Fall is upon us...

   It's getting cool these days.  Fall is here.  I've been in Grape Harvest for the past 3 weeks and not done much with the SSLillie.
   Grape Harvest started late Sept.  The afternoons were warm when I got home, so I pulled Lillie up on the yard and did some more silhouette painting.   She now has another cat and a bird.

  This Kitty is on the back side.  The Bird perches on the window.

   We were expecting Rain last week.  So I went and bought a couple of small Camo tarps to cover her with.  I didn't want a HUGE tarp, I wanted her window still to be able to open.  I had/have concerns about her front and back windows with condensation/moisture, so I only covered the top, front and rear.  I wish the camo was pink.

See the Hovering Thunder clowds.

    The edge of the tarp covers the seams.  These are two small tarps... I plan on tweeking them to custom fit Lillie with easy to strap down ties.  I think I might sew the tarps together... right now they are overlapping and I have had to readjust it a couple of times since I put it on.

    I tested the windows with the first day of rain... moisture was just barely there in the corners of the F&B windows.  The seams, which shows past moisture stains, were perfectly dry.  I've not sealed the top, but will this coming spring.

   I have more decorating ideas for the interior.   I want to keep her on the lawn and work on her this fall & winter.   I'm looking forward to it.

Happy Glamping, Suzy

Detailing....    Birthdays...
    Did some detailing a couple of weeks ago.... did the blue tapeing off thing and spray painted black accent parts...
   Here I've added a black finishing stripe around the middle of the propane tanks.  I also topped off the cap/handle and the foot stand of each tank.

I also added a Black Cat silhouette sitting on the wheel well and the wheel well trim is black as well.

Isn't it a beauty so far... I'm not finished with the detailing yet.  I like the upper rough weathered paint look... I'm not wanting to paint it or strip it, but I should seal it.
   Yesterday was my Birthday... I spent a quiet day... well as quiet as it could be with two little grandsons visiting.  I started out my day by joining my sister and Mom at a Shabby Antique show... Bloomerang.  It is JUST the sort of place we want to sell out of our Bunkhouse Boutique Glamping Booth at.  We left our name & phone number, they are planning one for next year too.   The shortly after lunch, my daughter and her to adorable little boys joined me for the afternoon.   We had a lot of fun.
  I may have spent a quiet birthday yesterday, BUT I was totally blown away suprized by a suprize birthday party last weekend.  My BFF and I joined my Mom & Sis at another Farmer's Market up the valley mid morning, scouted around and had lunch in a Pizza Bar & Restaurant.  Then we headed back to town and stopped at the Christian Thrift Shop here in town, which is a nice little shop.   My friend and I headed to my housed.  There was no evidence of anyone around, but my two kids, the grandkids, my friends and family suprized me with a party.  It was a full afternoon of celebration.

   I recieved a basket full of Glamper things for the SSLillie, a string of Flamingo lights and a jar that people put money into for me to spend on the Aloha.  I have plans for an awning from Marti's Awnings.  I got one for the 90 Okanagan MH.  A very nice weekend... not what I had planned at all for the rest of the day.   A pleasant way to spend it with friends and family.
:)  Suzy
  

Little Shabby Shanti-Lillie..... I'm happy with the look of the sponge paint job.

      See how the colors show through.  Her white underneath (the petticoat), the coral being the next layer and the bubblegum pink her to layer of lace.   See how it blends with her OLD paint under the turquoise strie.
   The J-rail all around was not intended to be painted.  I plan to remove it this fall or spring... clean it up (remove layers of paint) re-butyl seal and re-install it back on.   Or I could just buy new J-rail and install instead.   We shall see.   I'm in no rush.
   She is going to her first "Showmeoff" this Sunday.  We will be in Richland, Wash. at a Hogs Wash inton BBQ and Show.  It's for all vehicles with wheels.  There will be vintage trailers, vintage cars and I think new & vintage moterbikes and Harleys.   Some of our Tin Can Tourist bunch are going to be there.  We are looking forward to it.
   I sat down one evening afterwork to sand the rust off the door stop before I painted it.  I used a sand cloth, it's like screen with grit added to it.   I then eyeballed the trailer baby moon hubcaps which were totally covered with rust.   I thought "what the hell" and began sanding the rust.   I was amazed.  It removed the rust and the chrome shows through.

