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Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!

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We just want to take a minute to thank EVERYONE who came out the Farm Chicks show to support us! Especially Serena Thompson for such an amazing event!

AND Heather Bullard who we now can say is "our friend" :) We enjoyed meeting you! :)

We had an amazing time, as usual. Meeting all of our loyal fans and "friends" that we look forward to seeing every year. Wild Whimsy absolutely could NOT be successful if it were not for the love and support of our customers. Thank you again.

If you did NOT make it to the show, we MISSED you.

Please go check out the WILD WHIMSY Etsy store! We have posted new items the last few days and would love to keep in touch with you all!

Here is some photos of our booth.

Thank you again. And we look forward to hearing from you!

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Spring Inspiration

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The New Year is almost here, and with that in mind, we are getting really excited about the upcoming shows we will be apart of in 2011. We have really changed our style in the last couple years and are looking forward to implementing these changes in our booth. We are LOVING the industrial look right now and feeling the need to get organized for the New Year, so here are some decorating idea's I wanted to share.

New things in our ETSY store

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Fall is here....

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We LOVE Fall at Wild Whimsy....which is why we are so proud to open our new seasonal or theme inspired Etsy shop. We are trying this new way of presenting our best vintage or handmade items of the season. Not only can we offer you a great variety of Fall accessories for yourself, you can also get them for your home as well. We would love feedback letting us know what you think and if you like our new Fall INSPIRED shop!
go check us out at www.etsy.com/shop/wildwhimsy

Our Fall Etsy Collection

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Ruffles and Rust

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WILD WHIMSY is hard at work trying to get a FALL collection of things ready for you all to buy!
Our Etsy shop will be having its FALL OPENING on Sept. 13th! {mark your calendars!}
We have some exciting NEW stuff to show you!

We are ALSO getting ready for THIS event.... October 22nd and 23rd.
No, we wont be a vendor at this show... but we will be ATTENDING for sure! Hope you are too! You dont want to miss this... it is going to be one of the BEST shows of the year... SO many great vendors, great people, and great STUFF!
Come Junk with Us, the ever so talented TIMI, will be also hosting a BLOGGER/Facebook FAN ball on October 22nd from 5-8pm. $25.00. This event is going to be OFF the hook! The idea... to wear a pageant sash that represents your blog, business, fan page, OR just YOU! AND the best news.. YOU can win the PRIZE! {tickets for this are limited, so HURRY!}
And look for us! We look forward to seeing you....

We are primping our PROM dresses, and dusting off our heels!! See you THERE!

Vintage Prom

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Photo courtesy of Rachel Ashwell

Wonderful idea's for vintage suitcases

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NEW Etsy STUFF!

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We are still getting our stuff up on the ETSY website! Our goal is to have at least 50 things in the SHOP at all times:) We are failing miserable so far! :) Here are some things we have added recently! :)

Thank you for everyone who has supported US!

OPEN for business!

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We are OPEN for business! Go check out WILD WHIMSY's Store on Etsy. We are offering LOTS of fun finds! Thank you to everyone who has supported us and encouraged us! We will be adding more things every week!

The Wild Whimsy Gals

Country Living table!

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This was a table that we had at the show... this would be an AMAZING work table on casters! We are offering this table for $300.00! Please let us know if you are interested!

We are busy working on getting the online store up and running! Looking forward to it!!

The Wild Whimsy Gals

WINNER!!

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Thank you to everyone for your imput!
Our Grand Opening Online Etsy store will be on July 1st!
For the next few weeks we will be busy dusting off the cyber shelves and getting ready to OPEN.
We have decided to stick with WILD WHIMSY. (Rather than cause confusion and change it.)
(And believe it or not.... it was NOT taken over at Etsy!)

Thank you again for ALL your comments. We are delighted that so many of you encouraged us, read our blog, and want us to be successful. We appreciate you ALL! We look forward to getting to know ALL of you....
Some of the NEW items we will be offering are: WILD WHIMSY tanks in various designs, vintage hand dyed slips, vintage made accessories, various housewares, and other amazing stuff!

