VINTAGE CHRISTMAS MONDAY & A SURPRISE!

I'm joining Joan at anything goes here for Vintage Christmas Monday!

****I have a special 'surprise' for one of my readers at the end of this post so be sure to read all the way to the end (smiles).

Now I found all the following 'vintage' items at my Last Chance Thrift Shop. Most on 1/2 price Mondays so they were even better bargains.

I started out with this little guy. What a cute elf. He is a shelf sitter but not sure if he was meant to hold a stocking? He is a little light weight so I would not trust him to hold a stocking, but he is just so cute.



Look at that little smile and with his hands outstretched saying welcome!


I have seen so many of these old Santas on other blogs but haven't seen any in my thrift stores until last Monday. He is pretty beat up and I would be afraid to plug in his light, but I love him and home he came with me!



Look at that twinkle in his eyes! He can't wait to make all the boys and girls happy on Christmas morning.



This little dog just cracks me up! I just had to give him a warm home for Christmas, hat and all.



This Santa looks like a baby toy but it isn't really squeezable...



And Last but not least is this stocking with one of those crazy elves on it, so Vintage I'm sure someone will enjoy seeing him.

The face is plastic and he has a crazy little nose!

Well these are my Vintage Christmas finds for this week. I enjoyed discovering them in the Thrift Shop.

NOW for the Surprise!!

Last week I did a post for Rednesday and showed this cute Santa in a sleigh.

The Santa is a coaster(4 in the sleigh), I just love them. Thursday I was in the same thrift where I found the Santa coasters and what to my wondering eye do I see??? ANOTHER SET OF THEM. I brought them home and was trying to figure out a giveaway in time for someone to enjoy these for the holidays. Today while visiting Claudie at Bubblin'Over I found my answer. She did a surprise (no one knew it was a giveaway post) from the comments. Well I had 22 comments on my Rednesday post showing the Santa coasters so I did a random drawing and the winner is....
Sonya at Dime Store Thrift! So girl contact me with your mailing address so I can get you these vintage coasters and some other surprises.

I have enjoyed this journey in Blogging and this is my first 'giveaway' but won't be my last. I am planning a New Year's giveaway after I reach 25 followers!

Thanks for stopping by...

Linda

VINTAGE PINECONE

Welcome to Tablescape Thursday hosted by Susan at Between Naps On The Porch.



I found myself enjoying the cooler days here in Georgia and it inspired this woodsy themed table.

First a Vintage Postcard to welcome you with Christmas Greetings....



I used a two tiered wooden nut dish to make the centerpiece. I put a birdhouse with a cardinal and pine cones in the top and surrounded the bottom with greenery, pine cones and red beads. The runner is a dark green felt with snowmen decorations. I found this at a Thrift Shop in Sanibel Island last year. Picked up the colors I wanted to use for this table.



I had snowmen salt and pepper shakers on the table along with red tea lights each place had a pine cone in the bowl....

I used red placemats, brown napkins and my everyday stainless



To start the layers I used a large cream plate with a vintage plate made by Stetson China Company on top of that. The design is called Pinecone and also was made in blue. I love the colors of green and brown on the plate.



I added a square glass bowl, found at the thrift shop for $1 each. They have an interesting texture and you can still see the pattern through them.



I had a matching small bowl and plate in the pine cone pattern and Libby green glasses to complete the place setting....



Hope you enjoyed this vintage pine cone table. I have several place settings of these dishes found here and there over several years in thrift shops and Antique stores.



Happy Thursday Everyone!

Linda

REDNESDAY - SANTA'S ANYONE?

I am joining Sue at It's a Very Cherry World for REDnesday!

First of all I will apologize for the quality (or lack of) in these photo's. Just because it's Red Wednesday did not mean I planned all the photos to have this reddish tinge...

That said....I found this cute Santa In a sleigh at my local Last Chance Thrift Shop on 1/2 price Monday. So I paid only 99 cents! Now this is some lovely vintage plastic.... Merry Christmas is written on the sleigh...



And the best part.....



The Santa's are coasters! Four of them....I fell in love with this and could not wait to get them home so I could share with all of you. So 70's I think, but just guessing.

Keeping with the 70's theme...

In the early 70's I went to my first Day After Christmas Sale...My cousin took me to a Hallmark store. I was so excited. I found this cute stuffed ornament....Santa of course...Can't begin to remember what I paid, but it couldn't have been much. He has hung on my Christmas tree every year since then.





Another item I bought that day at the Hallmark store, were these cute Santa and Mrs Claus salt and pepper shakers. They were never used as shakers but have been displayed each year as decorations. Guess my excitement when at a yard sale this past summer I found the same pair for a mere 25 cents wow. So now I have two sets....This started my love of "Mrs Claus".



She just looks so calm in the face of all the Christmas excitement.

Hope you all are having a fantastic Wednesday and getting your Christmas decorations up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog during this crazy Christmas season.

Linda

DAY TRIP TO CHATTANOOGA

On a recent trip to Chattanooga, TN I took some photos in the park. Had a wonderful time even though it was cold and the wind was really blowing.

This photo of the walking bridge over the river was my favorite
shot of the day.


I loved the blue of the steel girders of the bridge and the design and shadows they made.





A view of the carousel building through the bridge


Most of the trees were bare because of so much rain and the wind, but this beauty against the blue and cloudy sky caught my eye.




This photo is from my yard and looking at the hydrangeas that have turned brown

It was a fun to take some photos as it had been awhile since I had done so. I am not the best photographer, but I do love it and hope to continue to learn and improve.

Thanks for taking some time to view my attempts!

Linda

SHOW ME SOME BLUE

It's Friday and that means show and tell Friday over at My Romantic Home.


On a recent Goodwill stop (it was Sr discount day) I found these great "blue" finds. A set of four plates from Crate and Barrel ($2.96), 3 water glasses ($1.51), cute pink and blue napkins ($1.91)
and this great blue creamer?....($1.21) then of course my 25% discount.



Sorry the photo is a little washed out, we actually had sunshine this day.


I love the pattern on these plates!





Just love this color and the lines of this creamer.


So these were my bargains and they will show up in a Blue tablescape one of these days!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Linda