Coming down a chimney near you...

...It's our adorable hand-carved Santas! The perfect addition to your vintage Christmas. These little guys are completely charming on any table, mantle, or windowsill.

Created by Adirondack artisan Ben Raino, we've got them in lots of shapes, sizes, and colors to represent everyone's idea of how Santa, Chris Kringle, or Sinter Klaas should look.







These are the kind of accessories that the kids will remember and ask you to bring out year after year. Christmas figurines have never been so irresistible!






Stop by The Pink Pig to get yours today! And while you're there, explore our new Vintage Christmas shop for all sorts of holiday treasures.

Gorgeous holiday entertaining with The Pink Pig!

Ah, the holidays. A time to indulge in good cheer, good friends, and good decor! (At least that’s how we see it at The Pink Pig). Serving food and drinks is so much more fun when you have beautiful vintage or retro-inspired accessories to do it with – so we’ve put together a little guide to the loveliest holiday glassware, bar trays, cake plates, napkin rings, and candleholders you’ll find in our shop. They’re the perfect way to show off your very good taste to all your guests!



Glassware
Try this pitcher and glass set for orange juice on Christmas morning, or for your egg nog at night. Or, sip mulled wine from these pretty pink glasses, which borrow from depression-era style!

Bar trays
Lay out your liquor, ice and glasses (see above) on one of these beauties for a festive presentation. These trays are vintage, made from black wood. Choose the martini or the gin theme depending on your preferred vice!

A pretty cake plate
In case you needed an excuse to serve the sweet stuff! Our modern cake stand is available in black or white to suit any color scheme. Shown with our adorable knife and fork napkin rings.

A statement bowl
This Lucite bowl by Arthur Court is just waiting to be filled with your most fabulous holiday ornaments. Featuring playful bunnies holding up the body of the bowl, it’s a conversation piece that could easily become a holiday staple in your house!

Elegant candleholders
These tall, stately Italian-made candleholders offer just the right dose of drama for your holiday table.

For even more holiday decorating inspiration (and gift ideas, too!), stop by The Pink Pig online!

The Farmhouse - Inspiration from the Adirondacks - Part I

Farmhouses evoke nostalgic memories - real or imagined - of a simpler life and a deep, nourishing connection to the seasons and the land. So what makes a true American farmhouse? A farmhouse connected to the land and all its seasons, that dominates a community of buildings, and that's built to last using natural, indigenous materials.

Recently I spent the day with my friend Linda, who having spent much time at an earlier age hiking and working at summer camp here in the Adirondacks, now lives as a permanent resident here in this wonderland. She is a master at farmhouse and barn restoration, and her devotion and artistic vision are amazing.

On this particular day, we took a walk on Fox Run Farm, one of her recent projects in the making. This property has one foot firmly planted in the national optimism of the well-heeled early 19th century, and one toe in the currently struggling horse country of Lewis, NY.

The prior family were a typical 20th century farming family - ten children and hard times. They had a subsistence dairy farm, like many small farms in the area. Cream & milk were exported to Albany via the railroads. The rear addition to the 1790's barn has a milking parlour with thirteen wooden stanchions and two birthing stalls. We noticed an old metal sign with the herd's certification still hanging in the barn. The round silo foundation is next to the barn, and studying the barn's construction reveals large cut nails and vertically sawn lumber.

The house is a Greek Revival cottage, with double parlours on each side of the entrance vestibule. Dating back to the early 1840s, the brick nogging in all the outside walls and the Franklin wood stove setup all point to that time. The windows are faithfully reproduced based on the remaining evidence -they hold the soul of the house. The skillful craftsmanship and materials used in building the house and barn are flawless, and am flabbergasted that these structures stand so true going into their third century. I love the survivorship aspect of these buildings. The four by six foot outhouse had a news article in it dating from 1898!

Linda sums it all up by saying "The farmhouses, the barns and their fields are all in connection to each other and in context...variable of time, light, color, texture. The viewer sees what the eye allows - I believe houses draw your energy attracting whom they desire...mystical, yes.
This farmhouse is on the radar of the Preservation League of New York, AARCH and staunch preservation advocates locally.

Stop by the Pink Pig blog again as I continue to take you through more farmhouse & barn restoration projects by my talented friend Linda.

