You can just imagine how much fun we had! Yes, we did…a blast! There were over 30 of us who met up with Eddie and Jaithan on Saturday to shop at Scott’s Antiques Market. What fun to get to meet Eddie Ross in person. He is as fun and cute as you can imagine he would be, full of personality and life! Of course, I didn’t waste any time getting a pic and schmoozing with Eddie. 
Everyone arrived in the January chill and I think we were all excited to be there. I met a couple of ladies who read my blog all the time and it was so much fun to meet them. Hello Melissa, Carrie, and another lady who I’ve forgotten her name, but thank you ALL so much for introducing yourselves to me. Please leave me a comment sometime! 
My blog friend, Judy from Gracious Southern Living (holding the camera here) went with me and we just had the best time. We had to leave Birmingham around 5 a.m., but we were troopers and made it over there in plenty of time, wide-eyed and ready to shop. 
I found out that many of us drove a few hours to get there. Here we all are listening to Eddie tell us about the morning.
We decided to start with the outside, where there are tons of architectural items for sale. Lots of chippy old pieces and we all enjoyed looking around seeing what bargains we could find. 
Old columns which I love. 
Just lots of architectural things to be found. 
Eddie showing what could be done with this piece. We all had our eyes on different things. 
Me, I loved this cowhide chair. Isn’t it the coolest? 
I did find a really neat architectural piece, which I have the perfect spot for and of course, I’ll share it with you when I get it in place. My hubby will not understand this shabby thing, but he’ll get over it. This piece was $55, which I thought was a pretty good price and it’s quite large. 
Check out the vintage Christmas trees. Very cute, but at $55 a little steep. I told Eddie this reminded me of him.
For you blue and white lovers, a whole row of platters. 
And of course, tole platters always grab my attention. 
These were very old wax impressions, which were really neat and would look very nice framed. 
Eddie checking out the wares. 
Eddie has a great smile and an infectious personality. 
Do you remember this guy from Top Design? Kerry, a designer who lives in Atlanta, joined us and he was SO much fun!
Vintage eggs and Birdsnest prints. 
Cloche, anyone?
And I always have to price the Staffordshire dogs. This pair was $150, a steal the seller told me! 
Eddie, doing his thang….
Vintage buttons in this booth. 
Furniture galore, you can find just about any style you can imagine, at all price points. 
Loved this chippy green. 
As well as this English chest.
Pretty vignette of garden architecture. 
You just want to take everything home with you. 
This was a metal bergere chair, which we thought was interesting. We were joking with Kerry about it bringing back memories of the chair competition they had on Top Design. 
We all parted around noon and Judy and I went to have lunch at the food court and Eddie, Jaithan and Kerry joined us and we had the best time just chatting it up and getting to know them better. Eddie has some exciting things coming up, so you’ll have to stay tuned to his blog to find out all the scoop. The guy is so talented and SO energetic and I know is going to go far with whatever he gets involved in. It’s bound to be fun!
We had an absolutely wonderful day and I’m so glad we got in on the fun! Thanks Eddie and Jaithan for the great day and memories, I’m sure we will all take home with us. Til next time, remember the Southern Belles! 
What fun! Thanks for sharing it with us. Did you get that cowhide chair? I would love to have it and I know it would look great in my foyer by my console! I guess I can dream…can’t I?
Desiree
Oh my goodness… what a great trip. I just love that row of blue and white platters.
I adore your blog.
Rhoda — What a great shopping trip! Thanks for taking us along and sharing your finds. Can’t wait to see what you do with your architectural piece.
WOW! What a great time y’all had! I’m sure everyone involved enjoyed this trip!
Have a great week!
That looks like it would have been such a FUN shopping trip!
OM gosh – that looked like a lot of fun. I love the wax impressions. Never seen anything like that before!
Okay – so I probably posted the best and funniest post I have ever done on my blog…my riding lesson photographed! ..and don’t laugh so loud that I might hear you!
Have a great week!
Freak woman! You get around! I am so envious and want to hear more about him when I get to meet you in a few weeks!
What a fun trip! Can’t wait to see what you do with your treasure!
How fun!!!
You did tell him all about your favorite blogging friend, Beki, right?! Right???
haha!
What a great time. And all that eye candy!! Wow.
Hi, all! Some of you were asking about prices at Scott's. Well, they can be a bit pricey for an antique market. There are 2 huge buildings full of stuff. One is more pricey than the other & has more furniture. The furniture tends to be more French, Belgian, & English, but you can find lots of different styles here. I've been going to Scott's probably 10 years or more & it's actually been a few years since I was there. I found my 2 favorite antique French pieces here at Scotts about 6 years ago.
As far as the dishes & small items, they can definitely be pricey. You're not going to find flea market or thriftstore pricing on most things. Lots of expensive tableware,dishes, silver, etc. but not too many really great bargains on all of that, so I'll stick to my yardsale prowess for that. I looked around to see if there was any deals on creamware or stoneware, but nothing jumped out at me on that either.
The very best prices are outside in the South bldg. that's where we started & that's where the best bargains can be found. I found my arch. piece out there & Judy found several pieces too that you'll have to go check out on her blog later. The architectural pieces are plentiful, you just have to bargain with the dealers & that's part of the fun. Overall, it's a really fun market & you can find some pretty good deals on furniture if you scope it out.
Thank you ALL for stopping by!
ooooooh, how much fun was THAT?! THanks for sharing. I love Eddie’s blog and ideas!
Funny… the whole time I was thinking about doing my laundry room post I was thinking about yours! I think you have what I was dreaming about, smile~
Wow Rhoda! What a fabulous trip to take! Shopping with a celebrity and pro. How wonderful!! I can only imagine the great time you had and all of the wonderful treasures you discovered. I love all of the pictures you shared. Your memories will be priceless.
Have a great week,
Jennifer
Oh MY…Eddie, Kerry *and* Rhoda together on one shopping trip! I’d have packed an overnight bag. 😉 Looks like you had a great time.
I’m still working my way through the houses on your Best of post…It may take me until 2010, LOL. 😉 What a great post that was/is!
All I can say is WOW–what a trip!
Oh, I am so envious, look at all the fun you all had!
Oh, Rhoda, how much fun. You are becoming a design super star before our very eyes. It looks like you had a great time!!
I am so disappointed that I was unable to attend Eddie’s shopping extravaganza! I had so planned to with my two sisters, but at the last minute we were unable to go! Thank you for your excellent coverage of it all and hopefully next time Eddie returns SOUTH it will work out for me to attend! Thanks Rhoda ……looks like it was a blast!
Oh, I should have gone! I thought about it, just for the sheer fun of meeting Eddie and Jaithan. Had I known it would have been a blogger fest, I would have done it!
I agree, Scott’s is quite pricey. I was looking for a chandelier at Scott’s in December, and there were no deals to be found anywhere.
Have a great week!
I love that last picture of you and Eddie…in the background there is this woman looking at the 2 of you with the funniest expression on her face. She is thinking “are those people famous?” Well of coarse they are in blogland!