YESTERDAY, Frog Husband and I had a date!*!*! Geared-Up with *Winter Coats, Hats, Scarves, & Gloves - as we headed out to the Chicago Botanic Gardens - for their annual ViNtaGe Garden Fair - in Illinois...
Years past ~ I can remember wearing a light Spring Jacket - and on a few occasions, having sandals on!!! Although all of the antiques are INDOORS, it was quite a long walk to the entrance - due to the flooding of a good portion of their parking lots... - So glad we "geared-up" for that... I always love touring the grounds after doing the show - but this year - with sleet, rain, & COLD temperatures - next to nothing was in bloom OUTSIDE...
Lot's of Metal with a "rusty... crusty... PaTiNa"...
Obsessed with ViNtaGe T*O*L*E...
Tucked under a larger table was my most FaVoRite Piece of the entire VinTaGe Garden Show...
H*O*W*E*V*E*R, The Price was INSANE ~ No Way could I take it home...
I L*O*V*E ViNtaGe Tole that has acquired a natural time-worn patina!!! Hints of random chippy... crusty... rusty... PaTiNa - on top of the old painted colored metal
- Makes me CrAzY!*!*!
Another KiLLeR Tole Piece!!!
The Real Deal - NOT a re-production...
I loved this little cubby drawer cabinet!!!
HOWEVER, yet another eye-candy item
due to the insane price-point...
Sooooo refreshing to SEE this live vegetable garden.....
LoVeD the hand garden tool
and watering can as well...
I DIDN'T TAKE MY OWN ADVICE...
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RARE ZINC DRAIN GUTTER w/FaB PaTiNa!!!
I don't very often come across ViNtaGe Zinc Pieces... This one was wonderfully crude with it's imperfections and the PaTiNa was sooooo much better than this picture depicts... It was a good size as well - not tooo big, not tooo small... Unfortunately, it was the first thing I fell in LoVe with - IN THE VERY FIRST BOOTH we were in... The price point was a bit high - but still affordable for my budget... Not knowing what other time-worn SHaBBies lie ahead, I reluctantly decided to see if it continued to "call out to me" as I continued my ShoPPing... It did indeed haunt me the entire show ~ and when I went back ~ THERE WAS THE RED TAG... I was sooooo sad... Soooooo talking to myself as I am you - when you see an unusual/rare piece that's calling out to you at a high traffic show - BUY IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE... I'm STILL trying to get over this...
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It's going to be a B*U*S*Y week For Me!!!
Gearing Up for the *FiRsT* in a Series of
*** MonthLy SaLeS ***
At Our Home
For the *2013* Season
S*A*T*U*R*D*A*Y
APRIL 27th
Historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin
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Shop Historic Downtown Cedarburg, Wisconsin!*!*!
Jeanine
Close-Up of Esther's FaB Find!*!*!
The TOLE FLOWER CHANDELIER
