It's all about Family... All About Tradition...

Today is all about CeLeBraTing

TRADITIONS 

Customs/Beliefs passed on from one generation to another...

A Day of Remembering/Repeating

while we savor some of our favorite foods...

Most years I have time to display my

 ViNtaGe Turkey Collection in our entryway...

  This year wasn't one of them...

  ~Sooooo I settled for Less-Is-More IMPACT~

Favorite Old Large Turkey Board ~ 

Beautiful Rosehip Berries ~ Large Pinecones...

Time to get the **Bird** In-The-Oven!*!*!

Wishing Y*O*U a joyous day 

 Of HaRveSt CeLeBraTioN

with Family & Friends!*!*!

HaPPy THanKsGiViNg

Jeanine

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** GoBBle... GoBBle... Turkey Day Greetings!*!*!

Over the years I have LoVed ALL the Whimsical Thanksgiving Adornments POTTERY BARN has displayed...  I have acquired quite the collection!*!*!   THIS YEAR my Frog Husband added the BeST-Ever Turkey Gravy Bowl!*!*! ~ Can't wait to use it for the first time...  With stores now buying limited amounts of each item, it's almost like antiques - when you see it - BUY IT!!!

I love how the ladle handle becomes part of the Turkey's whimsical feather area...

I started gathering our whimsical adornments for the feast...  

Here's a picture of how I make my GrAvy...

I always use the pan drippings and cook it on the stove top...

Here's my Bird from a few years ago...  I wrap my bird up "SHaBBy-Style" in several layers of cheese cloth - saturated with oil/butter...  Some 4 hours later - the AwEsoMe Reveal!*!*!  Sooooooo juicy - Love the Skin!!!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday

~ Blessings & Thankfulness ~

Jeanine

**Part Two** 3 French Hens Show - Morris, Illinois

"First Impressions"... This was Traci & Monica's Booth!!!   Major impact as you walked into the Show...  Although there were a lot of "newer items", the ladies mixed in ViNtaGe Props that were for sale...  It ALL worked together very well...  It looked quite picked-over by late Saturday Afternoon... (click on pics to enlarge...)

 The ChiPPy Architectural Column was THE FIRST SHABBY THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AT THE SHOW!*!*!   This Just FaB Chippy made the ride home with me!*!*!  I have designs on using it in my Christmas Entry Vignette perhaps adorned with a wreath???  ~  I'll keep you posted...

BeSt-Ever Surprise!!!  I met these darling ladies from the Gilded Junque Yard!*!*!  Both Ladies were decked-out with "vintage adornments" ~ LoVed It!!!  Do check out both their blogs...  Cindy makes FaB Jewerly and Sells on Etsy!!!  LoVe her Style... click here... 

Jeannie also sells "vintage jewerly" creations...  LoVe her taste as well!!!  Do visit her Blog and Etsy Shop...
click here...

Way toooooooo Cute & Sweet to boot!*!*!

Meet ANDREA, a "new ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Customer "!*!*!  Andrea definitely has an eye for AwEsoMe ChiPPy SHaBBy Finds!!!   I totally re-did my booth AFTER she bought the 2-die-4 Shabby Table with Industrial Base  ~AND~  Metal Planter...   Wish I had snapped a picture of her and husband Andy - Cutest "young" couple!*!*!

 

 Mariann was my neighbor at the 3 French Hens Show...  Her jewelry sales were STRONG - busy ALL DAY on Saturday...

These ladies have a shop in Dubuque, Iowa - WILLOWS...   There was quite a bit of "vintage" mixed in with their look...

Mark and Janice shared a booth...  They also sell at Kane, Elkhorn, Grayslake Flea Markets to name a few...  Mark has a web site INDUSTRIAL LIVING and does FaB Window Displays and more - at the DENIM LOFT in Geneva, Illinois

I bought this FaB ChiPPy Table from these Ladies!*!*! 

They just started a BLOG - Old,New,Treasured and True - click here...

Time to pull out ALL my THanKsGiViNg Table Adornments!*!*! 

 

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** ViNtaGe TURKEY VIGNETTE!*!*!

Thanksgiving Holiday Decorations always seem to be few and far between with just a little over 3 weeks between Halloween ending and Christmas decorating beginning...  At home - early November just seems way tooooo soon to "put out the Christmas Bling"!!!  Thanksgiving is one of my FaVoRite Holidays and as soon as November 1st rolls around ~ up goes my "ViNtaGe Turkey Collection"!*!*!  

"Just FaB" Old Turkey Boxes!*!*!  One of the boxes is from a town in Wisconsin not too far from us!!!  I purchased both of them at Antique Shops over the years...

 This great old antique platter has advertising on it!!! ~ Probably a "Furniture Store" give away with purchase...

This Old Concrete Turkey Planter has acquired the Best Old natural time~worn Chippy paint PaTiNa!*!*!

This old rusty... crusty... green metal stand holds many a ~ vintage paper mache, wax candle,  & ceramic turkey...

The BIG TURKEY was probably from a farm that Sold Turkey Birds... - BeSt!*!*!

Full View ~ The Vintage Turkey Vignette could still use a bit of "tweaking" ~ but good enough for now...