Christmas Collector's Alley # 3, Master Bedroom Tree (#2)

I am joining Denise Marie over at Christ is the Heart of Christmas for

CHRISTMAS COLLECTOR"S ALLEY # 3

Please stop by and visit Denise and the others playing along. Won't you share with us your Christmas Collections???

Today I am sharing with you Tree #2, what I call my Vintage Tree. This is the tree of my Childhood and it is in the Master Bedroom. It is a 4 foot table top tree.


The vintage ornaments are from the 50's and unfortunately , they are not from my family. My sister told me that my Mother actually threw away the ornaments that we had like these.


These I picked up at Estate Sales and Yard Sales through out the years and put them away for the day I would be able to recreate the tree from my very early childhood.

The topper is a vintage glass blown one!


Most of these ornaments are hand painted.


I even added the silver tinsel from the 50's - 60's. I didn't know they still made it!!!





Underneath the tree is a Plasticville Village, just like the one that my Dad used to struggle to set up , laying on his belly, every year.

If you look to the right on my sidebar, you will see the tree with the village underneath it!!


This is the barn and animals that I played with as a child before Dad set up the village.


The blue and white house always fell apart so one year, my Dad got so mad at it that he glued it together.


The reindeer, figures and the bottle brush trees were also my parents.


Some of the other pieces of Plasticville I bought at a yard sale along with the vintage Putz houses.


Here it is lit up at night. I chose white lights instead of the colors lights.




So that is my collection of Vintage Ornaments and vintage Plasticville.

I have the entire upstairs decorated for Christmas with 5 trees up. The entire downstairs is still Halloween and Fall. It is like you go through a Time Warp when you go upstairs! LOL!!

Stay tuned for more of my 12 trees!!

I am also linking up to :

Rednesday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Deck the Halls Friday

Deck the Halls @ Between Naps on the Porch

Thanks for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit me!

Hugs,
Debbie

CHRISTMAS IN JULY - MY 12 CHRISTMAS TREES!!!

Happy Christmas in July!!

Many retail stores, both online and brick and mortar stores, are celebrating Christmas in July with special sales!

This idea has led me to create a separate Christmas blog so I WELCOME you to my new Christmas blog, A DEBBIE-DABBLE CHRISTMAS!!

Last Christmas season ( 2009 ), I had 12 Christmas trees in my home! Yep, you read that correctly - 12 Christmas trees!

If you missed my Pink Saturday Post on my other blog Debbie-Dabble, showing my Dining Room and Craft Room trees, please click HERE

This is my Dining Room


My Craft Room Tree


So that was 2 trees, now I would like to show you the other 10!

Please come in...........


Number 3- My Living Room Tree


The theme for this tree is red and gold and Victorian style ornaments.


Along with the white lights, I have added candle lights to this tree


And red velvet bows




This is my Christmas Village that is underneath this tree

I have collected pieces since 1981



Number 4 My Powder Room Tree


I decorate my Powder Room with Snow Buddies and the color theme of white, silver and blue!


Unfortunately , there is no receptacle available to plug in lights so this tree is just decorated with Snow Buddies.

Number 5 is my Kitchen Tree. The Kitchen is decorated with Gingerbread men and Candy Canes.


This is a 3 foot tree that I have placed in my milk can!!

There are peppermint candy ornaments on this tree


Number 6 is one of my Den Trees


The theme for my Den is a Dicken's style with Carolers and a vintage look with a burgundy, blue and ivory color scheme

I have my Thomas Kinkaide Ornaments on this tree with Thomas Kinkaide house below


The tea cup ornament is a Thomas Kinkaide


Number 7 is a wire tree that is on top of my China Hutch in my Den.
I have ornaments that depict Vintage Children and carolers


Number 8 is the tree I made for my Victorian Doll House.
Yes, I even decorate Nelson Crest (my doll house) for Christmas!


Number 9 is the tree of my childhood and it is in my Bedroom.


This tree is decorated with vintage glass ornaments that were from the 50's and early 60's when I was a child


I bought these at yard sales and flea markets


Below is a Plasticville Village
Some of these were my parent's and were under my childhood tree.
There are also vintage Putz houses and bottle brush trees that were my parent's.


Number 10 is the tree that is in my Hubby's Corner in our Bedroom. He is an avid Pittsburgh fan and we have season tickets to the AHL Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins Hockey Team which is the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
So he has a Penguins and Steeler's tree!!

I guess you can tell that he was thrilled when I painted our bedroom gold! LOL!!

Next is tree Number 11. This tree is in my Guest Room.


This is decorated with novelty ornaments from my two son's childhood and icicle ornaments.




And finally, tree Number 12 is a small tree , also in the guest room, that I decorated with mini pink Victorian ornaments.


So those were what my 12 trees looked like last Holiday Season. I do change them up every few years. When do I start to decorate you ask? Since I work full time, I start on November 1 after I take down and put away my Autumn and Halloween decorations.

I am linking up to several parties so please try to visit the participants in each of these great parties:

Rednesday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Blue Monday

Christmas in July Blog Hop

If you love Christmas and the holiday season as much as I do, Please join up as a Follower of my Christmas Blog, where I hope to show you anything and everything Christmas!!
If you have a Christmas Blog, please let me know so I can add you to my Blog Roll!

To see some of the Christmas crafts I create , Please visit my Business blog,
Elegant Creations by Debbie

Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Hugs,
Debbie