A "Walk For The Cure" - A Small Town with a Large Heart

Each year the Pink Pig sponsors a "Walk For The Cure" in the town of Westport, NY to promote Breast Cancer Awareness. This blog post is about a small town with a large heart and to honor my friend Honora Carpenter, who passed away in the spring of this year.

Honora visited my shop one day in the summer of 2006 to welcome me to the community. Having lived in Manhattan for over 20 years, I was so taken aback by her warm welcome and her burst of energy...not to mention the fact that she entered my store all decked out in pink!

Honora asked me if I would help her organize a walk in town in October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness, a cause that was important to her as she had been battling the disease for the past 5 years. I agreed with much enthusiasm, and we both ran out placing flyers in the post office, the local general store and on any visible telephone pole we could find in hopes that we could gather a crowd to show up to do a three mile walk.

We set up on Walk Day with pink balloons and Tshirts, and to our excitement, we had 65 women show up to take that 3 mile walk, which ended at our fairgrounds. Honora led the charge in a golf

cart as she was unable to walk the distance - yet her love for her friends who came out that day to support our cause was overwhelming. I gave her a vintage pink velvet hat from the shop to wear, and it became a staple piece for years to follow.

In the spring of this year I had to say goodbye to my dear friend Honora. We spent some time time together before she passed away and spoke of how important it was that our mission to bring awareness to a small town should go on. I told my dear friend that I would not drop the ball. I miss my friend..... I miss everything about her. I understand now at the age of 54 what having a close friend means and how amazing it is that I managed to capture that in a small town in such a short amount of time. I cry and smile each day as our walk approaches and hope she will smile when Sunday arrives and we will once again walk our 3 miles in support of such a very important cause. Each year the crowd gets larger, with last year having 200 people "Walk for The Cure".

In honor and memory of my friend Honora Carpenter, I will wear the pink velvet hat and lead the charge to a "Walk for the Cure" to promote Breast Cancer Awareness! All monies raised will support our Fitzpatrick Cancer Center located in Plattsburgh, NY in memory of our friend Honora Carpenter.

At The Pink Pig, we will also be donating 50% of all proceeds from the sale of our new signature soy candle scent, Vintage Christmas, to the Fitzpatrick Cancer Center. Click here to purchase a yummy-smelling candle and to help us move towards a cure for breast cancer!

Time to get cozy!

Can you feel the chill in the air? It's time to start thinking about feathering your nest for the winter...and The Pink Pig has all sorts of goodies to help you do it!

Our new bedding collection by Plum Pretty Sugar is mouthwateringly gorgeous. We've got shams and duvet covers in old-fashioned florals made modern with incredibly vibrant colors. This is the bedding you need to get you through those winter doldrums!

Plus, what are you going to wear for your annual holiday movie marathon? Flannel PJs may be comfy, but you'll want to stuff yours in the back of your dresser when you see the loungewear collection from Plum Pretty Sugar! Their lounge pants, tunics, and kimono silk robes are oh-so-feminine, and they feel amazing next to your skin.

Also just-arrived is a new scent from The Pink Pig's signature soy candle collection: Vintage Christmas. This blend of vanilla bean, nutmeg, clove and gingerbread will create instant warmth in your house. Get yours in time for Thanksgiving and you'll be set for the season (each candle burns for 60 hours!).

Decorating with feed sacks

One of the most unique and charming collections to hit The Pink Pig lately is our collection of feed sack decor! These chairs, pillows and rugs get their charm from antique grain sacks (the real deal!), and each is completely one of a kind. There are SO many ways that you can work them into your home, no matter your style. Here are a few ideas.

For a "home sweet home" country look, try one of these:

Red stripe pillow

Rooster pillow

Pig pillow

Liberty bell pillow

For a rustic cabin decor look, try one of these:

Sleepy Eye Milling Company pillow

Fort Orange scratch feed pillow

For a French-inspired look, how about:

Our stunning feed sack chairs (antique French chairs upholstered using European grain sack fabric)

Our grain sack rug (hand-printed with a vintage grain sack design from a 19th century print!)

Our Bastide pillow set (regal French motif pillows with linen backing)

We love that modern decor can start with the farms of days gone by! If you love the look of our feed sack chairs, we should tell you that we're cooking up some new and exciting ways to decorate furniture using grain sack fabric. Watch this space for more as it comes in!