What to expect at the Blog Luncheon

Things are wrapping up nicely for the Blog Luncheon that will take place on Friday.  This event is being hosted by myself, and Courtney from French Country Cottage.

There have been some questions about what to expect, and what to bring.

~First come check in at The Vintage bricoleur to get your name tag and to pay if you still need to.  10am.

~Power point presentation

~Tutorial hand-outs

~Lunch and Giveaways

~Q/A session

~Open forum time

Optional things to bring.

~A laptop

~A notebook for taking notes

~Business cards

~Camera (as any good blogger should do)

We will be wrapping up around 2pm, so there will be plenty of time for you to explore the rest of the sheds at High Hand. The shops are all OPEN till 5pm.

The Vintage Bricoleur

Truckee Mountain Rug Co.

3 Vigne

The Tin Thimble

Mandarin Valley Candles

High Hand Art Gallery

High Hand Nursery and Conservatory and Flower Market

Look for these big fruit sheds.  Go inside to find The Vintage Bricoleur. 

You can email me for any other questions.

terry@thevintagebricoleur.com

See you Friday at 10!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Pinterest & Spend a few hours at High Hand

For those of you who read this blog regularly, you might have noticed that I now have a

"Pin It"

button at the top of every post.

(I think one of the next boards I will work on will be all about High Hand.)

(We are located inside the fruit sheds at High Hand.)

Feel free to pin any photos that you see here on the blog.  Once you are done with one page you can click on the tab "Older Post" and it will take you to the  next page where you once again click on the "Pin It" button and so on.  As you pin please remember to mention The Vintage Bricoleur. ;)  You can also check out my boards.  I am new to this and so some of them are not very full, but it is so fun!!!

(A couple of vintage trucks are used to merchadise items.)

(Pretty cute, Huh!)

(The nursery is just gorgeous!)

*Come have a meal at the Conservatory.

*Walk through the Nursery and Greenhouse.

And inside the friut sheds.......

*Have a glass of wine with 3Vigne.

*Take a class at Tin Thimble.

*Talk to a rug expert at Truckee Mountain Rug Co..

*Make a candle at Mandarin Valley Candle Co..

*Stroll though the Art Gallery.

And of course come see us,

*The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca. 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

As you can see, there is so much to do.  Bring the family (or not) and plan on spending a few hours.

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Tour Again @TVB

I know some of you faithfully follow to see what things are new at

 The Vintage Bricoleur. 

So here is another post about new items and vignettes in the store.

This fun industrial cart is great!

Lots of pretty down-filled pillows to choose from.

Some fun items are on this shelf.  I love birds!

A pretty etagere holds lace and vintage law books from the early 1900's.

Cow bells!

I love these jars!

  There is something about things with numbers on them.

How cute!  An Alice in Wonderland journal.

Another Randon Bits necklace.

More pics to come in the next post.  Come by to say Hello.

While you see what we have, stop in at the other shops too!

The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)



Finally ~ The Grand Opening Party pics for The Vintage Bricoleur

I promised some pics of the Grand Opening Party and I finally had a little time to show you.  High Hand had their Annual Lighting of the Nursery at 6 p.m., so we had our Grand Opening right before that, from 4 -6 p.m. although it continued on to about 8:30 p.m.

The Nursery was beautiful.

Thousands of lights sparkling.

Bon fires were lit to warm yourself. 

Back inside people were starting to show up.  About two thousand people came through the sheds that night.

Tim and Lisa of Blue Canoe Reloaded with Sandy Bryan and Lisa's dad.

Sandy of The Olive and Rose (one of our dealers) was happy to have her friend Lisa there.

Lori and her husband have a space at The Antique Trove..

These nice ladies were out for the evening.

Ann, Abigail, Hannah, Joyce and Isabelle.

Some ladies enjoying the complimentary cider and cookies.

Lots of visiting.

Sandy again with another friend Lonnie.

Lonnie and her husband from Creekside Rummager and James and Jacque from Old Soul Studios.

 I love this pic of James and Jacque.

Amanda McReynolds of Element (one of our dealers- on the right) and her mom and friend.

A bit crowded at times....

inside and out!

A couple enjoying the shop.

Steve and Georgia Baron from Newcastle Wedding Gardens visiting with Danny.

Mark and Sandy Bryan.

Melanie Zelder my good friend of Zelder Antiques (one of our dealers) and I.

Danny my husband and Don Zelder of Zelder Antiques (one of our dealers).

Mark and Sandy, Laura Strang, Terry, Danny, Melanie and Don.

Happy dealers ( minus Amanda, Coralie, Angela, Shirlie, and Brenda) at the end of the night.

Danny and I, tired and happy.

There were so many more who came by and continued to, through the weekend.

Holly and Delores from Gathering Better Junque , Carey and Suzanne from Frolic,  Karryann and her family from Gracefully Vintage, the girls from Not Too Shabby , Julie Chiodo from Summer Cottage Antiques, Jana from Cottage Girls , Cyndi and Caroline from Horse and Buggy Consignments, and many other loyal customers.

Thank You again for your support!

You can find us at,

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)



The Grand Opening was Wonderful...

The Grand Opening for our store was Wonderful.

I would like to share some pics of what you missed if you were not able to make it.

The shelves are packed with treasures!

You can see just the bottom of the beautiful Phonograph Lamp.

Salvage architecture hanging over a huge Farm Table. 

 Primitive Pine Cabinet full of  ironstone.

Sheet music garlands hanging in the window.

Pretty Shabby White Cupboard filled with goodies.

Old Post Office Boxes and a Primitive Bench with French books and antlers.

  French arm chair with a grain sack seat.

Small table set for two.

This little corner is FULL of Vintage Silverware Jewelry.  It has been very popular.

Beautiful glove box.

Pretty glass urns.

Primitive divided box with pears, concrete duck and Ironstone.

French book through a glass block.

Small prints, lace bags.

Primitive wood peg board holding a collection of pitchers.

Bicycle license plates from Belgium.

Large spools of twine.

Ironstone and pewter.

These are just a few pics to give you an idea of what it looked like.

I will be sharing more pics of the Grand Opening Party and some of the people who came to support us. 

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)