Melissa's New Camera

our friend, melissa, got a new camera...

 i know that doesn't mean much to you, but for us it was a fun, unexpected surprise when she came to our booth at the bellevue antique mall  last week with her new purchase in hand

kind of like our own private photographer!

we wanted to share some of her awesome shots with you...

we hope that she'll show up often, she makes us look so good!

thank you melissa we love ya & are so thankful for you!

sharon & julie

p.s. after i did this post i discovered that melissa launched her new photography website & blog. so of course i had to come back & add her info

 please visit her at melissa shoots

The "Thankful Box".

Wow, where do I begin?  I guess I'll just start by telling you what has been kind of overtaking me this past weekend.  Thankfulness.  I recently began reading "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp.  My weekend hasn't been the same since.  My husband Buzz (Mr. Shabby) was out of town so I had the whole place to myself and the weiner dogs. Usually that means football games are blarring on every TV, music on outside...you know game day stuff.  Well not Saturday.  Sharon, Brad and I had gone yard saling all morning and when I got home it was peaceful and quiet.  My first initial thought was, Go turn on the football games. Something, SOMEONE had different ideas...."Go read some more of that book"  So I gathered up my old tattered quilt, Buddie and Kaya, and my new book

Life doesn't get much better than this!!  Peace and quiet, a beautiful fall afternoon and a snuggly wiener dog

I love a challenge...I mean really love it.  This book basically challenged me to list and NAME 1000 gifts that I have been blessed with.  I couldn't find a pad of paper quick enough...I am crazily writing down so many things the Lord has blessed me with and I haven't even hit 50 yet!  Its really gotten me to thinking, how incredibly blessed I am IN SO MANY WAYS, from windows open on a fall night to the aroma filling my home from a crock pot. I seriously am committed to this challenge...I want to be a thankful, grateful person.  I'll let you know from time to time how its coming along and I would LOVE it if any of you were up to the challenge with me!! 

Ok, so you are probably wondering what The "Thankful Box" is all about.  Years ago when Andrew and Lindsey were small, we started a family tradition called the Thankful Box. 

 Its just a little plastic box, post it notes and a pen I set out every November and asked everyone to write down things they were thankful for. Fold up your secret blessing and put it in the box.  The box started out empty, but by Thanksgiving day is was hard to even close up.  Then during Thanksgiving supper, we would pass the box around the table and everyone would take turns reading the folded up treasures of thankfulness.We had everything from thankful for not flunking a test, to yea...the Titans won!!  We had so much fun doing this...it was truly a highlight of Thanksgiving.  After the holiday was over, I would keep all the post its to read at a later time. I now have a bagful of blessings kept thru the years.

So in closing today, I would like to ask you...What would be the first blessing that would go in your  Thankful Box? 

Have a great week and Stay Shabby!! 

Julie

Sneak Peek

we've been diligently working on getting our booth set up at the newly relocated bellevue antique mall

thought we'd give ya a sneak peek today...

lot's of fun pillows, burlap, white denim, silk & some cool old fans

fall table top

& one of our favorite things,

chippy cabinet filled with old clocks & door hardware

 



we'll give ya some full booth shots later in the week

thank you for stopping by,

sharon

We Have A Winner!

we have a winner for our 100th follower give-away!

we asked you to name this beautiful piece of furniture  & did you ever!

 we had so many great names sent in, but the one name that stood out for both of us was...

"bernadette"

we both immediately knew that this was to be her name.

'bernadette' is so perfect & we'd like to thank

virginia at  Artsy VaVa

for her winning entry!

hop on over & visit her blog today to congratulate her...

we'll get your copy of diane moody's book,

'the runaway pastor's wife'  with a target gift card tucked inside to you this week.

if you live in the mid-tn area stop in at the newly re-located 'bellevue antique mall'

opening wed. 10-12-11  to see 'bernadette' in the 'vintage shabby chick's booth.

bellevue antique mall is a great place to shop for antiques, vintage, furniture, linens, sports collectibles, jewelry & gifts.

the new address is 7103-b  hwy.70s (next to u.s. border cantina)

615-646-5828

mon-sat 10a-5p sun 12-5p

thank you to everyone who entered our give-away,

sharon & julie



100th Follower Celebration Giveaway!!! "Name that Piece"....

Happy Monday everyone!  Sharon and I are so excited to announce we've reached 100 awesome followers on our blog!  Yippee!!  You all are the best and to show our appreciation we are going to have our first giveaway.  Prizes are a $25 gift card to Target and an awesome book by Diane Moody called "The Runaway Pastors Wife"  Sharon and I have personally read this book and its really a great page turner.  You can check out Diane's website at dianemoody.net.  She was also our first guest blogger on 8/22/11  Thanks Diane!

Ok..so on to the contest.  A few weeks back my son, his girlfriend and I went yard saling together.  At our very first stop I spotted this beauty...I HAD to have it...

$50 later it was in my truck heading home.  Sharon and I knew exactly what look we wanted to achieve, so out came the Annie Sloan chalk paints.  We did a mixture of Versailles and Country Grey, a little distressing and finished it with a coat of wax   Ooo-la-la!!

Sharon came up with a great idea to "name" all our pieces of furniture we finish.  They all have such different personalities and after we spend so much time making them over, they feel like family and deserve a name.

So thats your job now...Name That Piece.

There are 4 ways to enter... so 4 different possible entries!

1.  name that piece...give it a name and a short explantion why

2.  If you're not yet a follower of Vintage Shabby Chicks, become one now

3.  "Like" our Facebook page..the link is on our sidebar

4.  "Share" our contest on your Facebook page

Thanks to all of you for participating in our first giveaway!! The winner will be selected Monday, October10,2011  Good luck and Stay Shabby!!

Julie and Sharon

P.S. for those of you in middle Tennessee, this piece will be in the Bellevue Antique Mall's new location on Hwy.70S next week