Christmas Thrifting & My Brand new Aluminum Tree

Over the past week Christmas items have been showing up at the thrift stores.  I've had a few stunning finds. First I found three boxes of ornaments. One of pink and green with glittered scallops made in Poland, the other box of was of darker pink and blue ornaments made in the USA. I also picked up one box of modern clear ornaments that will look quite pretty hanging from the chandelier.

After that original trip I found an adorable Vintage candy garland and a hand sewn Rudolph the Reindeer door knocker. It looks like one of those lovely Bucilla kits that my Grandfather's aunt would sew and give to people every year.

Vintage Candy Garland - Hand Sewn Rudolph Knocker - Boxes of Ornaments

The best item at all that I thrifted was a bag of vintage ornaments! It was around 50 reflectors, hand painted, and solid balls. Most of them were from the 40s and 50s, and a few were from Western Germany. I took them home as soon as I could and transfer them into a box to keep them until I put them on a tree.

Now on to the actual antiquing. I was lucky enough to spend a day with a friend in the suburbs and we went to antique mall. I had just sold of a ton of books to half priced books in anticipation of my eventual move and had money to burn when out of my eye I caught a familiar box.

7ft Sapphire Aluminum Christmas Tree

It was nothing other than a Aluminum Christmas Tree! Now I've always told myself that I'll never buy one. Not because I hate them (already own a silver tinsel tree), but because they are so expensive. But this one was just the right price. I managed to snag this one at a steal for $75! Sure it's not garage sale prices, but considering I spent $15 less for my six foot silver tinsel tree a few years back, and Aluminum trees go for $150 plus on ebay!

Areah helps set up the tree - It even has pompoms

It took a while to set up. The original owner has not organized the branches and thus I had to measure all of them to make sure I knew where each one went as the tree had five different branch lengths, some with only a 1 inch difference.

I can't wait to put all the ornaments on my tree.