Slide Projector Christmas gift idea

Pop the popcorn, bring out the cold soda or beer, turn out the lights, and get ready for The Greatest Nostalgic Show on Earth.

This slide projector will bring back the good old days, as you show slides from your trip to 6 Flags, Peoria Santa Claus Parade 1978, and shopping for fake vomit at Midget Studios. Look at you on the Captain Jinks Show. Doesn't your husband  look cute by the Bergner's Talking Christmas Tree? My, what a jolly time you all had at House on the Rock. 

The hum of the motor, the glow of the screen -- you've got a retro slide show going on up in here!

Buy this slide projector online...or drop by the store.

Lots of unique and creative Christmas gift ideas -- including beautiful, fragrant, hand-made candles that will make your holidays dreamy and memorable.

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Christmas Gift Idea: butcher block

Who on your holiday gift list is a home chef? If you have a friend or family member who loves to cook, this assembled wood butcher block table is the perfect gift.

Sturdy enough to support heavy ham and steak chopping, this butcher block makes meat dishes easier to prepare. It's a lovely piece of kitchen furniture in it's own right and when you're not chopping meat, melons, and vegetables, you can use it to set things on. This versatile and handsome work table is a nice-looking and practical gift that will be appreciated and used for years to come.

Sale price discount for the holiday season. 

Come on into the store...or buy it right now online.

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The Splendor of Christmas Past

This coming weekend, Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2, is candlelight tour of historic Peoria homes, sponsored by the Peoria Historical Society.

The Splendor of Christmas Past is your family oriented event of the holiday season, a great opportunity to see old fashioned Christmas decorations, beautiful antique furnishings, and come up with gift ideas for similar  items that you'll find at Hidden Treasures.

Once you take these tours and experience the nostalgic Christmas atmosphere, you'll want to head over to Hidden Treasures to acquire unique gifts for your family and friends. You'll be in a great mood and you're sure to find the perfect gift item at our shop.

The Splendor of 

Christmas Past

Saturday, December 1 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sunday, December 2 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm1 

12 adults in advance

$15 adults at the door

Children under age 12 free with adult admission

This brochure is also your ticket.
Be sure to bring it with you
for the house tours.

Tickets

may be purchased starting November 1 at the following locations:

The Peoria Historical Society office

611 SW Washington Street, Peoria IL 61602309-674-1921

Harp and Thistle

4605 N Prospect Road, Peoria Heights, Illinois309-688-5668

Kelleher's Irish Pub & Eatery

619 SW Water St, Peoria, IL 61602

309-673-6000

Tickets are also available from

Peoria Historical Society

board members.

4, that's right, 4 historic homes now featured in The Splendor of Christmas Past candlelight tours this Dec. 1 and 2.

Your kids will thrill to see the elaborate, old fashioned Christmas decorations.


(1) Flanagan House. Built in 1837, the oldest standing house in Peoria. American Federalist style. Empire furnishings, period artifacts, antique collections. Great view of Illinois river.

(2) Pettengill-Morron House. Built in 1868. Second Empire, with unique family collections and gift shop. 942 NE Glen Oak Ave. Our premiere house museum near the Bradley University vicinity.

(3) NEW -- Haverhals House. Build in 1900, private home next to Flanagan House. 936 NE Glen Oak Ave. Flemish Revival facade with Arts and Crafts interior. Spectacular river view. See how John and Bernice Haverhals decorate for the holidays.

(4) NEW -- Benoit House. Built in 1887. Victorian style private home of Dr. Dyveke Pratt Benoit. 1325 W. Moss. Gas light fixtures, original stained glass windows, beautiful tiled fireplaces and hardwood mantles, original attic cistern, oil drum heating, and restored hardwood floors.
DON"T MISS this wonderful event.

For more information, go to the Event page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/434500136609677/

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Christmas 2012 gift idea: Ivory Dominoes

Why go to a mainstream department store for generic gifts with no imagination, ordinary items that anyone could acquire?

This Christmas season, delight your friends and family with unique gift items from Hidden Treasures.

PICTURED ABOVE: Ivory Dominoes.

Marked down from $39. Now just $27.

Shop online: Ivory Dominoes.

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Brass Hunting Dog with Rifle

What does your dad, husband, boyfriend, uncle, son, or brother like to hunt? 

