BeSt-Ever SHaBBies **Sisters' Garden & Bloom** Kalona, Iowa...

OMG!*!*!  

For years I've been vamping over pics I've seen
 on-line and in magazines of
SISTERS' GARDEN & BLOOM,
 2 vintage shops, located amongst the farm fields
 in Kalona Iowa...

  This PAST SATURDAY ~ A DREAM COME
 TRUE, we headed to I*O*W*A...

 Sometimes you arrive at a place and it's nothing like

 the pictures you've seen... NOT THE CASE HERE!!!

** SISTERS' GARDEN & BLOOM ** 

Was Even Better than I Ever Imagined!*!*!

 If you LoVe a NATURAL Time-Worn PaTiNa,

that only time can produce, YOU'LL DEFINITELY FIND IT HERE!!!

BeSt-Ever ChiPPy Paint Loss in all the right places!!!

One-Of-A-Kind ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S

2 Houses, Porch, HUGE Yard

Small Out Buildings

ALL Over-Flowing with Time-Worn SHaBBies!*!*!

Meet BARB, owner of Sisters's Garden & Bloom... 

I sooooo enjoyed our 3 hour visit!*!*!
 Her Passion ~  ALL THINGS Rusty... Crusty... Chippy... Flakey...
 Tarnished... & Old...
Displayed in eye-catching vignettes...

Just **Killer** Garden House!*!*!

Barb has THE BEST staff to assist her!!!

Erica was manding the BLOOM Building on Saturday...

Elaine was working the Check-Out on Saturday...

Such Friendly, Helpful Service ~ made it a joy to shop as well!!!

The Check-Out area was busy the entire time I was there...

InViTinG Displays ~ Inside and Out!*!*!

I netted some FaB ChiPPy, Crusty, Rusty
ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S on my Visit!!!
Do put SISTERS' GARDEN & BLOOM
 ON YOUR MUST VISIT LIST - S*O*O*N!!!
I LoVe their Blog!!!
and FaceBook Page as well...

Thank YOU Barb, Elaine & Erica
I LoVed ShoPPing Your ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S!!!
BeSt-Ever!*!*!

Jeanine

What-A-Day!*!*! SHaBBy S*A*L*E @ My Home...

ThAnK YOU...  ThAnK YOU... ThAnK YOU... 

 To all of those who came out and ShoPPed My ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! ViNtaGe F*I*N*D*S this past Saturday...  The weather could not have been any more PeRfeCt!*!*!

 Once again - at 8 a.m. there were only a handful of people waiting...  OMG!!! ~ Gulp...

"NO WORRIES" - I told myself ~ It's ALWAYS this way come July & August ~ which proved so true!*!*!  STEADY trickle of SHaBBy ShoPPers AFTER 10:30 till closing -  

AND DID THEY EVER B*U*Y!*!*!

 With the volume of SHaBBies I had FOR SALE,

 I chose to set up closer to the backyard this time...

 A "Hint-Of-Fall" could be seen in my displays...

 I LoVe these Stools!*!*!

They're still waiting for just the right person...

 My FaBuLouS Antique Pine Hutch, from my personal collection - SOLD...

Bittersweet to see it go!*!*!  It went to "the sweetest" young couple

 who just bought an 1800's home - PeRfeCt!*!*!

 The "just sweet" BirdCage Found a new home...

The 2-Die For...

First Time Out...

Over-The-Top FaB CHaNdeLieR

S*O*L*D

and so did the AwEsoMe Tri-Mirror!!!

Of course that PeRfeCtLy SHaBBy "Little Chest" 

SOLD!!!

I could just SEE this adorned with HoLiDay Greens

 and a fresh dusting of SNOW!!!

 The Fall Berries are EARLY THIS YEAR!!!

 Bittersweet Berries added just the right touch to this

 Re-Purposed Chandelier I created...

*Older White Wire Fencing...

*ViNtaGe Insulators...

*Old Hanging Chain...

*Faucet Knob at the top... 

TOTALLY CraZy!!! ~ Pulled this Over-The-Top, Just FaB,

 PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy White Chair - from my personal collection...  OMG!*!*! 

 I've had it for the LONGEST TIME... STILL LoVe It!!! 

I displayed it in our home with LARGE seasonal pillows
 in the guest bedroom... 

Currently "On-Hold"/ Sale Pending...

 AwEsoMe Old Paint Bucket - SOLD...

Still retaining the original "Dutch Boy" Metal Plate affixed on the front... 

The inside had Old Red Barn Paint residue...

BeSt -Ever!*!*!

Over-The-Top FaB!*!*!

Sooo hard to find...

Gothic/Cathedral Window!*!*!

Again, *ThaNk YOU* SHaBBy ShoPPers!!!
Soooo many items went out-the-door, now enabling me to have ROOM FOR MY FALL SELLING STOCK!*!*!
I have "4 Shows" lined up at different venues -
 In September Alone!!!
Do visit my sidebar for DETAILS...

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NEXT & LAST
ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! 
** H O M E   S*A*L*E **
Of The 2012 Season
*~*~ SaTurDay, September 22nd ~*~*
(mark your calendar...)

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