Old Christmas Magazines, Christmas in July Party

Once again I thought I would share with you one of the magazines from my collection.

This issue is Victorian Decorating and Lifestyle, Dec./Jan. 1997

It is chalk full of all kinds of inspiration for the Holidays....

Please click on pics to enlarge and then you can click on them one more time and you should be able to read the articles if you chose to........

What an entrance!!!


Love this wall paper.

It reminds me of Richard's Home over at My Old Historic House
who is currently featuring some of his beautiful reds.....

What a tree!!




I adore this lamp!!

What a fantastic home, don't you think????

I spent a week down the Jersey Shore ( not the TV show) at WildWood , N. J. every year of my life from 4 years old to about 35 years old.

As a child and teenager vacationing with my parents, we would take a ride for a Day Trip to Cape May. I remember Cape may when all of these beautiful homes were falling apart.
Then Cape may was put on the national Historic Register and funding was available for restoration.

Every year , more and more of these beautiful Victorian Homes were restored until Cape May became the wonderful Tourist Attraction it now is. This was always the day of our vacation that I looked forward to the most.....

My Dream Vacation that is on my Bucket List is to spend an entire week in Cape May during their annual Victorian Christmas Celebration.....

I was so excited when I saw this article.......




Hopefully, someday, my dream will come true!!

And now onto a great Crafting idea......

I am thinking of using sheet music......


Yes, that is a tree hanging upside down. This was a common practice in Victorian times.....

You can now buy artificial trees on a stand that are upside down. The ornaments look fantastic on these trees because they are hanging freely!!







If you don't have room for a large tree, You can use small ones.....


I LOVE this bedroom and how it is decorated!!




I hope you enjoyed revisiting this beautiful magazine.

I am participating in the Christmas in July Blog party over at Holiday Haven.

Also joining Deck the Halls Friday!!

All you have to do is link up a Christmas post from last season. You don't have to do a new post if you do not want to.
Please consider joining in on the fun!!

Also please visit Debbie- Dabble for a tour of my Craft Room as I am joining the annual party of Where Bloggers Create.

Thanks so much for visiting today and every day that you take the time to do so!!

Hugs,
Debbie

Christmas in July , Part 2

This is Part 2 of my post through out the entire month of July for Christmas in July!!

I have ordered several of these tins from Ebay before but I just had to have a vintage looking Christmas one!!

And a post card to boot!! ( my hubby is a mail man)


Last week Joe and I started sorting and pricing the donations that came in for our church's Fall Flea market.

I am lucky to have first pick but I do run up quite a tab....

These are a few items that came home with me....

Look at these great vintage ornaments....



Shiny Brites.....

And this is a church made by Lemax.

I have the village pieces and this is too large for the village but I am sure I will find a spot for this beauty........


Check it out lit up.....


A Christmas Kitchen towel.....


A tin with a Victorian skating scene .....


An Avon Plate...
I have 3 of these and this is one that I do not have....


And 12 of these darling box ornaments....


See what I mean by a box....

I can't wait to see where I will end up using these in decorating my home for Christmas...

I am linking up to these great parties:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Rednesday

WOW US Wednesday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Thrifty Things Friday

Deck the Halls Friday!!

Please pay a visit to the hostess's of these wonderful parties and their participants!!

Thanks so much for visiting me today and everyday that you take the time to stop by!!

Hugs,
Debbie

Christmas in July!!

I couldn't stay away from my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas , for too long!!

Since it is almost July, it is time for Christmas in July!!

But first, here is my Patriotic tree which is in my Living Room and will stay up until September 11. To read the entire post , please click HERE


I accidently used this pic for Pink Saturday. I meant to use a pic of something else so please forgive me.....

Before I add some pics to my sidebar, I want to tell you a little about them.....

First I found 2 pics of me on Santa's lap as a child.




Unfortunately there were no dates on those but they had to be from the early 60's.....

Here are 2 pics taken in 1961......

This first one is my sister, Barbara and I in front of the manger scene in church.

I was 3 years old and she was 13 years old!


The second one is me and my brand new tricycle when I was 3 years old!!


This is the house that my Dad built when he returned from WWII. He made the Christmas figures outside the house... I lived there until I was 4 years old..

This is the house that he built in 1962. The figures came with us when we moved. I lived there until I got married....
Here is my house in 1984..
Notice the figures???

I used them for several years and then they started to fall apart. My nephew then took them to his new home in York, Pa. He fortified the backs and got several more years of use out of them.
They went through 3 generations.....


These pics are taken from Victorian Decorating and Life Style magazine, December /Jan. issue 1999.

I thought I would share these with you....

You can click on them twice to enlarge them to read....



What a staircase!!





A Victorian Christmas just speaks to me. It was during this period of time that most of our beloved Christmas traditions were created.

The Victorians loved ornaments.....



They loved to decorate with greenery....



And they decked their homes all out for the Holiday.....


Check out those stained glass windows....



I LOVE this Dining Room!!

Look at the red ceiling......


These next pics are of a beautiful home all decked out in mostly Pink, is from Victorian Decorating and Life Style magazine, Jan. 2001


Loving those pink chairs!!


Do you see the old Sewing Machine???


And so loving that stove!!!


I hope you enjoyed these photos. I have saved all of these beloved magazines since I feel that the ones out nowadays do not compare !!

I will be posting more great magazine photos through July so please come back for a visit!!

I am joined these great parties:

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Home Sweet Home Friday

Pink Saturday

Seasonal Sunday

Amaze Me Monday

Masterpiece Monday

Rednesday

Deck The Halls Friday!

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

Hugs,
Debbie