AND the winner of the CUFF................. (drawing out the name from my pyrex bowl)...............................................................................................................................................
................................................(digging, digging, digging to the bottom)............................................
...................................... DEBI BEARD from the Mermaids Mercantile!
Please send us your address via our e-mail address.

Thank you again for your encouragement and support. We are looking forward to getting to know ALL of you, especially the ones that live far away and we are unable to meet in person!

The WILD WHIMSY Gals.

Selling ONLINE!

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photo from Tres Birds Photography

Every show we participate in, we get asked the same questions.... Where is your store?

We usually respond, "In our garage at home", and then laugh because if you saw our garages at home you would NOT want to enter... scary stuff!

We pack up our left overs and drag them home to sit in our garages until the next show.

But for us, this year... we are not scheduled to do any more shows. (yet!)

So, this has made us ponder....

as we have shared before, we are a "partnership" that lives 300 miles apart. One on the west side of the state, One on the east side of the state.

photo from Tres Birds Photography

Having a store would be fabulous... but its just not possible! So....

Why not offer an ONLINE store?

An Online Wild Whimsy General Store?

So, tell us what you think.... and if we are asking you to leave a comment giving us your feedback, well then, we better have a give-away right?

Leave a comment, telling us:
1.) Should we offer an online store?
2.) What you think we should call it?

AND you will be entered to win one of THESE!

photo from Tres Birds Photography

The ever so popular rosette cuffs that we almost SOLD out of at The Farm Chicks show!
Entries must be in by June 16th!

Wild Whimsy

thank you again!

2010-06-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

A big THANK you ONCE again to ALL of our fabulous customers who came out to the FARM CHICKS SHOW! We absolutely had the time of our life this weekend! We were so pleased to meet all of you! We were honest when we told you that blogging is our down fall.... we are going to try to be better about it! (I promise!)

Farm Chicks was a blast. We could not have asked for better "neighbors" around us. We were tickled pink to be next to my favorite gal pal, Tinkerverve, who sells charm necklaces.

AND Petite RETREAT across from us, who's booth was absolutely AMAZING!

We arrived on Friday to the fairgrounds and were feeling alittle bit like the "girls that showed up in the sundress to the PROM", as my sister-in-law put it. These vendors had some AMAZING things! On Saturday when the doors opened, the shopping began, and over 4,000 people showed up! WOW!

Saturday night we completely rearranged our booth and re-stocked everything! We were exhausted and yet, so happy! We layed awake, laughing until we couldnt breathe and fell asleep to do it all over again Sunday! And what a great turn out!

Thank you to everyone who supported us, and gave us encouragement. It is always a pleasure meeting ALL of you!

Wild Whimsy.

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Farm Chicks!

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"We" are busy getting ready for Farm Chicks and are super excited to see Everyone!

Hope to see you all there! We have some really fun "prairie" JUNK and other merchandise to sell!

Come find us at space #180! Right next door to VINTAGE CHARMS and across the way from RETREAT Style!

Photography By: Tresbirdsphotography.com

Farm Chicks or Bust....

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Thank you!

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Thank you to our Customers!
Thank you to our family and friends that came out to support us!
Thank you to Timi for hosting such a wonderful Show!
COME JUNK WITH US was a hit!
We had a fabulous weekend spending time with some fabulous vendors and customers!
What a weekend!
Looking forward to seeing you all at FARM CHICKS!

New Show!

2010-02-08T06:32:00.000-08:00

Wild Whimsy is gearing up for a FANTASTIC year! We are excited to show you our "new look". Sarah and I have been working hard getting ready for this show!
Come out and see us... You wont regret it! There are going to be some amazing VENDORS here!

This coupon gets you in the door for $5.00! Stop by our booth, Say hi, we would LOVE to see you!

Thank you to all of our customers!

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Thank you to everyone who came out to our show to see us! We love meeting everyone!
Thank you to Rolane, the owner of THE VINTAGE BARN! We love doing this show every year!
We look forward to seein' you all again!
Remember to keep your WILD side alive and your WHIMSY-ness spirited!
Here are some pictures from our booth...

