Sandy gets to meet Santa!

For Vintage Christmas Monday I am going to tell you a little about me, I guess I would be considered vintage! :)

I was only lucky enough to get my photo taken with Santa Claus one time as a little girl in the late 1950's - early 1960's, but I still can remember that night so vividly. We lived in a suburb of Cleveland and so we got to go downtown to Halles Dept. Store. Santa was on the 7th Floor. There was a Toy box that you had to have a key to to get a toy. So as you went to have your photo done, Santa's "elf" gave you a key. OK....it is just a cardboard cutout of a key on a red yarn tie, but it was magical to me! The whole department store was incredible to a 5-6 year old, the colors and the lights and the decorations! Santa's "elf "was named named Mr. Jingeling, and he had a song in the ads on TV for Halle's that I can still sing today .....

Mr. Jingeling

How you ting-a-ling

Keeper of the keys.

On Halle's 7th floor

We'll be looking for

You and all your keys!

I found this photo a few months ago and decided it needed to be displayed this Christmas....what a sweet photo of a very happy little girl! I can't really relate that she is me!

And here is my youngest son Chris at this same age....the innocence and joy is so apparent. He couldn't wait until Christmas. I still am thankful that his teacher did this photo!

I love this time of year! Sometimes I wish that 25 year old man was still a 5 year old boy!

Thanks for coming by......

Goodwill Hunting

Wasn't that the name of a movie??? :)

Well, after seeing on numerous blogs the great finds people were getting at Goodwill I finally got time to go to two of them, and I really had fun! All of this was 10.00!


I just love these kind of decorations! The wonderful colors of vintage ornaments, it is plastic but I am going to set it up high....no one will ever know! :)

This was actually two pieces but she gave it to me for 2.99....it is really pretty....and vintage feeling.

This sweet little blue vase is going to my Aunt Rosemary, some of you know about how special she is to me, she celebrated her 83rd birthday on December 7th. She loves this color blue and has a little collection she puts in her kitchen window so the sun can shine thru the glass. In this Goodwill bag-o-goodies there were a lot of fun plastic ornaments that will look great on a wreath!

This is a vintage box of lights, they are all red. I saw that Suzy at GeorgiaPeachez makes wreaths out of lights....really different! I am going to give it a try!

I have a real attachment to vintage jell-o molds....the little ones are going to end up Christmas presents....if I can get busy!


This bag was a steal at 2.99! It was chock full of goodies!



Isn't he cute???? Not my style, but I will re-donate him to my community's ornament collection.

The photo isn't the best, but the bell is loaded with sequins and sparklies! ( Is that even a word??? ) LOL The candle ornament reminds me of my Mom, she made a set of these for me.

Again, I am not into beaded ornaments, but these were well done! I will find them a home!

I have seen numerous creches on other blogs and thought I sure would like one....this one is pretty good size and perfect! I just love it! I remember these when I was a child...they used to be really small back then, made of plastic like this one and real kitschy!

This was a good day, I started out really early at Ikea, my friend Meri treated me to breakfast...a really good sized meal for 1.99! Then we went junkin' and to a scrapbook store....is that a perfect day or what? Have a great weekend!

By the way....Ikea had all of their Christmas items half price!