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Friday, December 23, 2022

Vintage Thrift Haul - Looking For Vintage Christmas


 Hi Friends,

I've been thrifting this week, just couldn't help myself and I'm glad I did

1st stop was my local Vintage/Thrift store

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This cute basket of 1950-1960 retro plastic floral stems had a sticker marked - Made in Hong Kong - it was priced at $4.00

                                                             

I'll be using this group of retro plastic floral picks on the front porch, the center base is sitting in the lid of a vintage milk can 



along with a wreath for $3.00





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  • I spied a cute retro 1950-1960 candle ring, (wasn't a price tag) to use on the front porch



  • The cute hand-made glitter ceramic tree was priced $1.00, looks how nice it fits in this grouping.


  • a bundle of red candles for $1.00 will be used as back for 


The bundle of red candles will be used as back-up for the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' log.
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I've mentioned before I usually pick up 'Grab bags' 

This bag was $2.00 

    •  inside the bag was a little wooden baseball player will be adding him to the wooden ornament collection.

      • The little pheasant which will be saved in my Fall Décor.
      • The red sled, penguin and note pad may be a gift for a grand child stocking?? 
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      I did find a few more wonderful treasures at this shop...


      • The glass lid container I put on the vanity in the guestroom

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      • tin cup went in the shelf in front entry way with the other tin/pewter cups
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      • the two custard cups the price was $1.50 for the pair I placed on a shelf in the front entry

      I added tea light to the custard cups
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      • the two red lid shakers the milk glass shaker was priced $4.00 and the colored sugar shaker was priced $ 4.00, are in my new china hutch

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      • The awesome large clear glass bottle ( wasn't priced), I added greens and placed it on a shelf with my Tobacco related items.

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      • the ink jar had a price of $4.00, I added the ink jar to the shelf in my corner computer area.


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      Thank you so much to everyone that follows 'My Little Colorado Cottage', and my vintage journey, I appreciate you all and wish You and Your Family a Merry Christmas!

      May God Bless You and Your Family, I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett








      Wednesday, December 21, 2022

      Vintage Christmas Vignettes

       Hi Friends,

      Thank you for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage' to see what is going on!

      Today I'm adding a little bit of berries, greenery and a few seasonal items to the vintage cigar box shelves. 

      I hope to give you some ideas, how you can have collections and still be able to add seasonal touches with out a lot of fuss.

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      This cute decoration, my sweet friend gifted to me last Christmas season the ornament has lights inside.


      on the same shelf I added a few mercury glass stems to the green mug surrounded by a few heart rocks, then I just added green glass ornaments to top off the 'Sir-Walter Raleigh' tobacco can

      at the end of the shelf I keep a few of my small vintage glass bottles and just add sprigs of greenery and pip-berries and holly pick


      I've showed this cute vintage Santa earlier I thrifted a couple of small bottle brush wreath and hooked one of them on the Santa's arm still looking for a small cloth bag to put in his other hand, the little ceramic Bull Dog is a craft from the kids

      I was so excited when I saw these cute figures that I thrifted last year, the Mrs. Claus is marked Japan. I believe I also thrifted the silver-plate tray last year

      I keep a few of my Rooster and Hen collections out year round, when I found a place for my collections that warms my heart, 

       I try to decorate in and around the grouping of my vintage collections that I love.



      I really like how the vignettes turned out this season, I'm really liking the added greens and a little sparkle from the berries and glass bulbs.

      Thank you so much to everyone that follows my vintage thrifting journey, I appreciate you all and wish You and Your Family a Merry Christmas!

      May God Bless, I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett




      Saturday, December 17, 2022

      Hand-Crafted Christmas Village on the Mantel

       Hi Friends,

      Thank you for stopping by 'My little Colorado Cottage', today, I'm working on the Mantel 

      This Christmas season I'm setting up my Christmas Village on the Mantel.

      The first of December I shared Past Christmas Village Vignettes and a few glitter house patterns I found on Pinterest.

      Today, I'm showing off a couple of glitter houses that I made this season.

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      For a little whimsy I made some stars from silver pipe cleaners

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      I had the craft star it was originally green I just painted it white and added silver glitter

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      This Glitter House was my first pattern I tried, fairly easy I did add the chimney and a awning over the door

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      The second house turned out larger than I was expecting and decided to turn it into the local grainery or granary 

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      As I have mentioned the ceramic shops I purchased from Wal Mart as a craft.


      I also brought out my small collection of 1940's 'Transporation Glass Candy Containers' to the Christmas Village.



       My first try at a cardboard Glitter House



      I love how my mantel turned out. I've really enjoyed the hand-painted shops and now I loved the hand-made glitter houses I hand-crafted this season.
      I want to thank you for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage' I hope I can encourage you all to just step outside the box when crafting and have fun.

      Until my next post....
      May God Bless You and Your Family,
      I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett




      Friday, December 16, 2022

      Friday Thrift Day - Looking for Vintage Christmas

       Hi Friends,

      I stopped by my local thrift store to find some vintage Christmas....

      I am so excited to share a few thrifted treasure I found!

      A super cute wooden three section train for $ 2.50, of course, I was thinking about my two year old Grandson....


      isn't this wooden train adorable?  It might stay at Grandma's house.

      I do have some small dowels in my stash I hope will fill in for the missing dowels.

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      the red cloth napkin with light blue thread running through it for $0.75 , I'll be saving for the month of July.
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      Also you see I found a little bag of two small bottle brush crafting wreaths for $.50, 

      I'm hoping they will fit on a few vintage Santa's I have.....



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      I also bought myself a check/plaid long sleeve shirt for $ 3.50




      Thank you all so much for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage' today! 

      I appreciate all of you and wish You and Your Family a very Blessed Holiday.

      I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

      Wednesday, December 14, 2022

      Vintage Christmas Touches in the Kitchen - With recently Thrifted Find

       Hi Friends, 

      Thank you so much for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage', It's always great to show you what I have been up to....  

      Today, I'm sharing how I have added Vintage Christmas touches to the shelf above my kitchen cabinets

      The this short strand of lights I thrifted many years ago, the longer strand was thrifted last July 

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      This Christmas season I added my Santa mugs to the the kitchen shelf.


      I also brought out the vintage elves



      adding some thrifted green and red sparkly Christmas bulbs



      recent thrifted small waving Santa's




      The little Santa mug was a pair I found at my local Vintage/Thrift store for $2.00



      The three celluloid seasonal magnet I thrifted this month













      I believe this Santa mug is my favorite in my collection








      Thank you so much to everyone that follows me. I appreciate you all and wish You and Your Families a Merry Christmas, God Bless You All!

      Thank you for stopping by today, 
      I 'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett