Holiday Recap.

Happy Day after Christmas!! I really wanted to keep up on posts over the holiday, but as I'm sure most people understand...it got busy. My mister and I had a lovely holiday together...our 3rd Christmas together!! Time flies when you're in love.

On Christmas Eve I went around to some thrift shops in search of cheap retro holiday decor...and I certainly scored. I found so many great ornaments, it prompted me to put up a tree last minute to display my new/old treasures. But before our Christmas Eve tree, Brad and I had some fun making scenes with the ornaments. A few photos from our playtime:

 After we played I ventured over to my hometown of Mesa...Reason #1- to visit my favorite thrift shops on the eastside, #2- to help my momma cook a little for Christmas. 

Man-o-man, my very favorite thrift shop did not let me down!! Check out this load of vintage Christmas ornaments I scored!!

Since I had found such great holiday ornaments/decor all day, I grabbed my mini Christmas tree from my mum's to set up at home. When I plugged it in at home I was disappointed to remember that only a few of the pre-strung lights worked...boo. But that wasn't going to ruin my Christmas Eve! I had thrifted some red poinsettia lights that I wrapped around the top of my non-working tree...it turned out a bit hodge-podge..but I'm fully a fan of perfectly imperfect. 

A crappy phone photo of my last minute tree:

Although it's quite imperfect, it was so great to have a tree to look at on Christmas morning. 

I'm planning on stocking up on Christmas decor today since hopefully everything will be on sale. I will post later today about my handmade holiday gifts. They ended up being a hit with my family, I have three requests to make more!!

Merry Sunday!

xo. Traci

When I geek out, it gets REALLY geeky.

I picked up this really adorable house-shaped cork board while thrifting a couple weeks ago, and in my festive mood decided it would be cute to make a little Christmas scene in it. It turned into a bigger project that I expected. And in the end, I feel like a total dork for making it. But here it is, in all it's geeky glory:

It looks like a 3rd grader made it, but it was fun playing arts and crafts like a kid again.

Geek to the max. Not going to deny it.

Happy Monday.

xo. Traci

Thrifted Thursday.

Hey there. Welcome to my Holiday edition of Thrifted Thursday!! My recent festive mood must have helped me strike gold in the vintage Christmas decor department. Last time I stopped into Goodwill, there it was, retro Holiday magic....now all mine! This photo sucks so bad (mega sorry), it was a quickie on my phone, then I never had a chance to re-take nicer images before my Butter Toast duties today.

Clockwise:

1. Vintage quilted Christmas tree, complete with bows and bells!

2. A retro 3-piece plastic (lawn?) decorations...Santa in his sleigh and two Snowmen.

3. Vintage painted glass Christmas window decoration.

4. Polka dot Christmas tree salt and pepper shakers.

5. Green plaid Holiday coasters.

6. Retro '12 days of Christmas' themed pint glasses. 

(They didn't have the full set, so I settled on 3 of my faves).

I know it's a little late in the season to start collecting holiday decor, but I couldn't help myself...I'm a vintage addict!! 

I also picked up this little guy for the shop. 

He needs to be cleaned up a bit, but how could I resist?

He's about 3 feet tall, and I want to name him....any suggestions??

Hope you're having a lovely Thursday. 

I'll be back tomorrow!!

xo. Traci

Bits of Cheer.

Today, Jasmine brought in some really cute vintage Christmas decor for the shop... I was so pleased when she walked through the door with holiday goodies!! It definitely helped get the store a little more holiday-ready. I snapped a few lil' photos on my phone to share...it's not much,  but combined with the extra Christmas lights we recently hung, it definitely helped the Holiday spirit in the store :)

Our chalkboard sign outside, got a little Holiday makeover as well.

The First Friday Artwalk is about to get underway...come downtown and check out all the fantastic local artists & businesses!
xo. Traci

Swoon Saturday.

Hey there! Happy Saturday to you! Okay, so I've always been that girl who doesn't like to decorate the house for holidays throughout the year...I don't know why, maybe I'm just not that festive...It just always feels kinda cheesy to me for some reason. BUT, this year, I've seen so many cute holiday displays, I may have to change my mind about holiday decorating. There is something so dang cute about holiday fawn...I'm convinced that if I had a stellar collection of vintage fawn, I'd want to dress them up for the holidays. These cutesy kitschy fawns are what I'm currently swooning over today...Maybe by next holiday season I can collect enough to make an adorable display myself!

Click the images for sources.

I'm ultra-mega swooning over that last image...what a fantastic collection!!

Elsie's holiday fawn display is ultra adorable, I always love her displays.


So far, this is as festive as I've been able to get at the shop...I'm going to work a little more on holiday displays after Thanksgiving.

Hope your weekend is going lovely thusfar!
Ta ta. xo. Traci