Monday, March 23, 2015
Fun Times
Good Morning!
On Saturday Mr. Ken and I
went downtown to the Greater
Kansas City Home Show.
This cute design was created
by the Kansas City Water
Garden Society. Check out
the green bottles. A fun way
to use those colored bottles.
A small tribute to the Wizard of
Oz. Toto is so cute. Don't look
now but his house has landed on
the witch!
Aren't they GORGEOUS!!!
One of the many displays by
local landscaping companies.
Beautiful Tulips. Don't you
love the star compass on the
back wall?
Now on to the REAL reason
for going to the Home Show.
Do you watch HGTV? Silly
question? One of our favorite
shows is Fixer Upper. When I
heard the the stars from this
show were coming to town I
was ECSTATIC !!!
Plans were made immediately
to go to the show. As you sorta
can see from the above picture
that oh so many made the same
plans. There were
so many people waiting to see
the stars, there was no way that
I could get a crowd shot AND we
stood for 2 hours because NO ONE
would get out of their chairs that
they were in since 10 a m!
Here they come!! Chip and Joanna
Gaines.
Chip and Joanna are the stars of
Fixer Upper--a family choose one
of three houses that the duo find
and then with the help of the family's
suggestions, needs and wants they
"fix it up" and we the viewer get
to watch it unfold. They do a
spectacular job. Both are so
knowledgeable in their respective
businesses.
It was so refreshing to see that they
are the same in person as they are
on the show. So down to Earth.
They talked to the audience about
how they met, built their family (they
have four cute kids and many animals
on their farm), merged their businesses
and developed their show.
Chip is a contractor by trade and
Joanna built her design business
early in their marriage. They own
Magnolia Homes-- their renovation
company and Magnolia Market
a retail store and online company.
Plus many other projects including
their show.
In the words of one from the audience
"It was like seeing your favorite
Rock band!!!"
Another fun activity at the show
was the "Photo Bus," a Kansas
City based company that took a
vintage VW bus and turned it
into a photo booth!! Such a fun
idea.
Hop in , take the button, use the
props and in no time four pics are
taken and you are on your way. A
lot of fun! One can rent the bus for
any occasion.
Wouldn't this be fun at a wedding
reception or graduation.
More fun! Big kid, big teepe.
The landscaping companies did a
beautiful job with all the displays
don't you think?
Fun, fun, fun.
~Keep on Dreaming~
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That is a sure sign of spring! I've watched their show a few times and love it.
ReplyDeleteBest,
Bonnie
Yes, Spring was in attendance for sure!
DeleteWe do enjoy it!
M : )
Okay, I went yesterday and was so far away that none of my pictures came out, so at least you got pictures! I could hardly hear them... at least I got to read the article in the morning paper :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like your session was packed too!
DeleteThe sound system must have been on the fritz,
sorry you couldn't hear them.
Someone underestimated the needed space for them for sure!
M : )
Looks like you had a wonderful time at the show!
ReplyDeleteWell, yes we did!
DeleteM : )
Fun! I would love to go to one of those. My dh can't wait to get out to his garden. :)
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! I agree with your husband.
DeleteM : )
oh now.....this looks like my kind of fun. I so enjoy going to things like this... and just to think, you got to see the STARS. how awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you, I was so beyond excited!
DeleteWe had a ball.
M : )
Melinda, thanks for posting about the home show! It sounded like so much fun! I love Fixer Upper, too!
ReplyDeleteIt was a blast!
DeleteThey truly are as fun in person as
they are on the show.
M :)