   See the hub on the left.... that is how both of them looked.  The hub on the right has had some sanding...

I found out later that soaking them in viniger water for a few days would have disolved much of the rust off and I would have avoided the little scratches on the chrome.  Oh. well.   I'm going to still try and polish them ups a bit.

     I also have a C-rail above the front window.  The C-rail is for an awning.  I already have a window shade over the front window which protects it from rock chips.   I would like to add an awning to the side of the trailer over the door.  I thought of just moving the C-rail from over the window and install it above the door, but I've had suggestions of just purchasing new Longer piece of C-rail and installing.  I think I will do this.  And then I could make a smaller awning to install above the window that would used the window shade for support just for color.

   The little loopy thingy is an awninch support I think.  I don't know if I will utilize these in the new awnings or not...
    I've got some work tomorrow to make her ready for her styling debut on Sunday... Lace - check, vintage table cloth-check, vintage ice chest - check, chandelier - check.  

Stage one painting.... Done.

Ended up sponge painting the bublegum pink over the coral.  The door is striped.

I'm thinking of leaving the top unpainted any further.  It has aluminum showing and spots of paint... kinda Shabby.   I have the Aloha decal for above the back window and I think I will put in on her even though she's got no new upper paint.   Her name is Shanti-Lillie and she is shanty shabby chic. 

Today... I started painting the Aloha.   I paper & taped her stripe off this morning... chose my colors and went to Ace to pick up some paint.   I chose a Semi-Gloss indoor/outdoor paint that works on aluminum siding.  I chose the color Autumn Reverie which is a salmonie pink.  

 When I came home I set my materials up and sponged on the paint on the bottom half of the trailer only.  I painted the lower half of the door and the storage door a solid Autumn Reverie.  I even Painted the lower half of the Propane tanks.

   After a while I began removing the tape and paper and was dissappointed... the Reverie goes good with the front of the trailer colors, but the pink under the stripe is too pink... the salmon pink looks off.
   So I chose a Flamingo-ie pink and headed back down to Ace.... it was just turnin 6 pm and they were closed.  Bummer.  I will head down there tomorrow morning to get more paint.   I came home and paper & taped off the trailer again and since I will be only sponging over the salmon paint I will create a two tone look.   I also decided to tape off the solid doors into stripes just for fun.  The Propane bottles will also be striped lower.  
   I hesitate to completely paint the the entire tank, I've heard that they won't fill the bottles if they are painted.  One has a couple of labels on it but the other, I think older bottle, doesn't.  I'm gonna check with Bleyhls this week.
    Here are some pics of the Work in Progress....

 I went to the Yakima Valley Jr. Fair in Grandview today... I heard there would be some "Sisters" there.  I didn't find the sisters, but I did find a Vintage Horse Trailer being used as a Food Booth.

I talked to the owner and she says they've been hauling their food appliances for quite a few years, unloading and loading at each function.  Then they decided to just arrange it and use the trailer as part of their booth.   Like so many Vintage Travel Trailer's being converted into food booths, I thought this was a great idea.  You basically don't have to gut it as there is no fixtures in it to begin with.

New paint on her bumper...

New paint on her tongue....

New paint on her icebox door....
From brown to off white.   It will get some kind of silhouette design on it too.

Found a C-rail over her front window.  She has a window shade that protects the front window while traveling, but over that is a C-rail that is made for an awning.  I plan to move it to the doorside over the door and making her an awning.

I've not gotten a chance to work much with her or clean her up lately... weekends get busy.  I do think I may have to strip the paint before I repaint her.  I'm only going to sponge paint her salmon and white... and hope to just be able to lightly sand her before she gets her paint. 

Here's a pic of her inside bed & bunk on our first camping trip.  My little grandson wouldn't show his face for the picture.... little stinker.

Gotta Love him.

Just got my Aloha Decal for her this week.  It will go on after she's been painted.  They are usually stationed above the back window.