*R*E*I*N*D*E*E*R* CrAzY!*!*! ~ This HoLIDay Season...

As I'm in the process of "gettting-it-together" ~  for the HoLiDays, I'm finding out - AFTER-THE-FACT, that I've been drawn to *R*E*I*N*D*E*E*R*S ~ this HoLIDay Season!*!*! - How Fun!!!

My FaVoRiTe part of Celebrating the

 HoLiDay Season is

**WraPPing Beautiful Packages**

with a "hint" of vintage...

These  ViNtaGe Reindeer-Heads, still retaining their "Made-In-Japan" Label, will definitely add a hint of "whimsey" to make a HoLiDay Package Extra-Special...

Glittery ViNtaGe Reindeers

Under a Cloche...

Perfect for the guest bedroom...

It's the REAL DEAL!*!*!

Reindeer Sighting in Highland Park, IL - last Saturday...

Boutique ShoPPing, I came across these

 "Fun Reindeer" HoLiDAy Greeting Cards...

A visit to Anthropologie this part SaTurDAy,

Netted me *30 percent off * this fun furry sweater/jacket,

along with **Reindeer** T...

Another FaB ANTHRO HoLIDAy "Reindeer T" 

 - purchased earlier in the Season... 

- Matches the Fur-Sweater PeRfeCTLy!*!*!

 Frog Husband surprised me with an

early HoLiDAy Gift...

R*E*I*N*D*E*E*R  MUG  with BiRdieS...

Yet ANOTHER ~ Reindeer Sighting!*!*!

Shopped Grayslake for a bit on Saturday...

This was my FaVoRiTe Display!*!*!

I like boutique shopping during the Holidays...

Netted a FaB Pair of Earrings at *STELLA* - Evanston, IL

An interesting Re-Sale Shop of Sort...

** uSed **

Evanston, IL

Cruised a few Antique Stores in Wilmette, IL

I "vamped" over this ChiPPy ViNtaGe ICE SIGN...
but the price point was too high...

Back to Cleaning... Decorating... Shopping... Baking...

Jeanine

Berries... Birds... & Musical Notes!*!*!

I have a "weakness" for BiRdies...

  

 I'm not much of a "crafter" ~

but this year I put together these

 darling "Hanging Bird Cut-Outs!*!*!

The Birdies add that extra-special

 "little something"...

The Red Rosehips make the Birdie Cut-Out

 Really P*O*P...

 Just LoVe the "Metal Bird" 

on the fluted roof as well...

Keeping with a HoLiDay Theme, I used

ViNtaGe  "MUSICAL NOTE PAPER" - with Hymns...  Each bird cut-out has a "hint" of different religious songs...

 A fine dusting of shimmering

white glitter finished them off...

Jeanine

A Little Bit of HoLiDaY GREEN... ALL MIXED WITH W*H*I*T*E!*!*!

Now that my Shows are over for this HoLiDay Season, I'm F*I*N*A*L*L*Y "Starting to"...

 "Want to"... decorate Our Home For-The-HoLiDaYs...

 Let me tell you... ~ I really haven't done very much displaying yet...  Frog Husband and I have been working "almost" Non-Stop for 4 days now ~ readying our GaRaGe For Winter in Wisconsin - BEFORE THE SNOW FLIES!*!*!  That means BOTH vehicles in ~ OMG!*!*!

•Fresh Wreath from Northwind Perennial Farm

•FaB SHaBBy-Painted "Dump Truck"~3 French Hens Show

•AwEsoMe Metal Industrial Basket -stuffed with 

Fresh Spruce-Tip Trees, Large Pine Cone, & ViNtaGe Ski Poles...

 LoVe this White Truck!*!*!

FaB "Leather Webbing" in the Ski Pole basket/tip area...

 Lots of **ChiPPy-WHiTe** Inside ~ mixed with a 

Rusty Urn from a recent Barn SaLe...

 Thick "Norway Pine" Branches and a Medium-Sized

"Jack Pine Cone"

NOW Accent this ViNtaGe Iron Urn...

 LoVe the Form ~ Edges...

I've had this AwEsoMe ChiPPy ViNtaGe Wire Plant Stand for years,

AND HAVE NEVER USED/DISPLAYED IT...

I just have to find a place for it...

 LoVe the PaTiNa & that it's ON WHEELS!*!*!

Such a darling "smaller-sized" stand...

 A Hint of Norway Pine & Glistening PIne Cones

now adorns the chippy-white rusty wire planter...

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! at Home for the HoLIDays...

MORE to come AFTER the GaRaGe Project...

~*~ For now it's BaCk-To-Work ~*~

Jeanine

**~SHaBBies~** from Saturday's HoLiDaY MaRKet...

ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Booth

Last Saturday's HoLiDAy Market - Wisconsin...

The Last of My HoLiDay Shows

for the 2012 Season...

BeSt-Of-Show!*!*!

OVER-THE-TOP-FaB!*!*!

Industrial Basket Stand

JuSt AwEsoMe!*!*!

*** SOLD ***

Time-Worn Rusty PaTiNa with an Industrial Vibe...

I can just see this displayed on a porch!*!*!

•ViNtaGe "Coat-Check" #Tags
•"German-Style" Wired Candy Cherries
Adorned this Tree...

