Next to Round Top, Warrenton hosts a trove of vintage treasures that takes us straight back each time. If you’re looking for the classic antiquing experience, you’ll uncover a totally different collection of finds a few miles down the road. Grab your wagons and fill your coolers, Warrenton is a special experience of hitting the gravel and blazing the antique trail from sunrise till sunset. It won’t be hard to find a place to start shopping, but while you’re there we have a few places in mind you should check out.
There’s a reason Round Top draws designer’s from all over the globe (yup, the globe). The variety and otherworldly finds will expand your idea of what antiquing can be, and an experience like no other; so we’ve got a couple of stops for you to complete the Round Top experience.
Spring is upon us!
Join us on April 1st for a wreath workshop and learn how to make your own fresh Spring wreath! We will walk you through the process and you'll leave with a beautiful and lush Spring wreath for your front door!
Wreath size will be at least 20" or 24". We have two options:
1) Bluebonnet
2) General Spring
Wreath making materials provided will include a variety of preserved, fresh, and silk floral.
Cost includes instruction and supplies! No experience needed. We'll provide snacks and beverages. This is a great day out with your girlfriends!
Spaces are limited so snag yours now! Workshop will be held upstairs at 101 W. Alamo Street located in Downtown Brenham.
Wreath pictured may not look like your end result. We provide several options and instructions to help you create the spring wreath that fits your decor style.
Buy your tickets here!
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Jared - We are constantly surprised at people’s positive reaction about finding us in such a small town and I am even more surprised how great business is doing. More people are finding us in Brenham and letting people know about this little getaway town makes it constantly challenging to keep the experience fresh. We are as excited as ever for the next year and seeing what we can do to continue to bring great products to our customers and also bring customers to Brenham to experience the small town revival.
Jared - Improve our communication and feedback to and from customers. We want to hear more about what people want but also to keep surprising customers with great new small brands.
Kat - Continue to support our favorite makers, but we love to find new small brands to support, and based on customer feedback we can try to fill in some gaps we may be missing.
Jared - 1. Seeing the face of unexpectedness of finding the class of store and product in a small off the beaten path. 2. The amount that the city and other business owners do to support each other and bring visitors to the city.
Kat - Meeting other small business owners and becoming a part of that community of people. We just want to support each other as much as we can.
Kat - There is actually a song, Ballad of the Bird Dog that one of Jared’s friend Paul Brunner wrote for us.
Jared - Yes, what she said!
Jared - Texas Monthly Top 10 list.
Kat - Definitely seeing us highlighted in Texas Monthly.
Jared & Kat - Being in the Texas Monthly Top 10 stores of 2018 article.
Jared - Jenni Earle - she is the best. I love all our brands though!
Kat - Nina Berenato! She was one of the first people we reached out to, I met her years ago when she was working out of her airstream and knew I needed to have her jewelry in the shop. Not only is she a creative and talented maker but she is an inspiration to female business owners. We’ve watched her grow from that airstream to a store front and love continuing to support that growth and passion for what she does!
Jared - Can’t work without coffee. Literally.
Kat - We love coffee. The shop tells a story of how we got here, a collection of our favorite makers, brands, people- coffee had to have a spotlight too!
Kat - One of our favorite barbers, Joe, from Houston has signed up for a consistent monthly spotlight in the backroom. We’re also hoping to continue some workshops like we did with the guys of Twisted Arrow Goods.
Jared - Workshops.
Jared - Its the best part of the whole shop. Seeing our business grow and for us to give back to the community when we can and see them support us back is an extremely rewarding feeling. The best part of building a business is building connections with the community around certain ideals and goals. The more we connect and help each other out, the more small businesses like us will be able to succeed in small towns, and that means building an awesome experience for citizens and visitors.
Kat - We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the community. It was one of the main things that stuck out to us when we were looking to move here.
Jared - I think sometimes people only come for the pups.
Kat - People definitely come for the dogs...
Start date (birthday): June 30, 2018
How many separate buildings had Ballad occupied: 4
Current number of shop dogs: 2 + 3
Favorite shop hat: Bird Dog Baseball Hat
Favorite coffee drink: Vanilla Flat White with an espressso. (Jared), Southern Weather on drip (Kat)
Favorite Ballad Tee: Roadrunner
Best song to listen to in the shop: My Mind is Ramblin - The Black Keys.
Parties are always fun at the shop, but this one was extra special considering we were celebrating the first year! We started off the morning right with Jax for brunch and then sampled all of the Desert Door Texas Sotol drinks, provided by 1844 Fine Liquors. After that, we had to get some coffee from Mescalito to fuel us through the rest of the day.
Lauren Marek set up a photobooth in the Backroom at the Bird Dog where we got a few takers! Howler Brother’s and Nina Berenato were present as the featured brands of the celebration. The shop was filled throughout the day with new customers and regulars stopping by to say hello or to grab a drink and see the new goods. We can’t wait to see what year two brings, congrats y’all!
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"Located halfway between Houston and Austin, Brenham is a friendly, authentic community where you can reconnect with beauty, nature, the people you love and the things you enjoy. Texas wineries, bluebonnets, Blue Bell ice cream, Texas history and small town charm will keep you coming back year after year."
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Not just being on list, we found our shop and story as the intro to the whole write up which made our jaws drop as we woke up on the 27th. Being recognized for all the hard work that we had put in was certainly gratifying and humbling at the same time. Reflecting on what this means, and trying to set a focus for 2019, we have thought a lot about the reason we even started. Tradition, heritage, loyalty. The things @skeeter_magoo taught us seem to re-center us as we grow. We will continue to value tradition and try to do things the old-fashioned way, selling good products, by people you know and trust. We will continue to promote the heritage of the historic downtown we work in and the heritage of the makers methods that we sell. And last, loyalty. We will always be the store you can trust. No smoke and mirrors, just us and our store and our makers. We sell what we trust and we will always stand behind our purpose.
Thank you to all that got us to this point, keep following our ride. #trustyourgut
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