I am not afraid to think outside of the box with my the items I use around the house. You might be surprised by what I decided to use In my mini Christmas cabinet!

A week or so ago, I was digging though piles of junk (which is something that I do from time to time in my line of work as an antique/vintage dealer) when I stumbled upon a really great box full of the most charming vintage creamers. Upon taking a closer look, I noticed the most subtle little green scallop on each and every one. As someone who LOVES to create displays with the old things that I find, this was certainly a great find for me. I scooped them up (among some other pretty amazing things) as fast as I could and washed them as soon as I got home.

Once I got them all cleaned up I began thinking of a way to use them around my house this holiday season. I always love groups of similar items and I knew that I could make them work – but I wasn’t initially sure how to do it. Last year I had similar creamers and I styled them with old tree shaped candles – you can see that look here. I liked the way that it turned out so much but I wanted to take a different spin on the idea!

I finally decided to pile the creamers into my little mini wall cabinet to create a charming little Christmas cabinet, which is actually hanging inside a larger cabinet! Ha!!! Once I decided where to put them, the rest fell into place – literally. I knew that I wanted to add in my new deer mold (on top of the mini cabinet) – because the creamers and mold were both ‘kitchen related.’

Once I grabbed the deer mold to add into the mx, I remembered that I had just purchased a really beautiful goat bell that had a deer ( …or elk or moose but we are calling in a deer for the sake of this blog post!!). It was the perfect small item to add into the cabinet – because the subject matter (deer) tied it together. That lead to me adding in a few more bells – including the strand of bells that were my dads when he was a young boy.

The icing on the cake were the trees that I stuffed inside the creamers and the vintage plastic deer that I popped into the corner there.

If you are interested in recreating the look, you can shop the images below. All you have to do is click on each picture to learn more information about each! I wasn’t able to find the exact creamers but I was able to find a few that were similar.
I love thinking outside of the box and using ‘unconventional’ items in and around my home – like a mass of old creamers stuffed inside a Christmas cabinet! I want to encourage you to do the same. Use what you love!



Love that little cabinet and you do such cute things with it!!
Thanks so so much Teresa!!!!! I appreciate that so much!!!!
Emily I love reading all of your posts…….always lots of great information.
You are very talented
Thanks as always aunt Lise. I appreciate that so so much.