Hello!
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
I just wanted to share a few pictures of a french flea market that is going on today at the
I went yesterday with my two daughters...
If you are in northern California you should be sure and stop by....
You won't be sorry.
I got to meet the owner of Chateau Sonoma, Sarah Anderson.
Sarah is the sweetest person....
You will love Sarah and her shop, Chateau Sonoma....
I am going to share a lot of pictures of the flea market in this post... and it is still going on today...
I LOVE these chairs.....
My daughters found out that this gentleman, Michel Saga (Paris Musique)
will have a part in the up and coming Disney movie, Cars.
We actually had left the flea market and my girls asked me to come back and take a picture of them with Michel.....
If you do get to stop by Chateau Sonoma, let your husbands know you might be awhile....
I am glad Thad wasn't with me, because we ended up staying all day!
Thank you Sarah for hosting such a wonderful french flea market!
Hope you get a chance to stop by Chateau Sonoma today!
You can find out more about the flea market by visiting
Take Care,
Maria
p.s. I have decided to start offering event photographing...
if you are interested in having me photograph an event please contact me to find out
further details and rates.
97 comments:
Oh, viewing all these beautiful photos felt like a little trip through the French countryside. What a fun way to spend a day! Janell
Thank you so much for sharing it was a treat looking at all the beautiful photo's! So many things I would love to have.
Sherry
Thank you for sharing.
Happy Sunday!
Best,
Coastal Blue Ocean
Thank you for the pictures.
I so love Sonoma County.
My mother is from San Francisco and when we were growing up we would go and visit her family there during the summer and holidays.
As I got to be an adult I would return to Sonoma County on my own and just spend a week piddiling about. When I was dating my husband we went out for a week. We spend our 2nd anniversary in Sonoma as well.
It is harder for me to get to California now (a health issue makes it hard for me to fly--so I take a train).
Thank you for reminding me how beautiful it is out there and it is a place we will go to again.
Gosh almighty, I would be in SO much trouble if I went to this flea market!
So many gorgeous treasures.
I need to e-mail you about the event photography thing. I seriously need to charge for my services in this area, too!
Happy Sunday,
Anne
I see wonderful stuff, I also like it to visit flea markets!
Wish you a nice Sunday! Hugs, Ingrid
What a great fleamarket! So many wonderful treasures!
And your photos are beautiful!
Have a happy new week,
Hugs,
Yvonne
I wish I were in Sonoma right now. I have 2 of those lovely iron trestle tables, both with marble top...I love love love them. xx's
Wonderful photos Maria, looks like lots of gorgeous things to take home too;)
Thanks for sharing, tami
Oooh-la-la gorgeousness!
Thanks so much for sharing...would have loved to be there!
Deborah xo
So beautiful!
Hugs, Sandra
Maria,
Thank you for sharing such a lovely event! You added French sugar to my Sunday morning tea!
~Lynne
[w/l]
I want every single item in every single picture!
Liz
OMGosh Maria this is one flea market I would have LOVED to have gone to!! Martina
Wonderful pictures. I wish I could attend! I loved the chairs, linens and wire baskets. Baskets are my weakness. (One of them at least.)
***swoon***
will for sure put this shop on my destination list! live in the central valley, but will make the trip, for sure! do they have this event often? tons of inspiration here! **thank you!!**
becky
How delightful....I must go!!! Xoxoxo
THAT must be paradise... WOW!
Love,
Angelina
So sad i live so far away for your photographing and this event.
hugs
Hi Maria,
What a gorgeous collection of wonderful things. I could buy it all....and, when I saw the first photograph of Michel, I thought that he looked familiar. Has he been in other films ?
I would have loved to have been able to have gone to the French Flea Market but, it's a little too far to travel from the UK !!
Have a lovely Sunday. XXXX
Amazing!!You must have had so much fun with your girls there all day!;) Thanks for sharing~hugs,Rachel
French Farmhouse 425
Bravo ,un petit air de Provence...
Amicalement,
a kiss of France
Manon
Lovely! Thanks for the tour....next best thing to BEING there!!
There certainly are so many wonderful flea markets in 'other' areas of the country!!
Oh.....my.....gosh.....i see so many beautiful things.
It feels like I've been there with Your beautiful (large) pictures.
Love Love Love all of this! Thank you so much for sharing this fabulous shop. I am heading out there in Sept. for my sisters wedding and hope to stop by. Thanks again!
Oh my God it is fantastic!!!!I live so ner France but so a beautiful fleamarket have a never see.Thanks for your lovley pictures best wishes from Germany Nina
When I looked at the pictures, I nearly jumped on a plane. How I wish I was there. So many things I love to have.
