Tis the season for a Magpie Ethel holiday! (that is 5:30 pacific time)
It is never a holiday without an assortment of spun head friends!
Elves and Deer
Angels galore.
Some teeny Magpie Ethel ornaments.
Ethelville continues to grow this year as well
And an assortment of just fun holiday things.
I have two sizes of Carmen Miranda fairies this year.
Lots of goodies. Hope to see you there!
Tis the season for a Magpie Ethel holiday! (that is 5:30 pacific time)
It is never a holiday without an assortment of spun head friends!
Elves and Deer
Angels galore.
Some teeny Magpie Ethel ornaments.
Ethelville continues to grow this year as well
And an assortment of just fun holiday things.
I have two sizes of Carmen Miranda fairies this year.
Lots of goodies. Hope to see you there!
Happy Holidays! My house is in full holiday mode and it is time to share!
There is no missing my house with all those Santas to greet you!
Heading inside and there is no mistaking who the popular fellow is here this time of year.
This spot holds my collection of Santa boots and vintage candy canes.
A forest of vintage bottlebrush trees, christmas card baskets and vintage gnomes.
I did a forest of vintage aluminum trees in my front window of various sizes. Four total trees covered in vintage Shiny Brite ornaments.
I have a little niche that holds all my vintage deer. The big fireplace is vintage and made of styrofoam.
I pulled out my collection of vintage foil bells this year...plus lots of other holiday shiny bling.
My coffee table holds a forest of vintage trees of all varieties.
I always do my vintage garland between the dining and living rooms. It is covered in old ornaments and is a show stopper.
Surprise, surprise! More Santa collections in the dining room.
My staircase has a garland decorated with vintage foil candy containers, old Christmas corsages and other holiday bling.
Holiday decorations made their way into the bathroom as well. I bought the bells lights to resell, but then I found a great spot for them and they are super cool lit up! The ceramic elf head is new as well and is charming with a poinsettia.
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Holiday fun in the kitchen as well. We have oyster stew on Christmas eve and the vintage sign is perfect!
A collection of metal Christmas list boxes.
Snowman land is in the kitchen nook.
My collection of misfit NOEL figures spells out a nonsense word.
I also pulled out my vintage cardboard fireplace and wrestled it together. (they are a pain to assemble) A collection of vintage cardboard store display Santas round out the scene.
Thank you for reading to the end of very long post! Happy holidays to all and I hope you have a marvelous Christmas.
For more daily Magpie Ethel fun you can follow me on Instagram...always lots to share (and I post much more often than here on my blog)
The elves and I have been busy holiday crafting away in the studio. (I wish I had elves..everything is made by yours truly). I have lots and lots of holiday fun that is headed to ETSY this Thursday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m. (pacific time). I have tried to list a bit of this and a bit of that...and then I have two shows locally as well (details at the end of the post).
Lets start the holiday Etsy parade.
I will have more than what I have posted here as well as my usual mercury glass candy canes, funky color bottlebrush trees and reflector flowers. I have been busy!
It would not be Christmas without new Ethelville homes.
I found a bunch of vintage millinery fruit at an estate sale the other day and the timing was perfect for Carmen Miranda ornament crafting.
I certainly like my glittery bling.
Lots and lots! Come join the holiday fun next Thursday!
My local shows are over the top crazy with a Magpie Ethel style wonderland. They really are fun.
Laurelhurst School Winter Bazaar, Sunday, December 3rd, 9-4 (Laurelhurst Elementary School, 840 NE 41st Avenue). You can see a post on last years show here.
Crafty Wonderland, December 8,9 and 10. Friday night is 5-9 and tickets are available online. Saturday and Sunday are 11-6 and it is free. Oregon Convention Center, Hall A. You can see last years booth here.
Tis the season!
Part two of the holiday decorating today. The living room was part one and sharing the rest of the craziness today. I always look forward to putting up my white garland between the living and dining rooms. It is covered in vintage glass ornaments. After the ornaments come down, I use it for New Years and Valentines Day.
My china hutch holds a huge amount and variety of Santa figures...plus my Santa mug collection.
I don't pick up Santa mugs anymore unless they are a style I don't have.
My kids are 23 and almost 25 so it delights me to bring out the Santa photos from when they were young. I decoupaged copies from vintage holiday cards to decorate the frame. It holds 15 years of Santa visits.
I just found this Santa this year. He came without the wreath. I saw a photo of him on Instagram with the wreath and realized I had it in my stash and had found it elsewhere. Meant to be.
He lives in a line of bottlebrush tree on top of a window ledge.
My banister got decorated with white garland to match that in the dining/living room. It holds my collection of vintage foil candy containers and other vintage bling. The metal duck is the finial on the stairs. It is an old child's bedpost.
This year I found a second plastic Christmas tree that I use to display my glass bell collection. I never find these trees so I was pretty giddy when I found one at an estate sale. Two trees...time to find more bells!
On Instagram this year I put together my collection of Crystal Pine trees so I could do a photo in some snow that we got (a rare occurrence with snow). I decided they had to be displayed somewhere this year, so I popped them onto my dining room table with some vintage deer Gurley candles.
My collection of Christmas list boxes live on my kitchen counter. I just found one more this year...I don't collect doubles.
A little sass on my kitchen windowsill.
