I LoVe Imperfections... Soooo much more interesting than brand new!*!*!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth @ Na-Da Farm Barn SaLe Event - THIS WEEKEND!*!*!

You're InViTeD!*!*!
Come Shop My SHaBBies
@ Na-Da Farm SpRinG BaRn SaLe Event
** This Weekend **
May 17th & 18th
At Jason & Anne Marie's Farm
in Esmond, Illinois

 ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!
BOOTH LOCATION
InSide-The-B*A*R*N
For BeSt Selection
Shop My SHaBBies E*A*R*L*Y
I sold at this event 2 years ago when
 Fifi O'Neill was doing her Book Signing...  
 "ALMOST" SOLD-OUT by Saturday Morning!!!    



** Lay-Of-The-Land **
A Sea Of Tents Outside on the Grounds
and
MORE VENDORS 
In-The-B*A*R*N




                                 I'll be set-up InSide The B*A*R*N
Around the corner from the Music...
YOU CAN QUICKLY GET TO MY 
BOOTH SPACE VIA THE BARN DOOR OPENING
 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING...




Friday PREVIEW NITE
 5pm ~ 8pm
****
Saturday
9am ~ 3pm

Parking is on the RoadSide...
$5. Entry with part proceeds to benefit local charity...
Food... Music... Cupcakes...
S*H*O*P*P*I*N*G
(Do visit my sidebar for MORE details...)

I've been holding back "Select Shabbies"
 In-My-Stash -just for this event!*!*!

Can't wait to **SEE** what develops!!!
Do Stop by and say **Helloooooo**
I'd love to know you read my blog...

Jeanine

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MORE On SHaBBy-ShoPPing - Ohio... Indiana...

Friday Morning
BARN SaLe 
(visit them on Facebook)
 It was a FreNzy of Lady Shoppers as the
 Barn Doors Opened at 9am last Friday Morning...




 I attended this same sale 2 years ago...
EVERYTHING was so well done, but unfortunately for me - there was a limited amount of ViNtaGe Items with a "Natural Time-Worn Patina" this year...  More newly painted vintage furniture along with store buy/sell merchandise was quite popular... HOWEVER, I did net a few FaB ViNtaGe SHaBBy F*I*N*D*S...  There were 2 over the top fab industrial cabinets outside, but the price point was just too high for resale...




 A nice addition to the Show were a few vendors set up in tents outside... 
 I snagged a few naturally chippy items in Carrin's Booth - Chic Unique...
  (You can visit her on FaceBook as well...)
Beautiful Presentation!*!*!



 Inviting Store window in the Downtown Area...



 We took a different route this year and discovered a few new vintage shops...  I just couldn't wait to get out of the van when I saw this store's front window display!!!
(visit them on facebook as well)



The store had such great "bones" about it...
LoVed the check-out area!!!



Everything was soooo well displayed
But again- next to none pieces with a natural time-worn patina...
Mostly Newly Painted Vintage Pieces along with buy/sell adornments...




Always Fun 
to Dine at a retro Drive-In!*!*!
Out in the middle of No-Where's Ville...

******************


I'll be heading out early Thursday Morning
where I'll begin setting up my ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! 
ViNtaGe FiNds at the 2-Day Na Da Farm Event
THIS FRIDAY NITE
and most of the day on Saturday... 
(visit my sidebar for details...)


Hope to See YOU there!*!*!
Jeanine



Sunday, May 12, 2013

SHaBBy ShoPPing O*H*I*O ~ BROTHER'S ANTIQUE MALL in Medina...

Yet another "Whirl-Wind" past 3 days!*!*! 
ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! R*O*A*D ~ T*R*I*P 
O*H*I*O 
Along with selling at an Annual Bottle Show in Mansfield, Ohio,
- our main focus of the trip,  I most certainly have my 
 list of SHaBBy-SHoPPing STOPS TO Visit!*!*!
BROTHER'S ANTIQUE MALL
in Medina, Ohio is one of them...
How Inviting is this Outside Porch Entrance!?!?!




 Just LoVed this inside Porch Display!*!*!




 My friend Debby has many an item in this booth space...
LoVe all the Old ChiPPy Architectural SaLVaGe...
Although the whole store is Not Shabby-Chic, it never disappoints me...  
FaB Finds to be found HERE!!!




Just a few miles down the road in the Historic downtown district of Medina, a handful of darling Shabby Shops with fab window displays could also be found... Unfortunately for me - there was way too much newly "re-painted" furniture, and the few items that did have a natural time-worn patina had too high of a price tag... I did however enjoy all the inspiring Eye-Candy Displays...  The Stores have done a wonderful job!!!

