Back from Selling SHaBBies ~ WASHINGTON STREET FALL MARKET IL

THANK Y*O*U 

ChiPPy-SHaBBy SHoPPers

AND *Show Hosts* 

Mark Allen & Maria Chambers

 Fab 1800's Piece of Architectural Salvage

& Vintage Dress Form

S*O*L*D Early-On in my ChiPPy-SHaBBy Booth

 ChiPPy-SHaBBy customer, Milena, was lucky 

enough to snag this Fab Vintage DRESS FORM, 

early-on...

LONG TIME ChiPPy-SHaBBy Customer, "Yvette,"

knows from experience to get to my booth

"EARLY" - for BeSt SeLeCtioN!!!

She snagged A long-time favorite shabby,

 from my personal STaSh

 *Old White Box*

•great form, •handles, •framed base 

•hints of old apple-green paint poking through

against the white...

AND FaB Old Piece of Architectural Salvage

in the background

 (which would frame nicely, perhaps hanging above a shutter...) 

BOWMAN DAIRY - CHICAGO

LoVed... LoVed... LoVed...

& S*O*L*D

 2 FaB Old Dairy Cream Containers

*BOTH STAMPED CHICAGO*

ORANGE LANTERN
*Less-Commonly Seen* 
Double Bucket with RED Wooden Handle

Just AwEsoMe *Apple-Green* Paint with a time-worn PaTiNa!!!
Metal Cabinet 

Vintage Bottles ~ Mostly INKS
with a hint of bittersweet berry sprigs! 

Re-Purposed Ice Cream Bucket/Container
FaB Natural PaTiNa on it's Metal Rings!!!

FIND-ME-NEXT

ELKHORN FLEA MARKET

WISCONSIN

 SUNDAY  -  SEPT. 30th

WHITE WEDNESDAY ~ TiN ArChiTECtuRaL Fragment...

In search of S*O*M*E*T*H*I*N*G

 for WHITE WEDNESDAY...

   Weeding through my ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Stash...

  I came across this 2-Die-4 Time~Worn 

SHaBBy Architectural Tin Fragment!*!*!

 A few "little" adornments add soooo much interest!*!*!

It's All-In-The-Details...

 Sooooo "Jeanne 'd Arc" - Inspired!*!*!

Now hop on over to FADED CHARM'S BLOG to view all the other inspirational WHITE WEDNESDAY ENTRIES!*!*!

**~** It's Back To The WorkShop for ME **~**

as I prepare for THIS UpCoMinG Weekend's SHOW!!!

DuPage Expo Center

St. Charles, Illinois

Saturday & Sunday

FeBruAry 4th & 5th

(Visit my sidebar for details...)

Hope to SEE you there!!! ~ Stop by and say "helloooo"...

I'd LoVe to hear that YOU read my Blog  & sooooo look forward to meeting YOU!*!*!

Jeanine

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Finds on ETSY - F*I*N*A*L*L*Y...

LoVe My SHaBBies ~ but live Far Away Enough ~ that you can never get to my shows???  NOW HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PURCHASE SOME OF MY ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Finds!!!  I FINALLY Listed - for the first time ~ "4" FaB Items on ETSY - JUST TODAY!*!*!  

ETSY SELLER:  ChippyShabby

Do Check Out My SHaBBies on ETSY!*!*!

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In the meantime ~ Full Speed Ahead ~

Getting Ready for 

GRAYSLAKE ANTIQUE MARKET THIS WEEKEND!!!

Saturday/Sunday - January 7th & 8th...

(see sidebar for details...)

Do stop by and say Hellloooo...

Weather Prediction ~ Sunny, Dry, High 40's!*!*!

ChiPPy WHITE WEDNESDAY ~ Architectural Pedestal Base & Finial...

W*E*D*N*E*S*D*A*Y'S  seem to come around Sooooo Fast!*!*!  Once again, I'm happy to link up with Kathleen @ Faded Charm - the Host of WHITE WEDNESDAY!!!  Enjoy my pics - then hop on over to Faded Charm's Blog to enjoy all the other inspirational White Wednesday Photos!*!*!

Here's a "hint" of the ChiPPy, Time-Worn Architectural Pedestal Base, I'm featuring...  Took this pic at my SaLe last Saturday...  LoVe it's varied patina...

As I'm pulling items for this weekend's ELKHORN FLEA MARKET, in Wisconsin - I Spotted this time-worn shabby amongst the pile...  A PeRfeCt piece for WHITE WEDNESDAY!*!*!

 I grabbed an ARCHITECTURAL FINAL I've had for a long time...  It looked so FaB on top of this Prop/Base, that I may just end up "keeping them"?????????  I have a few days to THINK on this one!!!

