This isn’t everything i saw that day. The Pepper Place Farmer’s Market was a sprawling plethora of eye candy. Here are some of the local artists that set up camp that Saturday morning. This is what America doesn’t know about Alabama…the good stuff.
Category: #buylocal
Farmer’s Market in Birmingham, Alabama
As a former Vermonter, i was used to Farmer’s Markets. My favorite thing to do on a Saturday Morning, in Burlington, Vermont, was to grab breakfast. Usually i bought a loaf of homemade bread & some cheese to go with it. i could eat it sitting on Church Street watching the people go by. The…
why you should buy local
when one owns their own businesses, they shop for the things…they think we might like. i cannot imagine how stressful that must be…at first. i always try to buy local. one of my favorite places to shop is one of the three Leaf & Petal nurseries/gift shops in Birmingham, Alabama. i can now say, “i…
Birmingham is becoming…cool.
the young have taken over Birmingham. a city that looked almost abandoned in 1993. Now there are amazing lofts, art galleries, locally owned restaurants…its awesome. i hope to shoot more. i took these from my car, with my iphone.
at the bottom of the hill
from my daughter’s new high school, is a HUGE nursery. Andy’s Creekside Nursery is a privately owned & operated business on Rocky Ridge Road in Vestavia. #buylocal… Here is the problem, i usually drop my daughter off at 8:00am, guess what time Andy’s opens?! yes, 8:ooam. i have an incredible weakness for nursery’s…and i have…
Norton’s Florist
I have always photographed flowers in their gardens, or tucked away in their pots, all set up for the viewer. Which has always made for some amazing photographs. Yet, i’ve always seen the ‘after’, never the process of what it takes to create it. The front area of the shop looked like most florist shops,…
Zoe’s Forest Park
mannequins are way better than they are now. if you love digging for treasures, this is the store to go. It is a consignment shop, a Vintage store, they have some very different things & to discover things you have never seen before & love is the best feeling ever. this last photo is the…
when you look back at the mirror & don’t see me
i found these on the outside of a locally owned glass business.
Leaf & Petal @the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
this is my ‘go to’ place for gifts. i can get all my holiday shopping in this one single store. #buylocal awesome locally owned business…
Fuego Cantina & Saloon…
#buylocal…i’m in awe of private local business owners. they deserve much respect for their kick ass courage. but more than that, they deserve our custom, our support. imagine how awesome it would feel to drink locally owned beer(s), in a locally owned Saloon..sit back & watch what they do best, which is serve up some…
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