...a shiny New Year 2024??

 Is there ANYONE still left in 'BLOGLAND'??

Well, if there is...  

Chez Chapman is sending you all positive vibes for the New Year!!

A LOT happened throughout 2023, chipping away at the 'tried, true & comfortable', but we are coming out on the otherside with a Stronger sense of what is Really important in our lives.

Traditions to be upheld...

GUMDROP TREE!

COOKIE BAKING w/ S.A.L.T.!

THE NUTBOWL!

Family to be cherished...

and everything that brings us JOY!!

enJOY!

S~

...LOBSTERS? Yes, Please!

Never fear, my passion for SWEATER CLIPS - GUARDS is still going strong in 2019!

The most recent 'Love' was found and gifted to me by J!

To date this is The.Only. signed 'SPAIN' piece in my ever growing collection.

and 

my first DAMASCENE piece

and

they are LOBSTERS!!

For anybody just stopping by, and new to my Sweater Clip / Guard passion - if you have an interest in our 'BACKSTORY', you can find it here!!

For anybody who has been on this crazy ride with me for a while, here are the latest pictures of our displays - my how they have grown since the photos of 2008!

(collection is at around 700 now!?)

'RHINESTONES & BLING'

'SIGNED' and 'Gold-toned'

'BEACHY" ...shells, souvenir, etc..

'PLAIN JANES'

'SPESHULS'

BUT WAIT

There's more!

(just not photographed.)

How is ALL of this possible in just 25 years?!!

Be Well

&

enJOY!

...OH MY!

BIRD CAGE #1 = 3 tiers @65 each (195)

I want to THANK everyone who played along in the 'SWEATER CLIP GUESS'!

RHINESTONE VALANCE (L) = 83
'GOLD' VALANCE (R) = 119

I am a bit embarrassed to divulge the actual Extent to which my obsession has evolved...

BIRD CAGE #2 = 4 tiers @ 60ea (240)

When you add up the few displays that I have pictured here, PLUS the new BIRD CAGE #3, + MANNEQUIN, + ANOTHER VALANCE, + Girly BOOKCASE, + 'ORIGINAL PACKAGIN' Cork board =

810 DIFFERENT Sweaterclips / guards!!!

(that number does NOT include the 33 duplicates I recently sorted OUT!!)


So, with a guess of 288, Lynn is the WINNER!!
L- PLEASE send me a way to contact you, so that I can get your PRIZE mailed to you 8-)!!

... ONE thing leads to ANOTHER!

At the beginning of the week I had just.one.last trace of The Christmas decor to put away... Our 1/2 Half mannequin "Miss Kit Katt" was still adorned in my collection of Holiday brooches!  Time for a new 'outfit' for her, so off I went to my "pin drawer"...

Yes.

I know.

I know.

but it is what it IS. 

BUT!

I adore them all, 

and I DO wear them,

and they Actually ARE Organized! 

... Holiday in one corner

...FELINES together

...SW themes

...FISH/NAUTICAL

...Stylized METALS

...BLING!

and ENAMELS!
YES!  We need a little color ~ these shall be her next 'outfit'!!

I only had about 43 of them... (Oh, and then there is the one I wear everyday on my Winter Coat... and the one on my Bag...) YOU get the idea!
Anyway, there weren't enough to give her a COMPLETE outfit, so I gathered up my 'pin' sweater clips and bedazzled the bottom.

~And then, while I was gathering the Sweater Clips, I realized that I had numerous ones that were waiting to be added to our displays!
~Like my 'pin drawer', the sweater clips are arranged on their respective birdcages / valances by "category" (OCD? Anal?)
~While trying to incorporate the 'newbies' I decided that current space just.wasn't.sufficient!
~Off to the attic storage to dig out ANOTHER birdcage & stand!! (because EVERYONE keeps an extra cage or 2 for 'someday' - HA!HA!)

Cage #3 is now the home to all 'souvenir' / beachy sweaterclips!

Of course, while relocating, I decided the cages ALL needed a Good Cleaning ~ so OFF came ALL of the clips!
Dusted.
Sorted for duplicates...

Re-arranged.
Now, all HAPPILY restored to some sense of logic.

 NO sweater clip was safe from my scrutiny!

Valance of BLING

Valance of 'GOLD'

 Even a couple of new additions to the ON ORIGINAL CARD board!!

If you have read this post to the end - you deserve a PRIZE!!  What is your guess on the TOTAL NUMBER of NON-DUPLICATE Sweater Clips-Guards currently residing in our house??  The 'closest to the clip' guess will receive One of our DUPLICATES (now, I KNOW you are excited about that - Ha!Ha!).  Winner will be announced Monday Morning (1-12-15)!

  (~OR~ if you just can't wait, we'll be listing SOME of the dup's in our ETSY store!!)

CLIP ON YOUR SWEATERS and STAY WARM!!