My FAVORITE Thrifted Christmas decor items

[@barbarahilton3360]

It's the trill of the hunt...you're in your element when you talk about thrifting...

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

You are correct. I'm normally a quiet person with not too much to say but this stuff I can talk about all day

[@dorothylehman4164]

Julie I love listening to you I'm a 72-year-old great-grandmother and I do crafts and I do trash to Treasures I just love watching you and listening to your stories you do such a good job keep up the good work

[@mariamjoseph3605]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful memories with us. Watching you relive the magic of the moments was delightful. You’re so sweet 🌸🌺

[@pattybrowning8489]

Yes.... it's about the thrill of the hunt that makes my heart leap. Merry Christmas.

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@dianaanderson6448]

Keep the bucket outside! Just put a plant stand inside it and switch out potted plants for the rest of the year. Thanks for sharing! Love seeing all of your creations.

[@leamonroe-odette1997]

LOVED this video!! Thrifted finds often have a great story and it's so fun when we get to share them.

[@bettywest7997]

I love that Christmas scene picture. I would hang it at eye level so it can be enjoyed more. Eye level for portraits and detailed pictures are the best viewing. In your bucket I would put folded antique quilts and a cream colored afghan spilling over one edge. Great finds! 🎄⛄

[@jodeeclarklompa852]

Don't even worry about not doing a whole home tour. I'm just super happy when you have a new video out. I love the thrifting, diy-ing, anything! I think that we sometimes forget that you have an actual life and that's what we love about you! Just keep being Julie. So glad I found you this year!

[@angelanieuwenhuis6344]

You are Precious....I still remember my very first garage sale. It must have been at least 40 years ago....but I remember the thrill I got from buying cool things. I bought a sugar and creamer set and a cup with a motorcycle on it. I still lived at home so I gifted them to my parents. I wonder where they are now. Lol I love the metaphor of "hunting stories". It is true. Each piece has a story to tell. ❤🇨🇦

[@mariaortiz210]

I love the 3 wiseman embroidery hoop display.

[@jodiemeschke6889]

Thank you for sharing stories about your special treasure finds. I have similar items throughout my home that have special meaning to me and I remember when and where and how much they were. As you said, it's the thrill of the hunt that we remember. And it's nice to have others who share in the excitement of a great find. I would love to see other thrifted favorites in your home.

[@dawnbaumann3264]

My mom had a galvanized mop bucket exactly like the one at the end of your video. Seeing that brought back fond memories.

[@heathersarbo271]

I will definitely watch that video. My favorite things I put out are my Christmas quilts. We have a large family and everyone grabs one and we watch a movie all bundled up! Pa winters are beautiful!

[@paminwinchester]

Julie, You make me so happy - just to hear your voice - after a rough day in an odd Christmas during Covid. If I can’t sleep, I look for one of your Trash to Treasures videos. Watching you work and your excitement, at transforming thrift finds, gives me joy. Thank you for being so personable, relatable and talented. Merry Christmas! Pam in Virginia

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Thank you for the sweet comment. Merry Christmas 🥂

[@sueheiney8566]

Loved it. Do more. My favorite is hand carved Santa that has all names of my family on Santa’s list. I’ve added my son-in-laws and grandchildren over the years. It is bittersweet because my parents and husband deceased.

[@lorraineophoff4984]

I love how “REAL” you are! I can relate! I love your tree box too! The picture w Christmas tree, the huge yarn tubes in Christmas trees, and the slim Christmas trees and the galvanized bucket are all so lovely! Thank you so much for sharing a part of your Christmas life story with us.

[@janebentrott5984]

I would keep the bucket outside for sure! You would be great at making cut out wood items! (Hearts, shamrocks, Easter eggs, etc.) In the summer you could set a plant of flowers inside, and then go for pumpkins in the fall!! You could set a small ladder inside to add more decor. I also love your small trees! I’ve been looking for some, but they are so expensive!🎄 I enjoyed this video!

[@donnalemmond5603]

I absolutely love your channel and your personality!! I wish we were neighbors!! One of my earliest memories are thrifting with my grandmother, I lived with her and that’s how she clothed me!! I’ve done it ever since, if I can’t buy it used I have a really hard time paying retail!!! I’ve bought several pieces from farm auctions when we used to live in Iowa those are probably my favorites!! Also once we moved back to Oklahoma I was able to buy an vintage Amish Double solid oak school desk with bench!! I’m a retired teacher so that means a great deal to me!!

[@judyarchey3867]

I loved seeing your thrifted treasures and the hunting stories to go along with them. The item I display every year is a nativity set that my mother purchased using green stamps in the 60's. Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year.

[@iselaperez6660]

Decorated Valentines small christmas tree in the galvanized bucket, floral during the spring, or throws and pillows year round. I love it! Its amazing!!!! Hope I find one someday soon. XOXO FROM TEXAS!

[@barbararay899]

I love your stories, we all love to share are great fines. I think your calveniz bucket is a old mop bucket it is really neat. I think it would be fun to fill with the Louisiana local nautical items. A old shrimp net, canvas bag of shells maybe a fishing pool. A old seafood sign ect.

[@nancysnell5295]

I have a pair of ice skates hanging by my front door, I found them at a garage sale. I love them.

[@marlahanks7278]

The painting with the town & tree-LOVE it! And girlfriend-$10 for ever how many of the spools with the yarn!! Heck of a deal :) I have several of the wooden "bobbins" with thread on them. They're the very narrow ones. I have them in the living room and the kitchen. I'm a quilter/crafter so love lots of different categories of things, as well. Thanks for sharing. Have a great holiday season :)

[@heymomma]

Love seeing how you use thrifted items!

[@margaretwilliams6134]

You really have the eye to find the beauty! Such a talent!

[@deidrafrady4416]

We definitely have similar tastes....I too love that painting!!!!

[@darlenecraig5658]

Hello Julie, I loved hearing your stories and sharing your favorite finds.... TFS Darlene

[@amyhoff1501]

I would turn it into a planter for year - round use and you can change the plants according to the seasons. I love ❤️ love 💕 love 💗 to garden and that’s what I would do

[@DementiaWithGrace]

Bingeing your older Christmas videos! I can tell you all about my thrift trophies!! Lol! Enjoying your videos so much! ❤️

[@traceymccoyKC]

Loved to see these thrifted items and how you use them!!

[@eunicenield9631]

I would love to see a tour of all your favorite pieces. I really enjoyed this.

[@lindajohnson24]

Love to see your thrifted items in your home!

[@conniesanders9755]

Yes I know what you’re talking about. I always tell people the stories about my thrifted items. I live in TN. My children live on PA and MA. People just put things out on the curb and I get the best pieces of furniture, oddities and fun things for FREE. Can’t wait for this Covid-19 to go away. Need a children, grandchildren and thrifting fix. Merry Christmas to you and your adorable family

[@melissamccracken6327]

I loved this video!!! I love all the things you find. My style has changed so much over the last few years. I’m all about old and stuff that people think is junk!

[@pollyporter-campbell7493]

Thrifting is hunting...without a gun! My favorite Christmas thrift is a huge tree made from old costume jewlery. Sometimes I leave it out until valentine's.

[@gogglemom70]

I’d love to see that! I bet it’s gorgeous!

[@marymack4105]

Absolutely love the painting.

[@violethoffermobilehomemove9189]

Love your treasures! The Bucket is a janitor mop bucket. I remember them well in the halls of school, when the custodian moped the school hallways.. Just about anything would look cool in it..

[@melissafurr]

I too, found a pair of ice skates this year and paid $2. That are brand new never worn. I styled them in a vintage wagon with other winter items under a Christmas tree.

[@gpace9751]

I love all your videos. I love everything you make. It is so fun to see how your mind works. You see potential in other people's junk and I love that you come up with such beautiful things. I watch every video you do and always want more!

