Welcoming the Christmas Season -Getting Ready to Decorate for Christmas

It Snowed Over Thanksgiving Week

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Tomorrow is the first day of December, and I'm digging out my Christmas bins. 

I have a few traditions I tried to incorporate....

1.Count down stocking

- I like having a count down to Christmas, it build the excitement and helps me remember all of the extracurricular activities that go on during the Christmas season!

2.Christmas Cards

- I still like sending and receiving Christmas cards, a couple of years back I revamped my Christmas card holder.

3. Garland

- Garland is the starting point to my decorating, so I like to get the garland up before I start adding Christmas touches.

This is two of three tubs I have with garland.

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by My Little Colorado Cottage.

It's time to Decorate for the Season!

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

5 Grab Bags of Fun Christmas Ornaments - Weekend Thrifting

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad you stopped by!

I decided to go by my local thrift store looking for vintage Christmas items. 

I found five bags of wonderful ornaments!

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I picked this bag because of the glitter star....

 I paid $2.00 for the grab bag, look at the cute bicyle, sliegh, and sled, so adorable.

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Next bag for $1.50.....

I've been on the look-out for small Mercury glass bulbs and I found a bag full! Plus small brass jingle bells.

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This grab bag for $.75 had a few of the ornaments with a 'made in Japan sticker'.... 

I thought the little deer in the silver tinsel star was cute.

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I couldn't pass up the bag of candle clips for $.50! I'm hoping to add to some garland.

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The last grab bag had some awesome ornaments for $2.50...

 I enjoy using 'Crochet Angels and Snowflakes in my Christmas decor, not sure if I'll hang them on a tree or use them in a vignette. 

A few more country hand-made ornaments, a super darling Angel Fairy.

Look at these cute bunny ear fairies, I think I'll be holding on to these darlings to use in my Easter decor in the Spring. A few cross-stitch ornaments and the yarn dolls are cute, Im not sure if I'll use them on my Christmas tree this year.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

 I would love to hear what kind of ornament you use on your tree. 

Have you found some interesting Christmas ornaments while out thrifting? 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Friends, 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wanted to just talk about a few things I'm so grateful for....

• My Faith
• My Family
• My Community
• My Friends
• and My Country

This weekend I'm spending time with people that means so much to me and I'm so Thankful to be able to spend time with my family and friends Freely.

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 Thank you al so much for taking time out of your day to stop by and visit my blog. 

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 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

I Went Back on Tuesday * HALF- PRICE- DAY

Hi Friends,

 I just had to let you know, I went back to my local thrift store on half-off Tuesday and the other two Putz houses were still there! I paid $6.00 each for these adorable treasures.

There going to look great in my Christmas Decor!

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what I have been up to. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Friday Thrift Haul Looking for Vintage - Community Budget Center

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

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Today, I'm so excited to share a vintage Christmas haul!

I have a project that I would like to make this season with small glass ornament, this grab-bag of ornament had a few vintage glass round ornaments, I paid $2.00.

I think tinsel is a must at Christmas time, $1.50 and I found some more small glass ornaments, for 50 cents each.

2 small wreaths at $1.50 each and a cool vintage ceramic planter for $1.25.

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a fun grab bag for $2.00,

the ruler caught my eye, but at closer look I saw the children's baking tins

The yard stick had been cut down :(

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I paid $1.00 each for this pair of 'Bloody Mary' glasses, they will be a nice gift for a friend.

These cute 'Interpur' candles were 50 cents each

vintage string light replacement large bulbs, for $.50 will look great in a jar or basket vignette

Super cute ceramic Lefton holly shoe for $1.00, that will look great with a berry pick 

the adorable cheese/butter spread knife with a Nut Cracker handle was not priced (not charged).

The of course, I couldn't leave behind the crochet doily for $ .30.

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Lastly.....

I actually found a few putz houses! I couldn't believe it There were four total!

The little house had a price of $12.00 which was a little more than I wanted to pay.

The church is wired to light up, I paid $12.50, I just couldn't leave these adorable house behind, However,

I was told to come back Tuesday for 50 % off Senior Day

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 It was definitely a fun day at the thrift store. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found.

