JuSt B*A*C*K - Road Trip!*!*!

~**Out & About **~

ChiPPy-SHaBBy SHoPPing 

Minnesota

 Arrived HOME with a Van Full!*!*!

*Fresh ViNtaGe Finds*

Starting Preparations for My 2-Day HOME S*A*L*E

Here in Cedarburg - Wisconsin

WEEKEND - AFTER - EASTER

*~ April 21st - 22nd ~*

I'll be posting DETAILS later this week!!!

 LoVe this quaint little Show!!!

 A GATHERING OF FRIENDS

HELD INDOORS AT BACHMAN'S GREENHOUSE

Minneapolis

Jessica, of Ms.Mac

ALWAYS Has *The BeSt* ChiPPy-WHiTe Finds

& Displays!!!!!!!!!!

MONTHLY OCCASIONAL SALES

Downtown Carver, Minnesota

 

 LoVed sitting among the fresh flowering plants & umbrellas 

after A Long Dreary Winter!!!

Great Coffee...  

BeSt-Ever Mini Lemon Tarts - 

Went back for seconds!!!

 Spied this FaB Barrel at one of our "pit-stops"...
FaB Form & PaTiNa!*!*!

 Hunt & Gather 

ALWAYS FABULOUS!!!

Funky Unusual Displays/Vintage...

 I soooooo wanted to take this perfectly chippy

 farm table home!!!

8' long... folding legs...

WE WERE JUST TOOOOO FULL!!!

Sad-to-Say...

We just didn't have an INDOOR SPOT to

display this FaB Old Iron Bench!!!  

LOVED THIS STORE SOOOOO MUCH!!!

B*E*S*T

Just loaded with vintage tole, mirrors, architectural salvage...

ALL with a natural time-worn vintage patina!!!

**~ Clarabel's ~**

S*T*O*P*P*E*D
Dead In My Tracks when we saw this sign!!!

UNFORTUNATELY, we were too early to SHOP!!!
SaLe Starts as listed above!!!  
I was **VaMpiNg** over sooooo many things
Lisa of Dahlia Cottage had!!!
30+ Dealers ~ Monthly Occasional Sales
PICKET FENCE GALS
LINDSTROM - MN

CaBin Fever Cure - Out & About ShaBBy-SHoPPing...

A Day of Antiquing

 the Backroads of Wisconsin...

This past Saturday, Frog Husband and I bundled-up and ventured out...  We shopped an Antique Show in Janesville, Wisconsin ~ then explored quite a few surrounding towns as we worked our way home...  Many a Shop I had never been in...

The Homes and Buildings in this area had such FaB Architectural Interest...  This was the entrance to an Antique Store in Milton, WI ~ BlackByrd Primitives 

By Days End, I had acquired a nice small SHaBBy-STaSH...

SHaBBy SHoPPing in ILLINOIS...

Yesterday was the *Season-Opener* at the

 Kane County Flea, in Illinois...  

 It most certainly didn't feel like the 

Start of SpRiNg - LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE!!!

After All, It was MARCH 1st!!!

  *Mountains* of Snow in the parking lot... Cold/Cloudy weather...  A good number of Dealers Set-Up inside 3 large buildings, and the crowd definitely came out...   ~   I did net 2 fab ShaBBies, along with some smalls ~ but other than that, the Fresh Seasonal Stock just wasn't there ~ I'm sure it's due to the bad weather we've had this Winter!!!

   THanK YOU Dealers that did set up!!!   

Finishing the FLEA - earlier than planned, I squeezed-in

 a few antique stops before I started my trek back to Wisconsin... 

Most certainly SP*R*I*N*G Was in-the-air

with this cheery display at an Antique Store in Geneva, IL...

 LoVed the inviting display in this booth...      

"White-knuckle drive" back to Wisconsin!!!

Sooo Thankful I made it home safe last night!!!

  The weather took a nasty turn
 ~ SNOWY WHITE-OUT With Ice, for the next
 3-1/2 hour drive - OMG!!! 

P.S.  I'll be wrapping up my eBay Selling Season S*O*O*N...

DO VISIT MY SIDEBAR FOR THE LINK...

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! **KEEPER~F*I*N*D*S** from the weekend...

Friday Morning I headed out - by myself, for some WEEKEND SHaBBy SHoPPing!*!*!  I took the backroads of both Wisconsin & Illinois - working my way to the Kane County Flea - as my final destination...  

~* PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy-WHiTe BaSKeT *~

netted at a tiny tiny Shop along my travels...

BeSt Natural Time-Worn PaTiNa!*!*!

The golden yarrow is a FaB Accent!!!

Sorry - It's a Keeper for now...

 Just AwEsoMe!!!

First Purchase of the day 

at the Kane County Flea...

ANTIQUE Leaf Book with Color Lithos..

The Cover couldn't be any better than this!!!

NATURALLY Time~Worn, just the way I like it...

Netted from Diane Passi's Booth

 Yet Another *KILLER* Keeper-Find!*!*!

