Lucky, lucky me..........

Butter pats.........Nothing else can make me smile like the sighting of a butter pat, even one but, this time in the form of TWO, coming to me in the mail from my NEW BFF, Deb of Talkin' Trash.....How sweet is that?????? Said she just couldn't bare the thought of me only having 198......Little did she know I had already twisted TOT's arm to give me the two she had for sell at Lakewood, but that's another story........Look lulu all the butter pats all stacked up, well it's not ALL of them some are still on the wall and in the bathroom and oh you know they're all over the house, but here is most of them........Aren't they just the cutest. I just want to look at them all day.......It doesn't take a lot for me to get excited about a butter pat.
See here I am all excited, and I was just thinking if everyone I knew sent just one butter pat.........Oh what am I thinking, sorry I was getting a little out of hand. But, just imaging I could be the Butter Pat Queen........Hale the Queen of butter pats.........this is what I aspire to be,there I go again, excuse me please, I'm going back to the butter pats now..........

Thank you Deb you are the sweetest and when I see you in the Spring you are getting a big ole Chippy Hug, and some gin..........cheers, Lauri

One Thang That Should've Stayed in TEXAS

Remember when we were in Texas and Lauri allowed that Pixie to chaperone Baby and the scalawag Billy Bob? (See blog Oct 4th)  I should've known better.  Junk is not the only thing that came back to Georgia.  My sweet little Baby is expecting and it looks like there's gonna be a shotgun wedding. W.T.F.?!

I know he comes from Bar W but who ARE his people?  I need a P.I.  TRASH--you seem to have the skinny on everyone in the Lone Star State...I need you to get on this...

Baby is fine.  The doctor said she's in good shape and just needs to continue her public appearances until they become too cumbersome.  I hope she'll make it to Warrenton in the Spring.  We just don't know.  The due date is early July.  Perhaps it will be a 4th of July Baby!  Honestly.  I. Am. Not. Ready. To. Be. A. G-Mother--I can't even say or spell it!  Lauri is ecstatic.  The upside is we are now going to be bonded forever with this new addition.

I am now going to retreat to the Leopard Lounge with several strong cocktails.  I may never leave. And knit the world's smallest baby hat.  Do you think it'll be just a head or full body?  Criminy.

xo lulu, bereft, betrayed & bourbon-ed up

Pictures of TEXAS I still can't get out of my head!!!

Texas is just that magical place for me that I just can't get enough of. Here are a few more pictures that I treasure. The highlight of my trip was meeting Chris Brown and Cheryl of Stash Studios..........

Finally getting to meet Deb of Talking Trash and CD, and of course sister trash........Look how pretty Debs hair is..........

One of Theresa's babies........

Lulu always making me pee in my pants laughing...................

Pegs wonderful treasures........

Junk necklaces Theresa displayed with netting, so pretty........

Always amazed my the amount of dealers in the fields.......


That wonderful cubbie we still wish we had bought from Judy Hill.........

Susan's ceiling tile, all chippy and green.....

Janet's baby heads........
Those wonderful baby head molds.........

The baby doll bodies hanging on the wall in Linda Parker's booth..............Well, until the Spring this will have to do. Cheers, Lauri

Clown hair, part Deux..make that dewsy

This is what happens to junke posses when the customers stay away...

sorry but the helmet DID sell-miracles never cease

Doesn't she got a purty mouth?

I keep seeing things when I look this way...

A frustrated Kilgore Rangerette wannabe...and NO my legs are NOT tattooed! You may purchase those tights from the Fab Junk Gypsy Girlies!

The clown hair has NOW left the building! ox AFKA lulu

News Flash!!!!!!!

Ladies, I am here to tell you there are hearts breaking all over town.......Yes, its true, Mr. Smokin' Hot is officially Off The Market!!!!!!! Can you believe it??????? Yes, he gave his girlfriend he has dated off and on since the 7th grade a gorgeoussssssss ring and next October he will be jumping over the broom............. And all I can think is, is that enough time, I mean chair covers have to be made and monogrammed, flowers imported from parts unknown, and I haven't even thought about the decorations. Oh Lord, what fun....... I am thinking a Cinderella Carriage, with lots of bling and glitter.....Oh, and yes the thought of bathing everything in white just makes me swoon.........You know my favorite movie is Steel Magnolias, just think of that but, in WHITE........Now Unfortunately, my son is thinking camouflage, deer heads on the walls, and having Jeff Foxworthy preform the ceremony........... We have a long way to go........................... Lauri

