Shop ChiPPy-SHaBBy FOR-THE-HOLIDAYS!*!*!

The Trees are are getting bare...

The COLD Weather Days are approaching...

A*N*D ~ The HoLiDAys will be here before you know it!*!*!

Hope to See-You

 at one of these HoLiDAy Markets!!!

**Selling SHaBBies** THIS WEEKEND!*!*!

OMG!*!*!

Hot Newsflash!*!*!

PROMPTED BY A "Last Minute Booth Space Opening"
I'll be Setting Up My ChiPPy SHaBBy ViNtaGe FinDs
IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CEDARBURG - WI
T H I S   W E E K E N D!*!*!

Cedarburg will be A-Buzzzzzz
With HoLiDay ShoPPers!!!
2 - Specialty Craft/Art Shows 
and many other HoLiDay Events!!!

Such a Lovely Old-Fashioned 

Just Picturesque Town!*!*!

Lots of Coffee Houses, Restaurants & Specialty Stores

make for a wonderful day of Holiday Gift Shopping...

Where to Find ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!

This Friday & Saturday

DECEMBER 5th & 6th

On our Main Street - WASHINGTON AVENUE,

Look for the **Candy Cane House** 

in Front of the COMMUNITY CENTER...

I'll be set up BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER,

in the LINCOLN BUILDING - other wise known as the "Senior Center"

** Walk up the first flight of stairs you see...

**Turn Right...

**I'll be set up in the Northeast Corner

 by the Windows!*!*!

ChiPPy-SHaBBy ViNtaGe HoLiDaY Vignettes...

D*E*C*E*M*B*E*R  1st

Let's Get Decorating!*!*!
 Many an Item can be re-purposed
With a HoLiDay Twist!*!*!

ViNtaGe Bottle Brush Trees...
Many with *Made-In-Japan* Labels...

 PeRfeCtLy-ChiPPy!*!*!

Naturally Time~Worn ViNtaGe Wooden Santa...

 Time~Worn ViNtaGe WOODEN TOTE
~* Filled with HoLiDay SpArKliNg-B*L*I*N*G *~

CHriStMas Time HoLiDay Fussies...

For the LoVe of B*I*R*D*S...

~** It's All-In-The-Details **~

~* ONE-OF-A-KIND *~

•Frosty Song Bird Cut-Outs...

•Red Velvet Ribbon...

•ViNtaGe German Clip-On Candle Holders...

•Frosty Pinecones...

•Re-Purposed LampShade Form...

•ViNtaGe Plateau Mirror...

•Clip-On German Mercury Glass BiRdie...

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"Sometimes"

It's Just Nice to STAY HOME!*!*!

A Perfect Day to Start Bringing Out the HoliDay Bling

in & around our Home!*!*!

Which Market to S*H*O*P THIS WEEKEND!*!*!

~* HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND  *~

Lots going on EVERYWHERE!*!*!

WASHINGTON STREET HOLIDAY MARKET

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

November 21-22-23,  *2014*

47 E. Chicago, Suite 120

(Old Restoration Hardware Bldg.)

Naperville, Illinois

HUNT & GATHER POP-UP MARKET

Thursday & Friday

November 20-21, *2014*

Lake County Fairgrounds~Crown Point, IN

HOBNOB HoLiDay Market

Friday & Saturday

November 21-22, *2014*

Held at the DANVILLE GARDENS

106 Cleary Avenue

Danville, IL

HOOK'S CANVAS BASKET

Some Lucky Customer Netted this SHaBBy LAST YEAR,

 in my ChiPPy-SHaBBy Booth, at the Kane County Flea - IL

ViNtaGe RED-SKI-POLES

with leather "basket-area" were just the PeRfeCt

 Adornment with HoLiDay Greens...

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THINK OF ME THIS WEEKEND!*!*!

I'LL BE *Staying-Put* WORKING In-The-GaRaGe!!!

Can't wait to *SEE* the Eye-Candy Pics from these Shows!!!

S*N*O*W*Y Backdrop!*!*!

W*I*S*C*O*N*S*I*N's  WiNTeR

Has come toooo soon !*!*!

Pretty as it is...

  I STILL have lots to do in the FREEZING GaRaGe, to

 *Secure-My-SHaBBies* for the LONG

Winter Season Upon Us...  A*N*D that includes getting my Van-In...

**~ Stay Warm ~**

3 French Hens HoLIDay Market ~ Pics from~the~weekend!*!*!

*2014* ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth

3 FRENCH HENS HOLIDAY MARKET, Morris, IL

 All-My-SHaBBies Crammed-In a 9' x 9'

GoRgeOuS ViNtaGe Arched Window

S*O*L*D Early-On...

