Game On

Earlier this month I won a large lot of vintage games at an auction. It was a veritable game bonanza I tell you.

So far I've sold the stadium checkers, used scrabble letters for a holiday project in my daughter's class, used more of the letters for a craft junque project and counted many, many, many game parts!
I am a total sucker for the vintage graphics on games. Love discovering the parts inside and every time we open one up my husband wishes out loud, "Please let there be money inside, please let there be money inside..."!

See those Masterpiece games? Have you ever played it? An absolutely fabulous game - simply one of our favorites! I think I've had at least a dozen of these games (three different versions) and sold them all. We do keep one to play but the addition of these two means I currently have three on hand to sell. A bit excessive don't you think?

Holiday Wishes

Wishing all of you a most wonderful holiday season!

Enjoy the sights, sounds, and tastes.

May there be a wealth of junque for you to find.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is gingerbread house day around here. The kids are off school and we're looking to kill time until the Big Man arrives (or does he?!).

Supplies are gathered on festive holiday plates. This year the house came pre-assembled. Score!

Ta-da! Much fun was had by all. Hope you are all enjoying the anticipation and time flies quickly!

Christmas on the Porch

A few more shots from the porch this holiday season.

Vintage Santa tins from an auction.
My found grate thing-a-ma-bob (why yes, that is the technical term) gets yet another make-over.

My auction candelabra that you can read about here hangs out with a vintage Empire Blow-Mold Santa.

Linking up to:

Rednesday at It's A Very Cherry World

Weekend Find

One of my faves this past weekend!

A bit of Friday night thrifting yielded this (and a slew of other things) nifty candle holder. She's black metal and she folds up completely flat. My inner age detector appears to be on the fritz because I am completely uncertain as to whether or not this is a vintage piece.
Usually I know right away. The metal is much heavier than one normally finds now and certainly the shape leads me to believe it has real potential to be older. I'm on the fence and had to share. So what say you - old or newer?

Linking up to:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Split Personality

I do on occasion wonder if I have a bit of a multiple personality disorder. Or should I say multiple design interest disorder? While I really do like vintage as seen here or evidenced here I am also a huge fan of...

Mid Century Modern Design
So Christmas around here is a bit of both. I like to think it works. At the very least it makes sense to someone with a personality like mine. I'm not alone in this, am I?!!

Simple Snowman

A super simple holiday snowman decoration. I've got so many ideas running through my mind as I find new bits and bobs here and there. Today I decided to put one together.
This is an awfully easy marriage of a vintage silver plate bud vase (bought as a pair from an auction), a bottle brush wreath Snowman head (from a church rummage sale), and a glittered snowflake which I'm fairly certain was part of a package from (GASP) Walmart clearance at the end of last year. Simple and cute.
Now he's going in to a box where he can be the first of many Junque Magnet crafted treasures I'll sell during the holidays next year!
Linking up to:

Thrifty Thursday
Vintage Inspiration Friday

Junkin Finds Friday

Deck the Halls Friday