Can't wait to VIEW all the other entries...


Elkhorn Flea Market UpDates...
LaSt SaLe Of The 2011 Season...
S*O*L*D  O*U*T
All Dealer Spaces are FULL!*!*!
~*~* Come Shop-My-SHaBBieS *~*~
This Sunday, September 25th
@ this FaBuLouS Flea...
See SideBar for Details...

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** Vists Gina's BeSt-Ever SHaBBy Cottage House in Nevada!*!*!

I've  lived a good part of my life "Out-West"... & Boulder City, Nevada, was one of those places...  With family and friends still living in Boulder City, I try to visit this quaint historic town as often as possible...  ONE of the BeSt spontaneous SURPRISES of this past Weekend was a Tour of GINA PECK'S Home in Boulder City!*!*! 

FOR YEARS I've walked past this house and wondered "who lived there"... & "what it might look like inside"...  Just imagine how wonderful this SHaBBy-Style Cottage looks when the bare winter branches start filling-in with Springtime blossoms!!!  At one time I remember Gina's "double front doors" being painted a deep aqua blue...    

There's nothing more inviting than ~ glistening chandeliers hanging OUTSIDE, and Gina most certainly has that along with her chippy garden chairs, tables, statues, crates, & seltzer bottles... 

CLICK ON PICS TO ENLARGE...

My friend Kathy, who lives just a few doors down from Gina, made this "EXTRA-SPECIAL" SHaBBy House Tour, possible!!!  THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH KATHY!*!*!   It was just "jaw-dropping" when I got a glimpse of what AmaZiNg SHaBBies were awaiting inside!*!*! 

OMG!*!*!  TOTAL SHaBBy-WHiTe Out!*!*!

  Definitely ENLARGE THIS PHOTO!!!  Is this room to die for or what!!!  A girl after my own heart!!!  Tons of Sparkling lit Chandeliers... Old Mirrors with silver-loss patina... Old Doors & Windows...  EVERYTHING in creamy shades of white!!!   This was my "most-favorite" area...  I just loved the salvaged doors/windows in the background and how Gina painted only this background area a very light green...  

The Window, Chandelier and Sconce were a PeRfeCt Scale for the space...  Upon a closer look, I loved how Gina hung smaller-sized vintage mirrors BEHIND THE LARGE WINDOW!!!  It gave the area a unique look...   Most of Gina's Shabbies have a natural time-worn chippy white paint patina ...  The ViNtaGe items that were "shabby-painted" had great form & blended exceptionally well...

 The Chandeliers hanging against the the old exposed brick in the kitchen area, were just "breath-taking"!*!*!  All these different textures worked sooooo well together!!!  She had a mix of ViNtaGe chandeliers - white and original darker brass with a patina...

Gina's use of VARIOUS SHADES-OF-WHITE, TEXTURES, SPARKLING CHANDELIERS, MIRRORS, ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE, Along with her EXCEPTIONAL EYE FOR VINTAGE FINDS & DESIGN - make for The BeSt-Ever Look!!! 

  I am soooo inspired!!!  

 Gina shops the ROSE BOWL, & VENTURA FLEA MARKETS in California, for a good number of her SHaBBies!!!  As I guessed, it's still hard to find an abundance of vintage shabby finds in this area of the country...

 

I was thrilled to get a tour of her cottage home & and let me tell you ~ there are a ton more pics I could have taken!!!  Maybe next time????  I'd say this is definitely Magazine EYE-CANDY Material!!!  Gina's house reflects her sparkling, friendly personality as well...  I soooo enjoyed the tour & chit-chat!!!

Thanks Sooooo much for sharing!*!*!

Now click on FADED CHARM'S LINK

enjoy M*O*R*E  WHITE WEDNESDAY PICS!!!

Jeanine

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** Architectural SaLvaGe / ViNtaGe Garden...

PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy...  PeRfeCtLy SHaBBy...  Here's a "PEEK" of my Office/Loft adorned with things I LoVe ~ Architectural SaLvaGe & ViNtaGe Garden...  Time for a re-do???? ~ Maybe...  Maybe Not...

Chippy ViNtaGe Picture Frames...  BirdCage...  Architectural Wood Base...  Concrete Birds...  French Seed Rack...   Crusty/Rusty Chandelier (from the Junk Gypsies in Texas!!!) Favorite Old Watering Can...  Wooden Garden Center Crate...  Architectural Porch Fragment... Iron Plant Stand...  Stoneware Jug with Birds... 

 

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I LoVe Imperfections!*!*!

