Tick ~ Tock!*!*!

Bye... Bye... *2017*

HeLLOOOOO  **2018**

NEW YEAR'S EVE IS "Just around the corner"...

For Whatever We Take With Us ~

We Always Leave Something Behind...

It's ~*CHriStMaS EvE*~...

~** 2017 **~

It's CHriStMaS Eve

and SNOWING in Wisconsin...

It makes me so happy to know that many 

a ViNtaGe ChiPPy-SHaBBy Find

has made their way into sooooo many of

your homes ~ spreading love & joy... 

~* Season's Greetings *~ 

with heart felt LoVe...

ViNtaGe Christmas BOTTLE BRUSH WREATHS ~ Over-The-Years...

~*The "Real-Deal"*~

ViNtaGe Christmas 

Bottle Brush Wreaths

~*Pitter... Patter... L*O*V*E*~

~**  ViNtaGe WHiTe Bottle Brush Wreath **~

*Nice "soft-white" (not greyed or yellowed with age)...

*LoVe... LoVe... LoVe... It's thick n' chunky coated bristles - that glisten...

*OMG!!!  ~ BeSt-Ever PaTiNa on the Old Red Mercury Glass Balls!!!

*A*N*D...  The FaB "Old/Orignal Ribbon" Is AwEsoMe!*!*!

(Hint:  a curling iron set on low temp will bring these 

vintage ribbons back-to-life...)

A FOREVER Keeper-Find!!!

ViNtaGe Green Bottle Brush Wreath

with Red Mercury Glass Balls

and FaB Old-Red-Ribbon...

I love when the OLD RIBBON has silver edging!!!

Keeper Find For Now...

R*A*R*E!*!*!

and has long since found a new home...

BeSt-Ever ViNtaGe BLUE BOTTLE BRUSH WREATH...

~*Oh-My-Heart Be Still*~

Again -LoVe those Fluffy Coated Branches!!!

YET ANOTHER VINTAGE BLUE

ChRisTmaS Bottle Brush WREATH

that has long since found a new home...

Pretty P*I*N*K 

ViNtaGe Bottle Brush Christmas Wreath

Lovely shade of Pink - NOT Salmon or Florescent...

Original Bow with silver edges...

Pink Mercury Glass Ornament Balls...

- long-gone -

Another - What Was I THiNkinG
SHaBBy - THAT GOT AWAY!!!
S*O*L*D a few years back on Ebay...
This PINK VINTAGE BOTTLE BRUSH WREATH
had just about everything going for it,
except "no mercury glass balls"...
It's PINK Colored Bristles were such
a pretty soft shade, chunky white bristle coating
and that BOW with bells - OMG!!!  

ALL of the DETAILS mentioned above
On-These-ViNtaGe Bottle Brush Wreaths
1950's - 1960's
chunky bristle coating... condition of color... patina...
 old bow details... rarity... 

Make V*I*N*T*A*G*E 
Soooooo Much More Interesting Than Brand New!!!
*********


Time to Get Wrapping 
as the HoLiDay Countdown is Here!!!

~*Winter Themed*~ ViNTaGe SODA BOTTLES...

SNO-MAID...  HoLiDaY...  SNOW WHITE... 

ViNtaGe "Painted Label"

SODA BOTTLES

~  1950's - 60's  ~

**F*U*N**

ViNtaGe Soda Bottles

with WiNteR-Time Graphics...

Perfect Go-With during HoLiDay Time...

SNOW WHITE VINTAGE BOTTLE

Saxton Bottling Co.

Saxton - PA   

 

HOLIDAY VINTAGE BOTTLE

Holiday Division - Lucky Club Co.

St. Louis - MO

SNO-MAID VINTAGE BOTTLE

Seven Up Bottling Co.

Reading... Lancaster... Pottsville...  PA

PeRfeCtLy-ChiPPy WHiTe

3-Drawer Box

Makes for a great "prop-base" to

display these bottles on in our Guest Bedroom...

FaB ViNtaGe Find from this past year's

Elkhorn Flea - In Wisconsin

 

Hope your *HoLiDay*

Plans are coming together

as the Countdown Nears!!!

ANTIQUE TOLE ~*CHriStMaS HoLLy Tree*~ with birdies...

Let-It-Snow...  Let-It-Snow...

Let-It-Snow...

Woke Up to **Season's 1st Snow Fall** here in Wisconsin ~

 Got me in the mood to pull out MORE

of My FaVoRiTe Christmas!!!

ANTIQUE TOLE CHRISTMAS HOLLY TREE

with Antique Clip-On Birds

and Vintage red Angel Candles...

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

I use RED VINTAGE CANDLES 

To Adorn this FaB Tree!!!

We light "Only for a Minute"

~ Every Christmas Eve ~

because they drip like CraZy & BURN FAST!*!*!

ANTIQUE CLIP-ON MERCURY GLASS BIRDIE 

Soooooo Fragile!!!

This One has "2" wound metal spring legs...

Tail is "spun glass"

Birds are different sizes ~ some have acquired

a fab time~worn patina...

HaVe a CoZy Weekend

~*WhiLe-We-Wait*~ 

ViNtaGe Christmas ChiPPy-SHaBBy STyLe!*!*!

It's Beginning to LOOK A Lot Like

*** C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S ***

In - OuR - HoMe

Inspired by a few recent finds

I opted to make THIS YEAR'S Christmas 

Display In-Our-Home  - EASY!!!

INSTEAD OF UNEARTHING

A TON OF BOXES 

FROM CHRISTMAS PAST

 *Vintage Reindeer Cut-Out...

*Antique Butter Churn...

*ChiPPy-White Pine Tree Shutters...

LoVe this ViNtaGe White 

Christmas Bird Ornament on the White Tree!!!

I S*O*L*D a Ton of ViNtaGe "Clock-Faces"

at my recent Holiday Shows ~ now using up 

the few I had left!!!

Cutie-Pie Reindeer

needed "just a little something"

to make him P*O*P!!!

ViNtaGe STaR Ornament with Sparkly Ribbon

was "just the perfect adornment"...

 

ViNtaGe 

MERRY CHRISTMAS SIGN

with raised cut-out letters...

 

So glad I saved a few Birch Branches 
from my "Show-Stock"...
I added a "hint-of-glitter" to Bare Pine Tree Branches,
which made a nice "go-with" for the look...

Real Acorns 
from our Oak Tree 
Got a Dusting of Silver Paint - Along with some Sparkle...
Metal Birdie 
Also got a dusting of Sparkling Glitter...

 Antique Butter Churn
NOW RE-PURPOSED
as a base for my White Vintage Tree!!!
I know the Tree could have been a bit bigger,
but I worked with what I had available...

OMG!!!!
Just LoVe These ViNtaGe Pine Tree Cut Out Shutters!!!
An unexpected recent find
while Out & About the backroads of Wisconsin!*!*!
Such a Nice Smaller-Size,
with a slight chippy paint loss...

Half-Round Architectural SaLvaGed Element
has long-time been in my personal collection...

SaLvaGed Wood Finial - Center
was a summer find at 
the Allegan Flea in Michigan...


 

~*Peeking Through The Window*~
ChiPPy-SHaBBy *2017* 
Christmas HoLiDay Vignette!*!*!
In-Our-Home 

 

Out & About ~ "SuNNy DAY ROAD TRIP" to Wisconsin Rapids...

~** REINDEER PICK-UP **~

at a FaB little gem of a shop

located in Wisconsin Rapids - WI

LOOT HOME & GARDEN

 

OMG!*!*!  How *Sweet are these Reindeer*...

Some weeks back - just before my HoLiDay Shows went into 

full swing - "I Spied THIS PIC/POST of REINDEER

on LOOT HOME & GARDEN'S FB Page!!!

Needless to say ~ I contacted  Owner - Kristi, 

to secure the purchaseof ONE of these adorable 

ViNtaGe HoLiDay Reindeer!!!

 

 A few days ago - we made the trek "Up North"
to visit Kristi's Shop & pick up the Reindeer...

 

OMG!!!  So worth the long drive!!!

JuSt LoVed LOOT HOME & GARDEN!!!

Kristi has such an AwEsoMe Eye

 for natural time-worn vintage!!!

A*N*D 

A FaB gift of displaying them as well!!! 

 

 LoVed the abundance of hard-to-find
Architectural Salvage in her shop!!!
Lots of natural time-worn "chippy-white" vintage as well...

Definitely a place to put on-your-list!!!
LOOT HOME & GARDEN
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