[@charlotted6247]

I love my trees. I put trees everywhere that I can tuck one. I love all sizes of trees. My bathroom is very small but yes it has a tree also. They make me feel warm and happy and I cover them in ornaments. I have made the majority of the ornaments over time and so there are so many memorable tied to them. Merry Christmas

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@charlotted6247]

@@JuliesDesignsandSigns I was rolling when you talked about you remember where you bought something and how much you paid. My mom used to do that and I thought how do you do that and why.....Well fast forward a few years and I find myself telling people exactly where i bought some little treasure, oh it was at a yard sale at this place or a flea market.....I remember a sign from years ago that said, Mirror Mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all!! Always a joy to see what you do with the treasures find.

[@sherryhopkins3599]

The bucket was a steal !

[@lauraandmert]

Yes more thrifted video stories and videos...

[@sandiwhite5453]

You can tell your passion for thrifting, the bucket could hold a fern or any kind of plant, even an umbrella holder, my favorite christmas decor is my ceramic tree my mama made back in 1982. Thanks for sharing, Merry Christmas🎄

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@anndesignconsultants]

Yes definitely do a tour of your thrifted items in your home.

[@bobbiehofmister]

I would love to see another video on your thrifted favorite finds.

[@rhondateal9079]

One of my favorite yard sale finds is a trunk I bought for $1. I would love to see more of your thrifted items in future videos and am still a fan of the thrift to treasure videos. You could roll some bath towels up to go in the bucket, use it in different rooms

[@kathyball554]

Merry Christmas. I love this video. I think the galvanized bucket is an old industrial mop bucket. I would put pots of tulips for spring, daisies for summer and mums with fall leaf branches for fall.

[@kimmoores4402]

I love your enthusiasm, it’s so infectious!!! I can’t wait to see what you upcycle next 🤗

[@treasureslayer3049]

My galvanized bucket I change it to a potted plant or flowers for Spring, Summer, then Fall I put foliage, mum, pumpkins, etc.

[@judystewart1950]

Yes do another one , I really like these.

[@dianeroel4771]

Definitely do a tour of your thrifted items. I love seeing how thrifters use all their beautiful finds in their homes.

[@avelinasanchezbythe851]

Yes I love all your thrift stuff because I like to do the same thing I enjoyed watching every little piece that you bought they were very very nice

[@karenrobbins4622]

I think your galvanized tub would look cute with your last name stenciled on it in a color like red with a black background.

[@TracyAnnCreations]

loved all your thrifted items. As for the galvanized bucket, I'd be afraid it will rust if you plant flowers in it, but you could pick wild flowers and greenery tie it up with jute and place it in the bucket.

[@karenhildreth2257]

I love your thrifted Christmas items. My favorite idea was the tree box. Love your ideas. Merry Christmas from Alabama.

[@marthahill1919]

I love your hunting stories. I'm just like you I can remember when and where I got them. I have a beautiful winter scene with 2 cardnials to me they represent my sister and brother I lost both of them this year. It's my favorite.

[@janvan4424]

I'm so sorry for your loss 😢💗

[@kajlove1]

I loved this video so much talking about my finds is like talking about your newborn. Not everybody wants to hear about her every time they see you, but thrifters get it!

[@janetdavis5619]

I love this kind of video! I'm a huge collector, so I enjoy seeing your favorites! I had a huge collection of antique Christmas things, about 30 tubs full, but I've sold it all now, one of my faves was my vintage bottle brush trees! Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤💚🌲🌲

[@robertabadmaev6942]

Love it all! The rolling metal bucket can be used for throw blankets or pillows thru the year. Maybe in your party room if you don't want it in your house.

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

That's a good idea. Really goes with the look I have in there

[@paularay658]

Cool stuff, Put already potted plants, like tall grasses or geraniums, then you can take them out in the fall. Blankets and pillows for fall. The pencil trees are cool, smooshed , need to be fluffed.

[@victoriajohnson914]

You're too funny! I do that exact same thing! Even things I've found from 20-something years ago. This was such an awesome video, Julie! Thank you for sharing!⛄🎄🎅

[@jennmcgee1027]

It's always the thrill of the hunt that brings great memories. Thank you for sharing! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

[@andreamcclain8702]

Yes would love to see your favorites.

