Naturally Time-Worn ChiPPy WHiTe Metal Pail For SPRiNg...

S*P*R*I*N*G

Can't Come Soon Enough!!!

~*Little Perk-Me-Up Vignette*~

helps me feel hopeful that Spring will eventually come...

Way tooooo many sunless days here in Wisconsin this Winter!!!

First ChiPPy-SHaBBy Selling Venue of the Season

is just around the corner!*!*!

~* FIND ~ ME ~ NEXT *~

Kane County Flea Market

Indoors - Main Old Robinson Bldg.

St. Charles - Illinois

M A R C H   2nd - 3rd

(Saturday - Sunday)

-2019-

Washington Street Spring Market

Indoors - Naperville North H.S.

Naperville - Illinois

SaTurDay - A P R I L   13th

(one day show)

-2019-

MORE SHOW DETAILS

time... booth location... etc.

 As Each Event Date Nears...

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Birdies... Berries... Rusty... Crusty... LoVe!*!*!

FINALLY

A SuNNy WinTer's DaY!*!*!

here in Wisconsin...

Another GREAT Perk-Me-Up

SUNSHINE Streaming in the Window!!!

Stuffed some of my "left-over" Fall RoseHip Berry Branches

into one of my favorite Old Rusty Metal Baskets, 

along with a few vintage felt birdies...

Have a Great Weekend!

STAY WARM

IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDWEST

**Deep Freeze is Here Again**

Early Hints of ViNtage FALL...

It's Feeling Like F*A*L*L

The Squirrels are busy Outside...

The Annabelle Hydrangeas have turned...

Time to Introduce JuSt A Hint Of  FALL

INSIDE THE HOME

 

~*   I LoVe FaLL  *~

The Earth's Way Of Producing a "Colorful Finale" 

before the dead of Winter comes...

ViNtaGe Squirrel Adornments & Colorful Hydrangeas

are first to make their appearance in & outside of our home...

 This Antique Iron Squirrel Door Stop is 

All About PaTiNa!!!

 

 - RARE -

ViNtaGe Squirrel Flower Frog!*!*!

I've yet to come across another...

 

 Naturally Time-Worn 

ChiPPy-White Shutter

with Squirrel Cut-Out...

A*N*D

SaVe - The - DaTe

Early Fall SaLe @ ChiPPy-SHaBBy's House

**Get 1st Dibbs**

On My ChiPPy-SHaBBy

 FaLL S*T*A*S*H!!!

Cedarburg ~ Wisconsin

(20 minutes North of Milwaukee)

 

Re-Purposed Garden Planter CONTAINERS...

 Flat-Back Funnel ~ Now Hanging Planter

PeRfeCt for a Fence like this or even a Garden Shed Door...

 Re-Purposed Metal Ice Cream Container

Dehns Ice Cream ~ Green Bay Wisconsin

LoVe the Vibrant Colors!*!*!

Re-Purposed Dustpans 

with succulent plants...

Fun in a grouping!!!

IRON FOUNDRY PIECE 

**STAMPED CHICAGO**

~Re-Purposed Planter ~

Have A Great Weekend!*!*!

~ The Summer Season is Finally Here ~ 

SHoP ChiPPy-SHaBBy UpComing MAY Selling Venues!*!*!

S*H*O*P ~ChiPPy-SHaBBy~

ViNtaGe FiNdS!*!*!

At ALL (4) ELKHORN ANTIQUE/FLEA MARKET EVENTS!!!

It may be a cold & gloomy week here in Wisconsin,

but the *OutDoor Flea Markets* and WARM WEATHER

 are right around the corner!!!

************* 

GRAB-A-Friend...    Make a Day of It...

Shop this quaint Outdoor Vintage Market 

on the *Breath-taking Grounds*

Northwind Perennial Farm, in Burlington, Wisconsin

HAVE LUNCH IN LAKE GENEVA ~ About 10 minutes up the road...

MAXWELL STREET DAYS FLEA MARKET

Held at Firemen's Park 

In Historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin

*About 20 minutes North of Milwaukee*

For the LoVe of Time-Worn PaTiNa...

 

LoVe a NATURAL Time~Worn PaTina!*!*!

~**VINTAGE WATERING CANS **~

 

Have a great weekend!!!

AwEoMe Weather & I'm ON-THE-HUNT...

Just K*I*L*L*E*R ViNtaGe Tole WALL SHELF with DIMENSIONAL FLoWeRs!*!*!

 ~ B*E*S*T ~

I envision this on a Bathroom Wall

with a few Rolled HandTowels...  Candle...

A*N*D Your FaVoRite Jar of Bath Salts!!!

*~PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy~*

 Natural Paint-Loss PaTiNa,

 in-all-the-right places!*!*!

~ one-of-a-kind ~

Just Listed!*!*!

Up-for-Bid

EBAY Seller:  chippy-shabby 

The LEAVES are FaLLing!*!*! ~ Wisconsin...

 After our unbelievably GoRgeOuS Warm

 & SuNNy FaLL Weather this past weekend, The F*A*L*L RAINS & WIND are doing their seasonal duty ~ by dropping thousands of COLORFUL LEAVES on our deck!*!*!

~* CHINESE LANTERN PODS *~

Added  to the mix for just the right amount of P*O*P...

