We’re pleased to re-present our third annual Santa Stopper gallery of Instagrammers from our 2022 Holiday issue who stopped Santa in his scroll with their holiday creativity! The Flea Market Décor community is brimming with talented vintage enthusiasts who have enviable collections and a fierce commitment to the genre. We are highlighting 37 of them here and encourage you to follow them on Instagram for year-round inspiration.
Kaitlyn Felske of @emeraldcity.vintage. The joy of hunting and learning about each item’s history is half the fun, while the other half is creating beautiful, curated vignettes with the treasures Kaitlyn finds.
Yasmina Greco of @spicyatomicprincess. Yasmina loves collecting and writing about vintage Christmas and items from the 1950s and ’60s. Visit her Facebook group Vintage Kitschy Christmas and her blog crazy4me.com.
Mitch Frey of @mitchfreydesign. Mitch has an eye for the tried and true while accentuating the unexpected. He’d climb a chimney to deck the halls with la-di-da.
Katie Van Liew of @cottoncandypinkvintage. Katie decorates with colors and special pieces that make her happy, which is why her house is mostly pink. She leaves a few Santas up all year ’round as a reminder to believe in magic every day.
Faby Vargas of @fab.loves.vintage. Faby started collecting Pyrex in 2015, falling in love with the colors and designs soon after the jadeite collection started. Her second favorite treasure was an aluminum tree she scored at an estate sale.
Victoria Waters of @lakefrontfarmhouse. Primarily decorating with traditional red and green, Victoria loves to create vignettes that include her Santa mugs, trees in various antique vessels and old books—always old books.
Cheryl Baker of @mycolorfulvintageheart. Cheryl has a thing for vintage Santas—even the creepy-faced ones. They take over her house after Thanksgiving and add the jolly to the holly!
Doreen Eagle of @elfhead. Doreen hunts throughout the year for vintage Christmas items. Her nickname, “Elfhead,” came from her vast collection of elves—especially knee-hugger elves.
Karoline Simmons of @cherishedvintage. Karoline’s style is eclectic vintage: curated items from different time periods blended with her sentimental collections inspired from cherished childhood memories.
Hope HOLUBOWICZ of @hopeygoes_thrifting. A special-ed teacher by day, an avid thrifter and antiques-booth vendor by night and weekend, Hope is always on the hunt for bright vintage colors and funky patterns.
Kassie Keck of @gagirl_vintagedecor. Kassie loves to mix vintage ironstone, jadeite and Santa mugs in her hutch to create a whimsical wonderland.
Rebecca Keenan of @bottlerocketbetty. Rebecca is a native Texan who loves vintage anything, but particularly vintage Christmas and the holiday season. She is a travel nurse during the week and a junk-hunting gypsy on the weekend.
Sandy Dorda of @lemonlanefreshrestyled. Now retired, Sandy works part-time at The Barn Antiques in Northville, Michigan. Her passions are collecting vintage and antique items as well as redoing furniture. She’s an avid gardener and loves architectural-salvage items.
Mia morgan of @canoblane. Mia is an East Coast girl living in a West Coast world. She loves thrifted and vintage finds that remind her of home, family and coziness.
Jackie Cessna of @jackieland_vintage. Jackie’s love of many periods and styles fits her eclectic décor. She decorates from the heart to create a home filled with charm and ambience on a flea market budget.
Katie Zelek of @rustandferns. Katie’s style is a mix of Victorian garden and flea market décor. Her collections include antique holiday paper mâché, shades of aqua pottery and leaf-shaped flower frogs.
Michelle Ormond of @designed.to.love. Many of Michelle’s treasures are family heirlooms or new goodies found while thrifting with her mom. Colorful vintage books are a favorite go-to.
Shauna Eskelsen of @weatheredwhitebarn. You can usually find Shauna in the barn, surrounded by collected time-worn treasures, designing and painting vintage-inspired signs. Her entire family supports and contributes to making her vintage dreams come true.
Kim Medica of @thebrocantebeachhouse. Kim owns a tiny store in Seattle with a French coastal vibe. Her love for collecting started early, and each and every piece has a story of a found memory.
Tracy Nix of @justtracytalk. Tracy’s vintage items evoke the feeling of a cozy cabin in a winter wonderland—even though she lives in sunny California—making her home feel like a cozy Christmas hug.