*JuSt Adorable*

ViNtaGe Child's Red Boots

Stamped Made-In-USA

S*O*L*D

Pulled from my "personal collection"

NORTH POLE FREEZER

S*O*L*D

•Re-Purposed Chicken Feeder 

Now Table Centerpiece...

•Ice Cream Bucket w/Tree

S*O*L*D

Just AwEsoMe Crowd All Day Saturday

and they were buying!!!

LoVely Displays in this booth...

1st Time Vendors 

~* LEONI VINTAGE *~ 

Went All-Out with their Over-The-Top Display!!!

And AwEsoMe Show Booth Neighbors as well!!!

Great Display!*!*!

LoVed the BedSprings with Old-Fashioned Lights!!!

Despite the Constant Buying Crowd ON SATURDAY, and myself  having a very decent show,  something was very *OFF* for Friday's Preview Night Festivities,
 besides the COLD TEMPERATURES...

ON FRIDAY NIGHT Customers were greeted Outside the Main Front Door Entrance by the Booth pictured above in the top photo...  REALLY!?!?

  I just couldn't hold my tongue on this one!!!  

   ~However, once you walked through the door, the HoLiDay B*L*I*N*G abounded, as seen in the bottom photo...  OUTSIDE, across the parking lot from the Main Indoor Building, a group of Local ViNtaGe Dealers "Tented-Up with Heaters Going"...   Their Little Camp-Like Area was Soooo inviting!!!

 Customer comments circulated~ Regarding not as many quality vintage dealers this year, Some of their favorite vendors not being set up this time, & the Expense of Early-Bird Buying, to be a disappointment...  

I'd LoVe to Hear Your Comments either

 on the Blog -or- via Email...

November KANE COUNTY FLEA - Illinois...

 

S*P*A*R*K*L*E & B*L*I*N*G

Unique One-Of-A-Kind

ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S

It's HaPPeNinG THIS WEEKEND!!!

November 1st ~ 2nd

Get a "Jump-Start" on your

 ViNtaGe HoLiDay Adornments!*!*!

Come Shop My SHaBBies, along with 400 other 

Vendors At The KANE COUNTY FLEA in Illinois...

 ChiPPy-SHaBBy Booth Space

SAME LOCATION AS LAST MONTH

Inside ~ Main Old Robinson Building

** LOOK FOR THE GREEN AWNING **

(Do visit my SideBar for MORE DETAILS...)

ChiPPy-SHaBBy H*O*L*I*D*A*Y 

STASH-ReVealed!!!

Greet Your Guests with HoLIDay I*C*E LANTERNS!*!*!

HoLIDay preparations are well under way at our home...  

Just about now ~ the fun begins for me!!!  I love wrapping gifts, baking cookies, & adding "fussy little extra touches" FOR-OUR-GUESTS to enjoy...  WITH  VERY C*O*L*D TEMPERATURES here in Wisconsin, this Winter,

 - I most certainly am going to advantage of it ~ making my

 FeSTiVe  I*C*E  LANTERNS...

 HoLiDay Guests will be greeted

with WINTER ICE LANTERNS

ALL A-GLOW!*!*! 

 Sooooo EASY to make!*!*!

*Temperature needs to be

 30 degrees or lower...

•FILL a 5 GALLON PLASTIC BUCKET with water, just a few inches from the top...

• ADD ADORNMENTS IN THE WATER: pine tree sprigs, pine cones, cranberries, sticks with glitter, etc.

•FREEZE OUTSIDE/ADJUST ADORNMENTS: - Keep a watch on it after about 6-8 hours... When the water becomes a "Frozen-Slushy Consistency" - ADJUST  berries, branches, twigs - by moving them to the outer edges using a utensil of sort...  If the water is SLUSHY enough - they will stay there...

•NEXT DAY(approx. 12-18 hrs. later)...  - The top will appear frozen, but with a mass of water such as this - a 5-gallon bucket should not have yet frozen DOWN IN THE CENTER...  Bring the buckets into the GaRaGe...  After an hour or two, POKE THE CENTER with something sharp to see if an inch or so down - it's liquid...  If so, you're now ready to turn the lanterns OUT-OF-THE BUCKET...   STAND BACK SLIGHTLY, as A GUSH OF WATER will come out as they slide OUT-OF-THE-BUCKET... 

•The Now HOLLOW CENTER - Allows the insertion of a Glass Jar filled with a candle... The Candle light is SAFELY protected from the wind by the glass and ice surround...  Display along your walkway... On the Front Porch... 

 ***Remember, everything depends on TEMPERATURE... 

 The process may happen more/less quickly depending on this...

***I start mine around Noon - Check them before dinner, & put them in the garage first thing in the morning when it's about 30 degrees...

Y*O*U & YOUR GUESTS

 WILL LOVE THESE!*!*!

Spreading HoliDay Cheer

Jeanine

Adding HoLiDay Cheer with SMALL ViNtaGe Adornments...

