some of you may remember our ‘searching for mayberry’ post…and if you do, then you may remember that we ended the post with the promise of a big announcement. big news on our next great adventure.

{that's right, population 77. one of the smallest incorporated towns in texas}

we finally found a place to put roots for our gypsy souls.

yep, we just put the town population over 80. that’s right, we moved. we loaded up the fam and headed to the wild blue yonder. to the country. to the wide open spaces of sprawling oak trees and rolling pastures. (well, we’re not officially moved yet, BUT we’re in the MIDST of moving…baby steps buy the land, baby steps move the fam, baby steps move the warehouse. it’s all about baby steps at this point, y’all :))

round top, texas. home of the FaMOUS RouND ToP/WaRRENTON AntiqUES WEEK and birthplace of the JuNK GypSY JUNK-O-RaMA prom. it’s where we’ve made some of the best junker friends in the world and it’s where we decided we never wanted to be anything else other than a junk gypsy. (we’ll tell you the story of our first show at warrenton soon)

it’s home to the world-renowned FeSTIVAL HiLL, the LEGENDARY 4th of JuLY parade, a general store called the RounD ToP MERcANTiLE (which is, i might add, one of my most favorite places…it’s where you can buy anything from organic spinach to hardware to deer corn…everyone knows your name AND you can buy it all on tab), and of course RoYERS ROUND top CAFE.

{the concert hall @ festival hill...you have to see it to believe it}

and here, yes here, is where we are going to build our FirST-EVER-long-time-comin JuNK GypSY store. we realize this seems like a slightly muy loco decision. to build a retail store in a town whose population sign reads 77. we’ve weighed our options, we’ve driven miles and miles across all of texas including every major city, we’ve looked near and far from here to there. we’ve spent hours (actually years) deliberating this decision…pondering the proper zip code for our flagship store.

{yep, this is our view...and you probably can't tell in this shot but that's a crane over to the right on the pond}

as i type this blog, i glance out the window and see a beautiful country pond with peaceful ripples from the february breeze. it’s recently been inhabited by several ducks that are effortlessly cruisin their temporary home. the pond is shaded by evergreen cedars and spanish moss-filled live oaks. and past the pond, i see longhorns grazing in the pasture and horses kickin’ around in the cool morning. other than the rattle of the keyboard… i can hear the wind. and the birds. and that’s all.

alas, it’s because of this and so much more, that we’ve concluded, without doubt, that the country is the ONLY place for the first-ever, long-time-comin’ JuNK GypSY store.

where there are more trees than parking spaces.

where you can see the stars at night.

where things are still done on a handshake.

where the green grass grows.

we’ve hugged the trees (there’s over 100 on the 10 acres we bought for JG)…

we’ve planted bluebonnets…

{amie & me pausing from bluebonnet planting to pose AmERICAN GoTHIC style}

well, kind of…

we’ve moved in portable buildings to the construction site to temporarily office out of…this one came straight from AUSTIN CITY LIMITS to the new JuNK GypSY world headquarters in RounD ToP, texas. amie, mom, & i felt like rockstars…the keys were labeled “artist 1″ and “artist 2″. :)

{oh yeah, feelin pretty cool right about now...}

{over to the right is our temporary office...straight from ACL:)}

part of the JG crew is moving to MaYBERRY too. archie (our resident super-model) & crazy legs will soon be round top residents. we like to think the business that moves to the country together, stays together. we’ll be moving the shipping warehouse soon into the one below…fannnnncy!

{cleared the gate by 3 inches...whoa, baby!}

we’ve completed phase 1 of operation: old macGYPSY farm…

{relocating the soon-to-be chicken coop/GoaT hotel}

we’ve flagged the future site of our store…

and we hope to break ground soon…stay tuned for the play-by-play!

 tomorrow, we start PhAsE II…we’ve rescued an old farmhouse that we’re movin on to the property…it’s the cutest little thang this side o’ the mississippi!