Soooooo much more interesting than Brand New!!!

Have a great rest of the week...  It's ZERO here this morning...  Time to get busy with my "Show Stock Selections" ~ DuPage Expo & Grayslake Flea ~ just a couple weeks away!!!  SEE SideBar...

Jeanine

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** ViNtaGe Christmas Vignette...

Like Jan of "Gracie's Cottage"... WHY DID I WAIT SOOOOOO LONG to complete my Christmas Holiday Vignette!?!?!?  I feel sooooo much better now!!!  I ended up putting just a minimal "icing on the cake" ~ if you want to call it that...  I just LoVe how it turned out!*!*!  Almost everything is "ViNtaGe" & a little bit "ChiPPy" ~ of course!!!

I always like to start out a vignette with an

"ANCHOR-PIECE"...

The Architectural Column was it...

With Christmas just days away, I really didn't want to "pull out ALL my ViNtAge Christmas"...

Soooooo ~ I choose "one box full" ~ of my FaVoRiTe GREEN VINTAGE BOTTLE BRUSH TREES...  I had the PeRfeCt Old Green Metal Stand to display them on!*!*!  It has the best wrought iron legs ~ seen in my last photo...

Here's a close-up of "ChiPPy-Santa"...

BeSt!!! ~ Natural time-worn chippy paint patina...  "Sooooo much more interesting than brand new"!!!

I love "birdies" any time of year!!!

Rusty old milk bottle carrier serves as a prop ~ "flipped-over" adorned with greens & holiday twinkle lights...  The bird cage is adorned with a bit of bling & birdies...

A bit of Vintage Garden mixed in a Holiday Vignette ~ makes for such a special look!*!*!

The URN rests on top of the architectural column and supports Tree Branch Cuttings along with a Bird's Nest...

I was lucky enough to net this vintage  "Green Chenille Tree" some years back...  Although it's not as old as my "White Chenille Tree" - that I recently posted, It still has it's own unique look...

 

This ViNtaGe Wreath is soooooo SHaBBy!*!*!  Great focal point hung on the architectural post...

~*~*~  Wishing YOU a Merry Christmas   ~*~*~

Jeanine

**Country Living Fair ~ CHICAGO 2006**

In the Fall of 2006, Country Living hosted their Fall Fair in Chicago, at the Botanic Gardens, -Glencoe, Illinois...  Living just a shy 2 hours from that location ~ I most certainly was not going to miss this event!!!  The attendance was overwhelming ~ crowded beyond belief...  This event is now hosted in both OHIO & GEORGIA ...

Just Fab Vignettes...

I remember not knowing what to expect...  It felt like shopping a good FLEA MARKET!*!*!

Fall decor abounded...

This is a FaVoRiTe Display that I now put my own twist to ~ using summer's hanging planters...

"Just FaB" - Idea...  Works as well with Christmas Greens and Ornaments...

This is what I came home with & enjoyed for years... 

YET ANOTHER ITEM ~ I eventually SOLD on my Ebay Site...

(I mostly sell on Ebay come November -March)

EBAY SELLER:  chippy-shabby 

**SNEAK PEEK** ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth THIS WEEKEND @ Northwind Perennial Farm!!!

It's Almost SHOW TIME!!!   ~  Today is "set-up" at Northwind Perennial Farm, in Burlington, Wisconsin - for their Annual Antique Garden Show on their amazingly beautiful grounds ...  The weather is "JUST GORGEOUS" - Today!!!  The show is BOTH Friday & Saturday, running 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. each day...  Click on my sidebar for details that link to their website...  We may get a rain cloud off and on this weekend, BUT NO WORRIES IN MY BOOTH!!!! ~ I'm prepared like a "Girl Scout" - Fully tented, and ready with my tarps!!!  Soooooo please do come and  Shop My ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth - Rain -or- Shine...  Hope to C-U-There!!!  Here are a few quick "Sneak-Peeks"...

Hard-to-part-with....  From my personal collection ~ BeSt -Ever Architectural Find!!!  This piece is JUST AMAZING!!!  For Sale at the Northwind Show this weekend...

Just AwEsoMe!!!  This Vintage Tole Chandelier with votive candles is ready for your gazebo area!!!  It couldn't be any better - BeSt Patina!!!

FOR SALE @ the Northwind Show...  

This ViNtaGe Bicycle that I had used as a "prop" at my May House SaLe ~ NOW can be yours!!!  FOR SALE @ The Northwind Show this weekend!!!  Perfectly crusty & rusty...  Would look Just Fab resting by a fence near your garden or roadside...  I just Love the back carrier!*!*!