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6 Beautiful Vintage Holiday Decorations

December 24, 2013 5 Comments

6 Beautiful Vintage Holiday Decorations at Hands Occupied

1. beaded angel / 2. beaded bell / 3. plastic canvas and beaded bell / 4. felt and tiny holiday bauble angel / 5. plastic canvas bird feeder / 6. crazy bleach bottle santa

Vintage Beaded Angel Ornament

Last year I shared 12 ornaments for Christmas, which were a mix of mostly vintage ornaments from my family’s collection and a few recently handmade items. Today for Christmas Eve, I wanted to share a few more vintage ornaments and one crazy handmade decor piece. They’re notable picks from my mom’s stash shot when I was home for the holidays last year.

Vintage Beaded Bell Ornament

I am not a beadwork DIYer at all, so ornaments 1 through 3 above are three I photographed but wasn’t capable of sharing a coherent tutorial for this year. They’re so beautiful (the work of my crafty genius Great Grandmother Louise), I just had to share some shots of them in case any of you are talented bead workers looking for inspiration.

Vintage Plastic Canvas and Beaded Bell Ornament Vintage Felt Angel Ornament

Ornament 4 (above) is exceptionally gorgeous and subtle in person – you wouldn’t believe the quality of vintage crafting felt! It’s mostly constructed with glue and hand sewing. And finally, I shared a tutorial for ornament 5 here, and number 6 is actually just a crazy Santa decoration made with a recycled bleach bottle. A tutorial for the Santa tutorial is available here.

How-to: Vintage Bird Feeder Ornament DIY | Hands Occupied

How-to: Vintage Style Santa | Hands Occupied

Merry Christmas!

vintage image via the graphics fairy

Filed Under: Christmas, Inspiration Tagged With: christmas, crafts, diy, midcentury, ornaments, vintage

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Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. Carol

    December 28, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Number 3 was made by your Great Grandma in her 90’s. Number 4 has always been my favorite and dates back as long as I can remember.

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  2. Emily

    December 30, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    These are wonderful! I love vintage ornaments (really anything vintage Christmas) and seeing these handmade ones are wonderful! What great keepsakes!

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  3. laauton

    January 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm

    I would love to have the pattern to the bell (#3) if you find it

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  4. Kristin

    May 3, 2016 at 12:11 pm

    I really love the bell (#3). Do you have the pattern so I could buy it?

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    • Heidi

      May 5, 2016 at 1:45 pm

      Unfortunately, I don’t. My great-grandparent who made it passed 14 years ago.

      Reply

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