WE'RE DREAMING OF A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS

Alright everyone: here we are in the middle of August--and yes for those of us who take our vintage and vintage-inspired Christmases seriously, it's time to start getting inspired--and to plan for this year's displays! It's also time to make those repairs!

Here are some links to get you started and inspired: THE GOLDEN GLOW OF CHRISTMAS organization has a number of great videos online from past conventions; click on the link for a potpourri of vintage Christmas, putz houses, holiday advertising and more:

Golden Glow Convention 2011 - putz house extravaganza  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbwvvqbt83w
Golden Glow Pop-up Christmas display 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Rh5zgr5fw
Golden Glow Room Hopping, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2OpNPItDc

Angela G's outstanding collection of vintage Christmas lights: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17041736@N07/sets/72157629243390574/

Antoinette Stockenberg's amazing putz mantles throughout the years http://www.antoinettestockenberg.com/xmas.htm

Stay tuned for more; click on the photo to see Howard Lamey's custom version of Notre Dame--for more of Howard's work, visit www.littleglitterhouses.com; windmill and ship jewel-boxes from Croton's own Trinkets Jewelry - www.trinkets-jewelry.com

Need templates or patterns to create your own putz houses--go here for the motherlode http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=10