Vintage Christmas Cards - 1940's to 1950's

Beautiful 1940's to Mid-Century design, with a touch of whimsy.

Victorian Christmas Booklets and Mini Books

Charming vintage booklets and mini-books, Victorian era to early 1900's. So sweet!

Christmas Records - Cover Art

The thing I love most about old vinyl records is the cover art. These vintage Christmas records have such wonderful 1950's - 1960's cover art that I wanted to share. We had one of these Sound of Christmas records when I was a little girl, and I remember listening to it through my childhood. Of special note with these records: Santa's Musical Grog is signed by the band on the back, and the Roger Williams record has a Gurley candle snow man on the cover. Love those Gurley candles!

Vintage Christmas Ornaments

I'm having lots of fun today researching and listing vintage Christmas ornaments. Most of these are Eames era, mid century glass. They are really beautiful! A tip about identifying vintage glass Christmas ball ornaments -- look at the silver capper at the top of ornament and look for maker's mark or country of origin, i.e. Shiny Brite, Made in Poland, etc.

Vintage animal illustrations by Dahlov Ipcar

I absolutely love vintage picture books illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar. Her animal illustrations are so exceptionally charming! She is still living and about to turn 92. I wanted to post a link to her website and a few illustrations from her books I Like Animals and Brown Cow Farm. What an amazing depiction of animals! Her website is: http://www.exitfive.com/dahlov/