Hugs
Oh, I wish I lived closer. I'd spend all day there, too! Gorgeous photos as usual!
- Susan
Beautiful pics...nothing like a great flea markket is there? Thaks for sharing these awesome photos!
Tammy
junk wild
What a divine way to spend the day with your daughters! I love all the photos and wish I could have joined you. Thanks for taking on a virtual shopping trip!!
This is the most gorgeous blog post I've ever seen! Thank you for sharing this amazing eye candy! It's like a little visual vacation - I'm keeping it bookmarked so I can look back on it every so often. Thank you for sharing!!
wish i was there...nothing in my area even similar. what a great way to spend the day with your beautiful girls.
I am blown away by the beauty in these photographs. What an amazing market sale! I need to jump on the Eurostar to France asap! Thanks for sharing with us.
How beautiful! I am secretly hoping my eldest son will attend college in Sonoma because I love the area so much! Thank you for sharing. Steph.
Dearest Maria,
And you call this 'a short blog'?
Wonderful photos though and you managed to capture the French atmosphere very well.
Lots of love,
Mariette
Maria, I love these photos! Wish I lived closer, I would swing by to do a little shopping!!!
Maria I see so many things I adore...even her own special shopping totes!! Wonderful!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
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Such a fantastic way to spend the weekend! There's nothing like a fabulous flea market, is there?!
lookin good sista! Lookin good! Hugs lulu
So wish I was there, thankyou for the gorgeous inspiration. I'm so glad I came across your blog as I am now a happy follower. Have a wonderful week xx
Such an amazing array of objects!
Michel used to sing at the Mill Valley farmers' market when I was a vendor there. I enjoyed his music and his raspy voice a lot.
Too funny I was here a month ago and I fell in love with this store! I agree, def some great finds. I wanted to buy the vintage mailbox wine cabinet. Did you see that amazing piece?
my heart started beating a little faster...thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures. I wish I were closer.
I was so sorry to miss this! Sonoma is so close to where I live but we had so much going on this weekend. It looks like a wonderful day spent with your daughters. Both are beautiful girls, Maria!
Oh, I'm so happy you got to go! It looks like it was amazing! I'm going to be dreaming about your pictures tonight!
xx
Cheryl
OOOOH!! Thank goodness -for my money- that I live on the other side of the Atlantic...!Beautiful!And yes, go for event photographing. You havereally captured the spirit and great details of that market!
Lovely photos! I think Sonoma is our little piece of heaven in the entire county! Love, love Sonoma!
so wonderful images and what a great "event". I had bought soooooo many things. Thanks for showing such wonderful things!
Great post!
Nicole
What a loyely blog! i will now follow you...
lovely greeting from lilli
I need a doctor! My heart is standing still!!! Great photos for lovly things!! Carmen
Wow! I wish we had something like that here in Ontario...what a beautiful way to spend a day!
That French Flea Market looks divine! So much eye candy and items I'd love to have in my own home!
Thanks for sharing such lovely pictures!
Neida
HI MARIA THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE FRENCH FLEA MARKET,AT SONOMA IT WILL BW SO HARD NOT TO BUY ALL THE TREASUES.WHEN I GO TO SONOMA I LOVE TO VISIT THE COUNTRY MARQUET .AND THE RESTAURANT THE GIRL AND THE FIG..SONOMA IS SO BEAUTIFUL..IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU WANT TO START FOTOGRAFHING EVENTS THAT IS A WONDERFUL.YOU ARE SO GOOD WITH THE CAMERA...SANDRA
What a diving flea market - full of lovely treasures. I grew up near Sonoma and love the area. Wonderful post, Maria.
these could be magazine photos...Just gorgeous!
Take care,
Lisa
oh why couldnt you have said in yorkshire in the uk! hehe. looks amazing, wish I had been there. I would have spent hours examining everything, thank you for sharing
natasha
http://bonjourshabbychic.blogspot.com/
xo
Oh what fun!! I wish we'd have a French Style Flea here in Arizona... most of the Flea Markets here are just not the sort with a European Flair that I enjoy so much.
Dawn... The Bohemian
maria,
i went to the flea market on saturday with my two daughters as well. do you know if they only do this once a year? it was magical. here is a link to the beautiful pitcher i bought there.
take care,
Michele
http://summersoul-michele.blogspot.com/
what a great flea market!!
Hi! I found Your lovely blog! You have so many beautiful pictures! Greetings from romulyyli-blog.
How lucky you are to have such wonderful flea markets. We have absolutely nothing like it here! I am however heading to France in a months time to find every flea market I can explore! ( Just a tad harder to take anything home!!!!)