Judy, Judy, Judy...Hill

words are not needed for such a design doyenne...AND she is so sweet! She admitted to us that she actually READS our blog...who knew? Thank you Ms. Hill! You are one in a million! We wish we could come to your next 'House Party'. Thankfully, someone we know & love in Texas will take pictures and allow us to drool long distance. I am still kicking Lauri for not insisting that we buy that divine cubby!!!!! I guess we have to wait for Marburger in '09!

ox lulu for 2chippys

Even more Marburger Farms.......

Sweet Pea, Shelly and Rex have truly wonderful things, they never disappoint and we love hanging out with them, too. Here are some pictures of their booth......
This next guy, Beau Riechert had the coolest stuff, we were in there, it seemed like hours, it was like a small version of Uncommon Objects. Check out his displays........

Love him because he uses the crackheads in his displays, instant BFF, this was an embalming table, with little picture tubes all over it.......Love it.

This beautiful booth is Janet Romine's Sister, Mo of Rubbish, she has gorgeous things, love the little dresses as a curtain. Her furniture is to die for.......and lots of brown transfer ware......Love her.....
Mo and lulu.......

Our next stop was The Shop Antiques, who doesn't love the Circus, and they have everything from the Circus......Just look at it......A clowns' dream and we are two of the biggest clowns you have ever seen.......Love the Magic....... Here's Mandie Murphree she does this business with her Dad, Garland, and she is just a cutie pie. Loved meeting you Mandie and love all your stuff.......The show must go on........

Friends, Fun and Laughter......

Here are some photos of our booths at Lakewood 400, we had so much fun setting up with Theresa and Craig Smith. Lulu had everyone over for dinner and that was a blast. We feel so blessed to have such great friends in this business..........

Theresa's' booth is always a show stopper.......


Unfortunately, it was not a great show but, we had fun anyways.......Cheers, Lauri

The Show must go on........

We are having a little tooooooooo much fun here at Lakewood 400 so come on out and see us.........Its a blast!!!!!!!! Lauri And Lulu

Lakewood 400, Cumming, Georgia

Lakewood 400 Antiques Show will be this weekend, and we will be there peddling all our great Texas finds, as well as a few other tricks we have up our sleeves, along with Miss Time Worn Interiors herself, Theresa Smith. It will be a fun time for all.

A little hint about some of the stuff we have is, Come one, Come all to The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!!!!!! We hope everyone will come on out and see us, or just come see how in the world we are going to get 3 truck loads of stuff in a 10 X 20 space. That will be entertaining all by itself. We have not set up in three months so you can just imagine the amount of loot we got. Not to mention the 5 mannequins that I couldn't live without and shipped back from Texas. I know, I know, but I just couldn't resist them. So mark your calenders, the weather is great and the gas is finally cheap!!!! Cheers, Lauri

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND...NOT!

We found several good mens in the cow fields of Texas. So we decided to blog about them. Save your swooning for after the photos. These are rugged guys WHO DECORATE/READ DECORATING BOOKS/MAGAZINES & are NOT ashamed of it.

Bachelor #1 (he isn't but we like the moniker)

FOUND AROUND FRED's WORLD aka COWBOY ANDY BROYLES, darling husband of Susan Broyles. Andy-Fred likes to craft saddles and all things associated with such things. Not being cowboys we DON'T KNOW all of that technical stuff.

Andy-Fred likes walks in the moonlight, Yanni, strawberry daiquiris-- oops that wasn't supposed to be published...oh well. He's like a dog: loves old bones. He also loves all kinds of 'curiosities' and small items like old tins of oil, bee hives, rocks, vintage pharmacy items, vintage veterinarian items. He is also quite the creative one. He was spotted at the Junk Prom wearing his wranglers, plaid shirt, boots, cowboy hat and beers in both hands. He also was wearing a LULU knock-off waist adornment. The bright boy found an old rusty chain and attached chandelier drops and small French enameled house numbers all around. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL...he also went up to anyone within striking distance and shook his money-maker to jingle his things (We'll leave this up to you what you think we mean here).

Ho boy. There he is with his belt...cutting a rug.

