Save the Dates April 20th and 21st

Roost Reimagined and Danner & Soli

Presents

Heritage Spring Faire

April 20-21

Join us for the awakening of spring at the Willamette Heritage Center.  Talented local vendors come together to showcase their wonderful merchandise.  There will be home, garden, and vintage accents to celebrate the awakening of spring.  

April 20th

Pre-Show party from 5-9pm

Enjoy a wonderful night of local wines, delightful appetizers, and early buying on all spring market finds.  Tickets for this event are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

April 21st

Spring Tea from 10am-noon

Guests will enjoy a savory 3 course tea with a delicate sweet finish.

Tickets for this event are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

SEATING IS LIMITED

Official show opening is April 21st from 10-4pm Free Admission.

Tickets can be ordered by calling 503-931-8116


Many people are wondering what will we be serving for the Soiree on Friday night?  Well let me tell you... All our guests' tastebuds will be tickled with the selections that we have picked.

Chicken Satay with a peanut dipping sauce

Contessa Pasta Salad

Antipasto Plate

Spinach artichoke dip with fresh crusty baguettes 

Barbecued meatballs

Chocolate covered cheesecake

To pair with this wonderful selection of foods are wines served by

Duck Pond Cellars is located at

23145 N Highway 99W

Dundee, OR 97115
(503) 538-3199

http://www.duckpondcellars.com

I'll be posting more about the food to be served at the Heritage Spring Tea soon.  Meanwhile if you haven't got your tickets for either show you should hurry!  

Heritage Spring Tea Menu

There has been much anticipation on the delightful meal that we have chosen to serve for our Heritage Spring Tea.  So here at last is the menu.

First course

Spring greens topped with feta cheese, crazens, and candied almond slivers with a poppy seed vinaigrette

Second course

Quiche

Feta Chicken Tea Sandwich

Scone with fresh butter and lemon curd

Fresh Fruit

Third course

Chocolate covered Cheescake bites.

Assorted cheeses & Candied nuts

There are only several tickets left so make sure that you reserve your spot now.  To purchase tickets you need to call:

503-931-8116

Vendor Highlights for the Heritage Holiday Faire

This year has really flown by for me personally and for my "Roost" business.  What started out as a "upscale garage sale" at my barn a few years ago has grown into a passion for presentation, a job, a building block for friendships and so much more.  I have been so honored that my Roost fans continue to support me and others in my line of business by buying local and participating in the events that I am a part of.

In keeping with the events that I am a part of....

In less then 2 weeks there will be an amazing Holiday faire at the Willamette Heritage Center (AKA: Mission Mill Museum)  I have teamed up with the gift shop in the museum called Danner & Soli.  We have called on our friends, business contacts, local artists, and other local business' to all come together and offer a sort of "one stop shopping" experience for all your holiday decor, gifts, and entertaining needs.  Last year we had about 20 vendors and this year we have doubled the vendors to 40!

Here is a quick preview of some of the vendors:

Studio Sub Dio

www.studiosubdio.com

Day to Day Life

http://www.daytodayco.com/

Pink Postcard

 http://pinkpostcard.blogspot.com/

Vintage Chick Designs

http://www.etsy.com/people/vintagechickdesigns

 

 Aunt Bee's House

http://auntbeeshouse.blogspot.com/

 

Loose Ends

www.looseends.com

Lavender Hill Cottage

http://www.facebook.com/LavenderHillCottage

 

There are many more vendors that I will continue to post on when I get their pictures together. Thanks for looking and make sure to save the dates!

Learning to weld.

 I love that I have a whole auto body shop at my disposal!  It comes in so helpful in the projects that I do.  My dad restores old vintage cars for a living and so he has every tool under the sun in his shop.  Since May this year I have made it a personal goal to learn how to weld with a wire feed welder.  I have dabbled here and there with it but I've never done a whole project by myself before.  

So about a month ago my did made another "donation" to the Roost Barn.  A 1985-1990 daybed.  Looking at the thing I thought really?  A day bed what the heck am I going to do with that!  Not many of my friends are looking to buy one they're not really "THE RAGE" these days especially one that's this beat up.  Then I think back to the Molly Mo's show in August when I posted my transformation project on an old baby crib.  Do you all remember that post... it went from old broken baby crib to this:

 

So I thought about this bed frame as a bench and got down to work.  Having the proper tools is essential.

 I actually don't have the pictures of the frame before I started cutting and welding.  I accidentally deleted them.  But here is the frame after I cut it down to size.  I had to cut sections out off the ends of the daybed back so it would be shorter.  Then I had to cut out sections of the sides so that it would be more narrow like a bench instead of a bed.  

  Then I needed to tack weld the bars in place.

 Do to the fact that I am new at this welding thing I needed to grind off some of the weld to make it flat and smooth.

 After welding the frame together I decided to use the rails from the bed as the supports to the wood that I planned on cutting to fit inside the rails.

  Here is a picture of the bench with the wood piece that (my dad) cut to fit.

So after I got the bench together I needed to find something to fit inside the holes that the brass finials were previously in.  (I'm not a huge brass fan and they were dented and rusty in a bad way)

  I did however find some old knobs that were pulled off of a dresser in a previous make-over project.  Just goes to show, never throw anything useful away.

After inserting the knobs in the hole I painted them and did a once over with paint on the whole frame.

Here is how the finished project turned out: