Merry Thriftmas!

From now through the Holidays, all the Hill-Valley Girls will be posting their gift picks-from personal wish list to thoughful ideas for their loved ones!

HVB Thriftmas starts off with Lisa! She is all about the "date gifts" and "experience gifts" you know, instead of buying me a record, take me to the show:)

The things that would make me oh so happy this winter...

1. A night alone with Phil Collins, okay, in this case, buy me the record and I'll be just as happy:) vintage 45's, $2 each
 

 

2. A PONY!!! Collectible Vintage Toy Pony $12

 

 

3. Girls night in with my best palz! Vintage Twister $12 

 

 

Ideas for my one and only's!

 

1. For my boyfriend: A vintage weekender $12-$30 to use when we go up north for a Holiday holiday!

 

 

2. For my Bestie: A nice bottle of wine to go with this amazing Vintage French Wine Press $65

 



 

3. White Elephant: The white elephant sweater of course:)

 

 

 



 



 

Love Me Tender

It is so crazy to be coming up on one year open!!! Posting here on the blog has become a little few and far between, but fear not! We are busy bees over here at H-V-B! We are working on a new website due to be active very soon! Until then, look here and on our facebook page for specials, sales and loads of pictures. We are also looking forward to our next event which will take place in St. Paul at the March occasional Junk Love sale! More info on that very soon! Here are some of my fav pics from our Valentine's party last weekend. Check out http://www.facebook.com/Hill.ValleyBoutique for all the pictures! Thanks to Jessica Fjerstad for all the great pics, to all the Hill-Valley Girls for pulling together a fun party and to all our friends that came out to dance, kiss and shop!!!

Thrifty, Handmade, Strange and Beautiful: gifting without going to target

This year I am making an effort to avoid the monsters, Target and Best Buy and all of their competitors at all costs, not a single gift for a single person! Here is my "something for everyone" gift guide, the thrifty, handmade, strange and beautiful!

Thrifty: the pictures across the top are adorable and cheap! The vintage set is $20 and the needle point geisha is $12, all mirrors in the collage from $5-$12. Handmade is 90% of the jewelry in the shop, rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets all by local talent! The Strange, well take your pick. Mine is the cowgirl lamp, which is about one of my fav items in the shop, or the sweet little Angels, own the trio for $12! Beautiful is the ornate picture frame ($10) front and center and all of the 1930'-60's lighters ($12-$24) on the top shelf. They are these beautifully crafted, functional sculptures!

Thrifty, I have a slight salt n pepper obsession, many more than what is displayed here! Anyways, all of these amazing and collectible sets weigh in under $12/set, The silver breadbox on the left is incredible! ($22) The top 4 drawers house, flour, sugar, brown sugar and coffee! Handmade, are the knit pot holders, ($10) for the 8 piece set as well as the gorgeous aprons hanging off the stove ($4-$8each) Strange, hard to tell by this photo, but the little black guy on the right side, is a dog flask, looks like a poodle/schnauzer mix, he has 6 little cups hanging from his back! strange and amazing! Beautiful, in my opinion is the mixmaster blender with the fire king bowl, olive color, vintage and perfect condition!

Thrifty, is the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the adorable tea bag holder, both clock in under $5. Handmade, are the gorgeous pitchers, hand woven 1950's Guatemala. The Strange and awesome is the old man Bourbon flask! Tell me who wouldn't be tickled to open this guy up! Beautiful is the retro clock in the upper right, working condition, and awesome sunburst pattern!  

Thrifty is the any of the books shown including but not limited to copies of Dark Shadows, how to disco dance, how to disco dress and the John Travolta Scrapbook all between $2-$10 each. Handmade and slightly creepy and/or awesome depending on your opinion on this type of thing, the marionettes! The one on the right was made by a neighbors mother while she was in high school in the 1930's!!! Strange is the 70's odd bird piggy bank, collectible, from first national bank. Beautiful is the vintage typewriter, Smith Corona, baby blue with a gorgeous patterned hard case.

*special thanks to Malia Schroeder of Junk Love for providing the pictures for this guide! Hope this helps generate some thrifty and original gift ideas! Happy Holidays!!!

Eliza's Chrissmiss Wisshlisst ($20 and Under)

I don't know about you, but somehow I got completely taken with the holiday ghost this year and have caught myself Martha Stewarting all over the place. Besides putting up our tree well before Thanksgiving (in defense, we were moving furniture and frankly, the festive plastic fir tied the room together), I've already started plotting Christmas and am the proud mother of a wishlist of amazing goodies that can be found in Hill-Valley for, get this...under 20 bones. 

Carousel earrings made by Larissa Loden (actually rotates) -$20

 Windmill earrings by Larissa Loden -$20

Vintage Shoulder Bag -$14

charming locally-made gold stone bracelet -$12

Vintage men's chambray button-up -$14 

(-modern fit, no boxy vintage here!)

 Men's vintage print button-up -$12

I'm in love with the pattern..

Cute oversized/handmade salt and pepper shakers (great for those hard to please friends who demand some form of gift because they invite you to their boring christmas parties.. They probably collect salt and pepper shakers anyways, so this is perfect.) village green red wing, very collectible! $12

Spread some holiday cheer with this locally made necklace by Inna Royzenfeld-$30

-Clearly not $20 but..............(see picture)

Stay tuned for when I reveal my indulgent $50 list for all richie riches out there..