{she's got potential :)}

as they say, you can take the girl outta the country but you can’t take the country outta the girl…and we’ve decided, you can take the girl outta the country but she’ll find her way back as fast as she can. 

happy trails from the gravel road….

it’s around this time of year, just when we puny texans are gettin’ really stinkin’ sick & tired of the entire 2 weeks of cold weather we’ve had, just when we think we can’t take anymore of the arctic blast, just when we think we might just lay down and DIE if the weather gets below 50 one more day….yep, it’s about this time of year, every year, when i start gettin’ downright giddy about WaRRENtoN ANtiQUES WEEK.  

{the state flower of texas....thanks to keelymariescott.com for the shot}

we’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. it’s a soul vacation…it’s spring time in texas. it’s eating royers food under the big tent and twinkle lights at zapp hall. it’s bluebonnets in the cowpastures. it’s dancin under the stars at JuNK-O-RaMA prom. it’s miles and miles and miles of junk as far as you can see. it’s the mothership – the mecca of fleamarkets. it’s being disconnected from your email, your work, your cell phone. it’s wide open spaces & pure country air …. and, we believe, a little thing called junk therapy.  

{a shot from inside the gypsy tent...love, love that chandelier!}

{janie findin' the good junk}

{amie & archie doin' the heavy liftin'...gypsies heart dairy queen:)}

{hangin' out with miranda and ashley monroe after a day at the fleamarket}

{archie and GeoRGIA...XXOXXO!}

and did we mention gypsies love vintage circus paraphernalia too?  

{amie's proudest moment...she scored 2 awesome vintage circus wheels}

we thought y’all might wanna take a gander at our full pitch reel….it’s a 10-minute pocketful o’ sunshine that we hope you’ll love.

let us know what ya think! :)

y’all get ready! blue skies are headed our way! is it march yet?

ANtiQUES WEEK SpRING 2011 show dates:

FriDAY, MarCH 25-SaturDAY, ApriL 2.

JuNK-O-RaMA ProM: ThurSDAY, MarCH 31st @ the gypsy tent!

HeRE we are in WaRRENTON, TEXAS…we’ve ShoPPED. we’ve unloaded. we’ve totally JuNK’d out our cow pasture JG store! and we’re ready to open the GaTES tomorrow!!!! we’re soooo excited about WaRRenTON ANtiQUeS WEEK! it’s the MoTHER LOAD of all antiques shows!

{OLdE GOOD things at the GiN by ZaPP hALL}

 annnnd a sneak peek at the GypSY TeNT…

{we're sooo lovin this bed! it's like a little LeMON pie happiness! right there in yo bed!}

WhO, please tell me…DOES NOT need a LarGER-THAN-LiFE WaLTER MaTTHAU picture??!!!

{in the GYPsY tent...WaLTER MATTHAU greets all who enter...}

the SuN has set…and we’re open tomorrow!!!! y’all come on out! YoU sooo don’t wanna miss this! tha BeST JuNk in the UniVERSE!

{sunset on the WaRRENTON skyline}

JuNK GypSY selling dates: FriDAY, september 24-FriDAY, OcTOBER 1st! JuNK-O-RaMA PRoM, ThurSDAY,SepTEMBeR 30th @ the GypSY TENT!

for yer GPS…. 4217 S hwy 237, warrenton (or round top), tx 78961

Y’aLL hit the road for good times and GREaT JUNK! can’t wait to see ya!!!!

much love and tacos from the cow pastures of ZaPP hALL in WARRENTON, TEXAS 2 U!!!