BERT, our next bachelor, is a close relation to Andy...actually he is Ms SUSAN'S DADDY. He's quite a character. He didn't want ANY part of the Junk Prom but he's a keeper nonetheless. Ms. Renee Junkin Queen Jackson JUST COULDN't keep her hands off of poor Bert! I think she's goosing him by the look on his face! Bad Girl. Andy's holding up one of only 3 signed copies of the Howdy by a certain girdle-wearing-nutjob.

Now, Renee's helper and Guy Friday is Doug. Doug, like Dracula, avoids photographs at all costs. BUT HE IS HYSTERICAL. We are still searching the archives for a photo of Doug. HE HAS TO COME BACK IN THE SPRING. End of story.

The next shots are men we just don't know but find them worthy of blog space. The first cowgirl is actually wearing PANTYHOSE...I am NOT KIDDING! He does have nice legs. All kinds of proclivities come out at the Junk Prom...as seen by this pair of party girls:

Pinkie is wearing plastic. Big Red is in crushed velvet and beer gut.

Enjoy the eye-yi-yi candy!

Now, back to normalcy....Darling Donnie Volkart! He can design blindfolded. We love him and all his wonderful & unusual stuff. You can find him at Gone To Texas Show... Isn't he adorable? His stuff is F-A- B!

OKAY. There is more material to post so I say 'so long' and look for more Marburger Madness in the coming days... xo lulu

Magnolia Pearl Heaven.........

The Pearl girls and Robin
Robin and Lulu

There is no other way to describe this wonderful place......One of the reasons we love Texas so much is this little piece of heaven inside it called Magnolia Pearl aka Robin Brown. What a sweetheart, with an incredible amount of talent. She had the most beautiful things this time and you just get in this booth and you cannot leave.......no matter how hard you try. No kidding we went back three times. Just look at my credit card statement........ Just couldn't stand it, it is the most beautiful clothes you have ever seen........No Lie.........Robin was signing her book at the show,A Bit of Velvet and a Dash of Lace and so we had to have one........ It is the best, if you don't have one go straight to the book store and get it and see the wonderland she lives in. I might could make some wonderful things too if I lived in this Xanadu......

Well, she did it again, Lulu took her clothes off, I don't know what it is about this wonderful place it just makes you want to put those clothes on soon as you see them..........

Lulu bought this wonderful little dress, it is all embroidered, there were only four of them. Of course, she looked adorable in it. You just have to have these clothes once you put them on.....Can't tell you how much we love this place, and everyone who has been there says the same thing. Hope you enjoyed this little piece of heaven. Cheers, Lauri

The Magic of Leftovers.......

I wanted that Tic, Tac, Toe sign soooooo bad......You can not imagine the magic inside this store.....It just beacons.....Leftovers has an incredible party in the fall that you simply cannot miss, the food was awesome and the decorating was over the top....of course I never got past the Halloween and Christmas displays.....As usual Michael and Ed did not disappoint, if you are ever in the state of Texas drive there, fly there, just get there you will love it.  Enjoy the pictures.

 

 

Love these guys and Loved the party........Cheers, Lauri

MORE MARBURGER...

So, one end of a tent was French Vanilla (Peg & Jon VanDyne) and at the other end was Timeworn Interiors (Theresa & Craig Smith). What a pair of bookends! T and Craig worked soooo hard and it shows. Just check out their goods. Like Peg, their booth was pretty much sold-out two days after opening day. Congrats on a great show!

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND YET? Hold onto your petticoats...

I wanted to lay down and take a nap, but the buyer wasn't having any of it. The little table got a 'nod' from COUNTRY LIVING for repurposing/green/fab setting.

The farm table is longer than the photo shows...the mantle sports tarnished silver creamers and pitchers...ADORABLE!