[@connieh.4689]

Happy Holidays to you and your family🎄 You could possibly make the bucket a holiday bucket...like hearts at Valentine's, Mardi Gras, so many ideas😊

[@albareyes7412]

Don't worry about the tour, you always put out great videos

[@elondapatterson7126]

My favorite off your thrifts is the star r and wise men. My favorite Christmas item is the nativity scene I inherited from my mom.

[@judikoehler546]

I love your tree box too!!! So unique👌🏻

[@chancekim1]

Show it sister!! Can’t wait to see all of it!

[@kellyanneross6736]

OMG! I get it! I know where when and how I got my favorite thrift/garage sale items!! We are hunter /gatherers by nature! Yes please on your favorites! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@lupepardo5021]

You are so talented. I love watching your videos.

[@melissacoulter8801]

You could put blankets in those galvanized large buckets on wheels during the regular season

[@brendacummer2807]

Yes please do another video on your thrifted items! I too remember where everything I picked up thrifting is from! I think I love thrifting as much as you do. Your face really lights up when you are talking about the items. Your love of thrifting shines through! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@kayapostolas3387]

Julie, This is great video! My favorite thrifted Christmas items are 3 little chenille pipe cleaner Santa’s.

[@ashleychamp1544]

I wish you had time to upload more content! I really enjoy watching your channel and watching you diy items! This is one of my favorite channels

[@thepennycrafters7616]

Yes, yes , a thousand times yes👍👍

[@barbarasmith3355]

My favorite piece to put out is an old piano stool, the kind that is round on top and the top spins up and down and has 4 claw feet with large glass marble size balls in the claw...it’s so pretty and l put a throw and some pillows and a couple Christmas song/ caroling books on it...it makes the prettiest vignette!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Sounds pretty

[@suzannecaesar5807]

I love love LOVE thrifting and get soooo excited about my found treasures! I’m considering starting a KZbin channel so that I can share my items with others who get excited about them as well, since when I share with my family it’s like crickets 🦗...they don’t always see the potential until I flip things. 😆

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

🤣🤣🤣 same, except my husband. He sometimes gets excited with me

[@robinwarren3462]

You have found great finds 🤗🤗👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tracydemeraski952]

Great video love hearing all your stories! Would live to learn more about your thrifted items thank you

[@terrieferguson5477]

Happy holidays,. Live to see your thrift finds , I love to thrift as well lol my family laughs at my finds all the time

[@sandraybarra6690]

Love your videos and the stories you share

[@sherryhopkins3599]

You can pumpkins in the bucket , a boutique of greens with lace draped out ., love this kind of video ! Merry Christmas

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@marlamoss1302]

Really really enjoyed this video Julie please keep up the good work I love listening to you I love listening to your cute little voice you are awesome and such an inspiration to me thank you so much for all of your sparkly joy that you spread to everybody who watches your videos!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

That's so sweet, thank you

[@donnaendres3235]

This was spectacular! I loved hearing the stories behind the item. What an awesome idea.

[@elizabethdunner6947]

Loved seeing this and your comparison to hunting stories is fantastic!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@karenrobbins4622]

Part of the fun is the "hunt"!

[@mf5799]

I TOTALLY “Smell what you’re cooking”!!! I’m the same ! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@rosieroberts6738]

I hung Vintage Ice Skates on a Vintage Sled on my porch!!! The Vintage Sled was my husband's, as a young boy!!! 🎅🤶🦌🎁☃️❄🔔

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

That's sound beautiful

[@jaynebrown693]

