1.Check out today's  Antiques & Collectibles sales event at TIAS.com SEE:   
   http://www.tias.com/special-offers   
      
   When you buy from TIAS.com you are supporting small independent merchants who   
   sincerely appreciate your business.   
      
   Your online purchase is also backed by the TIAS.com Trusted Merchant Guarantee.   
      
   SEE: http://www.tias.com/special-offers   
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   2. We're always adding new items to our current Pinterest boards. We have 178   
   boards dedicated to antiques and collectibles so you might want to stop by to   
   check them out.  Here is the link to our Pinterest boards: http:   
   /pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/boards/ Feel free to stop by and check out all of   
   our boards and while you're there, please "follow" us!   
      
   Are you looking for some ideas to spruce up your home before the holidays?  We   
   have a really cool board called "For the Home".  It's filled with all sorts of   
   things: big, small, old, really old, utilitarian or just plain pretty.  Here's   
   the link, you might have fun browsing through it:   
   http://www.pinterest.com/TIASAntiques/for-the-home/   
      
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   3. This Week's Stories   
      
   Every week we post stories and comments from our readers. Send your story to   
   phil@Bignews.biz and I'll publish it in an upcoming newsletter.   
      
   Did you know that you don't have to have a facebook account to use the links   
   to see the various photos that we mention below?  Just copy and paste the link   
   into your browser.  However, if you do have a facebook account please "Like"   
   us!   
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   Also, remember that you can check out our facebook page for some interesting   
   updates.  Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques   
      
   If you have photos of items you would like to share you can post them there as   
   well.   
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   For next week's issue:   
      
   Do you dress up for Halloween?  If so, do you use vintage items to add to your   
   costume?  If you do, tell us about it and if you have any photos, we'd love to   
   see them!  Send us an email to Phil@BigNews.biz so we can share your story   
   with the rest of our readers.   
      
   In our last newsletter we asked:   
      
   Halloween is right around the corner.  Before you know it Thanksgiving,   
   Hanukkah and Christmas will arrive.  Do you have any vintage decorations that   
   you use to decorate your home?  Are there any specific memories that you have   
   about certain decorations? Here are some responses that we received:   
      
   "Around 1959 (I was 7 years old), my auntie gave my mother some Xmas tree   
   decorations as she was moving house.  Some were round plastic (very modern!)   
   with twisted frames with centers of stars, snowflakes, Art Deco style deer etc   
   and came in pastel shades of pink green blue and clear.  There were also   
   plastic icicles and some very unusual and much loved glow in the dark cherubs   
   and some plastic stars that slotted together to make them 3D.  They sound   
   tacky but they were actually very pretty.  We used these for many years to   
   dress a little artificial Xmas tree which I looked forward to with so much   
   excitement...it meant Xmas had nearly arrived ...and that was a magic time!    
   Eventually we bought modern new sparkly ones and the old ones were   
   discarded....thrown away in the 1970s....or so I thought.  About three years   
   ago I saw a tin of Xmas decorations in an old biscuit tin at a jumble sale.    
   There were identical decorations to our old ones plus a few more....I was   
   really happy to find them .... then I found the glow in the dark cherubs   
   underneath.... was it a coincidence?  Were these our actual original   
   decorations? Where did they come from?  There were no charity shops back then   
   to donate stuff too...maybe they were given away by my mum to someone   
   else.....I honestly don't know but I'm not giving these beauties away .....or   
   selling them as these decorations are now apparently very collectable!!!    
   Oh...and apart from the little cherubs, the Art Deco leaping deer is ...and   
   was ALWAYS my favorite!  They are a wonderful reminder of glorious Xmases   
   spent in a crowded house full of friends and family....playing silly   
   games....opening presents in front of the fire at Midnight because I was too   
   excited to wait till morning!  Mum and my 'aunties' having a sherry in the   
   kitchen whilst cooking the turkey....dad and my 'uncles' reminiscing about the   
   war (they were all RN engineers) with a whiskey in the living room.  I used to   
   listen to them talk about their heroic exploits in exotic sounding (to a child   
   at least) places like Sidi Barani, Bardia, Gib, Malta, Singapore...and China!    
   Happy days NOT spent in front of the television...except for the Queen's   
   Speech!  Now all I need to find is the little Xmas tree in its red wooden   
   pot....!!! Kind regards, Sheena Southsea, ENGLAND."   
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   "I love old and vintage items and for the different holidays I decorate with   
   these items.  Here is a photo of some of my Halloween decorations.  The   
   celluloid bobble head dog is not really Halloween but he is scary to me.    
   Paulette"   
   Here are two photos of Paulette's decorations: http://on.fb.me/19qoAz2   
      
   Thanks to those of you who have been responding! We really enjoy, and   
   appreciate, the feedback!   
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