Hope you enjoyed this! Thanks for all the inspiration, TOT...ox the chippys

RHYMES WITH HAMBURGER

A junker may pay $25 for exclusive shopping the first day of the MARBURGER ANTIQUE SHOW from 10 am until 2:00pm.  It is the best $25 spent.  The reason we pay out the nose is so we can view the incredibly imaginative booths and displays these dealers create out of thin air, dust, blood, sweat & tears.  Really.  That and the fact that the shoppers come through like Sherman thru Jawja and buy it up and take it away!  Trust us.  You need to think about budgeting that extra dough-ray-me in for the Spring Show.  We were blown away by the beauty, talent and uniqueness of it all----and that is just the dealers!!!!  Here is the first booth we saw:  Peg & Jon Van Dyne of FRENCH VANILLA...Oooo la la and OMG.  We voted this booth our personal best----lest we injure feelings of our other friends we loved ALL your booths and bow down to your collective/individual talents. xooxox

Pretty much everything was sold two days after these photos were taken.  Please take a bow Peg & Jon. Great Show!   Peg had bronchitis & still pulled this off!

ox lulu & lauri

NEXT UP TOMORROW IS......TOT........AKA

TIME WORN INTERIORS starring Theresa & CUTE Craig Smith.....you don't want to miss these photos.....

Virgins Saints and Sinners.......Donna and Tina

 

These girls are from Louisiana but, they have a true Texas spirit.  You have just got to check out their website, virginssaintsandsinners.com.  They sell the coolest stuff, great necklaces and T-shirts and lots of Texas bling, we love their logo with the wings and monogram.  So sweet, they host a sin party at the Warrenton show and serve their famous Sin Juice........Much fun to be had by all.  Lulu purchased her entire outfit for the gypsy prom from them.  (Except for the famous boots, you already know about those......) so check these girls out.......Love yall, Lauri and Lulu

And yes, Lulu has a gun on her belt........we are in Texas you know......

What We Did on our Trip to Warrenton/Round Top and can blog about

I'm feeling a bit frisky with our new layout so I'm going 'Pink'!  We know...we've jumped around with a few blogs we just HAD to post.  We'll settle down and get all the good stuff out to you RIGHT AFTER we make a few pronouncements(on advice of the attorney who witnessed our baggage brou-ha-ah).

First, we'd like to apologize to Don Weir.  I am quite sure we embarrassed him to NO END each time we saw him.  'OOOOOOH HEEEEEEEEEEEEEY DON!!!!!'  We promise we are stalkers but mean no harm.

Second, we'd like to reiterate that 'What happens in Warrenton stays in Warrenton". BUT it doesn't say anything about Round Top, Brenham, New Ulm, Columbus, etc. 

Third, we'd like to just say how much we truly appreciated those who weren't scared to talk to us.  We can be a bit overwhelming...especially if we see butter pats, chippy wooden columns, ironstone, baby heads, mercury glass, vintage hats, medical oddities, Don Weir, Cowboy Andy...   You get the idea.

Fourth, we'd like to thank all the brave ladies for admitting that they actually read this blog.  We know it is probably is a vice most folks would rather deny than admit, sort of like certain Baptists who 'don't drink' but can recite the Bar Tender's Book of Every Drink Ever Made & Consumed.

Fifth (no not A fifth, see above), we'd like to tell everyone we saw/met how much you all inspire us.  It is not possible to express in words the amount of positive energy, love and kinship we feel when we're with you, however We will attempt to put it out on our blog ad nauseum.

Sixth, we'd like to direct any requests for appearances, autographs etc be directed to Theresa Cano.  Yes, it's true lulu made the Show Daily.  Theresa is our agent and handles all fees and media events. 

Speaking of Theresa....here is her booth at Zapp Hall, baby.  Enjoy. no words nec.

Billy-Bob Crackhead

Folks at this time I would like to introduce you to the newest member of the crackhead family, Billy Bob.......yes yes, he's from Texas.......I just couldn't resist him.......sitting there looking all Texan on his little stand.   And of course baby is in love with him........she insisted on staying in the cottage all week with him, while we were shopping in Texas......I also bought the little pixie to keep an eye on them.   More later, cheers, Lauri

WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG FOR THE FOLLOWING NEWS

I'm Sorry you're over weight!

Four words I, lulu, have NEVER heard spoken to moi in my  life!!!!  The Delta Baggage Beasty informed the BOTH of us that we were over the load limit in our respective bags.  Thinking that $50 each for overage wouldn't be bad we happily whipped out the smokin' credit cards for payment. WRONG.  Apparently word got out that we'd been shopping Round Top and therefore a Junk-in-your-trunk penalty was initiated ( And we thought the trucker scales were bad...).  Lauri's load was more egregious with a whopping weight of 75 lbs and $140 penalty.  Mine was a mere welterweight of 66 lbs with a $90 penalty-no S*(#.  Lauri was given the option of removing 5 lbs of 'stuff'.  Do you know how heavy butter pats are? Very.

