I’m not a fan of orange squash, but I do like these little reindeer.
Tag: christmas
Wishing You a (Vintage) Merry Christmas!
How I wish that it was December 1950! I’m attempting to recreate the Christmas feel of a time gone by with these gorgeous images from one of my Woman’s Own magazines. I imagine there will be many chocolates eaten over this festive period: mostly by me! I won’t be smoking though; despite my inclusion of…
Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper
The last time we went to Germany, along with a thousand and one pots we bought a great big stack of retro wrapping paper. The idea was that with Christmas approaching, it’d be easy enough to flog it on for a small fortune. Small fortune has not appeared. I’m not sure why: I think the…
Meet Clara Belle: West German Woman
This is Clara Belle. Isn’t she a stunner? My parents gave this to us as an early Christmas present and we love her! She’s taken pride of place on the sideboard, next to the giant Carstens lamp. Believe it or not, she is actually marked as 701 W.Germany. Neither of us have ever seen anything…
1950s Christmas Tupperware
This was behind the door of our Sci-Fi Christmas Advent Calendar two days ago. What wife wouldn’t want a set of pastel coloured Tupperware?
Vintage Christmas Advent Calendar
We haven’t bought advent calendars this year. Instead, Aidan spent about four hours making one using this as the picture on the front: Not only is the advent calendar a masterpiece in design (which Aidan made himself – I’m very proud); the picture is unbelievably amazing. Look at it: it’s got 1950s people in futuristic…
Vintage Woman’s Own: Winter Wonders
Today was the first day that I really had that Christmassy feeling. This is particularly amazing for me as I often don’t get into the mood until a couple of days before; perhaps it’s all the frost and talk of snow around the North of England. Whatever the reason, it has inspired me to write…
Christmas Presents from the Parents
We’ve been extremely lucky this year in that we’ve received a fair number of West German pots amongst other retro goodies. Not only did Aidan and I give each other some fantastic things, but both our families also gave us some amazing things. Firstly: the Jarvis side (mine) I’ll save my favourite til last… but…
A Pre-Christmas Catch Up…
I must confess, I’ve been extremely slack at blogging my retro escapades for the past month. Usual excuse: far too busy with end of term assessments blah, blah, blah. Nevertheless, a catchup is in order. This amazing dish is one of our latest auction finds. We bought a box full of stuff, mainly because this…
Little Owl Ski 