I did not set out to collect vintage Salt and Pepper shakers. These were going to be crafted with. When I saw how great they are lined up...they became keepers.
And of course there is snowman land in my kitchen.
Two long holiday posts! Happy Holidays to all! Happy Day!
I decorate with vintage stuff for every holiday, but Christmas is the biggie here. Over the top. Quantity and displaying like with like. It makes me smile every year. Lots of photos, but I'm not a holiday minimalist!
It would not be Christmas without my Santa collection on the front porch!
A forest of four aluminum trees in my front window full of Shiny Brites. Vintage inflatable reindeer frolic beneath.
Every year I hang an old mirror in this spot and use it as a backdrop for decorating. My santa boot collection also lives here.Usually I display a bunch of vintage cardboard Santa store displays on top of this cabinet. This year I mixed it up with inflatable Santas.
They became part of the Santa crazy wall.
This year my giant stuffed moose head came out.
I gathered up a bunch of my vintage trees and displayed them on a tiered tray on my coffee table.
Hello Santa! He was a squeak toy but has petrified over the years and is rock hard.
I used my white vintage trees to display my collection of angels. This year I added some vintage honeycomb lanterns to the mix of garland on the trees.
I always have a reindeer land.
This Rudolph is new to me this year. His nose even lights up!
I rounded up all my bottlebrush trees and displayed them in old card boxes. I threw in a few oddball creatures to live within the forest.
Inflatable angels.
I like that you never know what to expect at my house. A vintage wonderland.
That concludes part one. To be continued....
This was my eighth year as a vendor at Crafty Wonderland and I love that show more and more every year. It is super well run (thank you Cathy and Torie for this awesome event). The crowds come and I love visiting with other vendors. It is awesome. Awesome.
I get a 10 x 10 booth and I craft hard for this event. There are close to 20,000 that come through the doors during the three day show (Friday night early buying and then 11 - 6 both Saturday and Sunday). I have to be prepared with lots of inventory. Picture heavy post.
We have a 7 hour window to load and set up for this show. I have it down pretty well and can power through set up. It sounds like a lot of time, but when you have a gazillion little things to put out....it takes forever.
I use quite a few vintage kids ironing boards for display. I like the color, the different heights and they are an unusual display piece. You see them scattered about my booth.
My silver display tree always looks so fun packed with my creations. I had a good assortment of ornaments this year.
I love collecting vintage Putz houses and then flipping them. They are often in such disrepair and it is fun to give them new life. I call this little subdivision of homes Ethelville.
There is no cookie cutter look to Ethelville.
I have a bunch of old dish drainers that I use for display. They are great colors and add some quirk.
The forest of bottlebrush trees is always a magnet for shoppers. I love the untraditional colors that I use.
I think Santa would approve of what came out of my workshop this year. (note his little SC belt buckle. He is an old Rempel squeak toy that has petrified over the years)
Thanks to all who came and shopped. Thank you to everyone who has supported my Etsy business this year. Thank you to all those blog readers and all those Instagram followers (20,000 plus right now with followers!). It really is a fun little niche I have found. Happy holidays to all.
I think this was the 5th or 6th year as a vendor at Laurelhurst. I love this show. It is well run by parent volunteers. There is great community support with customers and it is in the most charming old fashioned school. I look forward to this event every year.
I have a TWO hour window to set up and was down to the absolute wire to get the booth put together. I have so many littles to get out! My photo taking was fast and furious before the crowds descended. Here we go. I used white tablecloths with assorted collected vintage netting overlays. Despite my best intentions, I got one askew. They are still darn cute.
So many little holiday goodies. I pack pretty much every square inch of this booth.
This little snowman putz house scene was a favorite. The house is larger than what I usually find. It also still had the original price tag on the bottom from Meier and Frank for fifty cents. It is a gem. There are always party birds in my booth. Always.
If you follow me on Instagram you have seen these giant head wreaths. I did four of them and kept one. The wreaths were vintage and made from old plastic bags. It was fun to finally but them to use.
I had some old burned out ice lights. I love the texture and color and I crafted them into some of my wreaths this year.
It was a really terrific show. Thank you to everyone that came out an shopped. It was an awesome day.
One more show to go. Saving the biggest for last. I have a 10 x 10 booth and I always have a magical world of vintage holiday.
Tis the season!
It is always fun to see photos of my booth and use it as a diary for shows to come. I collect and craft all year and it is exciting to actually see everything come together in one happy holiday booth. Picture heavy. Here we go.
I had a 10 x 20 booth right near the entrance to the show. It was a great spot. Look to the left.
Look to the right.
Look everywhere in between.
There are always gussied up deer.
I love this big tall display suitcase. It is full of shelves for all my littles and simple to transport from show to show.
I sold lots and lots of tiny ornament boxes.
I sold a trio of snowman figures. Papa Snowman, Mama Snowman and Baby. They were darling.
It was a good show and thank you to everyone who came and shopped.
Three more shows to go locally. Laurelhurst, Crafty Wonderland and the front window at Monticello Antique Mall (with Amy). Details listed on the right sidebar. Tis the Season!
My holiday shows are just around the corner and I have been crafting away. First up, in less than two short weeks is Plucky Maidens Holiday Junk Fest!
I have done this show for a few years and love it every time. So much fun! Come check it out1
I can't wait!
For a list of my other shows please see the sidebar on the right...I have them all listed there. Tis the season!
