1. Give the gift of a delicious cocktail! Pair a set of vintage cocktail glasses with the mixings (bottle of booze, garnishes, ect) along with a card that has the recipe to make your favorite cocktail. 2. A comfy cozy gift- vintage blankets are great to get second hand. You can usually find high quality …
If you love vintage Christmas décor, then it’s pretty likely that the ceramic Christmas tree is a favorite of yours. For many, the ceramic light up Christmas tree is the crème de la crème of Christmas décor, the prized possession taking the main stage of your Christmas display. Some people have just one and some …
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DEPRESSION GLASS: AMERICA’S CHEAPEST DINNERWARE Depression glass is one of the more easily found and popular antiques to collect. You’ll find it all over the place once you start to look, in antique stores, grandma’s house, Pinterest and Etsy. People like it because it’s colorful and has a fancy flair. But the real reason why …
Drinking sophisticated beer in a fancy glass is a normal thing these days. You can get a dry hopped lager in a thistle, or florally double IPA in a tulip pint, at most bars. Drinking beer has come a long way from its start in the 5th millennium BC in Iran, where it was being …
Dear Nostalgia Customers, From the owners, vendors, and shop clerks we want to offer our most humble thanks to everyone who shopped with us in 2019. We work hard year-round to bring our shoppers an ever-revolving selection of unique, precious, strange and curious items. Many of us are passionate about the hunt and truly enjoy …
Flannel shirts are part of the iconic image of the American lumberjack and have been an American fashion staple since the mid-century. The plaid flannel shirts place in American culture is only a small part of its long history. The flannel shirt, as we know it, became popular in Scotland and England in the early …
If you didn’t grow up buying vinyl and playing records you might not know a whole lot about how to find a good record. Knowing your tolerances when it comes to sound quality is a good thing to consider first when shopping for a vintage record. Do you mind a light scratching noise here and …
Fiestaware brought color and style to the dinner table in late 1930 by the Homer Laughlin China Company in West Virginia. Many people will remember having these brightly colored ceramic dishes on their dinner tables and some may even remember their mother’s coveted collection of mixed colored serving ware lovingly displayed on a shelf. Pitchers, …
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Brass figurines became a popular collectable in the mid-century and are now having a comeback as a trendy décor object. Since most brass collectables are about 50 years, sometimes older, the brass has probably aged. And it can age beautifully, that darker sometimes green look is called a patina. Some people like to leave the …