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I would love to hear what you have in mind for Christmas decorating. 

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 So until my next post...... 

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May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Thanksgiving Turkey Collection

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share my small Turkey collection, these Thanksgiving treasures have been found thrifting over the years.

You have probably seen a few of these adorable Turkey's in a few of my older post.

I will continue to be on the lookout for vintage Turkeys to add to my collections

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear about some of your collections and how you style them in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting for Vintage Inspired Christmas Treasures

Hi Friends, 

 

I'm so glad your here! As you can see I'm starting to gather up some Christmas Treasures.

Today, the store seemed not well stocked, but I found a few interesting Christmas treasures!

First treasure I found were  Christmas tins,

I paid a total of $2.75 for this group of 5 tins, which are going to look great in my Christmas vignettes this season.

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I also found a bag of colorful crochet cotton thread for $1.50, I really like using these cotton thread spools for risers or to add color in my vignettes.

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A super find I feel, is this bag of "Made in the USA, Satin Sheen ornaments for $3.00

I feel I found some awesome items at a great price today.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

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 Until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Autumn Among My Vintage Collections

Hi Friends, 

 Today, I'm so excited to share how I'm adding some Autumn touches to some of my vintage collections.

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This Fall season I'm using pumpkins, acorns, pinecones, fall pip-berries and color leaves.

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As you know I love thrifting for vintage treasures, and I really like picking up vintage jello molds ...........

........in this cubby I made a little pumpkin using two molds for the pumpkin and a vintage glass drawer knob as a stem

 I do love milk glass, usually priced fairly and easy to find (my collection is growing).

I have always enjoyed finding vintage canning jars, they are reasonably priced at $2-4's and not to hard to find.  My favorite jars are the lavender color jar, they are a little harder to find.

Over 30 years ago I started collecting "Hull's" brown drip pottery.  The year I was married (1980) I had a nice table setting gifted to us from my mother-in-law. I used it for many years. 

Unfortunately, I gave it away.

Now I'm collecting it again, go figure?

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Upscale Old Faux 'DT' Pumpkins

Hi Friends,  

Today, I'm so excited to share how I'm adding natural pumpkin vines to "DT" pumpkins.

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I grew pumpkins this year ,however the season was short and all I have is a whole lot of vines. 

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So, I decided to use the vines and upscale a few 'DT' pumpkins

Here are the vines I collected to add to "DT" faux pumpkins.

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Here's how I have incorporated the amazing upscale pumpkins into my 'Fall Decor' here on top of the hutch.

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A couple of pumpkins were put on the mantel

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by 'My Little Colorado Cottage'. 

 I would love to hear what DIY's you have been crafting. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Friday Vintage Thrifting - So Many Sewing Notions

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! Today, sharing what I found at my local vintage thrift store

This particular day, it didn't seem like there were any new and reasonably priced treasures to be found!

A second time through, I notice a large basket of grab bags in the sewing area.

This bag looked interesting for $3.00. Is that a little sewing basket?

Isn't this little basket cute?  

Inside this cute basket were odds & ends

fabric swatches, buttons, packet of sewing needles, tiny brash safety pins,

measuring tape, 6" ruler and a metal shoe horn with advertising!

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some other items in the grab-bag were wooden thread spools, a tweezer, coarse black thread, spool of pink ribbon, buttons, and a little seam ripper

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 Second grab bag for $2.50 .....

Had more sewing notions

rick-rack, pocket liners, thick black thread,

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a nice bundle of red and white ruffle lace trim,

 vintage black and red type writer ribbon,

1-inch elastic waist band on a card, 1/4-inch elastic bundle,

and a interesting 'Moppolls' instruction sheet.

I remember back in the 80's or 90's this craft project was a favorite in all the craft fair shows.

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Also in the grab-bag....

was this cute little 1960's Childs Sundress Pattern

Also a pattern to embroider the flowers on the front of the dress

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The favorite of this grab-bag is the Cross and Crown Quilt pattern with templates!

I was so glad to have the opportunity to stopped by my local vintage thrift store today.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you have used or styled it in your home. 

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 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett