Vintage Santa Collection

My Vintage Santa Collection on Display

Every year during Christmas I bring out my collection of vintage Santa’s. In my collection, I have different style Santa’s and they range in age from probably the 1950’s to 1980’s. Some are blow molds from the 70’s others are vintage ceramic Santa’s from earlier. Each one as special as the next. 

Their sweet faces have always been hard to pass up. While out antiquing, or thrifting over the years, I’ve been able to accumulate a small collection. I have a good assortment which include Santa planters, ornaments, Santa music boxes and blow molds. 

Isn’t it fun how they are all so different?! I love it. The styles of the Santa’s can sometimes help determine the age. 

Bottle Brush Christmas Trees 

I’ve mixed my Santa collection with a mass of pretty red and white bottle brush trees from Tattered Tiques  . The trees help the Santa display stand out and look more festive. Although these bottle brush Christmas trees are new, they are based on vintage designs. Many of my customers have bottle brush tree collections. I love seeing pictures of how they display them. In my display, I have the trees in three different sizes. 

I hope you enjoyed this little display of my vintage Santa collection! If you’d like to start your own collection, I suggest looking throughout the year for Santas to collect. Usually they are a bit cheaper out of season. Enjoy the Holidays and Happy collecting! 

 

Small Shop Christmas 2024

Shop Small this Christmas at Tattered Tiques 

This year we had our Holiday Open House the first week in November. This is such a fun event that everyone looks forward to. All the other shops are open, and it’s such a great intro to the Holiday Season. Once again, we decked out the shop, filling every room with Christmas, Holiday and Winter goodness. 

 Red and Green and Christmas Plaid

This year we had everyone’s favorites available, including our handmade plaid pillows. These pillows are made out of soft plaid flannel fabrics, and filled with feather inserts. They are the best pillows for the season! They are cozy on the couch, and add a touch of seasonal color. 

We also made sure we have a full stock of our best selling candles from Antique Candle Company. These simple, beautiful candles, make a perfect gift for the Holiday season! The best selling candle scent, you ask? That would be Tree Farm, which is a collaboration between Antique Candle Company and the fun, inspirational blogger, Natalie from 

My Vintage Porch  . Want to check out the candles? Stop in the shop, or visit Antique Candle Co here

This year we introduced the cutest puzzles! Puzzles make a great gift, as well as the perfect thing to have on hand for cozy Winter nights. The puzzles are from My Minds Eye and feature fun, festive artwork. 

We offer so many different ornaments each year, however this is one our best selling ones. They are great for adding to the top of a gift. 

These white snowmen vases are the cutest, and make a great gift. I love the new North Pole pennant. It reminds me of vintage camp and state pennants. 

These hooked pillows are fantastic and perfect for adding a little magic to a comfy chair or sofa. 

I hope you enjoyed this little peek into Tattered Tiques at Christmas time. I hope you make the most of the season. Stay cozy friends! 

Vintage Johnson Brothers Turkey Dishes

Vintage Brown Transfer ware haul

These beautiful turkey dishes are one of my favorite finds ever. As soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them. They were gorgeous! It was almost a complete set of 12. I also knew I wasn’t going to keep them. My plan was to flip them quickly before Thanksgiving, which is exactly what I did. 

Aren’t they beautiful?

 History of Wild Turkeys Dishes by Johnson Brothers 

Johnson Brothers is a British pottery company. Founded in1883 by Brothers Alfred and Frederick Johnson. The brothers purchased a bankrupt pottery company. They initially produced earthenware called White Granite. They then started producing underglazed printed ware which led to popularity and hence later, the beautiful native American wild turkey dishes. 

Native American wild turkey were made by Johnson Brothers of England and was produced from 1951 to 1974. The pattern is now retired. These beautiful vintage brown transfer ware dishes are highly collectible, and can fetch a hefty price. They were crafted in England. 