Just "Killer-Bucket" !*!*!
BeSt Rusty P*A*T*I*N*A...
** SOLD **

AwEsoMe Medium-Sized Wood/Storage Box...

Still Available...

Light Butter-Cream Yellow, with subtle hints of old light green paint poking through...

  Hinged lid with crude front edge...  All natural time-worn patina... Sturdy, nothing coming apart...

 ChiPPy-WHiTe Half Barrel

PeRfeCt Base for a Tree!*!*!

** SOLD **

**FUN Story**

This Not Too Shabby "festive HoLiDAy Pillow" went to a customer whose Husband's Name is RUDY ~ They have a CaBin ~ and he loves Deer...  She'll be tucking it on a shelf for him to discover!*!*!

Champagne Bucket with clip-on candle holders

Great Table Centerpiece 

**SOLD**

 **Early Sled**

Still Available
Now SOLD...

PeRfeCt displayed with Greens & Firewood...

FaB Look On-The-Porch...

Mound with HoLiDAy Gifts...

Displays well standing upright/sideways as well...

 FaB ViNTaGe Trumpet

 with Over-The-Top P*A*T*I*N*A -

Soon to Adorn "My Christmas Vignette"!*!*! 

SHaBBy-Painted ViNtaGe SLED

with "Gift-Box Adornments"...

SOLD...

•Re-Purposed Rusty Wheel...

•ViNtaGe Chalkware Santa under cloche...

~ Still Available ~

ViNTaGe Season's Greetings Box

SOLD...

It's a real challenge to get everything

 "packed-in" these smaller-sized booths!*!*!

See Something that's Still Available???

*~* EMAIL ME *~*

For Details...

Shipping/Local Pick-up

Jeanine

HoLIDay Market THIS SATURDAY - Germantown, Wisconsin...

** You're InViteD **

Come Shop-My-SHaBBies

This Saturday, December 1st

************

*~*HoLiDaY MaRKeT*~*

Germantown, Wisconsin

A hint of my "SHaBBies" from the

 ** Germantown HoLiDAy Market  in 2009 **

What You Can Expect

Doors Open at 9am

This is a small show ~ held NEXT DOOR to the Pilgrim Antique Mall,

 in the Former "County Store Building"...

  You can easily S*H*O*P this HoLIDay Market & the Pilgrim Antique Mall in a couple hours...

Lots of V*I*N*T*A*G*E  C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S

**I'll be bringing Unique/One-Of-A-Kind

 ViNtAGe F*I*N*D*S** to ~WOW~ your HoLiDay Guests!*!*!

Not Toooo SHaBBy ViNTaGe HoLiDay Adornments ~ 

all ready for you to just prop on your porch, place on the mantel,

 set on your table, adorn your front door etc.   

Make-A-Day-Of-It

After shopping the Market & Mall

Drive just 12 miles to Historic Cedarburg, Wisconsin!!!

Christmas In-The-Country Festivities 

are going on this weekend!!!

My FaVoRiTe Cedarburg ShoPPing PICKS:

Distraction

****

Stacica's

****

Up-The-Creek

****

Best Coffee/Atmosphere

*Java House*

(you'll vamp over the mirror above the fireplace...)

Lunch

Cream & Crepe Cafe

Anvil

Farmstead

Hope you can make it!*!*!

For BeSt Selection, COME EARLY!!!

(visit my sidebar for more details...)

Jeanine 

Northwind Perennial Farm - Decked Out For The HoLIDays!*!*!

If you happen to be near Lake Geneva/Burlington -Wisconsin, or just want to take a little drive,  I highly recommend a **HoLiDay Stop** @ NORTHWIND PERENNIAL FARM'S  C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S  S*H*O*P  - Now O*P*E*N Daily 10am-4pm...
THIS YEAR'S BARN DISPLAYS were Over-The-Top-Fab!!! ~ Along with The BeSt Selection of Speciality Holiday Greens and Adornments - EVER!*!*! 

 This Fresh Boxwood Wreath looked AMaZiNg

 Against the ViNtaGe Frame...

Just K*I*L*L*E*R Wheelbarrow

displayed with a Gorgeous Fresh Wreath!!!

 Just AwEsoMe VinTage Hungarian Galavanized Container!!!

The Winterberries REALLY MADE IT *~POP~*

•You'll be greeted by friendly cats... and a dog...
•Enjoy "Roasting Marshmallows" by-the-firepit...
-OR- just sit a spell, "warm-up" and take-in the atmosphere!*!*!

Out-In-The-Garden!*!*!

You can find NORTHWIND PERENNIAL FARM

on FaceBook

Click Here...

Although most of Colleen's ViNtaGe Display Items

 are NFS(Not-For SaLe), The **Eye-Candy** is 

Over-The-Top AmAziNg!!! and I find much inspiration!!!

On Occasion you just may find a ViNtaGe Item with a S*A*L*E  TAG On It, and such was the case with this FaB Piece of time~worn Architectural SaLvaGe I Netted!*!*!

FOR NOW ~ It's in the *Guest Bedroom*...

*********

Come Shop-My-HoLiDay SHaBBies!*!*!

I'm gearing up for my "Last HoLiDay Show"

**of the 2012 Season**

S*A*T*U*R*D*A*Y, December 1st

in Germantown, Wisconsin

(Do visit my sidebar,

 and their web site for details...)

Jeanine