A few small HoLiDay Touches

 around our Home!*!*!

THIS PIECE IS ALL ABOUT 

 P*A*T*I*N*A 

including the ViNtaGe Lightening Rod Ball...

LoVe its natural silver-loss on the mercury glass!*!*!

Hope your HoLiday ShoPPing

is moving right along...

CRUNCH-TIME DAYS ARE HERE!!!

Jeanine

Christmas Themed Displays using ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S...

*~ ViNtaGe ~*

20th Anniversary

 ICE FOLLIES PIN/BROOCH

Dating *1956*

ORIGINAL PACKAGING - Made In USA...

Besides the item pictured above, I have yet another

 Ice Follies Pin that was  "gifted"  to me as a child -

from a CHICAGO performance - in the early "1960's"

A very treasured remembrance!*!*!

I just love that I found the pin above

 on it's original card...

 These BiRd Cut-Outs may be newly made,

but the "Musical Note Paper" - IS ViNtaGe!*!*!

A little clear glitter  was added - for HoLiDay SparkLe...

 PeRfeCtLY ChiPPy!*!*!

Re-Purposed Naturally Time-Worn Swivel Stool Base

becomes Christmas Tree Stand!*!*!

BeSt-Ever!*!*!

FOLLOWING YOUR HEART...

BUY-WHAT-YOU-LoVe!*!*!

I saw this item at the Allegan Flea Market this past summer...

Being Vintage, Naturally Perfectly Chippy-White, along with

 Great Form, it tugged at my heart strings...

BUT I HAD NO IDEA

 WHAT TO DO WITH IT!*!*!

The Dealer made a few suggestions -

one being a TREE STAND...  Good Idea, but there was 

No Way a Tree Shaft was going to fit in this Small Hole that

could not get any bigger...

FOLLOWING MY HEART ~ It Came Home with me...

 A couple Kane County Flea Markets ago - I bought THIS WHITE TREE  from Judy of  the Iowa Junk Gypsies...  Removing the tree's burlap-wrapped base  - revealed a  plastic stand  which also came off - only to reveal a small metal rod - which fit PERFECTLY into the Chippy-White Stand!*!*!

OMG!!!

Netted from Kristen's Booth

At Elkhorn's last Flea of 2013,

  I initially passed up this AwESoMe

 Wire Basket during Dealer Set-Up, -but it still 

 kept calling to me...

  Soooo thrilled that it was still there early the next morning!!!

  MOST times if you think too long - 

IT"S GONE!*!*!

AGAIN - I FOLLOWED MY HEART...

BUY-WHAT-YOU-LOVE FIRST

Ideas will follow...

It isn't even Christmas yet, and I have Cabin Fever!*!*!

Cold... Snowy...  I've been in ALL-DAY...

 ** Wisconsin ** 

Jeanine

Selling ViNtaGe SHaBBies at the KANE COUNTY FLEA

Warm Weather this past Weekend, drew

FLEA MARKET ShoPPers to  Kane County's

 Last Flea of the 2013 Season
St. Charles, Illinois

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Sooooo glad I set up...

Thank Y*O*U SHaBBy ShoPPers!!!

*~ All Decked-Out For the HoLiDays ~*

Darling *Hook's* Heavy Fabric Basket

with wood bottom supports

S*O*L*D early-on...            

I had competition OUTSIDE with 

HoLiDaY Greens, Pinecones, & Birch

Sooooo Needless to say, I came home with more than I wanted to!!!  

Containers were also slow to sell  - unlike a couple weeks ago when 

they were a "hot item"...

Just K*I*L*L*E*R!*!*!

Sooooo Hard-To-Part-With...

SHABBY OLD METAL WINDOW FRAME

~ I had two ~

BOTH S*O*L*D

•Corbels

•Shabby White Tree

•Teal/Blue Ice Cream Bucket

S*O*L*D

BeSt Old

ViNtaGe Red Skis with little

 "Deer Head Decals ~ Pin Striped Edging...

S*O*L*D

A part of me was hoping that these

 Re-Purposed Architectural Column

 Cylinders wouldn't sell...

Deer Box

- Still Available -

Wire Baskets

- Still Available -

PeRfeCt Time of year 

for a TWIG TABLE

ViNtaGe Musical Note Paper

"Re-Purposed"

**Glitter Song Birds**

AwEsoMe Arched Window
with old bubbly glass...

S*O*L*D

AwEsoMe Old Corbels

with "Fan Motif"

S*O*L*D

** PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy ** 
Old WHiTe Gate
with ViNtaGe *Merry ChRiStMas* Signage
was the last thing to go out-the-door
 shortly before closing...

Time to start thinking about decorating
** ~ Our Own Home ~**
for the HoLiDays!*!*!

Jeanine