These spectacular dishes by Johnson Brothers, which featured wild American turkeys, were an effort to cater to the north American market by the brothers. These traditional style dishes are a mix of English craftsmanship and American history and heritage. Perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, these beautiful dishes will most likely be passed down from generation to generation in families that own them. 

These beauties will forever be one of my favorite finds. Brown transferware has also captivated me. I’ve collected pieces over the years and then passed them along to new owners to love. These dishes I’m glad to say all went to good homes! 

Vintage Halloween Blow Molds & Pumpkin Buckets

My Dining Room Halloween Display

Main table display at Christmas time When it comes to Halloween decor, I’m a classic Halloween girl at heart.🧡🖤 I love the fun, orange and black theme, with cheery jack-o’-lanterns in mass. I’ve been collecting vintage Halloween blow molds and trick-or-treat buckets, for years now. I’ve even received them as gifts from time to time.  There’s something about those smiling jack-o’-lanterns and their sweet faces that captivate me. Not all of my blow molds are vintage however. I actually have one from Target that I received as a gift last year. With my Halloween blow molds, I’ve mixed in a handful of trick-or-treating jack-o’-lantern buckets. They are the perfect addition to the blow mold display. 

Light them up!

Some of the blow molds have lights in them, others I add flameless candles to, to help them glow at night. All lit up, it looks magical. On the dining room table I add a string of orange Halloween lights to help with the ambiance. Altogether they create a dreamy little spooky scene.

Where to find vintage Halloween 

Over the years, I have gathered this vintage Halloween collection, from flea markets, thrift stores, antique shops, and even from friends and family. I love to thrift, so every Fall season, I’m hoping to find a vintage blow mold or old pumpkin bucket. You can usually tell the age of the blow molds by the date on the bottom, or buy the maker, which is usually listed on the bottom. Brands like Empire, and Carolina Enterprises Inc., are very common. Also, for the buckets, usually the handles have metal brackets where the handle meets the bucket. 

I  hope you enjoyed my vintage Halloween bucket and blow mold display! Happy Halloween from our cozy, spooky home to yours. 🎃

 

Handmade Halloween Signs

Handmade Jack-o’-lantern Signs 

Each year I make vintage style Jack-o’-lantern signs out of left over wood from the witch sets I make. 
They are so sweet. Those big pumpkin smiles greet you each time you see them. I love making these guys, using scrap wood, and paint I have on hand from furniture projects. 

I use Jolie paint and wax for my signs. It works perfect!  

Handmade Witch Hat Signs

This year I wanted to try making witch hat signs For another twist on handmaid Halloween. Once again, I used scrap wood and paint that I had on hand. I made two versions. One plain, smaller hat, and one larger hat, which featured a famous quote from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. “Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.”

Didn’t they turn out great? I wanted to make these witch hat signs for a few years now and so glad I finally did it. I did end up keeping one large one, and hanging it on my front door on my wreath. I figured I’d add a little more Halloween decor out front. Since the witch hat went right along with my witchy theme outside, it was a perfect addition to the front porch. 

Witch & Black Cat Yard Sets 

It’s been a busy Fall season making handmade Halloween signs and witches! 

This year I also offered customers witch and cat sets. These are handmade by me each year, using heavy duty plywood, and outdoor paint. Each set comes with a witch and two cats, and are ready to install in the ground. We recommend lighting them up with a floodlight, and adding other seasonal goods, like corn stalks, hay bales, pumpkins, and maybe a witches broom. These bring in so many compliments each year by neighbors.

Outdoor Halloween Witch Flag 

One last thing. My witch flag. I absolutely love this flag. It brings all my witchy Halloween decor together. This flag was ordered on Amazon a few years ago, and it’s still available. If you would like one, click the link Here. They are under $15 and last for years.

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a peek at some of my homemade Halloween decor this year. Have you made anything for Halloween? Do you love vintage Halloween style decorations? Leave a comment below and tell me what your favorite Halloween theme is. Vintage Halloween? Classic Halloween? Creepy Halloween? Whatever your style I hope you have a good Spooky season!