Duck? Deer? Pheasant? Partridge? Quail? Coyote? Skunk? Goose? Swamp rabbit? Turkey?

Check out "Hunting and Trapping in Illinois".

UPDATE: More cougar (puma, mountain lion) sightings confirmed in Illinois.

How about those lady hunters? Outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen will be delighted to mount this brass hunting dog with rifle on their wall.

Makes an ideal and unique holiday gift that's sure to spark some conversation.

If you really know someone, you should know what to get them for a gift. Just think about what they're interested in. If you know anyone who has a hound dog and like to go off into the woods to hunt, this will put a large size smile on their face.

Hunters like to display various items that relate to the outdoors. What more perfect symbol of a hunter, than this brass plaque? It's just so cool. Such an elegant design. It says it all.

When you start your holiday shopping, be sure to visit Hidden Treasures. Might as well get started now, and beat the Christmas rush. It's a sure thing -- you'll find a wide variety of home decor, soaps, candles, jewelry, and nostalgia items that will be greeted with wonder and joy.

People appreciate getting gifts that are well suited to their lifestyles and hobbies.

Find more gift ideas that are distinctive, rare, and special -- at Hidden Treasures.

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Always Be Thankful

What could be more perfect for Thanksgiving season than this Always Be Thankful reminder?

Too often, we are pre-occupied with what we wish we could have and what we hope for, while we lose our awareness of what we already have. Many people, too many, do not possess the myriad of things we tend to take for granted.

With this Always Be Thankful reminder bring your attention back to gratitude, you'll definitely improve your attitude.

Stop by Hidden Treasures as often as you can, to check out new additions to our inventory of unique gifts and home decor items.

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Vintage Handmade Quilt

Cold days are coming, in fact, they're already here. There is nothing better to snuggle up under than a Vintage Handmade Quilt.

This one will remind you of the quilts you had when you were a child. Your mom or aunt made them and the care they took was remarkable. Check out the unique, home-inspired design. I'll bet you're getting sleepy just looking at this quilt.

There is something about handmade quilts that makes them so cozy and comforting. They ward off the chilly drafts and keep you warm in the most dreadful blasts of cold wind. When the snow and ice are piling up outside, you can feel special and cared for when you drape this quilt over your child or across your own bed.

Every child should feel the warmth and love of handmade quilt. Every adult will love having a nostalgic defense against freezing winter nights.

Hurry. This vintage quilt won't linger in our shop for long.

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Work Saddle

Here's a work saddle that any ranch hand would be proud to own. You sling this onto your horse and off you gallop to repair fences, round up some wild buffalo, or chase dastardly intruders off your property. Work is good. Work is what made our nation great and still does. Just looking at this saddle will inspire you to get things done.

Would make a great display item in a man cave or Western novel reader's den. It's rugged.  It's burly. It sits there daring you to loaf or goof off. This work saddle will motivate your crew, just by its symbolic presence, more than a dozen office productivity slogan posters.

Stop by Hidden Treasures, grab hold of this work saddle, and you'll have the very essence of labor to admire and aspire to.

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Post Office Box 33

The elegant design of this prosaic item lends an air of aesthetic nostalgia to this snail mail vessel.

If only it could talk, what stories would it tell? What messages passed from the interior of Post Office Box 33? What gifts and surprises found their way to this receptacle? 

Love letters. News from afar. Tales of children and their exploits. Magazines of glamour. Post cards of joy. Packages of bundled delight.

Hidden Treasures. You never know what might show up next. Be sure to stop by the store whenever you have the opportunity.  New items are arriving each week.

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Vintage Rosebud Vases

These elegant vases are a class act. You can't help but reach out to touch those beautiful roses. Then you grasp the handle with delight -- and place these vases on your mantle or in a showcase hutch.

You're sure to start some admiring conversations with vintage rosebud vases on display. People enjoy seeing unusual, unique items in your home. What a nice surprise will greet them when your neighbors drop by and spot these great looking pieces.

"Where did you find those?" your friends will ask.

"At Hidden Treasures, of course," you reply proudly. "On the Square in Metamora."

We know you love special, hard to find items of home decor. You're a distinct individual person with refined tastes and you like discovering something no one else will have in their house. 

Be sure to stop by Hidden Treasures every so often, as we get new items every week.

Holiday gift giving season is almost upon us. Might as well get started here.

:^)

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