EMPORIUM EXTRAORDINARY

                                                                                                                                                           Tucked into the Deerfield Valley, in southern Vermont is my favorite emporium to visit, Delectable Mountain Cloth "operating since 1978."  It's a jewel box of a store that will entice all of your senses.  My heart beats faster as I approach the artfully decorated store front. It can take at the very least a minimum  of ten minutes to drool at the window dressing before entering.  My heart does a flip flop, beating faster, and faster, which way should my eyes wander?    I FEEL LIKE ALICE FALLING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.... AND OH WHAT A MAGICAL ADVENTURE I'M ABOUT TO TAKE.......

BABY AND DOLL DRESSING GOWNS HANG FROM THE  RAFTERS

 IN THIS DREAM...."TEA TIME OR A GLASS OF SHERRY MY DEAR" SAYS THE MAD HATTER
WHILE I RAMBLE THROUGH THE LACES

ARE THESE ANTIQUE  EARRINGS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYED ON A SILK PILLOW DRAPED WITH  LACE OR JUST THE EXQUISITE EYE OF THE OWNER, WHO FERRETS OUT PRECIOUS JEWELS AT MOST REASONABLE PRICES

"EL CAPITAN " OF THE ADVENTURE .....JAN...SHOWING OFF HER NEWEST ACQUISITION, A FROU FROU OF OSTRICH FEATHERS AND ROSES, TOTALLY DEVINE....ALAS THE HATS ARE FOR HER COLLECTION AND FOR THE DREAMER TO DROOL FOR... 

"CHURCH HATS" MINGLE WITH LACE AND NECKLACES

FLOWERS DRIPPING WITH MORE NECKLACES

ANTIQUE BUTTONS MINGLE WITH NEW CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GLASS PRESSED INTO ANTIQUE BUTTON MOLDS.  ARRANGED BY COLOR NATURALLY,  ARTFULLY DISPLAYED DRIPPING FROM PRESSED GLASS PLATES AND CRYSTAL SALT SELLERS

A OLD TIME VITREN WITH A UNPARALLELED SELECTION OF LACE SHARE SPACE WITH  COLOR CO ORDINATED FLOWERY HEAD PIECES.....AND A LITTLE WINK AT THE SUMPTUOUS ARRARY OF TO DIE FOR FABRICS  There motto is "The store is small but our love for fabric is big"  

MORE STILL LIFES TO ENHANCE THE SENSES

CAN YOU TELL THAT I WEAR MY HEART ON MY FLOWER HATS?

MY DEAR FRIEND IS ALL SMILES ON HER VERY FIRST VISIT!  YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO TOUCH, FEEL THE VAST ARRAY OF NATURAL FIBERS... SILKS, LINENS, COTTONS  & WOOLS

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE CAN BE FRIGHTFUL BUT IN HERE....IT'S ETERNALLY SPRING!

AS YOU TREASURE HUNT......PRECIOUS BITS OF LOVELINESS WILL   PUNCTUATED YOUR VIEW

PEAKING OUT FROM THE DELICIOUS BUTTON SELECTION  I SPY A FRIEND AND OH MY I'M CAPTURED IN THE ANTIQUE DRESSING TABLE MIRROR!

HUNG LIKE DELECTABLE CONFECTIONARY FOR A BRIDE TO BE OR A TEXTILE ENTHUSIAST  IS AN UNPARALLELED  DISPLAY OF  WHITE TEXTILES

LIKE ANY GOOD DREAM YOU CAN WANDER INTO THE WINDOW DISPLAY TO FINGER THE FINERY 

DID I MENTION THE SCARVES? OH MY, MY,  MY.....AS ONE PASSIONATE OBSERVER SAID, " TIS A SORROW THAT WE ARE BORN WITH JUST ONE NECK"  THE SELECTION IS DAZZLING, SOME MADE IN STORE FROM THEIR VERY OWN STASH OF VELVET, SILK OR LINEN 

TREASURE MAPS?  KIND OF IF YOU LIKE BITS AND PIECES OF FABRIC TO CREATE WITH  ALL SELECTED AND BUNDLED UP AND RIPE FOR THE PICKING

TWO HAPPY LADIES LADEN WITH TREASURES AND ALREADY DREAMING OF  THEIR NEXT ADVENTURE TO THE SPARKLING LAND OF DELECTABLE MOUNTAIN CLOTH...... THANK YOU JAN AND HER DISCERNING EYE AND HER EQUALLY PASSIONATE STAFF...... WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU RUMMAGE THROUGH THAT ESTATE SALE YOU INHERITED AND SHARE THE TREASURES..... A MOVEABLE FEAST........