Vintage Christmas Browsing

This is my favorite time of year for collecting vintage Christmas decor. Yard sales are rich with vintage Christmas decor and collectibles as is eBay. Most people are thinking about their summer plans, not Santa Claus so generally prices stay lower on auctions than what you would see in the fall. 

Here are a few beauties on my wish list:

Vintage honeycomb mercury glass garland. How gorgeous would this look on a mantle?

Vintage icicles. I love this box too. Super cute. 

Mercury glass anything and especially garland in these colors. Want. 

Vintage bottle brush tree with mercury ornaments. Everything about this little tree makes me happy. It has glitter, pink and mercury glass. Perfection!

I can honestly say I could creep on eBay for hours looking for goodies! 

VIntage Christmas Finds

 

These are a few of the vintage Christmas items I have found at area flea markets, yard sales and thrift shops over the last few weeks.

Some I kept, some I resold.

I love finding vintage Christmas items!

You Had Me At Spun Cotton, Mica Santa!

Tonight is a great night.......

because tonight is when college football returns. Fall to me is football.

Fall to me is also when I start to look thru all of the vintage Christmas decor I have scored at Goodwills, yard sales and Ebay over the year.

And nothing screams vintage Christmas to me like spun cotton, mica Santa's!

They were all the rage back in the 1940's and 1950's and are usually found attached to their original florist wire or chenille stems.

Most were used as decor for floral arrangements.

There is a simple sweetness to spun cotton cuties that I can't resist.

I love all vintage Christmas items. Even the kitschy plastic Santa's and snowmen below.

Vintage Christmas Shopping

My little sister Raini came down this week so that we could spend a few days before Christmas, vintage Christmas shopping.

One of our favorite places we have found to antique shop is a store in Richmond that has over 50 vendors.

Here are some of the goodies we found: