**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** Shops KANE COUNTY FLEA MARKET Season Opener March 2011...

When I left Wisconsin on Friday, - the skies were "partly-sunny" & nearing 50 degrees!!!  I thought this was a good indication that SpRiNG was soon to come, and more importantly - OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET Fun!!! ~ I think my first picture tells it ALL!!! 

By Saturday Morning the weather had taken a MAJOR TURN!!!  Sooooo glad I Bundled Up and wore my mud boots!!!!!

Sleeting Snow...  Windy & COLD...

The parking lot was a grey "soupy mush bowl"...  

However, nothing stops ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! from netting yet another Chandelier Find!*!*!

Although the weather was extremely disappointing, - Cabin-Fever Spending abounded!!!

Everyone in Midwest has had enough of this long, long winter... 

 

Jackie had more "French Bling" in her booth than ever!!!  I thought 10 minutes tooooo long and missed out on an AwEsoMe Vintage Tole Lamp...

 

When I got to Rosemary's Booth ~ EVERYTHING was SELLING FAST!!!  Loved the Valance she was holding ~ PeRfeCt above a bed...  A glimpse of the Shabby White Dresser and Chandelier are now some FaB Finds I'll be keeping for a while...

 

There were random birdcage sightings every so often...

Judy & Anita's Booth...

This CORBELS were H*U*G*E...

 

Mark & Janice were set up in an "out-building"...  Mark did a great job adorning the ceiling - which drew people in from afar...

 

Their booth was just mobbed!!! and items were selling!!!

I was pleasantly surprised to see Michelle and Mariann of WILLOWS!!!  These ladies set up across from me at the Morris, Illinois 3-French Hens Show...  Their Shop is located in Dubuque, Iowa...  I just loved their Spring Display!!!  The Old G A R D E N letters went home with me...

 

Here's Carrie of Hot House Market!!!   Look at that AmAziNg Huge White Flower...

The ChiPPy Blue Table drew me in ~ and I FORGOT to re-visit it!!!

Hot House Market is ALWAYS COLORFUL!!!

Lots of Retro FiNds...

Sandy & Joe's Booth was one of the first I hit...  Sooooo many RED SOLD tags!*!*!

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Come Shop-My-SHaBBies this weekend,

March 12th & 13th 2011 - at the Grayslake Antique Flea Market!!!

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Hope to C-U-There!!!

Jeanine

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! ViNtaGe ShoPPing Weekend!*!*!

Every year I spend the "first weekend of March" with my Best Friend from High School...  We usually shop the stores in St. Charles and Geneva, Illinois...  It's always a plus with the Kane County Flea Market falling on that weekend too!!!  Here are a couple pics of places we visited... 

Each year we visit the GENEVA ANTIQUE MALL in quaint Geneva, Illinois...  They always have a wonderful "seasonal display" in the middle of the store...  I love their "SPRING DISPLAYS" the most!!!  Click on the pic to enlarge this one ~ enjoy the details...  Although it's usually hard to find items for resale in a Mall, I did walk away with a "Few SHaBBies" for my booth space at Grayslake Antique Flea Market this upcoming weekend!!!  (see sidebar)...

By the time we got to this inviting store - they were just about to close!!!  Great Eye-Candy here!!!

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Check back tomorrow for the report and pics on Kane County Flea Market!*!*!  I can say this - I drove home with my car "Stuffed to the brim" with SHaBBies!!!

Jeanine

** DuPage Expo Antique Show** ~ Finally It's SHOW-TIME!*!*!

The Weekend is Here!*!*!

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Come Shop-My-SHaBBies!!!

Stop by and say hellooooo...

February 5th & 6th, 2011

DuPage Expo Center, St. Charles, Illinois

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 More on those "porcelain flowers"...  I got this idea of "stacking the porcelain flowers" from my friend Gloria of Shabbytown USA!!!  Do visit her Web Site ~ She has some of THE BEST SHaBBies Ever!!!  It was a sheer pleasure meeting her in Warrenton Texas a couple years ago...

Here's more of a full view of the area...

It's already changed quite a bit since I took these pictures a few days ago...

 

Just sweet!*!*!

I had this perfectly shabby light base at The Grayslake Show some weeks ago...  Sooooo glad it didn't sell!!!  I just knew it had potential ~ I added the vintage glass shade and a candle  BEST!*!*!

Hope to SEE YOU this Weekend!!!

If you see something you like and can't think of how to display it ~ maybe I can share some inspiration...

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Jeanine

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!