Vintage Garage Holiday Market 11.16-11.17

8363803696_f426f4be0d_bVintage Garage
1134 W. Granville
http://www.vintagegaragechicago.com

The second annual Vintage Garage Holiday Market is back at Broadway and Granville November 16th and 17th.

The Garage moves indoors for the Vintage Garage Holiday Market featuring 20 of the best Garage vendors offerings up all the vintage you need to get you through the winter. Vintage jewelry, furniture, advertising memorabilia, games, holiday home decor, glassware, furniture, holiday decor and more! Decorators looking for unique one of a kind pieces, take note.

1134 W. Granville is located about 10 blocks north of the summer market location in Edgewater just north of Broadway Antique Mall and just south of Edgewater Antique Mall. Make a day of vintage holiday shopping!

Corner of Granville and Broadway in Edgewater.

admission:5.00

Free Pumpkin Carving Stencils From BHG.com

Free Face Stencils for Fun Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Use the Better Homes & Gardens free downloadable pumpkin stencils to carve Halloween jack-o’-lanterns with silly, expressive faces!

Click here to print/download:ย View all 25 at bhg.com >>>

Crayon Melted Pumpkin

How-To: Melted Crayon Pumpkin

Crayon Melted Pumpkin

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

What you need:

โ€“ large white pumpkin (real or faux)

– Tacky Glue

โ€“ 16-20 crayons

โ€“ Hair dryer

โ€“ Surface cover or trash bags

Prep: Remove all the labels from your crayons.ย  Break them in half.

Set up your work area with newspaper or trash bags. If possible to do outside. it’s recommended.

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How-To (Hair Dryer):

Crayon Melted Pumpkin

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

1. Glue your crayons in place with the tacky glue or glue gun. Glue is needed to grab the curved surface. Use wherever needed to hold the crayon in place.

2. Place your crayons around the pumpkin. You can either choose to do this all at the same time, then wait to heat or heat as you go. This depends on if you want to see the look as you go, or you know the desired outcome of colors and combinations.

3. Apply heat on high using a hair dryer. The wax tends to splatter, the higher the temperature. If you’re getting too much splatter, lower the heat.ย  It takes a little under a minute for each of the crayons to melt and drip.

How-To (Candle) – Credit Robin Wulf:

1. ย Unwrap wrappers of crayons
2. ย Place newspaper under pumpkin
3. ย Light a small to medium size candle (for these I used long skinny tapers from IKEA)
4. Tilt your lit candle to the side in one hand and end of crayon directly to the flame in the other over top of pumpkin. (for a more kid friendly version use a hair dryer method above instead of candle)
5. ย Rotate crayon all around pumpkin as you watch it mix with the candle and crayon wax over top onto the sides of pumpkin, keep moving pumpkin around to drip crayon wax to all the area you want covered
6. Repeat with each color can keep reusing each color to add more color to pumpkin.

Have fun trying different color combinations, plastic spiders, goggly eyes, glitter and more!

PHOTOS: Fall Table Ideas

Check out these centerpieces from Martha Stewart!

View more @www.marthastewart.com

Randolph Street Market

Randolph Street Market 9.28-9.29

Randolph Street Market

Randolph Street Market

10-5pm both days
September 28/29, October 26/27,
November 23/24 and December 14/15

The Randolph Street Market Festival is home to the world-renownedย Chicago Antique Market,ย Indie Designer Market,ย Modern Vintage Chicagoย and theย Holiday Market. As seen in Travel & Leisure, the NY Times, Lucky Magazine and featured on TV news shows and web casts, the Randolph Street Market Festival is considered โ€œa mecca of coolโ€, โ€œthe best hot spot for antiquingโ€, โ€œthe best Chicago venue for people watchingโ€, and โ€œthe Barneyโ€™s of Vintageโ€. Celebrity designerย Nate Berkusย says, โ€œI love this marketโ€ฆthe quality is incredible!โ€ As one of Chicagoโ€™s most happening monthly parties, Randolph Street Market has become the summer destination!

This European-style, indoor-outdoor urban antique market in the historic West Loop neighborhood features 200 select purveyors of high quality, amazingly priced โ€œfindsโ€, offering unlimited creative inspiration and hours of fun. Shoppers can find furnishings, vintage clothing, jewelry, collectibles, etc.

โ€ขย Complimentary Furniture Delivery* within downtown Chicago!ย Click for info.
โ€ข Shopping Refund Vouchers for Admission by Vendors: Each voucher is for $5 off and the vendors should reduce the purchase price by $5 on items valued $25 or more. Note that not all vendors are able to honor the voucher due to their profit margins and customer should ask vendor if they accept the voucher before they shop in their booth.
โ€ข Lower advance ticket price! $8 general online / $3 student online
โ€ข KIDS UNDER 12 ALWAYS FREE!
โ€ข NEW Early Shopping Saturdays – Outdoors at 8am and Indoors at 9am/ 100% of proceeds going to Chicago House charity. $25 at the door / $20 online advance

And this โ€œMarket of Marketsโ€ just gets bigger and better!ย 

VINYL SWAP MEET!ย Thousands of collectible records from 45โ€™s to LPโ€™s, jazz to rock and show tunes galore will make you tap your toes and groove down memory lane;

FANCY FOOD MARKET!ย All types of chocolates, cakes, breads, spices, olive oils, salsa to bring home or enjoy during the event;

GLOBAL GOODS BAZAAR!ย Some delightful crafts and artisan goods representative of Chicagoโ€™s ethnic neighborhoods.

Fabulous food and drink specialties abound! Come and dine al fresco against the backdrop of the beautiful Chicago skyline!

THIS IS A PET FRIENDLY EVENT however, due to liability issues with our landlord, your pet is only allowed in the outdoor portions of the market. If itโ€™s a super hot day, we highly recommend leaving Fido at home. Also, for insurance purposes NO PIT BULLS OR DOBERMANS ALLOWED ON PREMISES. Sorry, your dog might be the sweetest in the world – but those are the exclusions to this event.

ONSITE SERVICES TO RESTORE & PROTECT YOUR HEIRLOOMS AND NEW MARKET PURCHASES!
โ€ข Appraisal Service
โ€ข Onsite Furniture Delivery Service
โ€ข Gold Buying Service
โ€ข Crystal & Porcelain Repair Service
โ€ขย Furniture Restoration Service
โ€ข Art Restoration Service
โ€ขย Lamp & Lighting Repair Service