More to Come as the week moves on...
•A visit to Tattered Treasures in Decatur, Indiana
•BaRn SaLe @ French Hen Farm - Marysville, Ohio

***AND ***
I'll be posting MORE DETAILS
for this UpComing Weekend's
BARN SALE
@ Na-Da Farm in Esmond, Illinois
Friday - Saturday
May 17th & 18th
(Do visit my sidebar for details as well)


**~ HaPPy Mother's Day ~**
Jeanine

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Time~Worn Character with ViNtaGe Garden F*I*N*D*S...

Spending yet another GoRgeOuS Day
Out In The Yard!!!
The garage & backyard are my "workshop" for the summer...  I just L*O*V*E hearing the Birdies Sing ALL-DAY-LONG...   Today was yet another perfect day for scrubbing shabbies & working on my Show Stock for the
Na-Da Farm Barn SaLe Event 
Esmond, Illinois
May 17th ~ 18th
(Do visit my sidebar for D*E*T*A*I*L*S)

 
**ORANGE**
Is really catching my eye this Spring!*!*!
Just LoVe it mixed with W*H*I*T*E...
•tattered garden gloves •chippy wooden gate
 •child's hoe •old watering cans

















One-Of-A-Kind ViNtaGe Garden F*I*N*D*S with a "NATURALLY ACQUIRED" Time-Worn PaTiNa 
**Sooooo Much More Interesting than Brand New**

Hope you're enjoying your day as well!*!*!

Jeanine

Monday, May 6, 2013

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Shops M*A*Y KANE COUNTY FLEA...

BeSt-Ever Weather for SHaBBy-SHoPPing the FLEA - this past weekend in Illinois!*!*! 

THERE IT WAS!*!*!
Here I am "VaMpiNg~Over" this PeRfeCTLy ChiPPy Door in Kristen's Booth...  Only because of it's SIZE, and the fact that I have way tooooo many background prop pieces right now - did I hesitate...  Sad to say - when I came to my senses and went back - IT WAS LONG GONE...  Yet another SHaBBy that got away!!!




 I ALWAYS find a SHaBBy in this booth!*!*!
The nicest dealers ~ Kevin & Cindy...





 Killer PaTiNa on this Vintage Tole
Flower Garden Table...




 Darling "Chest/Trunk" Sighting...
Fab Old White Paint Crazing PaTinA!*!*!
I LoVe functional pieces - but the price point on this one would have had to make it a keeper...






 Over-The-Top FAB Form & PaTiNa!*!*!
and it was a GLIDER as well...




 FaB Combination
Rusty... Crusty... and Butterflies...




 The S*O*L*D Sign was being affixed
just as I spotted this FaB Yellow - "2-Seater"!!!




 Darling ChiPPy ViNtaGe Concrete B*I*R*D... 






 It's all in the details...




 It's Metal...
It's ChiPPy...
It's W*H*I*T*E...








 Over-The-Top F*A*B!*!*!
My Keeper-Find from the weekend...
BeSt!*!*!



TABLE LEG DETAILS 
Is this Center Finial with ChiPPy!-Old-White-Paint
The BeSt or What!*!*!








So for now...
Time to get working on my SHaBBy Show Stock

*** Only 11 Days Till ***
 Na-Da Farm Event
@ Anne Marie's Farm
ESMOND, ILLINOIS
(Do Visit my SideBar & her Web Site for Details...)
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
MAY 17th - 18th

Jeanine

Friday, May 3, 2013

Time-Worn ViNtaGe Garden Appeal*!*!*

MISSING-OUT is Driving Me CrAzY!!!  I'm struggling so...  There are Sooooo Many opportunities for SHABBY-SHOPPING starting Today thru the Weekend - and I just can't be at ALL-OF-THEM...  The reality is ~ it's 30-Some Degrees... Raining... & the GaRaGe is STILL Needing Major Organization from last weekend's SaLe...  STAY HOME is the winning vote FOR ToDay!*!*!  

 I threw together this little ViNtaGe Garden Vignette before I head out to the GaRaGe in my Winter Coat & Warm Boots...  

 I never really put up a seasonal display in our entry since - Easter... I wanted to do something with a ViNtaGe Garden Theme especially since we're having the worst start for Spring - EVER!!!  I'm off to a good start...  I think a Large Seed Cabinet might just be the perfect anchor for this little vignette... AND I have quite a few to choose from in my collection...
















Have A Great Weekend...
At Least I will be heading to SHaBBy SHop The F*L*E*A...

Jeanine


Tuesday, April 30, 2013

BiRdie Planter... CHiPPy-W*H*I*T*E Cart...


**~ BiRdie PLanTer ~**
Old White Cart on Wheels
With this past weekend's SaLe behind me, 
and the "tear-down/organization" of the Garage
underway, I grouped the left-over
F*L*O*W*E*R Adornments
on this FaB ChiPPy Old White Cart 
& did a quick arrangement in
a more recently-painted BiRdie Planter...


NOT everything I own is *ChiPPy*
More recently painted BiRdie Planter...
HOWEVER ~ I hope it ages well in the garden!*!*!




What a FaB Day it was to 
**Be Outside**

Jeanine