 A Barn SaLe FiNd 

from a few weeks ago...

CRUDE METAL HORSE BUCKET

Handle... PaTiNa...

 Whimsical F*I*N*D!*!*!

 WHITE TURKEY WEATHERVANE

Now Gracing Our Front Porch CornStalks...

Although Not Very Old, it shows some character 

having been exposed to the elements...

Hints of Rust... Scuffs... Dings... & Paint-Loss...

~** Bittersweet **~

 Here in the MidWest, F*A*L*L will be winding

 up in the next few weeks...

I'm choosing to STAY IN THE MOMENT ~ Savoring whatever time we have left before the Cold

 Temps, Bare Trees, & Snow Sets in...

  Lots of work yet to be done readying our property

 FOR THE LONG WINTER MONTHS AHEAD...

*********

As it stands RIGHT NOW ~ 

Only "2" More Shows for me this year!!!

•Kane County Flea - November 1-2

•3 French Hens Holiday Market  November 14-15

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Defining ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Style!*!*!

 ** ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Style **

ChiPPed... SaLvaGed... TaTTeReD... WoRn...

V*I*N*T*A*G*E  F*I*N*D*S

It's All About A Natural Time-Worn PaTiNa

  that ONLY TIME CAN PRODUCE...

For the most part, I try to stick true to this NATURAL PATINA...

On occasion, if I come across a vintage item that has EXCEPTIONAL FORM & DETAILS, but lacks a Time-Worn SHaBBy Paint Loss,  I'm "ok" with painting it a PLAIN SOLID SHADE of WHITE - with no distressing...  Such items might be:

  ViNtaGe Chandeliers, Picture Frames, or a piece of Furniture...  These"more recently painted" vintage pieces add a lovely compliment/balance to pieces that have acquired a Natural Paint-Loss Patina...

I*M*P*E*R*F*E*C*T*I*O*N*S
Sooooo much more interesting than brand new!*!*!
Be it Wood, Metal, Plaster -or- Concrete, it's all about the  
UNIQUE TIME~WORN CHARACTER OF THE PIECE...
chips... knicks... dings... rust... 

** ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! SaLes **
 Shabby Cottage tables, dressers, benches, stools ... 
 Architectural Salvage...Vintage Mirrors with silver-loss...
 Vintage Chandeliers, Table Lamps... Small Adornments... 
Seasonal Decor...

A little Chippy...  A lot Chippy...
"Different Degrees of  ChiPPiNess"
*If the old shabby paint patina has become too loose/flakey,
 I'll stabilize the piece with a light sanding ~  
 Then SEAL IT with a coat of CLEAR URETHANE
to preserve it's look... 

 ** ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! **
Occasional SaLes @ my Home
Historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin
April ~ September

PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy Paint Loss 
Old White Paint on Metal...

**~ Just DriPPing With Prisms ~**
ViNtaGe B*L*I*N*G Candelabra LoVe
enhanced by Old Mirrors, Etching & Silver-Loss PaTiNa...

W*H*I*T*E*S

Time-Worn Garden Table
Hints of "Old-Green-Paint" Poking Through... 
Just AwEsoMe Natural Paint-Loss PaTiNa!*!*!

Great Form!*!*!
Natural ChiPPy Paint-Loss/Crazing

VitNtaGe Litho Prints 
~ ImPerFeCtioNs Add Sooooo Much Character ~ 
Fab Old Naturally ChiPPy Frames...  Subtle Watermarks/Paper Loss...

ViNtaGe Fairy Statue
"Perfectly ChiPPy in all the right places"

**ADORNMENTS **
 Add soooo much appeal to an item!*!*!
Vintage Millinery... Heart Ring... Fresh/Dried Roses... Lace... Rosary...

ChiPPy SHaBBy Booth

Grayslake Flea, IL

Monthly SaLes at Our Home
Cedarburg, Wisconsin 

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth
Door County, Wisconsin

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth
Maxwell Street Flea
Cedarburg, Wisconsin

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!
** My Style... My Look...**
~ It's ALL in the D*E*T*A*I*L*S ~

Soooooo For Now...  Stay Warm...
**~ ThinK SpRinG ~**
Miss Y*O*U SHaBBy SHoPPeRs!*!*!

Re-Purposed Industrial Ventilator...

Over the past couple days Frog Husband & I have been Organizing, Stacking & Storing - SHaBBies for the long Winter Months...

  Occasionally I'll get inspired & route a few items inside house...

 This VENTILATOR was one of them...

 I brought this FaB Old VENTILATOR to Sell at the Kane County Flea last weekend...  A good number of people thought it was quite awesome, but no one took it home... 

 EVERYONE said - "What would I do with it"??? 

  Here's what I did with it!*!*!

Just PeRfeCt at the End-of-the-Hall,

"UP" on the Cabinet...

 It's such a nice "smaller-size" and has acquired a

 wonderful time~worn PaTiNa... 

I'm planning on adding some "tiny round Christmas bulb lights" just under the top band... 

ANOTHER DISPLAY IDEA 

Just FaB Outside On-The-Deck/Porch

with HoLiDay Lights & Greens...

I can just **SEE** the Snow Falling down on it!*!*!

~ Still Available ~
NOW S*O*L*D

Jeanine