I have a weakness for SHaBBies w/birds...

Re-Purposed ViNtaGe Glass Lamp Shade

with adorable Birdie Motif

and it's **Naturally - ChiPPy**

Just FaB lit with a candle...

Thank YOU Judy of the Iowa Junk Gypsies!!!

With soooo much SHaBBy-SHoPPing going on

lately, I've acquired quite a FRESH S*T*A*S*H

for my UpComing FaLL SHOWS!!!

I'm all re-energized dreaming up displays as well...

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NEXT SALE @ MY HOME

Historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17th

I'll be posting "details" - soon!*!*!

Jeanine

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Shops KANE COUNTY FLEA - 2013 Season Opener!*!*!

My SHaBBy ShoPPing Focus

 THIS WEEKEND, 

Was Staying

 True to W*H*I*T*E

 Here in the MidWest you never know what the

 weather will be in MARCH...  

** This Year **

Low 30's

Piles of Plowed Snow

Winter Coats

Mud Boots

 Although BOTH Saturday & Sunday were CoLd

  and Breezy - the S*U*N was out

 which made all the difference!*!*!  

 There were about "10" BRAVE OUTSIDE VENDORS...

A few "Shed-Like" covered metal buildings

 were also filled with "die-hard" Vendors

 who dressed warm as well...

 The Iowa Junk Gypsies

Judy & Anita were lucky to be INSIDE

and their shabbies were going F*A*S*T!!!

Iowa Junk Gypsies Blog

 I "vamped-over" this perfectly chippy

 Cottage Dresser

What was I thinking??? ~ of course it was

 long gone by the time I went back...

 Angie's Darling Robin-Egg-Blue Folding Metal

 Chair with Birdie Motif, drew me into her booth!*!*!

Summer House Market 

 Diane had 2 FaB ChiPPy-WHiTe SHaBBies

that I snatched up  - QuiCk!*!*!

Diane Passi on FACEBOOK

 By the time I re-visited Jen's Booth on Sunday,

she was REALLY cleaned-out!!!

FRESH VINTAGE ON FACEBOOK

 N*O*W

Gearing-Up for ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Selling

~ THIS UpComing WEEKEND ~

March 9th & 10th

GRAYSLAKE ANTIQUE/FLEA MARKET

Lake County Fairgrounds

Illinois

(Do Visit My SideBar for D*E*T*A*I*L*S...)

Jeanine

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! SHoPPing - Small "New England Towns"...

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Road-Trip  

**OVER 1,200 Miles in just 7 Days**

 New Hampshire...  Connecticut...  Vermont...

  New York... and OHIO On-The-Way-Home!*!*!

Frog Husband and I REALLY Packed-It-In to make the most of our limited "whirlwind New England Road Trip"...
Shabby ShoPPing... 2 Bottle Shows - along with selling... Bed & Breakfast Inns... AwEsoMe Food & Desserts...

Just GoRgeOuS!*!*!

FaB SHaBBy F*I*N*D*S ~ among other things,

 that I netted at this Antique Store Check-Out Counter...

Unique... One-Of-A-Kind F*I*N*D 
This Time~Worn ViNtaGe Witch is
 Just a K*I*L*L*E*R of a Piece!*!*!
Don't Even Ask - It's a KEEPER For Now...

Is this ViNtaGe Religious Statue of St. Therese 
PeRfeCtLy ChiPPy - or what!*!*! 

Just FaB SHaBBy-W*H*I*T*E ViNtaGe Lantern
I can just see it decorated with
 HoLiDay Greens & Candle...

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Do check back ~ I'll be posting MORE "Road Trip" Pics of places where I snagged some FaB SHaBBies!*!*!
So for now...
Jeanine

P.S.  Please note that I WILL NOT be selling at Grayslake this weekend...
  See you there in NOVEMBER...

ViNtaGe SILVER TRAY with P*A*T*I*N*A...

Believe it or not, I actually had some **FREE TIME** ~ over the past few days!*!*!  In between readying  some "SHaBBies" for the "Viva la Cottage" VINTAGE MARKET SHOW  on the 14th, I was able to enjoy "fussying-up" a few areas in our home...  THIS ViNtaGe SILVER TRAY was a FaB Addition...

 I acquired this Over-The-Top FaB

 ViNtaGe Silver-Plate Tray way back in APRIL,

from "Jackie" at the Arboretum Garden Show...  

 This Tray is ALL ABOUT P*A*T*I*N*A...

I just LoVE the bluish-green encrustation formed on the 

exposed Copper/Brass underlay...

 This tray is soooo much larger than it looks, and

due to the Brass/Copper - It's HEAVY!!!

I Have it displayed on a lower shelf of

one of my Most FaVoriTe SHaBBy Furniture Pieces... 

It's in the Guest Bedroom, next to the bed...

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I have a FUN-DAY-PLANNED!*!*!

**Off to do some "SHaBBy-SHoPPing"**

for the Viva la Cottage Show!!!

Can't wait to SEE what I F*I*N*D...

Jeanine