ViNtaGe Pieces Tell-A-SToRy...

 ~*A Christmas Tree Story*~

What I love about "ViNtaGe" ~ is that just about every piece has a story to tell!!!  A*N*D this one most certainly does!!!  This PAST "July" - I was shopping our local flea, and stopped dead in my tracks!!!  This fab older wooden Christmas tree display prop, with vintage bulbs was leaning up against a trailer...  I must of stood there for 15 minutes trying to decide if I should purchase it or not...  Some pieces are like that! 

 "The Self-Talk Process" began... 

 Firstly, it made my heart beat! ~ So different, maybe one of a kind???  Perhaps a prop from a school play???  It had so much character with the old paint brush marks!  But it's soooo tall, nearing 7 ft.  If I decide to part with it and take it to a SHOW, it would be difficult for me to handle ~ and those fragile bulbs ~ I wouldn't have time to screw them back in during set-up...  The string lights were stapled on the board too...  My draw to this tree was so strong, that I went back a short while later, & to my surprise it was still available ~ maybe because it was July???  I Still Could Not pull the trigger on this piece!  I only took a couple pics of it and moved on.  After shopping the entire flea, and still feeling haunted by the tree, - I went back for *One Last Look*...  It had now been SOLD...  My heart sank...  I started chatting with the Dealer...  OMG!*!*! He said he had ANOTHER ONE - Had bought them as a "pair" from an older man in his 90's!  I asked if he would be at the next flea in September - he said yes!  Soooo come September, I hit his booth "First Thing" ~ HE DID NOT BRING IT!!!! 

-H O W E V E R -

THIS TIME, I got his contact information!  We ended up driving to his home to purchase it.  Initially, I was surprised to "see" it was slightly different.   No stapled-on lights, along with a few more chipped off imperfections, but nothing that drew the eye...  

As you can see in the pic below ~ it ALL worked, with the ViNtaGe Wooden Tree being a major anchor piece in this year's *2022* Seasonal Christmas Vignette in-our-home!*!*!

~ Fun - Facts ~

I remember where I purchased just about 90% of all the vintage items in this vignette.  I JuSt LoVe That!*!*!

I adorned "Prancer" with real mink fur fragments - for some whimsey!!! & added some sleigh bells too...  LoVe how the tree background makes-him-pop!

I LoVe having the SPaRkLe Lights on at Nite...

 

~* HaPPy HoLiDays *~

ViNtaGe Christmas

 ~*Looking-Back*~

from Christmas Past...

- Vignettes -

Each Year I "comb-through" old seasonal pics, to get some inspiration.   I'll have to say - I've really missed SeLLiNg-My-SHaBBies at HOLIDAY SHOWS this season!!!  It always *kick-started* my HoLiDay SPiRiT & Display Ideas!  

I LoVe incorporating 

Architectural SaLvaGe in my vignettes!!!

STILL LoVe this Whimsical Reindeer!!!

He just might pop into this year's Christmas Display...

~* ViNtaGe Tire Wash Stand *~

One of those fab pieces that got away!!!

  Perfectly ChiPPy in-all-the-right places!!!

JuSt FaB for HoLiday Greens on-the-porch...  

I doubt if I'll ever top this Christmas Vignette from last year...  

This pic does not do it justice...  

~*My Most FaVoRiTe Ever *~

Blast From The Past!!!

3 French Hens Christmas Holiday Show in -2016- 

when the "Farmhouse/Repurposed ViBe was Hot"

ViNtaGe Christmas Bottle Brush Trees

*~Nothing compares to the real-deal!!!

character, time-worn patina, advertising label

~* Real Tip Trees *~

So inviting - in vintage containers...

I'll be working on This Year's Vignette over the next few days!

Can't Wait to *SEE* What Develops!!!

~** Enjoy your HoLiDays **~

HaPPy THANKSGIVING ViNtaGe STyLe

 

~* HaPPy Harvest *~

Can't wait for the Turkey Roast 

and desserts!

ViNtaGeTHanKsGiViNg...

 ViNtaGe Turkey Sign

Authentic Cape Cod Cranberry Box

FaB Red Berries

~*JuSt Perfect for a Seasonal Thanksgiving Vignette*~ 

 

 "More-Recently" I snagged this ViNtaGe CAPE COD CRANBERRY BOX, at the last Elkhorn Flea, in Wisconsin ~ of all things ~ in the booth "kitty-corner" from me!!!  I just knew this box would be a Fab "Go-With" for my Seasonal Thanksgiving Vignette!*!*!   

 

My Friends Sue & Dave have *The BeSt* RED BERRIES that they harvest come mid-to late October!!!  I love getting *My-STaSH from them ~ just about every year...  They last/stay vibrant well into February...  I then use a hint of the them for my Valentine's Seasonal Vignette... 

