Holiday Antiquing in North Carolina........................

Acquaintances Philip and Faith recently moved their Oxford, North Carolina antiques business, Remember When, from a downtown street building to a charming roadside cottage. With an additional lot attached, they are now constructing fabulous outdoor spaces with thoughts of adding a hand-built barn for a large wedding/party venue. Inside, the charming cottage is loaded with items from antiques to locally made soaps, jellies and jams etc.

We made a stop here on my recent birthday country drive - it 

was delightful.

Pretty things at Remember When.

....meanwhile, as always, my favorite place for treasure hunting locally, SuzAnna's Antiques (below), is gearing up for the holiday season. Susie and daughter Jenny are now moving at a vigorous speed getting the shop, which seems to expand monthly, all decked out for holiday shopping. I snapped a few pics last weekend when dropping Jasmin off for work there, but you can bet it's already changed a lot since then! Christmas decor has started to be displayed by some great dealers.......and owners Susie and Jenny themselves who always find some awesome antiques to entice us to buy.

Do you enjoy sharing old and previously-loved items, antiques or vintage, as gifts? Some people on my list would be thrilled with cracks, chips, stains and patina.......others who are into modern and perfection might be insulted! I guess you just have to know who is who, and who embraces and loves what in this world of treasure hunting!