Dear Friends,
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season to you! Momma and I are planning to take a blogging break for a couple of weeks, but I wanted to share a few vintage dog photos (all with a festive Christmas theme).
This Calling All Girls magazine cover from 1958 features a very helpful dachshund wrapping gifts with her person.
I love this very looooooooong dachshund on a cute vintage Christmas card.
This dachshund is helping two children shop. (And he even has a cute sweater!)
This cute little terrier dog is helping Santa Claus make a Christmas list.
This 1940's vintage Christmas card is red, white, and blue -- and three little terriers wave American flags.
A cute little dog delivers Christmas cards in this illustration.
Scotties on parade! What is not to love about this? Scotties were big in 1940's illustrations, so this is probably a 1940's era Christmas card.
I hope your holidays are happy and bright! I've enjoyed visiting with you this year, and look forward to catching up again in 2017!
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Abby xoxoxo
Hi all!
I added many vintage Christmas cards to my store this week. You will find them at Birdhouse Books.
Just a few photos to give you a peek!
This Mid-Century vintage Christmas card features a fabulous chandelier.
This Mid-Century vintage Christmas card features a gold embossed Christmas tree against a red background.
This 1960's vintage Christmas Card - "To My Husband" - has a felt tree with sequin trim.
This cute 1950's vintage Christmas card features two honeycomb design red bells.
What a cute 1940's to 1950's vintage Christmas card! It says "Mr. and Mrs." in bright holiday designs.
I love this vintage Christmas card! It has pictures of an old fashioned couple outside of a theater. Look who is going into the theater - it's Santa Claus!
I hope you enjoyed seeing these fun vintage Christmas cards. Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi all!
I've been busy with lots of Christmas listings this week - children's books (old and new) and vintage Christmas cards. I'm including just a few pictures of new items here. You will find them all - and more! at Birdhouse Books on eBay.
Please note that I am running a 15% off sale on Christmas items this weekend: Weekend Sale (ends Sunday at midnight).
The Night Before Christmas is a 1953 vintage Whitman Tell-A-Tale with illustrations by Zillah Lesko.
Little Benjamin and the First Christmas is a 1964 vintage Arch Book for children.
Pop-Up The Night Before Christmas is a spectacular Mid-Century vintage pop-up book. The illustrations and pop-ups are so bright and colorful!
Who's Getting Ready for Christmas is a lift the flap book that functions like an advent calendar. It folds out and is especially cute.
The Littlest Snowman is a vintage children's book by George Tazewell, who also wrote The Littlest Angel.
The Christmas Nativity - A Manger Scene to Cut Out is an especially nice 1981 vintage cut out activity book for children.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a lovely big book with a musical element - and a special pop-up scene on the last two pages.
Christmas Magic by Margaret Perry is a 1964 Mid-Century vintage Christmas craft book. The crafting ideas and photos are fabulous!
Merry Christmas Curious George is a big, cute picture book for children.
Richard Scarry's The Animals' Merry Christmas is a lovely big picture book for children.
I love this sweet tiny die-cut vintage Christmas card from 1925. It features Santa Claus, a child playing a toy piano, and an elephant pull-toy.
This unused vintage Christmas card for a child features a cute little bear in pajamas marching off to wait for Santa.
I hope you find some treasures at Birdhouse Books - and have a lovely weekend!
Happy Small Business Saturday!
Please remember your favorite local and online small businesses today as you enjoy your holiday weekend.
I have a 25% off sale running all weekend, through midnight on Cyber Monday (November 30). I also have many new Christmas arrivals in my store ... with more Christmas items added the next couple of weeks. You will find all these unique gifts at Birdhouse Books on eBay.
Children's Advent and Christmas is a rare 1966 vintage book by Vita Et Pax.
Wumpy's Christmas Gift is a vintage picture book for children by Nancy Nash, with illustrations by Richard Floethe (1956)
Mortimer's Christmas Manger is a picture book about a little mouse who discovers the real meaning of Christmas after he takes up residence in a manger. It was written by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.
Holiday Recipes Around the World for Electric Cooking and Baking is a cute 1960 vintage cookbook booklet.
The Little Drummer Boy is a DVD of the classic children's special by Rankin Bass.
This Christmas postcard features a little boy and girl discovering a tree with candles and fruit outdoors.
This Christmas postcard features a little boy and girl with a snowman who holds an umbrella. This looks like an Ellen Clapsaddle illustration.
This especially sweet Christmas postcard features a little girl with an old fashioned teddy bear.
Santa Claus wishes a village a Merry Christmas with the help of an old fashioned megaphone on this postcard.
A sweet little girl puts shamrocks on a snowman on this charming Christmas postcard.
This Coronation Collection vintage Christmas card features a mailbox full of wrapped gifts.
A sweet mother deer and her fawn rest in the woods on a snowy day on this vintage Christmas card.
I hope you've found some treasures here, and hope you'll visit my store as well: Birdhouse Books. Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi vintage friends,
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my shop! I am listing new items daily at eBay - Birdhouse Books on eBay. If you prefer Etsy, I also have a smaller shop there: Birdhouse Books on Etsy.
These vintage cards will all be on eBay by Sunday evening. There are some cute ones featured!
1960's vintage Christmas card featuring little drummer boys and a bold Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum
Older vintage Christmas postcard featuring little girls reading a picture book. The card is trimmed in older (dark) glitter.
Vintage Christmas card with a gel finish -- a hand-tinted photo of a little boy and girl making a snowman.
Adorable English Spring Spaniel puppy dogs with holly trim - early 1900's vintage Christmas postcard.
This 1950's die-cut Christmas card for a child features a little girl holding a stocking full of toys.
This 1920's vintage Christmas card has an illustration of a little girl by Charles Twelvetrees.
This lovely vintage Christmas card is die-cut around the harp and opens up to show a beautiful Victorian angel.
This 1960's vintage Christmas card features Santa Claus and a beagle puppy.
This vintage Christmas card features a little drummer boy - and some friendly birds.
This vintage Christmas card features a Mid-Century door decoration with greenery, pinecones, and bells.
This lovely vintage Christmas card features a stained glass window.
Vintage Christmas card featuring poinsettia flowers, a trumpet, and sheet music
And old fashioned country Christmas is depicted in this vintage card, with farm house, church, and covered bridge.
I hope you enjoyed these vintage cards. I'll be listing lots of Christmas items during the next couple of weeks. Have a wonderful weekend!
