Handcrafted Ornaments Made in Los Gatos

How about decorating your tree or table centerpiece or gift wrap using a locally hand crafted ornament? Well, we have just the ornaments for you. Susan has crafted these wonderful decorative elements from a variety of materials, all sparkly and ready to brighten up someone's day.

The ornaments above are made using vintage images, jewelry pieces, bottle brush trees, old millinery trim and other vintage doo-dads. ($12.95 each)

Handmade pinwheel ornaments decorated with sayings atop buttons and trims and a scattering of glitter. ($5.95 each)

 Solder pendants make lovely ornaments. These are two-sided and feature vintage images in 2x3 inch silver soldered frames. ($19.95 each)

Holiday gift tags made using vintage images highlighted with glitter. ($1.75 each)

 Vintage art signs highlighted with glitter on a cardboard frame. ($14.95 each)

This is a folk art wooden angel we found. It is really wonderful, isn't it? It can be yours for just $49.00.

24 Gifts of Christmas: Inspirational Stones

These stones are special. Some have inspirational sayings etched into them; others have initials, leaves and such in gold, silver and copper leaf. Great stocking stuffers and gifts all year long.

Inspirational stones with metal leaf letters & images ($15.95 each)

Inspirational stones with etched words ($7.95 each)

REMEMBER: For items purchased in Vintages we can wrap your gift for you and arrange for shipping as well. We have gift certificates and Christmas cards, too.

Hand Made Olive Rose Dolls and V. Originals Plaques and Signs

We have added some wonderful hand made products from a number of talented American artists.  This month we want to feature the hand crafted fabric dolls from Olive Rose and hand painted artistic plaques and signs from V. Originals.

Olive Rose tells her story ... Art has always been a part of my life. My father was an amateur cartoonist and illustrator, so I spent many nights at his drafting table, coloring along. My grandmother helped me create my first hand-stitched doll dress, and the muse was unleashed. Variations of that design appear in my work today. Noticing my interest, my parents presented me with a sewing machine for my 13th birthday. I immediately set about creating my own wardrobe, and that of my Barbie doll's as well... this eventually led to design school.

My life has taken many paths - freelance designer, tailor, collage and mixed media artist. I still do what I love, and continue to explore creative paths. My collage and mixed media work has appeared in many magazine publications and books.  My life is still blessed...

We have several of Olive Rose's creations at Vintages.   Maybelle is an angel ... literally.  She has nifty wings decorated with old paper, sheet music and stamps.  Her sheer polka dot dress is fluffed up with tulle petticoats and lace bloomers.  She holds a heart in her hands.  Sweet!

Lovey is an angel too.  She flies with sparkling wings and holds a heart with a love banner.  Her primitive dress is white-washed and has lace trim.  She is a real sweetheart.

These Halloween Puppets are festive and fun.  Truly reminiscent of days gone by, kind of like the old jester wands.  And Skelly, the little skeleton doll, is quite the character!

This Big Red Santa wears a red suit and hat with hand-stitched trim and dark pants.  His vintage quilt bag is stuffed with greenery, a Christmas card and a cookie cutter.

V. Originals is the combined effort of some self described Hot Chicks from Atlanta painting pretty pictures and doing what they love, while loving what they do.  Each piece is hand-worked, hand-painted and individually detailed…with love. We are well stocked with love bird wooden signs,  painted wood blocks with snippets of sage advice and plaques with whimsical dogs and cats.

Many of these items are on our online shopping site.  Please visit our online shop, or come on in to our shop in Los Gatos.