Christmas in the Booths

First frost this morning, but it did not seem to kill anything. 32°f/0°C at dawn, warmed to 62°f. 

A quick look at my work in tge Ravenswood booths. Adding Christmas doesn't mean lots of tinsel and such---mostly it means adding a bit of decoration and highlighting all the red and green items already in thd booths, ljke this mid-century pinch bowl, and the cake stand from the 1960s.

Last year i hit on the idea of using cupcake containers to display vintage ornaments. They worked pretty well. (The Bigfoot ornament isn't vintage, just fun!).

Part of an estate buy back in August,  I finally got all the Shawnee Corn King dishes displayed. I should have had them out sooner, as they are really out of season now. But maybe someone will buy a few as a Christmas gift for a collector. I can hope!

Rae Dunn is not vintage, but people collect it, so i added this kettle found at a thrift recently.

Of course, not everything is Christmas-y in my booths.

I brought this table in last week, and I had a cute pink Christmas tree on it, but it sold as soon as I put it out! So I added the card display in its place.

Once again, photos of the display window are just difficult with the glare, but here is one side.

And here's the other side. I will try again if I get there  one day in the morning, when the window is in shadow.

Mr. Easter Island Head changed his witch hat for a Santa hat. He almost sold Saturday, but the guy really wanted a pair, and I just have the one.

I would miss him anyway.

That's some of it anyway. Today I organized the rotes and got most of them put away. Then I had ro pack a large set of china I sold on ebay: service for 6 plus 2 casseroles, a serving bowl, 2 platters, cream and sugar, butter dish, and 2 platters. Packing them up took up my entire afternoon, but i was happy to see the set stay intact--it was made in the 1920s by Haviland Limoges, in their Theo pattern, just so lovely. Here is one of the pieces.

Time for bed! It's been a long day, but a good one.