If you have never been to the VINTAGE BARN sales... please join us in Sept!

We will keep you posted!

Our friend Tinkerverve! Go check her out!

Keep checking back for our other upcoming shows!!

The Wild Whimsy Girls

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For the longest time I've been wanting to make my own mannequin. So last week (after the inspirations of Farm Chicks were still fresh), I did just that. I made my first dummy and used my mothers mannequin as a mold and just taped and deco paiged around it (with plastic protecting my mothers mannequin, of course). I also had old lamp stand that worked beautifully as a base. I will do it a little differently next time, but I do love results of my map girl. Here are some pics.....I'm still trying to think of a name for her.

2009-06-10T20:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Endings

Retreat

BarnHouse

So many great idea's for old windows

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From the west side...

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As many of you may know(and maybe SOME dont) Wild Whimsy consists of two gals, almost 300 miles apart. Yes, it is odd to some, but for us, it works!

I absolutely could not imagine doing a show with anyone else! We call eachother occasionally(usually at least every other day) to share our "finds" over the weekend, each gathering different things and running home to snap a picture to send over via e-mail to see what the other thinks!

We discuss paint colors, themes, and booth set up, all over the phone and e-mail. We send eachother links from eachothers local craigslist to scout out, and upcoming yard sales that we think eachother should go to. It is fun... and sometimes alittle hard.

From the West side, I pick up things.

And from the East, she picks up things.

And WILD WHIMSY comes together each summer/fall to create our FAB booth!

This year, we have some great things we are going to be doing! AND heres a sneak peek at some items to expect at our show! VINTAGE BARN! Go check it out and we will see yah all there!!

Trish

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T19:21:00.000-07:00

I just bought this picture at a garage sale and I wanted to post it as a tribute to Mothers past and present. My mom is the one that taught me to scout out good junk and be resourceful in decorating my home. I love using the tools she taught me to repurpose things, recycle things, and re-paint things to make them truly unique four our Wild Whimsy booth. So here's to Junkin Mama's everywhere!

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RODEO QUEEN SASH

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THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR JUNKIN!

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Garage Sale season AT LAST...

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I have literally been day dreaming about garage sale season all Winter, so today I was sooo excited to get out and do some treasure hunting. I did pretty good too. I got this white dresser and this pink metal chair bistro set.

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My new treasures from today!

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ViNtaGe LiCenSe PlAtEs

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CoWgIrL TrInKetS

COWGIRLS ARE FOREVER!

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CoWgiRls LOvE BelTbucKles

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This is my before and after of my china hutch make-over. I painted over the red, added bright green glass knobs and distressed it. LOVE IT! I painted the back pink because I wanted to be able to see my milkglass collection and not have it be lost in all the white. I think it gives it kind of a retro feel.

AFTER

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BEFORE

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I love Christmas and I love decorating my house for Christmas. These are just some of my decorations I have put out. And since it has been so long since W.W has posted anything, I thought I would share some pictures with you.
I have collected alot of Christmas balls and I am having fun finding places to display them. I am going to make a wreath with my surplus of vintage balls and see how it turns out. I see it in all the megazines and this year I want to try it. I will post pics of my progress!

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Hanging balls from my tole chandelier

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The home made cranberry oatmeal cookies and pumpkin spice cookies were a big hit. Everyone left with a bag of cookies and a hot cup of spices cider or coffee.

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Farm Girls Fall Sale

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We just got back from a wonderful trip to the Farm Girls Sale in Jefferson Oregon. Johnna Sutton puts on a wonderful Fall sale there with home made treasures, organic produce and a barn full of antique decor and furniture.
It's a wonderful country experience and I am excited to go back for her sale next year.

Project.