Jenn Biederman of @the.rusty.scrapper. Creating spaces full of vintage pieces brings Jenn joy. She leans toward décor that tells a story, especially if it’s chipped and rough around the edges.
Erin Maxen-Lewis of @memeandmevintage. Erin’s Etsy store name and IG handle are a homage to her mom, whom the family calls MeMe. She and her mom have been thrifting together since she was a child.
Marcia Blain of @vintagerivernest. Following in her mom’s footsteps, Marcia’s vintage collections are vast and varied. Once the longtime owner of an antiques shop, she plans to travel, pick antiques and maybe even open a little shop again in retirement.
Erin Woodruff-Stern of @thefarmhousemerchant. Erin is passionate about vintage items. She’s had booths, participated in vintage shows, hosted pop-up vintage shows and worked at estate-sale companies. When she creates a vignette, she calls them “art installations” as there truly is an art to decorating.
Veronica Gagliano Averkamp of @fullmoonfarmvintage. Veronica is a vintage collector/antiques dealer living in southeast Wisconsin. She spent her childhood antiquing all over the Midwest with her parents and now takes care of their beloved collections as well as her own.
Susan De La Paz of @sugarcookieladyvintage. Susan’s most treasured collections are her West German mica trees, Putz candy container birds and pink and blue bottlebrush wreaths. Her wise motto for those who are beginner collectors: “Buy what you love and love what you buy.”
Shelly Bliss of @shellys_bits_of_bliss. Shelly’s mama, who loved Christmas, has always been her inspiration for Christmas décor. She shops for it all year long and decorates every room. When she is done, she always says, “This is for you, sweet mama.”
DeeDee Campbell of @texasbluebungalow. DeeDee calls her style “colorful farmhouse,” but it’s also eclectic. The rule in her home décor book is that you must add a vintage doily or it’s just not complete!
Jayme Fields of @russie.jane. Jayme has a quirky eye for spotting vintage, granny-chic-inspired items. She loves to sprinkle her home with unique pieces she’s created with long-forgotten objects of Christmases past.
Shanna Sambol of @antique_vestige. Every year, Shanna recreates how Christmas felt as a child. From blow molds and aluminum trees to a menagerie of vintage figurines, each room is a nostalgic experience!
Leben riebe of @vintageholiday. Leben’s style leans traditional, but he keeps the holiday fun and colorful with vintage ornaments, icicles, putz houses and blow molds festively scattered about.
Sherry Ricamore of @sherrysvintagestyle. Sherry loves the nostalgic childhood memories that each of her vintage pieces bring to mind. Her small vignettes are rich with history that she loves sharing with her followers.
Jana Perkal of @peaceloveandholidays. Jana assembled a flower frog, vintage candy jars, whimsical ticket rolls and an old dump truck upon a slate board to create a magical vignette.
Mandi Harding of @daisy_freshvintage. Mandi’s passion for vintage started with her Pyrex collection and has grown to include thermoses, vintage camp memorabilia, all things plaid, vintage advertising and, of course, Christmas décor.
Karen Reynolds of @therustedroost. Karen is a self-described “hobby farmer” who loves gardens and estate sales. She shares her home with her husband, daughter and lots of animals. The truck in the photo is a 1964 Chevy C10 “just for fun.”
Daphne Robichaux-Overton of @fabulous.dd. Daphne’s style is a combo of eclectic, vintage, whimsical and maximalism. Her vignettes include sentimental treasures that transcend friends and family to the nostalgia of the good ole days!
Katie and Sam of @whitehouse.co. The daughters of Cory Jorde (@coryjorde), Sam and Katie operate a specialty-event rental and styling business in North Dakota, and they must’ve gotten their flair for styling from their mom. Cory’s tree exudes the nostalgia of an old-fashioned Christmas that her daughters were delighted to share with us.
Feeling the flea market holiday vibes yet? Don’t miss this year’s upcoming holiday special issue! You’ll be able to order your copy here. Meanwhile, you can get to work on some holiday DIY crafts such as DIY Wine Glass Cloche and Upcycled Paper Scrap Gift Tags. Or you can peruse the 2021 Santa Stopper gallery. Of course, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest for more updates and flea market inspiration.