Saturday, December 11, 2010

Vintage Christmas Figurines

Vintage Christmas figurines are a lot of fun to collect and decorate your home with during the Christmas holiday season. Figurines can be purely decorative or they can have a useful function like salt and pepper shakers. While Santa and Mrs. Claus are popular vintage and antique figures, there are numerous other figurines associated with Christmas that you can add to your vintage figurine collection. Decorating your home with vintage Christmas figurines is a great way to get into the spirit of the Christmas holiday season.


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Vintage Christmas Ornament: Snowman

Christmas is traditionally associated with snow, and therefore it is not surprising that one of the earliest Christmas ornaments made was the image of a snowman. Children world over have been making snowmen out of snow for decades. Vintage and antique snowman ornaments are made from many materials, many from household items like cotton and fabric. Snowmen are a popular vintage ornament to find, and are available online if you know where to look. There are many different kind of vintage snowman ornaments available in many different styles.


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Vintage Christmas Ornament: Soldier

Every Christmas tree should have at least one wooden toy soldier ornament hanging from its boughs, and that is true of a vintage decorated Christmas tree as well. Antique and vintage toy soldier ornaments are not that easily found in mint condition, so you may have to refurbish the ornaments you do find. A substitute for a toy soldier ornament could possibly be a Christmas toy soldier nutcracker ornament.


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Vintage Christmas Ornament: Icicle

Vintage icicle Christmas ornaments are harder to find than many other vintage and antique Christmas ornaments due to the fact that they are more easily broken with usage and wear and tear, however you can still find some lovely additions to your vintage Christmas ornament collections in icicle shape. Icicles have been mostly made from glass or beaded glass, and sometimes out of mercury glass creating a very shiny sparkly addition to your Christmas tree.


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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Vintage Rhinestone Christmas Tree Brooch Pin

It is almost impossible to celebrate Christmas without a rhinestone Christmas tree brooch on your lapel or sweater. If you are a collector of vintage jewelry, you can find some lovely and unique vintage rhinestone Christmas tree brooches so that you will have a different pin to wear for every Christmas party or event. While most vintage rhinestone Christmas tree brooches are quite affordable, there are some highly collectible pins that are more valuable.


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Christmas Ball Ornaments

Vintage Christmas ball ornaments are the basic building block of decorating any vintage Christmas tree. Ball ornaments come in several materials, and will fill in any gaps that you may have in your vintage decorating scheme as you collect the vintage and antique ornaments that you would like to have in your home. There are beautiful Christmas ball ornaments make of glass that are hand painted and very creative. You will also be able to find Christmas Ball ornaments in plastic and often have a scene inside.


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Friday, October 29, 2010

Vintage Christmas Ornament: Angel

Angels are a really important part of any Christmas tree decorating, and that is true of collectible vintage and antique Christmas ornaments as well. Angels are one of the oldest Christmas decoration themes, and therefore can be found as antiques and slightly newer vintage ornaments that will fit beautifully on your vintage decorated Christmas tree. Many people feel that an angel on their Christmas tree will bring special Christmas blessings to their home.


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