More Vintage Christmas Awesome

Here’s another vintage gem: good old McCall’s, from 1971. Chock full o’ crafty goodness!

I’ve seen a lot of variations on embellished cookie cutter ornaments, but these, lined with velvet ribbon, are really pretty. (Nice use of embellishments, too.)

This magnificent thing is constructed from paper-wrapped boxes and wood planks. Gold beads and bunting, oh my!

Look closely. (Yeah – apologies for the photo. Bad print quality on this page.) Can you identify the material that makes these cards?

Paper cocktail umbrellas, my friends. And what a beautiful idea.

These ornaments are made from drinking straws, people! This is a crazy-detailed Martha-type craft from way before the Martha Era. Imagine the hours of painstaking cutting and tweezer-placement!

And these are some of the best examples of pasta crafting I’ve seen. (Also rough print quality – sorry.)

Fruitcake candles?! This is genius! How do they get that icing flame to stay upright? It’s piped around a toothpick. What an awesome presentation!

…And just because it’s cool, I’ll share my favorite thing about this book. It has all these little notes pinned in it by its original owner.

More tomorrow!