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| White reindeer is vintage from the 1950s; cabin made by a daughter in the 1980s |
Most readers know how much I love vintage Christmas items, especially things from the 1950s and 1960s that I remember from my childhood. Recently I came across a post from Diana at
Adirondack Girl at Heart that gives some great advice on how to
enhance your Christmas with vintage decorations.
In the post, Diana shares links to three posts she has written for specifically using things like Shiny Brite® ornaments, bottle brush trees, Santas, and more. I frequently (make that always) incorporate vintage items into my decor, so I am always looking for new ideas and ways to display these treasures.
Here are a few more of my own vintage items:
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| Vintage light bulbs and tureen. Milk bottle is a newer one, but you could surely use an old one! |
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| Vintage honeycomb bells showcased by a simple, old-fashioned construction paper chain |
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| Mini stocking used as ornament |
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| Vintage snowman ornament |
Do you decorate with vintage treasures?
Love vintage! especially the log cabin
ReplyDeleteMe too! The log cabin was made to go in a diorama for a school assignment. I came upon it a few years back and decided to use it in decorating!
ReplyDeletea few of my ornaments are vintage. I had more but they felt apart or became too shabby to even hang on the tree.
ReplyDeleteOh, that is too bad! Maybe someday you will find replacements for those precious ornaments!
DeleteI love vintage! Years ago my mom gave me the box of shiny brite silver ball ornaments that she and my dad hung on their first Christmas tree in 1954. I have hung them on my tree ever since. When my kids/nephew started getting married. I gave them each one of those balls along with a little story of the ornament's history. Those little ornaments are tarnished and faded now, but I love hanging them on my tree!
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful story and tradition, Vicki! Great idea to pass them on as family history. Wish I had thought of that! But it's not too late. I could still gift them to my married kids.
DeleteMany of my vintage shiny tree ornaments have also become tarnished, but I hang them and enjoy them just as you do.
I don't really have anything you could consider vintage but I do have a lot of handmade items that my Mum made for me and I suppose they could be considered vintage as the years pass by.
ReplyDeleteI would say that they definitely would be considered vintage over time, Pamela. Craft projects of yesterday are as vintage as any other item from the same time frame.
DeleteIf you enjoy vintage items, check out yard sales and so on. From time to time one can find some nice little vintage treasures like tree ornaments, lights, or even some bigger things like toys.
the Christmas just before my father passed away we took my parents decorations (mom was in a nursing home at the time), along with a few of their special dishes and my grandma salt and pepper shakers and divided them up in baskets with one of moms tea towels over top. On Christmas Day as the siblings and grandchildren arrived we choose a basket. Some of the baskets contained ornaments that belonged to my moms mom-1930's and I got two of them. 2 silver balls
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea, Marie! That was a really wonderful way to pass on these treasures. Isn't it nice that you received two of the silver balls that belonged to your mom?!
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