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Saturday, December 19, 2020

*ChiPPy-SHaBBy* A CHRISTMAS STORY...

 ~*A Christmas Wish*~

For Better Times ahead...

~ More Kindness toward each other ~

FOCUSING ON THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE...
One of the B*E*S*T things that has happened to me during this pandemic ~ is that I was a recipient of a RANDOM-ACT-OF-KINDNESS!*!*!  This will forever have a LASTING effect on me!  You hear about this all the time, but when this actually happened to me ~ OMG!!!  There is the CoZieSt little Log Cabin Coffee House about 10 miles from our current home...  I rarely travel this road early in the day ~ so it's a *Treat* to go there!  I JuSt LoVe their Apple Muffins!  My "SHABBY-VAN" got in-line at their Drive-Thru, & I placed my order for *2 Apple Muffins, & a Cup of Coffee*...  As I approached the drive-thru window, the lady said you're all set to go...  I asked how much do I owe you???  NOTHING - What???  Something's wrong, I haven't paid... This dialog seemed to go on for at least 5 minutes...   I come to find that the people AHEAD OF ME - paid for my order!!!  I was soooooo caught off guard!   I didn't even know these generous people and them me!  They were LONG GONE by the time I pulled away from the window...   I wanted to THANK THEM...   This "may" seem like a small thing to you ~ the reader, but not to me!  So, the best way to thank them & share this unexpected Random Act-of-Kindnes,  -  is just to pass-it-along!!!  Waiting for ~*JuSt the Right Time*~... 
 Here's is what I have in mind...
FOR YEARS, I have had a vision of tucking a *Note & Money* in a thrift store purse, -and leaving it somewhere - like in a shopping cart, on a fence post etc. FOR SOMEONE TO FIND...  I think THIS YEAR is the perfect time to do this... 


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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

ViNtaGe BLUE Bottle Brush Tree ViGneTTe for CHriStMaS...

 ~*SHaBBy  Blue  ViNtaGe  CHriStMas*~

-THIS * YEAR-  in-our-wisconsin-home...

It's been *YEARS* since I've displayed my ViNtaGe Christmas Blue Bottle Brush Trees and "Go-With" Adornments!!!  I started collecting these (less commonly seen) shabby blue christmas beauties when I lived "Out-West" in California & Nevada...   This "LOOK" isn't everyone's "cup-of-tea" ~ but this year I just wanted something ~*FreSh & BriGHt* for our "Seasonal Vignette Area" in-our-home...   After All, - it's a BLUE CHRISTMAS in a sense, - with ALL the CRaZZzzzyness Going On with the 2020 Pandemic!!! 






Not all the BLUE ViNtaGe TREES are Bottle Brush...
Center Tree is Tinsel, with folding branches, which I like for storage.  
The bottom has a paper Made-In-Japan Label...



ViNtaGe Creamy Oyster-White Bottle Brush Wreath,
Embellished with *ViNtaGe Finds*!*!*!
LoVe the SPaRKle & BLinG with hints-of-blue...




I love incorporating "ViNtaGe ADVERTISING" in my vignettes!
~* SNOW BIRD WAX TIN *~  
LoVe that *this-one* had so much going for it!!!
SNOW - connects with the season...
BIRD GRAPHICS - makes my heart pitter-patter, even on the cap...
Colors & Time-Worn PaTiNa is just the way I like it!!!




Shades of Blue Christmas Trees...
SPaRKLe & Bling against W*H*I*T*E*S



ViNtaGe Advertising ~ OLD BLUE SKIS & POLES...
- Peters' Juvenile Ski Line -



ViNtaGe Advertising
WAUKESHA MILK CO. CAN - Wisconsin...



ViNtaGe ARCTIC BOY COOLER ADVERTISING
DeLuXe Metalware, SCHLUETER MFG. ST. LOUIS MO.
LoVe the Graphics relating to a Cold/Winter Vibe!
The colors were a perfect "go-with" for this BLUE THEME Vignette!




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Thursday, December 3, 2020

HeLLooooo December...

 Not Tooooo SHaBBy!!!

~* ViNtaGe Ice Skates *~ 

A FaB Christmas HoLiDay "Go-With" Display...


ViNtaGe ICE SKATES    
JuSt FaB Form & Natural Time-Worn PaTiNa!!!
LoVe the Fussy-White Fleece-Like Collars!!!
The PaTiNa on the CHuNKy Blades!!!




~*Rich-Kids MINK CUFFED ICE SKATES*~
Long since SOLD ~ Wish I had kept these!!!
I remember fondly this sweet Wintery Vignette by the front door at our former home, with the Season's First dusting of  S*N*O*W...



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