Merry Christmas!!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!! Hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends!

A Little Vintage Decor for Christmas

Hello again! My goodness, is it really Christmas Eve already?!?! It's hard to be in a festive mood when we have no snow! Ah well, I'm sure we will have some soon enough.

Today is a quick post. I wanted to show you some of my Christmas decorations. I was hoping to show you pictures of my Christmas skirt, but I'm still working on it. Hopefully I can get it finished in time to wear to the church service tonight!

I love that our living room has a fire place and mantel. There are some many options for decorating! I'm actually planning a post for early in the New Year to show you all the different ways I've dressed it up since we moved into our new house. Christmas of course is the best time for decoration in my opinion, and almost anything goes.

If you look closely you can see a geeky selection of DVDs. :)

I used a mix of old and new things to decorate. Faux greens, lights and colored balls to start and then incorporated some vintage and antique items. Nestled among the greens are vintage hair combs, old photos and some hat boxes. I also placed a stack on hat boxes on the hearth. Don't worry, we're not actually using the fire place right now! The green glass insulators are great for placing over battery operated tea lights. Each year I pick up one or two new gift boxes. They are great for decorating as well for those who don't like wrapping gifts. It's great that they can be used over and over, cutting back on wasteful wrapping paper.

A box set of mother of pearl cuff links and shirt studs and a sparkly rhinestone purse complete the mantel decor for this year. I don't have any pictures of our little faux tree in the kitchen, but like last year I decorated it with vintage bits and bobs.

My outfit is a mix of old and new as well. The silk scarf and sweater are vintage, the skirt is me-made and the shoes are from Royal Vintage Shoes. (I will be writing a full review of them later on.) The  one I made back in 2012 and was patterned from my 1940s brown suit, you've seen the suit a few times on my blog as it's a favorite of mine. The skirt was among my first attempts at taking a pattern from a vintage piece of clothing. The sweater is another favorite. It was part of a vintage sweater gold mine a found at a near by thrift store! Some one must have cleaned out grandma's closet because I purchased 5 fabulous vintage cashmere sweaters all in one swoop!

What do you think? Should I plan more vintage home decor posts for next year? I'd love to hear your ideas!

Well, that's all for now. Merry Christmas Everyone!! I hope Santa brings you everything on your wish list!

Outfit Details
Silk Scarf - Fort Anne Antiques
Sweater - Thrifted
Skirt - Made by me
Shoes - Royal Vintage Shoes

Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Dames a la Mode

Need to add some sparkle to you next holiday outfit? What about your next historic costume? Look no further then Taylor's beautiful Etsy shop Dames a la Mode! Taylor is an 18th and early 19th century reenactor with a passion for historic costuming, millinery and of course jewelry! I had the chance to meet her at an event a few years back, she is such a wonderful and talented person.

Etsy shop Dames a la Mode

Emerald Cut Necklace, Colorful Crystal Necklace, Wintour Necklace. Georgian Collet Multi Color Rhinestone, Jewel Tone Crystal Necklace

You will find a stunning collection of goodies suited for many decades. Earring, bracelets and necklaces, oh my! Custom orders are available too. Taylor even carries a selection of pretty ribbons and paper flowers which are perfect for a variety of projects.

50 tiny red and white paper millinery flowers

And guess what? Right now American Duchess is hosting a giveaway to win a $100 gift certificate to Dames a la Mode! Check out Lauren's blog for all the details on how to enter.

These are a few of my favorites from the shop!! What are yours?

Green Statement Necklace. Vintage Rhinestones Emerald and Peridot. Anna Wintour, Estate Necklace, Green Bib Statement Necklace. Rhinestone.

Pink Opal Necklace, Statement Necklace, Anna Wintour. Collet Necklace. Georgian Paste, Regency, 18th Century, Josephine. Fire Opal Faux Opal

My First Blog Interview

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Cori and I enjoyed a quiet turkey day together then had a bigger family gathering on Sunday.

Excited news for you today. As some of you may know, Jessica of Chronically Vintage has been conducting interviews with vintage bloggers from around the globe. Her "Meet a fellow vintage blogger" interview series has been a lot of fun to follow. And today I am her featured blogger!! I'm very excited and had a lot of fun answering her questions. I've been following Jessica since I started blogging and really feel I have found a kindred vintage loving spirit.

Hop on over to Chronically Vintage to read her post! I am offering a special Etsy discount code too!

If anyone would like to collaborate for future blog posts please let me know! I would love to work with anyone interested in vintage, sewing, history, travel or museums as much as I am! Are you interested in guest blogging, sponsored posts, giveaways, link swapping, pattern swapping or other collaboration ideas? Excellent! Let's chat! You can contact me at vintagevisions27(at)gmail(dot)com

Green Silk Sacques

I was searching online recently and found some images of a lovely 18th century gown and thought "Hey, that looks familiar!" It's making me have second thoughts about remodeling my own green silk sacque.
But only a little. :)

 Robe a la Francaise 1725, European, Made of silk - Source