New Year's Eve ~ It's VINTAGE DISCO BALL Nite!*!*!

A Nite of Dance & Merriment

as we Ring-In  The NEW YEAR

And Imagine What *2015* Will Bring...

It's just a Matter-Of-Time...

T*I*M*E,

Frequently referenced with C*L*O*C*K*S,

has so much meaning...  

A reflection of What Was  ~  Of What's To Be...

Top **3** FaVoRiTe Shows of ~2014~

Northwind Perennial Farm's

Annual Antique Garden Show in June

That Show TOTALLY-ROCKED!*!*!

EVERYTHING depends on the weather

at this show ~ AND IT WAS Beyond FaBuLouS!!!

 Elhorn Flea in Wisconsin

September 2014 Season Finale

**Just AwEsoMe**

I LoVe being constantly B*U*S*Y...

Soooo many of my FaVoRiTe F*I*N*D*S were For Sale,

and the Displays just came together effortlessly...

 FaVoRiTe Occasional  S*A*L*E At-Our-Home

For the *2014* Season

Cedarburg ~ Wisconsin

 ** RiNgiNg In-The-New Year **

Some of Us BLiNg-It-Up on New Year's Eve...

Some of Us just keep it simple with a Cozy Nite at Home...
Whatever you may choose ~
Wishing you a Wonderful Evening
and a HaPPy New Year!*!*!

C-U in *2015*

The SPaRKle of Christmas SHaBBies!*!*!

Almost time to start boxing up the 

*~ Christmas S*P*A*R*K*L*E ~*

I do LoVe My ViNtaGe Aqua/Blue Trees Sooooo!*!*!

Hope you had a wonderful past few days

with Family and Friends...

 

MeRRy Christmas

 

 It warms my heart to be doing what I love,

and knowing that YOU have made it possible...

Good Times... Great Friendships...

Some of YOU I have never physically met - but through this Blog we have connected in a special way...

~*Season's Greetings*~

To Y*O*U & Your Families Across the Miles...

HOLIDAY GIFT WRAP... It's All-In-The-D*E*T*A*I*L*S!*!*!

 ~* WraPPinG GIFTS *~

It's like putting "Jewelry On-The-Dress"...

Make it Simple & Elegant...

~ OR ~

Add Lots of Detail & HoLiDay Bling...

I'll always remember the **1st-Time** I received the most beautifully wrapped package I had ever laid my eyes on...  It meant so much to me that someone cared enough to make EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of the GIFT, Wrapping, Bow, Tissue Paper, and all, ~ Soooooo Special ~ and it was "Just-for-Me"!*!*!  
That was the start of me - passing on the
L*O*V*E & Thoughtfulness
 - by Now Wrapping *~LoVeLy Packages~* for others as well...

 It's a W*R*A*P!*!*!

CHriStMaS *2014*
**~ Make Someone Feel Special ~**
Give A P*R*E*T*T*Y Package... 
You'd be surprised how much you can find just around your home to make a lovely package...  Snip some branches/berries from a tree... Attach an old piece of jewelry... Tattered fragments of lace & ribbon...  ETC.

Hope you're well on your way with preparations...
C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S
Is only a few days away!*!*!

Keeper-F*I*N*D*S "Tweaked" For The HoliDays...

More ~*SNeaK-PeeKs*

~* ChiPPy-SHaBBy's *~

GUEST ROOM

 Amy Just L*O*V*E*S

Sleeping Here on Her ViSiTs!*!*!

•ViNtaGe  CHanDelier 

 "FaB-Find" from Room 363 in Naperville, IL

 *Decked-Out* Glass Cloche

 with Reindeer/Bottle Brush Tree Vignette...

 I LoVe  Naturally Time~Worn Pieces

 of Architectural SaLvaGe!*!*!

 *Arched Mirror 

The Gleaner - Ohio

 *Architectural Fragment - Back Edge of Cabinet 

Jackie - Kane County Flea, IL...

*Architectural SaLaVage Capitol Base Fragment

Diane Passi Find...

• ChiPPy-WHiTe VinTaGe Window

Polly Hood Find ~ Kane County Flea, IL...

•Architectural Pediment/Shelf

Sandwich Antique Market - IL

 Architectural Zinc Fragment

Diane Passi Find

 Time~Worn ViNtaGe Horn

Just AwEsoMe PaTiNa

Grayslake Flea Find...

*~ BeSt-Ever Naturally ChiPPy-WHiTe SHaBBy Table ~*

Let me tell you...

I VaMpeD-Over This Table for years at Debby Martinez's House in Ohio!!!  FINALLY, the day came, some years back - and Debby S*O*L*D IT TO ME!!!  I LoVe Tables like this next-to-the-bed!!!

Time to Get WraPPing Gifts!*!*!

My FaVoRiTe Part!*!*!

SHaBBy-Painted ViNtaGe Ladder ~ Just PerFeCt for my Wreath...

