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Hello, My Friends!~~~
I had a lovely Christmas and I hope you did too!
Time to offer you 50% off in Dime Store Chic! At check out you MUST use the coupon code: NEWYEAR50 (Make sure to use all caps!)
This sale will end on January 1st. Have fun!~~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~
A very very Merry Christmas to you all!
Our whimsical holiday home! A Festivus pole and cardboard cat house decoated with twinkle lights!
A poster of the creepiest and kitschiest Christmas movie ever along with a Major Award from a favorite holiday film!
Close up. Do yourself a favor and find a copy of this movie. It is insane! Santa conquers the devil, who knew?
Elves hugging in a big group!
And Santas peering out the window...Have a jolly holiday!~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~~
I found, in the large amount of vintage Christmas I purchased last Saturday, two feathered friends...
These blue birds are made of celluloid and have something rattling inside that eventually weighs their tails down. Their beaks are very slightly open as if a small piece of paper or small card could be inserted. They perch very nicely on the rim of a glass. I don't know what the original intention was for these cute birds. Any thoughts? Please share!
In addition to the celluloid birds, today I spied a large flock of pigeons standing very still in a small grass/dirt area of a local shopping center parking lot. I love pigeons. I love their shape, the iredescent colors on their necks, and how they walk with "pigeon toes" and lots of head bobbing. I decided to park and photograph this very still flock.
I stood a respectful distance away as I didn't want to scare them. I got just the opposite reaction from the flock. As I was preparing to take another close up using the zoom option, the pigeons started walking toward me at as brisk a pace as a pigeon can walk.
I didn't use the zoom feature on the camera when I took this photo of the encroaching flock. Clearly they thought I had something for them. Not wanting to disappoint, I dug a half eaten Auntie Annie's pretzel from my car and began tossing them the tiny bits of pretzel. It was bedlam. A frenzy of pigeons surrounded me. I didn't take any photos and instead tossed them the last of the pretzel crumbs and then got into my car. These are suburban pigeoins and I was surprised at how tame they were. It was a fun diversion on a sunny winter's day.~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~~
Today hubby and I went for a little journey to a warehouse estate sale! The fine fellows running the sale had combined several estates and warehouses of accumulated goods. They advertised as having LOTS of vintage Christmas. They were correct! What I found so interesting is that none of the other dozen or so shoppers, who got there when the doors opened like we did, were interested in the massive amount of vintage Christmas. We had the area to ourselves for most of the time we were there.
I am delighted to show you what awesome dime store delights filled the back of my Subaru this morning!
These ornaments and so much more completely covered our dining room table!
Shiny Brites by the dozen!
More and more!
And more!
Oh yeah..and MORE ornaments!
And Dime Store delights! It looks like Woolworth's was raining in our dining room!
I couldn't believe how many putz houses we found!
Lots of plastic and celluloid deer, elves, and adorable ceramic figurines!
And fabulously cute wall Santa decorations!~~~I have never found this much vintage Christmas that I could afforn in one place before! It was criminal how little I paid for all of this. Like Christmas, New Years, Happy Birthday all rolled into one!~~Thanks for letting me buy and brag. I couldn't help myself!~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~
I finally got my act together to post photos of mine and Suzy's booth at the Trinkle Hall Craft Show in Williamsburg, Va this past weekend. We only do one craft show a year and this one is enough for five craft shows! Due to the huge amount of tourists coming to Williamsburg for the opening weekend of thier Christmas season celebrations, the Trinkle Hall craft show is constantly busy! I don't think we came up for air in the first four hours on Saturday. Here is our booth before the doors opened...
The space is quite small, 9 X 9n feet, and we did our best to display everything we brught.
Suzy came up with this great idea of putting lattice on a PVC pipe structure for wreath display. We had to reinforce the vertical PVC pipe by sliding in galvanized pipe into them.
We went vertical with several trees used for displaying ornaments and other goodies.
Suzy brought in plant stands and a cool red shelf for more vertical display.
Tabletop space was tight but with the influx of wonderful folks visiting our booth first thing, there was available space so we could pull out more things we had to store under the table. Did I tell you the space was small?
More vertical display with a shelf my hubby found on the curb and curb-found shutters Suzy brought in.
Every corner was used to the fullest. Our neighbor had a huge carpeted wall that served as a backdrop to our goods.
We mixed in our handmade goods with some vintage goods we brought to add a little more whimsy to the booth.
A small rack my hubby made, served very well as a stocking display.
By the end of the weekend, these trees were quite bare!~~~Suzy and I we so thrilled and honored that so many folks, new friends and old friends, stopped by. We will make one change for next year...a BIGGER booth!~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~
Just a quick note to let you know that Beth's Bagz will reopen later today (Dec 3) with fun new HOLIDAY goodies and FREE SHIPPING on most items (USA only)!
Thanks for stopping by!~~~XXOO, Beth
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Hello, My Friends!~~
Just a quick note to let you know that Beth's Bagz will reopen later today (Dec 3) with fun new HOLIDAY goodies and FREE SHIPPING on most items (USA only)!
Thanks for stopping by!~~~XXOO, Beth
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