Today I did the top shelf of the wall unit, the top shelf of the bookshelf and the table by the front door. Not much, but enough to make me start to be happy to see my new old treasures again. I have been very fortunate to find a lot of fantastic vintage Christmas treasures in the past few years. Before, my decorations consisted of new items from Wal-mart. Then I discovered the clearance sales at Target and got a lot of new things there. B, now I am totally into the vintage look and have been lucky enough to find plenty of good old vintage things at good prices plus a few new pieces that appear vintage. I got two cloche (cloches doesn't sound right??)after Christmas at Wal-Mart last year. I had hoped and dreamt of finding an old one, so I was pretty darn pleased to find a new one that looked old. All year, I have changed out the cloche from season to season and I'm happy to have it back to a Christmas theme.
This is the little cabinet by the front door. After I put it all together, I realized that every single item was thrifted throughout the last year or so.
I bought the lamp this summer and hadn't really found a home for it yet. It was $5.00 at a yard sale on a very, very hot Saturday afternoon. It is made out of a cool old jar with a wooden handle. I have picked up all othe old miniature Shiny Brites at thrifs, yard sales and anywhere I could over the years. Since I have always had small places to live, I have collected small ornaments. Love, love, love the lamp full of ornaments. The Shiny Brite pick on the lampshade was from a yard sale this summer - 25¢ for a gallon sized ziploc bag full of new old stock Shiny Brite pics.
Last year I participated in a vintage Christmas swap - all sorts of decorations and vintage goodies. I had more fun gathering up that swap and opening the treasures I received. I looked for a similar swap this year, but never found one. So, is anyone interested in a swap????? Vintage Christmas anything. I'm just looking for one person to swap with me - not a whole swap with lots of people. Although, if others are interested, I'll see what I can do.....
PS to Ottermom - Thanks for saying I sound like my old self. I feel like my old self again. That was nice to read. Thanks! ;o)
Everything is looking a lot like Christmas at Shara's house :) Love the gourd as well-that is unique!
ReplyDeleteI would swap but I've been in a thrifting funk lately and haven't found much that anyone would really want, so I'll have to live vicariously through my friends that have more thrifty mojo than myself :)
Glad your are starting to feel a bit more like yourself!
Oh I just love the Santas! I have my Santa collection posted on my blog! Pop over and take a peek if you get a sec!!
ReplyDeleteYour vintage decorations are wonderful! You've found alot of great things! Can't wait to see the rest.
Jan
Count me in for a swap!!! I'm always up for a good swap that doesn't require me to 'craft/sew' something!!!!
ReplyDeleteGLAD you're back Shara!
I'm with Ottermom--you do sound more like yourself, which I'm so glad to hear. Not that I don't think you should still be mad as hell, but I could definitely feel the heartache in your words and it hurt my heart for you.
ReplyDeleteI love how that lamp looks! I might be tempted to leave it like that all year round because it's so pretty. I never did see the cloches from last year and that card holder sounds really neat too--show us photos!
Oh gosh, you are ambitious too! Between you and Monimania(.blogspot.com) I am feeling like a lazy slug. Who am I kidding, I am a lazy slug, lol. Everything looks fabulous! I am sure I see some things we had when I was little.
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep your kitties out of your pretties?
ReplyDeleteMy cat thinks the pretty balls are toys and I have caught her sleeping in the middle of the tree.
I love the way you work out your displays. I would have a hard time taking it all down if I worked that long.
I agree with Oliveoyl, it would be so hard to take it all down after all that work! I absolutely love the lamp with the ornaments in it, I think that my next treasure waiting to be found is a lamp (or a bottle to make one out of!)
ReplyDeleteI haven't even thought about Christmas decorating yet, although I'm beginning to get in the mood. However, I don't even want to think about the dogs discovering the tree! What do the kitties think about yours?
I too get overwhelmed when I get down all of the decorations. I finished putting them out today but I didn't put out as much as I usually do. I do love certain pieces that I have had for many years...isn't it neat how we look so forward to putting out certain decorations each year?!
ReplyDeleteYours look great. Keep putting pictures on for us to see.
Libby