Happy Halloween from TheVintageVixenShop!!
We, at TheVintageVixenShop, interrupt your scrolling to bring you this special announcement... Happy Halloween to all you, ghouls and goblins! I will be continuing the Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns series next week, but I couldn't let Halloween pass by without any mention. After all, it is my favorite holiday!
Halloween is the perfect excuse to pull out your uranium depression glass and black lights. Uranium Depression Glass is often a cool lime green color in regular lighting, but under the black lights, it truly GLOWS! Check out this photo of the awesome Halloween tablescape from the Etsy shop, IpoDepot. This glass is living its best life now at about 100 years old. I mean it was practically made for this! You could use it sparingly around a séance table or go all out and use plates and glasses to set the mood for a spooky Halloween dinner party. The uranium glass chandelier may not be as practical, but talk about setting the scene!
Another type of vintage glassware that is perfect to use for Halloween is vintage black glassware. It is super sophisticated, but the sleek black color also gives it a certain edginess that screams out, "I love Halloween!" Black has been a crowd favorite in latter years, but when comparing it to the soft, pastel blues, yellows, pinks, and of course greens of the Depression Era, it definitely stands out. This is certainly not a bad thing, especially on Halloween! Several companies produced various styles of the ahead-of-its-time black glassware. Hazel-Atlas used black as a signature color choice in their patterns of Ribbon, Block Optic, and Cloverleaf. Smith Glass named their shade, black amethyst, and made elegant black glassware in many of their patterns, such as Mt. Pleasant, Romanesque, Ovide, and Homestead. U.S. Glass produced Rose and Thorn and New Martinsville gave us Janice. Padden City supplied a gorgeous Peacock Reverse black vase which will look perfect when filled with lilies and used as a centerpiece. Or perhaps you prefer the timelessness of Imperial Glass-Ohio's Diamond Quilting, or Pyramid, which was created by the Indiana Glass Company.
Another way to make your awesome Halloween party seem more vintage-y, is to acquire vintage Halloween decorations. Think those thin cardboard cutouts, hand-cut jack-o-lanterns, and other decor that shows its age in all the right ways.
If you want to be more authentic, consider choosing a costume from the time period or if you really want to get in the spirit, try making your own costume! Get creative and crafty, but most of all- have fun!
Be sure to include plans for plenty of traditional fun and games, such as bobbing for apples and of course trick-or-treating! You could also encourage your guests to bring a pumpkin to carve, or paint. And it goes without saying, you will be of course tasked to compile the perfect playlist of the spookiest sounds of yesterday.
Next week, we will resume the Vintage Glassware Popular Patterns Series.
Happy Halloween!!
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