XOOXXOXOX! the gypsies

yep, it’s true. we’re bonafide, for sure, certifiably muyyyy loco. (that’s crazy for the spanish-challenged)

and here’s just a few reasons why…

1. we’re gearin up for a BiGGO, GaLACTIC JuNK-A-PaLOOZA WaREHOUSE SaLE to be held in just a few short weeks
2. we’re trying to complete amie’s soon-to-be new casa…her completely landworthy, land-yacht airstream
3. we’re makin plans for gypsy-fyin MirANDA LaMBERT & BLaKE SHeLTON’S tyin’ the knot shindig
4. with RouND ToP ANTiQUES WEEK and the JuNK GypSY JUNK-O-RaMA prom in just over a month
5. with AuSTIN CITY LiMITs artist lounge the weekend after antiques week
6. with the film crew rolling into town in barely over a week to begin shooting the JuNK GypSY pilot
7. throw in the fact that i’m homeless, amie’s sleepless, and janie’s losing her mind…it’s a crazzzzy kind o’ time!

why you ask? why attempt this crazy feat? 2 words.

CarpE. DiEM.

sooooo here’s a quick rundown of numero UnO… our BiGGO, GALaCTIC, JuNK-A-PALooZA…a SaLE that you just can’t miss!

JuNK-A-PaLOOZA began as a way to kinda ‘clear out tha junk’…to get rid of tonz of stuff at really low prices. soooo several years ago, we decided to have a little sale here at our warehouse…with realllly cheap tees, realllllly discounted jewelry (lots of stuff below cost!), and looooots of great junk!

{twilight @ our last JuNK-A-PaLoozA}

 there’s always somethin for everyone…boys, girls, young & old…it’s a hodge-podge calamity of organized chaos!

KiDS have a good time….

{serenadin' the ladies}

 while mamas shop…

from DonKEYS in trucks…

{joe PeTE with a hairy friend}

to PorT-a-PoTTIES…

it’s all here!

AnD this JuNK-A-PALOOZA…we’ll be filming for an OFFiCIAL JuNK GypSY TV pilot on FriDAY! we invite y’all to come out and share with us this sooooo super exciting day!

 CLiCK HERE for MaP!

LiVE muSIC by JoHN EvANS and OWEN TiNER! $8 SouVENIR TEES! $12 tees! lots of GOOD juNK! wooo-hooo!

more updates soon y’all…..in the meantime…

CaRPE DiEM.

LaWDY, LaWDY…it’s been sooo long! as y’all may have guessed, our ‘out in the middle of nowhere’ internet connection left me the day after the last post, never to return. soooo here we are, [a hundred years later it seems] back home…sorting through all the good timin’ memories of yet another show. 

there’s so much to tell…from the AiRSTREaM REveAL & MirANDA’s ReACTion, from TeNT set-up to FleaMARkeT FINDs,

from JUnK-O-RaMA prom to tons o’ good times… 

{SuNSET at the RoADSiDE BArS & PinK GuiTARS AiRSTREAM reveal}

 her first reactions… 

{amie moving aside the FLeaMARkET velvet rope....MirANDA's first glimpse}

 and of course…the FiNALLY finished product… 

{interior shot the night of the reveal...sooo many more details to tell you about!}

 MiRaNDA lovin on the ‘JUsT liKE a gypSY GuiTAR with WinGS’ sconce….(more on this later, we promise!) 

{AmiE & me with RaN seeing her 'JuST LiKE A gypSY' sconce for the first time}

awww…. group hug… 

{sharin' the love with a group hug}

 to all of our GreAT FLeAMArKET MeMORIeS… 

{the somewhat completed tent set-up}

{SyRIAN chandelier above the counter...with our super-sized CaT canVAS in the background}

{yep, that would be our sweet AmY ALLeN...on a mechanical bull...beside a teepee...just your everyday, ordinary kinda scene}

 and of course, no WaRRENTON antiques week is complete without pics in the WonDERiFFIC JG ouTHOUSE turned photobooth! 

{strikin a pose the day after prom}

 and speaking of JUnK-O-RaMA prom….

{night falls on the FLEaMARkET as the JOhN EvANS band gets the party started}(thanks to anthologieimages.com for the pic)