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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Happy Holidays?

I heard something on the news this morning that freaked me out.  There are two months until Christmas!  Next week is Halloween and we all know how fast Thanksgiving comes after that.  But seriously, two months until Christmas?  It's not the gifts or all of the family chaos that stresses me out.  I do most of my shopping online so that is pretty easy.  Who's house we go to and when never changes year after year so no surprises there.  No, what I am talking about is the decorating.  Not too many years ago, I was able to focus on just the tree and our mantle since that is all that we ever decorated.  Now, with my obsession with any and all vintage Christmas, I am going to have to decorate every single room in my house in order to justify everything that I have drug home over the past couple of years.  Decorating my house this year will definitely be a week long process.  Good thing I start Thanksgiving weekend!

Now onto the junk!

This is a pretty amazing assortment of vintage glassware that I got at an estate sale recently.  All from one sale and all 50 cents or less.  The Swanky Swig was a quarter!
My next house is going to have to have a library if Maddie keeps on collecting vintage books.  I found her this bell cookie cutter at Value Village in an assorted bag of plastic junky ones.
More amazingly cute vintage cards. 
I picked up these Putz houses from the booth that was going out of business that I mentioned in my last post.  I think I am going to add a couple of bottle brush trees and spun cotton snowmen to make them a little more interesting.  Oh, and maybe some mercury glass beads around the roofline. (Yeah, this will probably never happen).
I went to an estate sale in a manufactured home park down the road from my son's school last week.  The former owners were dealers so I thought the pricing might be a little high but I still wanted to check it out.  There was a shed in the back that was turned into the cutest little craft studio (but not nearly as swoon-worthy as Magpie Ethel's).  There were a ton of beautiful handmade wreaths but the kind that you can go to Michael's and learn how to make.  Nothing vintage.  I spotted the telltale look of a box of Shiny Brite's toward the back underneath one of the tables.  It was part of a small pile and I grabbed them all.
 
 

So none of these boxes were priced and when I asked I was told that the large boxes were $3 apiece and the smaller box was $4 because "the smaller boxes are worth more".  Uh, ok.  Even if they are missing ornaments?  This ignited an argument between the two ladies working the sale.  Evidently the other lady thought this was a ridiculous price for an incomplete box of "old ornaments" and threw it in for free. 

I am going to have to get a bigger tree this year.

Linking up with:

Vintage Thingie Thursday

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Until next time...

Erica


15 comments:

  1. I know just how you feel - I always had just one tree, now I have two smaller ones and I don't know what's going to happen this year - remember I have 85 new Shiny Brites, along with a bunch of other stuff!! Bet you were happy to find those.....

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  2. I'm the same, too! Vintage, vintage, everywhere!

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  3. Score on the shiny brites and the bell cutter!

    I generally start decorating the day after thanksgiving and just do a little every day up until Christmas day! There's always just one more little thing I want to do. :)

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  4. Loving that Annie Oakley book!

    Popped in from Rednesday ~

    thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com

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  5. I am definitely not ready for Christmas. Seems it comes earlier each year.

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  6. Those Putz houses are pretty quick to fix up ... you should do it!

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  7. It is coming quickly! I love the vintage ornaments and the putz houses. A great find!
    Ruth

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  8. I flip putz houses and it makes a big difference. Thanks for the swoon worthy mention!

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  9. OMGosh everyone of your finds are amazing...love the glasses, Annie Oakley and everyone of the Christmas Ornies. Great finds and thanks...I think...for the warning...are you sure it's only 2 months! Happy VTT.

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  10. I keep seeing stuff about these Putz houses, they are so cute! I'm going to have to find me one of them! And your ornaments are such a great find. I can't wait to see what your house looks like after it is all decorated!

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  11. I'm jealous of your vintage christmas bulb ornaments. I have some shiny brites but not enough. I love all your finds. take care, Darlene

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  12. Glad I'm not the only one who can't/won't pass up more Shiny Brites! I was at a sale once where the seller said that if nobody bought them, she was just going to throw them out. Now every time I see a box, it puts me in a panic and I feel like I have to "save" it!

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  13. Oh wow! I love the vintage cards & some of the glasses are very pretty!

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  14. I love the Annie Oakley book! Your putz houses are so cute and Christmas-y. Congrats on your load of vintage ornies! So envious! :)
    -Denise

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