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Retro Christmas tree decorations from Seletti

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All the customary Christmas tinsel and paper garlands leaving you a bit cold? Seletti have got some great alternative retro-themed Christmas tree decorations. 

The ceramic decorations represent objects drawn from many different decades. Proving those space invaders get just about everywhere, pictured is the version you can get to hang on your tree. There's a 1950s-esque sailor style tattoo heart available as well while you can also buy your very own mini version of Robert Indiana's famous 'Love', originally made in 1964. Finally, there's a decoration honouring everyone's favourite piece of obsolete technology, the humble cassette tape. 

Perhaps not what you'd immediately associate with Christmas but some fun objects nonetheless, the decorations cost £7.99 each. 

Buy them from the Pussy Home Boutique website

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Make your own Trellick Tower stocking at the East London Design Show

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The Trellick Tower on this Christmas stocking will look very familiar to regular readers of this site. Well, if you're a fan of the design, Clothkits (we featured another of their collaborations with People Will Always Need Plates on the VW dungarees earlier this week) are running Make your own Trellick Tower stocking workshops at the East London Design Show over this weekend. The workshops cost just £10 and have all the materials, equipment and helping hands necessary to craft your own Christmassy Brutalist architecture-inspired stocking. 

The East London Design Show runs from the 4 to 6 December at Shoreditch Town Hall. Included in the 100 plus exhibitors are designers like Michelle Mason, Mini Moderns and Snowden Flood, all of whose work has been previously featured on this site. So, even if you don't fancy getting crafty, the fair still seems well worth a visit. 

For more details and to book your place on the workshop visit the Clothkits website

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Roddy & Ginger Christmas stocking

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R&G christmas stocking

The countdown to Christmas begins in earnest tomorrow. There's always lots of tempting ideas for gifts on these pages but how do you collect together all your gifts in a suitably retro style? Perhaps this Christmas stocking from Roddy & Ginger can help. 

It's a simple white stocking printed with a bird motif, one of Scandinavian folk-art designs that Roddy & Ginger do so well. The stocking is available in two colour combinations – either red and pink or chocolate and blue – and is printed on cotton, though they will make it in linen for you on request 

And, very importantly, at almost half a metre long there's lots of space for your presents inside. 

The stocking costs $26 from their Etsy store

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Daniel Heath’s Circus baubles

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Daniel heath bauble

You may remember Daniel Heath's High Wire wallpaper, a whimsical slice of Victoriana based around life in the Big Top. Well, for an alternative look for your Christmas tree, you may want to invest in these circus baubles. They are made from wood that has been screen-printed with some of his imagery of animals flying through rings of fire and acrobats performing feats of daring. Each bauble is hung on copper wire. 

These baubles are just a selection available from the Shop Floor Project's Bauble exhibition, a selection of unusual and beautifully crafted objects for bedecking your tree with. The beauty and the craftsmanship comes at a price however: these baubles cost £28 each. 

See them online

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Blossom and Bill Christmas cards from ISAK

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Isak cards

We featured ISAK's new characters, Inger and Olle, earlier this week but if your heart firmly belongs to their most well-known design, take a look at these Blossom and Bill Christmas cards. 

There are several different cards available featuring our favourite retro duo in festive situations, including the Gingerman and the Mistletoe designs shown above. The mistletoe design shows a bold new direction for the couple – clothes! The cards cost £2 each.

Buy them from Nineteen Seventy Three