~~COUNTRY GOLD LIVING~~~

I Live in the California Foothills.. this is where GOLD was discovered in California...Now we have all these beautiful little ole mining towns all around me...that now have been made into little shops. I thought I would share Amador ,City with you today... this is the shop I worked at for 7 years... This is the window of COUNTRY LIVING...Ooooh Picket and Sue would just love this place..Its all Prim and country style decorating items for your home...

LOOK at that dinner bell...that hangs outside the shop... you can also see part of this little old town..which was built in 1850..don't you just love the high curb?? now the reason they were so high at that time was so you could just pull up with your Horse and wagon and do your loading...Now that building that now is a Museum used to be a Miner Saloon....all these little towns had lots of Saloon and rooms to rent by the hour...if you know what I mean...Miners had to spend there Gold some where... Now if you look you will see the sign that says COUNTRY LIVING.. John and Sandy...

Isn't this the cutest door and see the Iron folding door? that the green and black thing you see there.. these fold up to close the shop and girls let me tell you there are Heavy...All these little shops still have the orginal Iron doors at them...

Sandy got all her Christmas stuff out..as she just had her Christmas Open house this past weekend..Loved this little pillow ...

This is one of her tinsel trees she sells..love all the little stars hanging on it..And the cloche with the bird nest and eggs Oh and that sweet bird cage...

Look at feather tree...this one she had allot of Gardening decorations on...OH and see that life saver? I need that for my sunroom..But Len was with me and said NO!!! I need to go back there when he not with me..because it will come home with me...Now I will have to redo the sunroom for it...Oh well yet another post..

Another little pillow I love what it says "Just be Claus" and sitting on a Bucket bench..John makes all these little Bucket benches that are at the shop...He also makes all the Prim fireplace mantles, Picket fences etc..anything wood this man makes...More feathers trees and Tinsel trees..guess they are making a come back..

One of a kind Santas and snowmen..Now I love the Robin egg blue cabinet..this is a Milk painted piece..sandy has allot of these in her shop, that she use's for her displays..
John and Sandy started this Shop over 28 years ago and at that time they were selling Indian Jewelry that John made and Flower wreaths that Sandy made...They both have come along way...Sandy told me yesterday how we were just old "Hippies "trying to make a living selling our goods...this little shop is visited from Prim and Country gals from all over the world now..I loved working here even when you opened the door up and walk in the smell of all the Yankee Candles just hit you in the face and she always got great ole time music playing...It really is like taking a step back in time...We have so many of these little towns here and all our only 3 miles apart..and why 3 miles?? well this was the Pony Express route.. so rider could change horses and get refreshments...

Hope you enjoyed your trip to COUNTRY LIVING and a California Gold town I will also show you in another post BUFFALO CHIPS which is oldest restaurant in town... and full of antique signs Oh I just love going to eat there..they have the best Hamburger and thick milk shakes you ever had..Yum!!
I just love living in the Gold country with all this history around me and of course all the great antique stores....


Hope all of you have a GREAT day.... Hugs and smiles Gloria