O*M*G!*!*!

ChiPPy-SHaBBy

 Bought a Re-Paint!!!!!!!!!!

SHaBBy-Painted ViNtaGe Ladder

~*JuSt PeRfeCt For-My-ViNtaGe-Wreath*~ 

This past Friday, "Frog Husband" and I were Out & About antiquing "near" Rockford, Illinois...  Checking out the Map ~ I come to find that we were only 30 minutes away from

 URBAN FARMGIRL, AND MARY'S SHOP ~ WAS O*P*E*N!*!*!

OMG!*!*!  What an AMaZiNg Space!!!

  The Architectural Structure was "just jaw dropping"... 

SUCH A FaBuLoUs "Street Presence"...

Mary has done an EXCEPTIONAL JOB!!!

I Vamped-Over ALL her FaB Lighting in-the-store!!!

The Building show-cased her merchandise such - giving you a "FEEL" of what it would be like in your home...

EVERYTHING was Displayed Soooo Beautifully!*!*!

As soon as I saw the ladder in Urban FarmGirl, ~  I Just knew it would be a perfect fit for show-casing my Bottle Brush Wreath!!!

This BOTTLE BRUSH WREATH Is A FaVoRiTe
of Mine ~ Never to be parted with!!!

~Purchased many years ago from Janice Kempf~

at an Illinois Flea...

 I LoVe... LoVe... LoVe...

•It's *Thick n' CHuNky Flocked Bristles*!*!*!

•It's "Soft Light Oyster-White" Color... 

•Just AWesoMe Old R*E*D Bow...

•Mercury Glass Balls with a "Killer-PaTiNa" as well...

I tucked it in on the wall adjacent to our

 HoLiDay Entry Vignette...

Plain & Simple...

ViNtaGe ORNAMENT HOOK BOX...

I have quite a collection of ViNtaGe Christmas 

Ornament Hook Boxes

but am only using *O*N*E* This Year...

I'm finding that 

*~ RED ACCENTS ~*

 ARE MY STRONG COLOR 

 THIS HoLiDay Season...

A Chicago Icon... MARSHALL FIELD & CO.

*~ The Store Of The Christmas Spirit ~*

How touching is that!*!*!

Such fond childhood memories for me...

 Just Dad and I in-the-City...

Viewing Marshall Field's HoLiDay Window Displays...

OMG!*!*!

*~ I just L*O*V*E the BiRdS ~*

A "QUICK-RUN" INTO GRAYSLAKE FLEA, IN ILLINOIS,

 THIS PAST SATURDAY, NETTED ME "A Box Full Of Memories"...

MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY

Closed it's Doors in "2006"

 ~ After being in business over 100 Years!!!

~* A Chicago Icon *~

Marshall Fields... Heartfelt Sentiments...
This reminds me of 2 Recent PBS Series...
MASTERPIECE THEATER'S
** THE PARADISE **
~ and ~
** MR. SELFRIDGE **
Both revolving around Victorian-Era Department Stores...

ViNtaGe SILVER PITCHER with P*A*T*I*N*A...

 Just AwEsoMe 

Naturally Time~Worn PaTiNa!*!*!

Soooo Much More Interesting Than Brand New!*!*!

 

Pitcher is resting on an Old Mirror 

with "Ghosting" & "Silver-Loss PaTiNa"...

 

 Live "Spruce-Tip" Tree

ViNtaGe Holy Bible Cover ~ OMG!!!

 Getting Our *~Guest Room~* Ready

 for THIS WEEKEND!!!

Re-Purposed ChRiStMas HoLiDAy Display...

 

Re-purposed VINTAGE ITEMS Display

 from a HoLiDay Show I did a few years back...

•Re-Purposed License Plate Letters...

 •Re-Purposed *Chicken Feeder*

 Table Centerpiece with apples/candles...

Re-Purposed Light Fixture ~ *With a HoLiDay Twist*...

S*O*L*D 

Both of these pieces a few years back...

What Was I Thinking?!?!

 Hope your MoNDaY is Off To A Good Start!*!*!

Sad-To-Say Disappointing Show...

 Our Quaint Little Town of Cedarburg, Wisconsin

was A-Buzzzzz with HoLIDay ShoPPers on WASHINGTON AVENUE this past Weekend...

That Most Certainly WAS NOT the case at the 2-Day Craft/Gift Show I set up at, held in the Historic Lincoln Building (Senior Center) ~ just foot steps away from Washington Ave.

Traffic was extremely sparse the ENTIRE 2 Days...

Only "2" regular Chippy-Shabby Customers came...  THANK YOU!!!

Those who did wander in ~ did just that ~without buying...

Very friendly Dealers... Enjoyed the Chit-Chat

~ But I was there to Sell!!!

TIME TO PUT THESE "13 Hours" and then some -  BEHIND ME!*!*!