 

 

 

~** Over-The-Top FaB **~

Probably in the "Top-5" of my most R*A*R*E & Cherished ViNtaGe Finds!!!

I'll never let go of THIS ONE!!!

*But should I pass before my time*

It's Already *promised* to a good ChiPPy-SHaBBy Customer...

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE TURKEY BOARD

 ROAD SIGN DISPLAY PIECE

The Turkey is big - approximately 30"x30".

It has an "easel-like" prop arm on the back.

My-GUeSS, it was a road-side sign in front of farm where you picked up your Thanksgiving turkey!?!?!

 

 

 

Looking forward to completing the rest of this year's

~*Seasonal THanKsGiVinG Vignette*~

Using my One-Of-A-Kind

ViNtaGe Finds

 

 

 

FaLL's NOT OVER YET!!!

- CeLeBraTe the HaRveSt -
 

 

 

 

 

ViNtaGe HaLLoWeeN ViGNeTTe in-our-home...

~* ViNtaGe *~

Sooooo Much More-Interesting than brand new!*!*!

~*ViNtaGe HaLLoWeen*~

ChiPPy-SHaBBy STyLe

Candles & Candy Boxes...

Witches & Owls...

These ViNtaGe "Gurley Brand & Fanny Farmer" Candles

 are my most favorite collectible!!! 

-YEARS OF COLLECTING-

*Less Commonly Seen*

ViNtaGe FANNY FARMER Witch Candy Box!!!

I was soooo thrilled to acquire this last year!

NOW ~ Looking for the Fanny Farmer OWL CANDY BOX - lol on that...

LoVe these 1950's or so ViNtaGe Graphics!!! 

ViNtaGe HaLLoWeen Bottles

Witch Labels, Crow Label, Embossed OWLS...

Antique Mache Owl

Gypsy Witch Cards

with FaLL adornments in a wonderfully time-worn & tattered leather bag!!!

ViNtaGe Wooden WiTCH!!!

An awesome find some years back in Ohio...

ChiPPy-SHaBBy

HaLLoWeen ViNtaGe/Antique Witch - OwL Bottles...

~ ViNtaGe HaLLoWeeN ~

LoVe the Paper Label Graphics on the  WiTcH Bottles!!!

OWL DRUG CO. Bottle

 still has some  "bubbly gooey-residue" still left inside!!!

Gurley-Brand WiTcH Candle

from the 1950's makes a fab "go-with" adornment to this grouping!*!*! 

*Working-ON*

My FaVoRiTe Seasonal Halloween Vignette!!!

 

SeLLing SHaBBies ~ ELKHORN FLEA - WI

It's A  Wrap!*!*!

SeLLinG ChiPPy-SHaBBy ViNtaGe Finds

at ELKHORN'S -2022- Season Finale

Despite the "BiZaRRe" Weather

(Cold, Bouts of Rain & Wind, Peeks of Sunshine, & A Very MUDDY BOOTH), So Thankful you came, and you bought!!!

 

September 2022

SeLLing ChiPPy-SHaBBy ViNtaGe Finds 

~*OutDoors*~

ALL my "hard-to-find"

Architectural SaLvaGe Pieces - S*O*L*D...

~*ChiPPy-WHiTe*~

abounded in my Booth, along with a FaLL ViBe

Hard-To-Part-With...

S*O*L*D

*JuSt AwEsoMe Galvanized/Metal Basket with the 

BeSt-Ever Naturally Time-Worn OLD ORANGE PAINT RING...

  Sooooo Perfect for FaLL!*!*!

For the LoVe of Naturally Time-Worn

 ChiPPy-WHiTe Paint PaTina...

FaB Old ChiPPy-WhiTe Cabinet

S*O*L*D

EVERYONE

wanted this Metal Cabinet with top Drawer!!!

It went to a good home!

JuSt "Jaw-Dropping" PaTiNa!!!

Window Grate Covering

Since I'm NOT doing any Christmas HoLiDay Markets - *THIS YEAR*,

I brought some to the Flea.  ~ FaB SeLLers!!!

Wish I had taken some close-up pics of the time-worn & battered 

*Letters-to-Santa* Mailbox!!!  LoVed the Scroll Top Bar!!!

HaPPy ChiPPy-SHaBBy Customers,

Scored this FaB Old "STOVE", with a Christmas Vibe!!!

I was Sad to see it go...  AND it was WHiTe!!!

The Cape Code Cranberry Box Label was AMaZING!

A good number of shoppers thought the berries seen - were cranberries!!! - REALLY Crab Apples!  FYI Cranberries grow in a BOG - some in Wisconsin.

HaPPy SHoPPeRs 

Had just the right place for BOTH ChiPPy SHUTTERS

at Home!!!

~* JuSt THriLLed*~

to be included with some of *The-BeSt* ViNtaGe Pickers!!!

What's Up Next

~*ViNtaGe Halloween Vignettes*~

My FaVoRiTe!*!*!