Make it Merry Tip of the Day

Before you head up to Home for the Holidays, are you pulling out all the Christmas boxes?  Have you put up the tree yet?  Have you been dreading it?  How about Making it Merry this year by keeping things a bit more simple than you did last year?

 

Make it Merry Tip of the Day: Christmas Balls in Ball Jars

A pretty pop of color in an unexpected vessel... an old ball jar.  Festive.  Simple.

We think a grouping of different shaped jars like these are pretty.  We are even selling some of our jars already filled with balls.  And we also have some individual vintage balls.

 

Tip of the Day Checklist for Booth58 Shopping:

Ball Jars of many sizes

vintage Christmas balls

 

 

 Remember:  Simple is great! 

 

 

The Night Before Thanksgiving

It is the Night Before Thanksgiving... and we are getting ready for the big celebration!

As visions of turkey legs dance in our heads, we send our biggest
"Gobble, Gobble, Gobble" and "Happy Thanksgiving" to all of you Junk Lovin' Friends.

 

Enjoying His Goodness Today...

Much Love from the Booth 58 Family

Leftovers anyone?

 The turkey is still frozen in the fridge, but I am already salivating thinking about it.  Anyone else's mouth watering thinking about eatin' some good food this week?

How many times can you eat leftover Thanksgiving dinner?  One, Two, Three times? 

I've heard two different takes on leftovers recently... "Leftovers are the best part.".... and..."No thank you...once is more than enough for me."

 

By Friday or Saturday afternoon, will you be ready to taste something new? 

 

We have just the thing for you....

 

Home for the Holidays -A McKinney Christmas is the place to be....

And new tastes of the season are just part of the fun! 

 

Make plans Friday or Saturday to come up to McKinney ... and plan to stop by Antique Company Mall while you are up.  Booth 58 is filled to the brim!

We snagged these two old McKinney street signs on our most recent junkin' trip.  They will be the perfect Christmas gift this year for someone who calls McKinney home!

Make it Merry Tip of the Day

Make it Merry Tip of the Day: Unique Package Ties

Add a little more "merry" to your gifts this year by adding something unique to your packages.   The wrapping can be just as amazing as the gift itself! Mom's Christmas wrapping is always part of the treat.

Just a few pretty examples:

Add a bit of nature with a pinecone, piece of evergreen, or feather.

Add a bit of shiny with an German glass glittered snowflake ornament

Add a key to your package tie... A unique one-of-a-kind extra.

My personal favorite: a piece of silver plate - a spoon, fork, or knife... Sometimes Mom finds engraved pieces with the special someone's initial.  Such a sweet addition to a package.

Booth 58 has lots of options to help you make your gifts feel that little extra love.

Tip of the Day Checklist for Booth58 Shopping:

German glass glittered snowflakes

rusty keys

silver plate pieces

pinecones

other various ornaments

 

B58 Christmas Classic

Mom has been making these framed music pieces for several years now.... Noel, Joy, and Rejoice are in the booth now.

  We consider them one of our Booth 58 "Christmas Classics" -

A lovely gift for that "classy gal" in your life...

Who on your list needs one? Mom? Sister? BFF?  Music Teacher?  Or ....Maybe it is YOU! 

Bundled Up for You

We've done a lot of junkin' over the past 4 1/2 years for Booth 58.   In Texas, we spend most of the year braving the heat, but this wasn't the case last week.  Friday, we traded our sunscreen for our gloves.  All bundled up, we headed out to dig for cool treasures for you.  And we didn't come home empty handed! 

After defrosting a bit and warming up with a hot bowl of soup, we added some new handmade goodies to the booth..... just in time for a busy shopping weekend at the ACM! 

Happy Monday .... Stay Warm

today...

Today is a junkin' day for us.

Today we are fluffin' Booth 58.

Today, despite, all the Christmas surrounding us, we are getting really excited about Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday!)

What are you doing today?  How about this weekend?  Make a trip up to see what all the fuss is about up here in Downtown McKinnney... you won't be disappointed!

 

Make it Merry Tip of the Day

Booth 58 Make it Merry Tip of the Day:

Set up a hot cocoa station this year. 

 Leave out mason jars filled with cocoa powder, peppermints, and of course - marshmallows!  Add some fun holiday mugs and some pretty spoons. 

How about setting the goodies on a nice silver tray... or better yet, a child's sled?   A small chalkboard sign will welcome your friends and fam to come warm up.

Tip of the Day Checklist for Booth 58 Shopping:

mason jars

 fun holiday mugs

 pretty spoons

 small chalkboard

 nice silver tray

 child's sled

Just add the cocoa!

Winter Whimsy

Remember when I talked about adding a little "whimsy" to your décor back in the fall?

Booth 58 is full of whimsy this wintery season...   

Look for small items that are playfully quaint... things that make you look twice!  

What "whimsy" can you add to your Christmas collection this year?

Our Merry Mascot

Meet our Booth 58 Mascot ... for this season...

 We think he is kind of fun ...pokin' out of the corner in the front window... like he is watching you as you window shop.



Going, Going...

GONE!  Fall is gone from Booth 58...  Just when fall finally arrived here in Texas, there are few signs of it in the shop.  

 
We headed up to the mall early Saturday morning to move Christmas in.  With Scare on the Square behind us, the pumpkins have left the building... and the tinsel has set up shop.  Lots of fellow ACM vendors had the same idea ... Christmas is here, friends!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 

PS - We still have Thanksgiving bits and pieces in Booth 58.  Our Give Thanks banners and a handful of turkeys can still be spotted if you look close!

Been junkin'....

We filled the big red truck with junk this weekend... and unloaded lots of it in Booth 58...

Head up to ACM this week to see what you can find!