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One Of a Kind FiNds!*!*!



Showing posts with label old paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old paint. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2013

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

Monday, August 20, 2012

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...

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



Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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