 

The Beasty''s sidekick, Jose Cuervo, asked what all those packages were.  Lauri told him they were butter pats.  He then asked us why we carried pieces of butter around and wouldn't it melt all over the clothes?  What genuis!  I believe he is the flip side of Darwin's 'Survival of the Fittest'....Survival of the Dimmest.  Really.

Sometimes we really feel like Lucy and Ethel in our outings.  We had so much junk out on the floor of the terminal.  We created such a ruckus.  I am glad we got to the airport FOUR HOURS PRIOR to our flight.  So much time to avoid arrest.  The earlier flight to Atlanta was full so we were left to wander.  We went through security without incident.  This is a major accomplishment.  We rewarded ourselves with a cool beverage and some nachos.  I, lulu, needed to use the ladies room and proceeded to find the nearest NON-PORTA-POTTY.  It was then I discovered that 1.  it was 55 minutes to our flight and 2.  we were in the WRONG PART OF THE TERMINAL> AND HAD TO GO THROUGH SECURITY AGAIN.    W.T.F.

Ladies and Gents I WAS AFRAID.  Firstly, I am so dumb.  I looked at the T.V. and saw Eastern Time and forgot we were still in Central TIme Zone. I made her get off of the phone to her BELOVED SON b/c I thought we were going to miss the plane.  THEN I had to tell HER we had to go through a different security line which meant the cowboy boots had to come off for a second TIME.  Oh dear.  I hate when she looks at me with that crack head fake smile.  I RAN to the other line hoping I would avoid her until after the second pat down.  As I was putting on my boots I heard a shrill noise and some 'dang dang dang dang dang dang'.  Lauri was in her verbal stage of delivering a bitch-slap to the woman who had the nerve to put her shoes back on right in line instead of moving to the more comfortable seating area.  I hid.  When I saw no one being taken away in handcuffs I knew I'd see her at the gate.  Even baby hid... SO...our plane was going from Houston to Atlanta to Dubai.  I told Lauri we needed to REALLY pay attention otherwise we might end up in some other dusty, windy place wearing polka dotted burkas.....aaaaay!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Chippys post.

oxox

Rubbish,Trash&Junkin'Queens Found Around Here

The following took place on Saturday September 27th.  The names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent.

Oh, what a beautiful MORNING!  We awoke to Texas sunshine and a will to SHOP.  First stop to Cole's Antique Show to visit Janet @ Rubbish!  She has an incredible eye and art of display.  Neutrals are her forte. Have a look:

I must tell you Lauri SWOONED over the amount of butter pats Janet amassed.  I carry smelling salts for such instances.  In fact, I have so many that I get a discount from the medical supply company.  On to our next victim...

Located in the midst of Bar W Field we find Renee Jackson of A Junkin' Queen & Susan & Andy Broyles of Found Around.  Words cannot describe the treasure trove of good stuff.  The first photo is a serving cart made of HOTEL SILVER!!!!!

Make sure you click on all the photos to REALLY get the details! love it all.

We spent so much time with them that we lost track of time and decided to take a siesta with Theresa Cano.  As we were meandering along we found the BABYHEAD ALTAR!   We showed these back in the spring, but see if you can see the 'new' baby head (hint: look in the back row)!

 

 

 

 

 

We were chased off from the booth due to excessive keening and flailing about so our spirits were COMPLETELY LIFTED when we ran into two incredibly fabulous, talented and ultra-hip Texans:  CHRIS BROWN of Urban Prairie and REFUELED & CHERYL of STASH STUDIOS!!!!!  I thought Lauri was going to stroke out!

Cheryl is GORGEOUS!

lulu had to be picked up off the ground--her attempts a debutante bow caused her to fall on her keester-- lawud.  We can't go anywhere...

Well we CAN go to Garden Antqs Vintage.  And lo and behold there SHE was: TALKIN WHITE TRASH  aka Deb York.  riding shotgun was SISTER TRASH and CAT DADDY!!!  We had an adult beverage or two and talked  TRASH 'til the cows came home.  We skedaddled after laughing so hard our insides hurt.  We had to preen for the soiree that evening....stay tuned for more tawdry tales from the twisted chippys.  xo  lulu and lauri