Showing posts with label vintage Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2024

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. 



Vintage Santa collection Christmas display, blow molds, bottle brush trees


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. 

Christmas Sana displays, vintage Santa with bottle brush trees


Vintage red white Christmas Santa statue collection

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. 

Vintage Ceramic Santa display featuring Three different style vintage Santas

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. 



Vintage Santa Blow mold collection, Santa blowmold

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! 





 




Friday, October 31, 2014

Holiday Open House

Save the date!! It's official, we are having a Holiday Open House on November 12th from 4-8pm. This will be a special preview night for all the Holiday goods we have franticly been making, buying, hoarding and such! We are joining forces with many of the other shops in the area, so this will be a great night out for Holiday shopping. So grab a friend, and your Christmas list too.....and make it a date! We hope to see you.  Julie

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Keep Calm and Shop Small Business

It was a great weekend for vintage seekers, near and far. A huge thank you to everyone who came out this weekend!  We small business owners really appreciate your business!  We couldn't do what we do without you!

I know we had a busy weekend, as did our friend Mary from Urban Farmgirl and Co, at her grand opening, of Urban Farmgirl in Rockford.  I was glad to see so many of our regulars went up to show her a visit.   A Ruffled Nest in Sycamore had their Christmas In the Alley, which I know was a hit as well.  It sounds like Steeplechase Antiques was packed too.  Yeah!  I love vintage packed weekends like this.  Hope you all enjoyed the beautiful mild weather, and your treasure hunting!

For more information on when these shops are open, make sure to visit their websites, as they are not open every weekend.  We will be open next weekend, December 6th, 7th, and 8th. 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

December Shop Pics

I hope you all had a very nice Thanksgiving!  Anne and Mom and I, and the whole Tattered Tiques family, are so "thankful" to all you who follow us online, and for those who visit us each week at the shop!  We enjoy so much seeing you all each month and making new friends.  We have met the nicest people in the last 8 months, and have had such a blast doing it! 


And now onto business....We hope you can make it out this week for a visit, but just in case you can't, I wanted to entice you with some pictures of the shop.  We try to mix things up a bit each week, and always try to have new things out for each sale.  So take a look. 


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We still have some large Sugar Pine pinecones left.  These are great for winter!  They look good in a basket, or even attached to pretty ribbon and hung from a window or front door.


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We now have really cute mini chalk boards which are adorable on packages.


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We have filled up on zinc letters too, so now you can spell out your favorite holiday greeting.  These also would be great on gifts as an extra added touch.


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Our burlap runners are always such a hit, so we thought we'd make some wintry ones.  We have red burlap with plaid ruffles, and red burlap with green ruffles, and even all red. Take your pick, but get them quick.  We often have to send poor mom home to replenish our runner supply.


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How fab would this look on a table?  I just love it!


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I made a bunch of baker's twine bundles.  There are 10 yards on each vintage clothes pin.  Perfect for tying little packages up with!


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More gift wrapping supplies.  I loved this fabric so much, I just had to make ribbon out of it.


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This antique Queen chicken brooder would make a great kitchen island, or even a coffee table.  Anne is in love with this piece.  The front opens up to glass panels, where once you could see the little chicks through. 


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Consider this the "before" picture.  We cleaned this piece up and waxed it, and then added crystal knobs.  I guess you'll have to come up to the shop to see the "after" shot.  I love old pine furniture like this.  It shows so much history.


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We think this is another one of those cabinets that would look great in a bathroom, however, it is such a nice size and could go about anywhere.  We picked it up last week up north.  Dad actually spied it first.  He's getting good at "picking"!


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Mom got this great trunk in Eagle River too, last week. It is really cool.


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We've decked out the table with "sweet" vintage finds.  Vintage milkglass and hobnail.  They look really cute with candy canes in them. 


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Adorable. Right? 


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Missing anyone special from your nativity?  We probably have a replacement.  We have tons of old nativity characters. 


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Our cousin Dan made this sign. It would look great up on a mantel, or hung on a wall.  It's so cheery! 


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 Speaking of cherry.  This Santa plaque would be adorable on the front of a wreath.  I should know, I have one very similar that I put on my front door every year.  I just love it!


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We have swapped out the green for red cranberries in the chicken feeders.  It's a very festive look.


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These memo boards are perfect for Christmas cards and whatnots.  They are the perfect size to put behind a small grouping or vignette of favorite things.


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Our vintage sink has come in from the cold and is housing greens and our antique architectural pieces.


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The stockings are hung by the chicken coop with care, with hopes that you'll soon be there. While there,  pick up one of Anne's banners.  We have Noel, Believe, and even a glittery Christmas banner.  This is one of those things that Anne is always having to make more of each week.  We can't keep them in the store for very long. 


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These little guys are just too precious to pass up.  I had to blog about them again. They would make such a special gift for someone!


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She is so sweet!


Well, I hope I have peaked your interest enough to warrant another visit to Tattered Tiques this week.  We will also be open next week if you can't make it out this Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.  Have a great weekend!


Tattered Tiques is located at 22029 N. Pepper Road, Unit 2, Lake Barrington IL. 


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