I finally got to meet Serena in person when she came to autograph at the launch of our beloved magazine in New York City this weekend (It was a huge success! We’ll be posting about it later!). She is just as beautiful, petite, and lovely as you think she is going to be!
Hi! I’m Serena Thompson of The Farm Chicks.
In 2002, I held a small antiques show in a friend’s barn and invited a few friends to join me. The show was a huge success and ultimately led to me co-founding my own small company, The Farm Chicks, Incorporated. Along the way, I created my website: thefarmchicks.com, began working as a contributing editor for Country Living magazine, co-authored my first cookbook: The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen, and started my blog:thefarmchicks.typepad.com, all to introduce Farm Chicks Style to the world.
My company really is an extension of my life that started as a little hippy girl in 1970. I bounced through those first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon that was hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods of Northern California that was once inhabited by American Indians. I spent my days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home.
My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity, turning ordinary objects into useful things, and to bake with the bare minimum ingredients. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.
Now I’m married to my husband, Colin and we have four sweet boys. We live in the countryside outside of Spokane, Washington, where we are in the midst of building the farmhouse of our dreams.
My second book, The Farm Chicks Christmas was released in the fall of 2010.
I talk about my life as a hippy girl-turned-entrepreneur, wife, mom, author, home cook and crafter, daily on my blog.
(Make sure you enter this week’s “Blue Plate Special” giveaway: $500 Le Creuset 6.5-quart French Oven and original canvas by Leigh Standley! You have until Friday, December 17th to enter!)
I am a follower of Serena’s blog and have read about her in many occasions, but how interesting about the little gypsy wagon built by her father and her childhood. This is what I love about blogging: how I get to meet and learn about so many interesting people. thanks for this bio.
I just recently found your blog and am probably your newest follower. I don’t know… but I love this “new read” and I love the Farm Chicks… oh, and Ree is fun, too.
So, what a great time to get on board. I’m glad I found you!
Isn’t it great how no matter where you are or what your family was like, every young girl is just bursting to create and make and bake and just do! Love learning of the stories of others! Thanks!
This is so amazing to read about so many women that inspire me everyday! I love your blog Serena!
I’m a fan of Serena and The Farm Chicks Blog! I love seeing what she is up to! Her style is right up my alley…check out this video on my site titled: The Christmas Pudding Went Bang! http://www.countrycottageliving.com/?p=1321
So wonderful to see Serena here! I recently found her online so I’m just starting to get to know her story. This post is great! I didn’t know she spent her childhood in the woods of Northern California… one of my favorite place in the whole world because my Grammy lived there.
I have enjoyed reading about Serena Thompson. I have both her books and feel like she is a kindred spirit.
I enjoy Serena’s blog and all her wonderful ideas contained there. I have attended several Farm Chicks shows, including one of the original ones down in Fairfield. Her ideas and shows continue to inspire me to release my inner farm chick!
Love farm chicks and where woman cook…
I love that there are real women out there that love their families as much as I do. That love to cook and bake and make things that are special for those they love…There’s a-lotta love out there!
I must admit that I am new to this blog lured over by the fabulous giveaways, but I am definitely intrigued and have become a FB fan and definitely going to check out Serena’s blog. Thanks for sharing this fun story!