Treasure Box Wednesday: Christmas Comes Early

Deck the halls with stuff that's jolly! Fa-la-la-la-la, and all that jazz! Thrifting this week brought a bit of pre-Christmas joy in the form of holiday decor-- and much of it was of the shiny and brite kind.

Just come on over here and take a peek inside this big, copypaper box filled with thrifted ornamental goodness!...

Do you notice there, that lovely, lovely vintage box of glass bulbs? Oh, yes... it's full. Come see, come see...

This was just one box of a treasure trove of cheerful ornaments found at the Christian Layman's Thrift Store in Greensburg.

Ah, how exciting it was! I was perusing these fascinating World War II glass globes at the time, kneeling and examining their unusual paper foil hangers...

...When my shopping buddy, Scoobie (it's her birthday, today, by the way-- happy b-day, Scoobie, if you happen to read this!)-- anyway, Scoobie walks over with a bit of a cat-who-swallowed-the-canary look on her face. Clearly, a girl who was up to something.

"Whaaaat?" asked I, suspiciously.

Whispering like she was passing along some secret code, she said, "Shiny Brites.... Back room, far right hand corner."

Ah! It's always good to have a friend who knows what you're looking for. So, casually, and not at all ready to break into a sprint or anything-- I got up to investigate.

Shiny Brites! Indeed!

I could see the well-cared for ShinyBrite boxes right away. And inside, were jewel after jewel to go on the tree. But wait! What was in the shoe boxes?... I took the first shoe box down and...


More Shiny Brites! Bells and tops and little chinese lanterns... Kerflumpets and wangsnoodles and other delights of Whoville! One was even just like a bulb which had died a sad death at my house last year, due to the strange and unfortunate migrating nature of last year's Christmas tree. I never thought I'd recover.

So after the first box, I was pretty breathless when I grabbed the second....

...Handpainted ornaments! I've never found any of those before. I was truly overjoyed.

Other finds there were these cute flocked vintage elves. I'll use them in this little area I set up in my entryway sort of like "The Land of Misfit Toys"...


And a flocked vintage King (Old King Cole, maybe?)... And I do believe that is Little Miss Muffet accompanying him, with her spoon, bowl and complementary spider...


Then at the Good Samaritan Thrift Store in North Versailles, I got this cute vintage paisley table cloth...

And this rather ornate peachy-pink vintage chenille bedspread. I love the pattern on it-- reminds me a bit of a decorated cake!...


Lastly, at Junk for Joy in Jeannette, I got these two small butterfly-shaped dishes in a blue and amber carnival glass.


Oh, it was really an exciting day on Saturday, folks. I felt truly lucky to find such great stuff for such little money. And knowing that money went to the charities, too, makes it seem even better. What a pleasure a good thrifting experience can be-- just all around!

• If you happened to miss Sunday's post on World War II propaganda posters, click here.

Thanks for letting me ramble on and share the fun with you today!