Vacation Shopping

One of my favorite parts of going on vacation is the opportunity to shop in different stores. On our latest vacation it was too cold and rainy to go to the beach the first day so we decided to check out a store I knew about because I follow one of the owners on Instagram. The Found Cottage was further than I thought it was from Saugatuck but it certainly was not as far as the trip we took the time I thought it would be a good idea to detour to Athens, Georgia on the way from Savannah to Atlanta to visit the store of potter Rebecca Wood after she was featured in Country Living. Luckily the road to Hudsonville did not involve a detour and a two hour rural traffic jam. And when we got there it was the perfect place to putter around in for awhile as it included individual booths around a large open floor filled with many items both new and antique. I bought a new wooden tree for my latest Christmas collection and this cute little pumpkin made with a soft gray tshirt like fabric.

For now (since it isnt September yet) the pumpkin is perched here waiting for the rest of the Fall decorations including a new arrangement of dried seed pods we bought in Saugatuck.

Shopping in Saugatuck is always one of the highlights of vacationing there especially if we happen to be there during their Sidewalk Sales Day which happened again this year. The Amazwi Gallery is one of my favorite stores in Saugatuck and I was thrilled to find something I loved on their Sidewalk Sale table. The zebra gourd shaker obviously belonged in my collection.

He fits perfectly in the living room window corner.