I wish places like this existed in Northern Michigan but maybe not as I'd spend all of my money here!
Absolutely delightful,
Jenna
www.sequinedsunsets.blogspot.com
If only we could travel as quickly as our electronic words. Sighhhhhhh
Your Friend,
Deborah
Wow wunderschön!
Love, love everything you featured! What a beautiful day and space. I would have found so many things there I would have wanted to scoop up and take home! ;-)
~michelle~
is this paradiese?! i want to go to such a beautiful fleamarket! I have fallen in love now! sunny greetings from germany, geisslein
Hi Maria,
Sonoma looks so beautiful! I have never been to Northern CA - someday! :)
I am just eating up all the wonderful details of this set of photos! I would have loved to be there! I see so many pieces I would want for my place!
We have a French Flea coming up soon in a couple weeks - 3 French Hens. I am so excited to go!
Best wishes with your event photography! You certainly are talented at that, too!
Hugs,
Lara
Oh Maria,
I love that event, have so many dealer friends that have attended for years. How great you got to go take a look, it's always amazing!
Bonne chance with your photography endeavor, I'm sure you'll meet many wonderful people through that avenue.
~Tracie @ My Petite Maison
I could cry it looks so beautiful. What an amazing way to spend a Sunday!
Amazing!! I found your site on one of the french websites, and I love your website and your blog! Love all your photos, you are so talented!
I'm in awe!
Pei Li
Dreaming over here about this stunning SHOPPE!
Thanks for sharing!
I wish I was there right now!! Beautiful...
Thanks for the inspiration!
treasures said...
WOW! Thanks for taking us to this wonderful French flea market. I would also be there all day! What wonderful treasures. I would have to rent a truck to get it all home. So many treasures!
~ Julie
This looks like a spectacular flea market. I love Sonoma. What a perfect day. What fabulous finds!
Cynthia
http://coffeeonthepatio.com
http://www.cynthiasblog.com
You must have been in heaven...I know I would have been! Gorgeous pieces. I LOVE that you are now doing event photography. Way to go. FYI...Can't stop ordering from your shop..lol
I can totally understand how you spent the entire day there! Wow! Wish I had a place like that in my neck of the woods... I'm going to check out the website now. Thanks for sharing those beautiful images. I love your photography :)
All these beautiful pictures of things are like candy to my eyes!!!! I wish we had flea markets like that around here!
I want to go here!! SO jealous of your little trip to this beautiful antique store...thanks for sharing with me! :)
Hello Maria, I am new to your blog here and I wanted so much to post a comment to the post above but I can't locate the comments box. I have tried google chrome, IE and finally Firefox. I am able to see the this posts comments box, so I have no idea what blogger is up to these days.
Anyway, I wanted to say the hydrangea's in the antique French wooden caddies are some of the most beautiful photos' I have ever seen, They are so dreamy and just perfect and I love them!
I Love everything on your blog!
This flea market I would love to go to!! OH MY!
Wow. I could spend one day in that flea market!
What a fun place! I can see me going there... for hours!
What a wonderfuelt fleamarket...I am standing every sunday at a fleamarket in Oslo,Norway:)
hugs
You're blog is INCREDIBLE! It's so wonderful every time I stop by:)
Oh my gosh. The market is amazing. I am all the way over on the East Coast....wish I was there.
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i love you blog and am trying to build one just like yours!
Wow~ How could a person choose? There's so many great things! I would love to have the green and white bistro chairs, the linen table runner and a lavender pillow! You do such a beautiful job displaying your great things, Thank you!
I have saved your Chateau Sonoma post, I must go there! Thanks for such beautiful inspiration!
entered for the draw! It wouldn't be hard to spend that is for sure, the hard part would be knowing what to pick!!Bristro chair;zinc tub; strawberry crate, oh my!
mrsgrom@telus.net
Thinking about buying the French wine basket...
Finding one particular thing to purchase would be very hard. It's the small things that make your home special and offers inspiration each time to look at it or hold it. I love the lavender bottles - and the pitchers. I would love to see them in my home filled with flowers offering a bit of inspiration for the day. . . .and more than one is a collection! I'll keep my fingers crossed for the drawing and be back each day to your blog site for a little inspiration as well.
I love the vintage rosaries and, the lavender bottles and the french documents! What a beautiful blog.
Wow these pics are so lush and splendid! Thanks for providing some visual relief over here.
Your photos are giving back the mood of the event. Thank you!They are many sites to know more words but your site is amazing.. Great job you have done..
That flower arrangement is lovely and so vibrant with all those different textures and shapes.
very nice publish, i definitely love this website, keep on it.
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