beautiful colors at this festival I was just loving every moment!
I wore a dress from the shop, 1970s polyester light pink floral dress. Shawn told me I looked like a grandmother but
Also if you noticed...I dyed my hair bright red! We will see how long this color lasts haha.

Stay tuned I'm hoping to get a giveaway going on here by the end of the week!

Shop Update

Newest Fall Items!

When the band comes to town

First off if you haven't heard of them, make sure you check out the band Frontier Ruckus.


They are a group of guys I went to school with in Michigan, Brian their bassist used to be a part of our regular jam sessions in the dorms my sophomore year of school. We'd all sit around with different instruments and play different folk tunes, sitting around drinking PBR. Let me tell you it was hipster paradise.
Anyway, the band is doing really well these days, not just playing in the co-op houses around campus and they came to play at Music City Roots again. So of course, we had to go check it out.

If you ever get to check it out, Music City Roots is a pretty cool show. They showcase upcoming as well as already established Americana and Folk musicians from all over the US. It takes place at the Loveless Cafe, so before you see the show, you can eat some of the most delicious southern food.

New girl crush: Lera Lynn

 After the show, the boys got their first experience of a Nashville Honky-Tonk at Robert's. It is always a fun night when you end it in a honky-tonk.

Robert's Western World

Holy Busy Week!

So I've had a pretty crazy and exciting week that I just would love to share with everyone!

For those of you who don't know, I have recently relocated to the Nashville, Tennessee area where I spend my days greeting tourists at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. I've always had a great love and appreciate for country music and seeing as I studied music, history and American culture in college this is pretty much the only place I can tell people how much I love Johnny Cash on a daily basis and not have them get annoyed.

So this week was CMA week, the Country Music Association's awards were last Wednesday night and I was more than thrilled to spend my day at work watching celebrities walk around and watch the tourists gawk at their feet.  I opened up my morning by watching Dierks Bentley play for free on Good Morning America.

A free concert is probably the best way ever to start your day.

During work I watched people gawk over Josh Turner and Keith Urban...who am I kidding I was definitely catching a glimpse at Josh myself.

After my normal work day, I added in some overtime working for an a star studded after party. I'm not allowed to take any picture of that without losing my job but I did catch a glimpse of the red carpet right outside our doors.

Along with the CMA awards, I was also able to attend the CMA Country Christmas taping. The show will be on ABC November 29th but I was lucky enough to snag a free ticket from people I work with. It was really interesteing to be at a taping that was very stop and go, random transitions and waiting in the dark for something to happen, along with fake snow and tons of gay dancing soldiers shipped in from Los Angeles.

All in all it was a crazy week in the Country music world. I was happy that the people I thought deserved to win finally did...which I've been waiting on for a couple of years. I also did a Nashville craft show this weekend but I will update that in the next post.

Good night y'all!