FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, & MORE AT EVERYTHINGCROTON

We were delighted to see that our own FAMILY CHRISTMAS ONLINE got a mention in a recent article on Christmas trees and trains! Click on the link! http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/340515 

We've really gotten bitten by the house shaped cookie tin bug when we saw all the BIG LOTS tins collected at Ed Berg's site; so when we came across this at a local thrift shop for a song we had to snap it up. It's not vintage but we love it!  Click on the photo. See all the BIG LOTS TINS courtesy of Ed Berg, here--just keep scrolling down the page once you get there: http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/search?q=big+lots+tin 

Reader Lynn reminded us about how much great Christmas stuff is at Victoriana magazine--including putz! Shown in the picture at the link below are vintage Dolly houses:

http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/putz.htm 

Putz artisan Howard Lamey of littleglitterhouses.com sent us this really interesting link with lots of patterns and more http://plushpossumstudio.blogspot.com/2011/06/family-fun-project-modeltown-villa-out.html 

Pete Oehmen's vintage putz house reference guide is a work in progress; click on the link, scroll down the page to see Lynn's posting about how you can acquire assorted chapters http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=255&start=10 

And for our new readers who've asked again: All the putz house patterns/templates you'll ever need: http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=10 

Oehmen's Coconut: Pete Oehmen has discovered the secret of coconut--and has mullions by the millions: read and see more here http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/11/for-putz-house-builder-restorer.html

Well it's finally happened: no more prizes in Crackerjack boxes any more--liability/choking hazard reasons--in fact, they don't even put the product in boxes any more but are instead using bags. Sacrilege!  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38647108@N08/8347218482/in/photostream 

A fabulous quintessential 1950's Christmas sign  http://www.flickr.com/photos/madslucky13/8326631324/in/photostream 

BULLWINKLE, ROCKY AND MORE - a fantastic scan of a 1960's article http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/01/bullwinkle-rocky-and-more-special-treat.html