2008-09-13T12:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Tres' Birds!
She is right. We have decided to STEP up the blogging and begin posting new project re-do's and crafty know hows just for you:) Things we are working on and things you can buy at our show! yipee!
It should be fun.. And since it was my idea, I guess that means I have to go first:( Bummer!
BUT, I have a very fun project in store for you:) And it is very fall'ish! I will be going to goodwill today to find the perfect ingredients list for this project. It involves a pumpkin and maybe an old scary mystery book:) AND, It will be a give-away on post 25! Be looking for it!
Trish

2008-09-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

The VINTAGE BARN SALE.
Was a hit! Here is some pictures from the show.. We met alot of great people, whom also look at our blog.. SO be sure to say HI to us once in awhile:) We would love to hear from you and look forward to seeing yah' all next year!

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The metal cabinet on the table is one I rescued off some ones junk pile...it's in rough shape, but I think it's cool.

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We are going to use old ladders to display some of our goods.

I still think $5.00 was too much!

Finding Junk is hard work....

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I love the thrill of the hunt when you are garage sale-ing, but I hate it when you follow a sign that says "Farm Estate Sale" (sounds great, huh?) all ready to have junkgasm and when you get there you find a bunch of overpriced crap. I did get an old wood ladder (as seen in pics) but the lady wouldn't come down from $5....I hate it when that happens. Anyway, I did get that fun mirrored medacine cabinet at the next sale and it was only a buck, so I was excited about that. I really think the Farm Chicks ruined the market over here....people really seem to know what they have. What the heck!

Barn BARn BabY!

2008-08-20T23:28:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all!

We have our second show coming.. and me and Sarah are starting to panick.. she may be enjoying the RAIN on the east side of the Mts(check out our last post)...BUT I sure AM not! I have SO much to paint, sand, finish, and then then ofcourse SAND again, I just cant believe we only have a few weeks until it all happens again! Rain, rain GO away! yikes!! (deep breath). And hopefully Sarah is enjoying the SUN for me!(its still raining here!) We talked for a second today and decided that its time to REALLY start brain-storming. (too bad we are business partners in this and live 5 hours from eachother!(thank goodness for free Verizon to Verizon!)

So, heres the link to the SALE, coming Sept. 6th... AND this sale was even featured in Country Living this month! go check it out! http://www.barnbarnbaby.com/ OR http://www.countryliving.com/antiques/shops-and-shows/vintage-barn-antiques-show-0908

If you have never been to this sale, I HIGHLY recommend it! I just talked to the Owner, Rolane Hopper,(the cutie pie in the picture above) and she informed me that they will even have LIVE BANDS this time! :) too fun! So, bring your dancing shoes!

It's somewhat of a drive,(if you dont live near Idaho) but I think it's probably one of the best I've ever been to!
We will be there, cowboy boots and ALL! LOOK for us! Be sure to come and say Hi and tell us that you saw us on our blog! We would LOVE to meet yah!

Much Love and Junkin'

Trisha

All rained in.....

2008-08-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

So here I am blogging in the middle of the day (NOBODY tell Diane) and trying to keep busy while it rains and storms outside. This is our first rain since the start of the Summer, so I have to say it is very welcome. All night I had dreams we lived in Seattle (no joke) because of the sound of the rain outside. It does get me in the Fall mood though and give me some idea's for our show.....which is fast approaching. I gotta go be creative!

Sarah

Quick preview of some things for our Fall show

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Chalkboards, chalkboards and more chalkboards.

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We are having a hard time finding cheap guitars to make over.....so I am making my own! I am doing different colors and sizes hoping that will add enough Nashville to our booth. Comments and suggestions welcome!

My home made guitar

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The WILD and the WHIMSY
The pay station...

More sale pictures from the VINTAGE BARN SALE. Looking forward to the NEXT show..

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Wild Whimsy is Wild Fire...

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Well our first Vintage Barn antique sale is over and now we are busily getting ready for the next one coming up in September. So, so much work, but worth every bit of it once you get set up and see it put together. The praise we received from other vendors and from customers was truly validating and encouraging. Some said it was their favorite booth at the show, so that really made it worth it. Even the host of the sale (Rolane Hopper) took pictures of our booth and is going to feature them on her website barnbarnbaby.com.
It was just a really fun experience for us and we are really looking forward to our Fall sale.

Keep checking back for pics of our July show and fun junk idea's for Fall.