Love these Christmas Songs from 60's Artists!

These are a couple of my very favorite versions of popular Christmas songs - I could listen to them over and over again and I do!!  I couldn't find Dion on YouTube anywhere singing Merry Christmas Baby but at least you can listen to it - check it out here- my daughter's beau downloaded this song on a Christmas CD a few years ago  - I've loved it ever since - so much so that  I bought Dion's Christmas  CD - and that might be the last CD I've ever purchased!!

We'll be tuning in to the David Letterman show again this year to hear the great Darlene Love belt out "Baby Please Come Home" - it's been a Christmas tradition since the 80's -  nobody sings this song better than Darlene Love!!

Still Time for Thrifting

Wouldn't that tray of sweets be nice to have??  That neat old pic came from this vintage Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, I don't have a clue what year it's from but it's a nice book and I only paid 50 cents..  Cookbooks are the best deal, especially when you find a new one like this Taste of Home cookbook, I don't think it was ever used - it was 50 cents too and the novel was only 25 cents.

I bought four bags of buttons which I've started using already!

They had quite a few of these plates at the Salvation Army - with different years and different colors - I had to buy 1958!!  The plate is by Pebbleford and manufactured by Taylor-Smith-Taylor.  It must be a high quality item, it was priced at $1.99.

I bought this bowl because I may never find a Pyrex Dots bowl and this might be the next best thing.  I thought it was an Anchor Hocking bowl but after looking at some comments on Flickr and looking at it closer, I realize now that it's a Hazel Atlas bowl, I've seen pics of similar bowls but they're not frosted like this one.  It's cute adn I only paid $1.

This is a cute little bowl too - there isn't any marking on it at all - it could be used as a cereal bowl - it was only 50 cents too.

It seems like I haven't found any Pyrex in a while, I picked up this 402 Spring Blossom bowl at Value Village, prices seemed to be up this week,  I paid $4.99 - wonder if they raised their prices for Christmas!!  I bought this little carafe too for $2.99.  It's only about 6 inches high.

There's always time for thrifting even when you're Christmas shopping!!!!

Christmas Red

Isn't this red elf shoe cute?   I paid 50 cents for it at a thrift store - it's ceramic, I don't know if it's a handmade one or not, it has W65 and Canada on the side.

I paid $2 for this bag of wooden ornaments - I'm going to put them on a wreath.

When the snow comes to stay, we'll be able to measure it!  I paid $1 for Mr. Snowman.

I bought this postcard on Etsy - it came all the way from Belgium - I love it!

I haven't bought a tin of cookies in years - two things made me buy them - the tin and the name McVitie's sounded so familiar, now I know where I read the name in the past few months - Prince William had McVitie's make the grooms cake for his wedding.  The cookies are made in the UK  and they're quite tasty!

I've never seen tiny little napkins like this before, they're 6 x 6  and made by Hallmark.  I hate to open them - I paid a whopping 25 cents for them.

Do they even make these kind of Christmas tags anymore?  They came in the cardboard box and were made by Regal.  I used to sell from the Regal catalogue when I was twelve - maybe I sold a box like this to someone - way back when..  I've used a couple of them already..

This is about the ugliest ornament I've ever seen - can you imagine hanging that up??  I bought it for the elf - I've since thrown everything but the elf away, he's sitting on my Memory Tree now - I blogged about it here.

This is a true red post - every picture has a speck of red in it.  Check out everything red at Rednesday.  I'm also linking up to Oasis Accents for the first time  - check it out.  And, of course Flea Market Finds - always so many neat things to check out from so many thrifters.

My Tree of Memories

I went out and bought a new little 4 ft tree yesterday - I wanted one for my old ornaments that are mostly Mom and Dad's and also some that belonged to my grandmother - along with some goodies that I've found lately.  I couldn't get a regular green tree - so I came home with this tinsel tree, I wasn't sure of it but it looks pretty nice!

I can feel my eyes welling up just writing about this because I am the only one that has the memories of putting these ornaments on the tree - first I would go across the road to my grandmother and help over there then we put up our tree.  We took out the magnifying glass out to inspect some old Christmas pictures - I can see some of these ornaments - I remember putting them on the tree every year.   My grandparents passed away a while ago, my father four years ago, my mother is locked in a sad state of dementia and I have no brothers or sisters, but I am thankful every day for a  wonderful husband and two great kids!!!!