Don’t feel bad about not doing a home tour....THIS BY FAR WAS MORE INTERESTING! Home tours make me think that my home is blah! Or does not match up....but don’t get me wrong I LOVE seeing what others do and get ideas !!!! LOL!!! THANK YOU for sharing YOUR FAVORITE thrift finds that you use for Christmas decor or bring out for Christmas season. Love stories about the “hunt “.... 👍 Your bucket is an old mop bucket I think. It certainly looks like the shape of one. I keep my galvanized bucket out all year with Birch logs in it I just add little greenery for summer, etc . But we are is now country, so our snow is not gone until late March ! Right now we are under 30 inches of it...LOVE IT! Yet...worry about my husband and all the work involved...he is 71. How grand that you can “roll “ your tree away and then bring it back out !! If I could do that I would go back to a big tree again. I miss my big Christmas tree... ☹️ MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY !!!!!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@doloresramirez3289]

I know what you mean.. I have my items and they make me happy. I remember memories attached to them. Can't wait to get out again. ❤🙏

[@jcrefasi1]

Loved the show and tell type "tour" of your favorite thrifted Christmas decor. My favorite Christmas decor pieces to display are my collection of nativity scenes. I found a set about 10 years ago in a Goodwill that were plaster figures. Someone had started to paint them but didn't finish them. I painted them and built the stable and manger and made a palm tree out of wine corks I carved and added fronds made from silk floral leaves. I only paid $2.50 for it and I wouldn't even sell it for $100 now lol Merry Christmas to you and your family and praying for a Happy and Healthy New Year for us all. ❤ Jo

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@lillianesparza213]

Love to hear about your adventures.

[@sherrynewman1599]

This was awesome❣️ my favorite piece I change up for every season is an old flour sifter and an old scale in my kitchen that I thrifted. I love them! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@sherrybush2500]

Thanks for the stories! I loved hearing about all of your items. I have a pair of those skates on my mantle but the pair I use to go skating are way warmer. Usually, we skate outside at the park or the town center so it's pretty cold. I love skating on Christmas Eve because the town is all lit up and there are large ,coloured light boxes all along the skating path. It would be fun to see a tour of the thrifted items in your house. Have an awesome Christmas with your family!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

That sounds beautiful

[@julsjewels3185]

Love your style and your vision! Have a safe and happy holiday with your family! I have light up snowman that blinks. My sister in law was an Avon lady and she got too many on her order and they told her to keep them. She gifted one to me. It binks blue green and red. I just love it. I also have a Santa doll that I have had since I was a baby. And the little Santa mugs.

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@rosettaloggins3092]

Love your stuff & love watching you .. your so talented & fun ..

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΛΑΛΑΣ]

Dear Julie,you are such a vibrant,luminus person!It is rare nowadays,especially with everything that is happening all around the world,to meet optimistic people like you!Your vibes always lift our spirits.Even the most plain item you make look unique.I love your style because I,too,like absolutely quirky stuff,especially those that others think as"junk".Go on being the bright person you are,we need people like you!May 2021 be a wonderful year for you and your lovely family,may you all be healthy,happy and safe.Have a very Merry Christmas!As for my favorite item,we also make a lot of stuff,we almost never buy what we like,we diy it most of the time.Three years ago,I wanted a few wooden socks,like the ones we hang on mantels to staff with gifts.So I draw the shapes on cardboard and my husband cut them on pine boards.Now,each year I can't wait to put them up.I leave them up till the end of winter,as part of the winter decor!As for your stuff,definitely your tree box and the zing bucket are my favorites,but all you make is gorgeous!Eleftheria from Cyprus!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Thank you for the sweet comment. Merry Christmas 🥂

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΛΑΛΑΣ]

Merry Christmas!🎅🎅

[@heritagehousewife]

Merry Christmas Julie! Love hearing about thrifted items. I am a thrifter myself. I totally see what you saw in the embroidery hoop. I love to get old linens too. By the way, I'm from Ohio and I love your accent. Just adorable. Blessings to you and your family!

[@JuliesDesignsandSigns]

Merry Christmas 🥂

[@janiceforkum3889]

Love your video!💖 Can't wait for the next one!👍😊

[@velmamendoza1120]

I really enjoyed watching this video. I like how you give your business, your all. You are very knowledgeable about what you can do with a product, to make it something that someone will just have to have. Have a wonderful Christmas & a Happy New Year.

[@joannalexa2531]

Great video, love your stories & your stuff!