Happy New Year! Top Ten New Year’s Traditions to Start for 2022

Let me start by wishing you a Happy New Year from TheVintageVixenShop!! I hope 2022 is a year of self discovery, realized dreams, and conquered fears for you! For TheVintageVixenShop, I hope 2022 brings new customers, successful hunts, and of course more beautiful, rare treasures to share with all of you. I won’t be making

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Vintage Mid-Century Christmas Ornaments: Making Sense of the Hype

The Basics Mid-Century glass ornaments, are in my opinion the most whimsical and fun ornaments of the 20th century! The colors are so bright, the forms are so varied and not to mention how most were created to better catch the lights on vintage Christmas trees, making them all made to be eye-catching as well.

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part VIII

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part VIII Welcome to the final part of the blog series, Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns. Last week, in Part VII, we discussed popular vintage glassware patterns by Jefferson Glass, Lancaster, L.G. Wright, and Smith Glass. For this week, Part VIII will focus on patterns by Paden City Glassworks, Moser Glass, Pilgrim

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns Part VII

Part VII: Welcome to TheVintageVixenShop’s blog series, “Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns”! Last week, in Part VI, we looked at patterns by Dugan-Diamond Glass Company, Northwood Glass Company, Westmoreland Glass, and Colony Glass. We’re at Part VII this week and will look at patterns by Jefferson Glass, Lancaster Glass, L. G. Wright Glass, and Smith Glass.

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part VI

Part VI If you missed Part V last week, we looked at popular vintage glassware patterns by Viking Glass, Avon Glass, New Martinsville, and MacBeth-Evans. Up this week is Dugan Glass, Northwood, Westmoreland, and Colony. Dugan-Diamond Glass Dugan Glass was founded by Thomas Dugan. Dugan was the cousin of Henry Northwood and asked his cousin

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part IV

Part IV: Heisey Glass, Noritake, McKee Glass Company, & Tiffin-Franciscan Glass Last week, we discussed popular patterns by the glass houses of Smith Glass, Tiara Glass, U.S. Glass, and Duncan & Miller. This week we will be looking at more popular patterns of vintage glass from the houses of Heisey Glass, Tiffin-Franciscan, McKee Glass Company,

Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part I

Vintage glassware collectors are a widely diverse group. Some collect by color, maker, era, piece type, but many choose a specific pattern that they love and try to get an entire set all in that pattern. For some patterns, this is a pretty attainable goal and most pieces can probably be found at flea markets,

“I love it! What is it?”

When people first learn about what I do and my Etsy shop, TheVintageVixenShop, their first question is usually along the lines of, but, how do you identify the piece and know how to price it? Of course, shopping, and finding awesome vintage pieces is the easy part of what I do, but I can’t sell