Old ornaments are such fun - hope you like looking at the pictures...  I used my slightly creepy angel that I found this week for the topper.  And, I used my Mickey Mouse lights that I found at Value Village - they look pretty nice on the tree!  You might notice the silver bells, I remember Dad making those out of egg cartons and he also did the walnut shells - we always had to crack the walnuts carefully, so they'd be good for an ornament!  You can always click on the picture for a closer look..

And here's a picture of me at age 3 - standing beside the tree - which looked pretty sparse - lots of tinsel and icicles but not a whole lot of ornaments.  I guess that's just the way it was back then, all trees looked the same....

I'm linking up with My Place and Yours: The Christmas Party - hosted by Vic - I love all things Christmas, don't you???  And, of course - Vintage Thingy Thursday is a great blog to check out every week.  Now I better think about getting our big tree up and decorated - that'll be for another day....

Some Elves, an Angel, Some Shiny Brites........

I think I might be the only one in my family that is liking the elves - my 29 year old daughter isn't sure of them - that's pretty well guaranteed that she doesn't like them and my 23 year old son thinks they look evil!!  My husband doesn't seem to have an opinion one way or the other - but I like them -  I never had an elf before and now I've found five in a week.  These cute ones were $2.99 at Value Village.

The Christmas racks were full at VV yesterday - you just never know what you're going to find in those bags - there's a lot of junk but if you  look carefully there might be  something great - like these Mickey Mouse lights or some Shiny Brites -  two boxes of gold and one red box.    The lights were $1.99 and the tiny shiny brites were 99 cents for three boxes - the lights work and only one ornament is broken.    It's a miracle they are even in that good of shape, they were made in Japan so they're old and the way the bags fall off the racks at VV - it's just a shame to see the shattered ornaments on the floor.

I hope someday to have enough old vintage ornaments for a shelf - I have a way to go yet though! This angel has kind of a strange expression on her face, but she's still cute.  She has a made in Japan sticker on the cardboard base, I paid 79 cents for her at the Salvation Army.

I scooped these glasses up right away at the St. Vincent de Paul - the girl said they had just come in - lucky for me!!  The glasses came from North Pole, NY - Home of Santa's Workshop - they're frosted and just so nice - $2.  Does anybody know a website for identifying letters on glassware?  I've been on there before but can't find it now - there's a faint letter on the bottom of each glass.

I know there's going to be lots of great red Christmas posts over at Rednesday and just as many great treasures at Flea Market Finds - I'm going to check them out - you should too.....  And while  you're at it - check out Vintage Thingie Thursday.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

I can't get this song out of my head - if it's going to be in there until Christmas, I will definitely know all the words.   I was listening to Christmas music on the satellite radio the other day and now I can't stop singing it!!  Last year it was Dominick the Donkey now it's  Gayla Peevy singing I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. Just in case you wanted to know, the song was performed in 1953 by 10 year old Gayla from Ponca City, Oklahoma.     Click on the video and give it a listen -   I bet it's going to stay in your head too!!

Christmas Red and a Bit More

I went on a road trip yesterday to visit a friend - we had a great day - chatting, lunch out and shopping.  I probably should have been Christmas shopping but I didn't get one thing - but I did find a few neat Christmas items and some other things too..

I picked this up as soon as I saw it - it's just too cute - of course there was only one but I'll use it for a decoration anyway.  It was made in Japan - bought it at a real vintage price - 49 cents!!

The old Christmas lights are the best - I love the colors and the packages are always so unique too.  Price of these great old lights was $2.99

I've never seen one of these before - I bought it for the tinsel - what a great idea for a little tree.  Why don't they make things like this anymore?  Price for this was $1.75 - it was never opened.

My day was even better when I found a couple of pieces of Pyrex - this lime green cake pan - now I have three pieces of lime green

I don't see that much JAJ Pyrex - Pyrex that is made in England - and what I do see I don't care for it anyway, but this Toledo pattern is nice, I have one other piece and I use it all the time.  I paid $2.50 for each piece.

I'm linking up to Rednesday at Sue Loves Cherries and Vintage Thingie Thursday - always lots of neat posts on those great blogs - check them out!