It's a 2fer Day!

I don't always get to combine a post that include vintage finds for my two of my fav meme.

Yesterday began the Vintage Alphabet Party over at the Etsy Cottage Style Blog and tomorrow is Rednesday at It's a Very Cherry World. Soooooo, that means today is a red letter day!

The vintage alphabet for this month includes items under.....I-J-and K.

'I' is for vintage 'I'cons.........

The little Sunbeam Bread Girl of the 1930-40's ( you saw her before)  It's a reproduction sign                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

The 1930's Morton Salt Girl. It's a reproduction on a cork hotmat

Everybody remembers the Campbell Soup Kids

Thru the years. I have a whole set of a soup tureen and

4 soup mugs with the different looks for the Kids each decade.

These are my favorite years.

Again, everybody remember Cracker Jack. This was a reproduction

tin saved from the 70-80's

And, this reproduction collectors Frito bag

shows the Frito kid of the 50's. If I remember

correctly, I think he looked the same in the

60's too.

                                                              

                                                                  

"J" is for "J"ewelry

As you can see I like jewlery from different years. The enamalware flower pins are from the 60's

The colored stones, rhinestones, and pearl, pins and earrings are from the 40-50's

The little gold pin in the top photo of the little girl watering her garden is from the 30's

I love vintage jewlery sooooo much it is part of my business logo,

and I incorporate it into my creations whenever possible, like here for example

My 'Dream" Angelic Inspiration, available on my website, wears a crown of gold accented by colored rhinestones asnd enamalware flowers.

This brings us to the letter "K" for Kitchy finds.

This wooden cutting board is from the 40's. My Grandma always used it. Now, when I'm not using it, it makes a great kitchy piece of wall art.

 I also have various pieces of plaster fruit scattered about the walls from the 40's-60's. I don't do wallpaper..I envy you all who have the patience.........but I prefer the look of wall art. I can change it more often..LOL add to it is more like it!

I also like to use kitchy finds in my Brown Gingham Creation designs.

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I cross-stitched the words on the 1950's herb motif tea towel and turned it into a kitchy pillow.

Then I found this ........

A 1960's Styleccraft recipe box in a kitchy colonial kitchen motif and then this.....

A 1940's cookbook put out by Swan's Down Flour with wonderful recipes and filled with pics of vintage dolls of the same era. Well, I put these finds together to create this.........................

 

A kitchy little Kitchen Angel set. (also available on my website)

I thought when the letters I-J-and K came up for the Vintage Alphabet it would be hard to fill the letters, but when I got to lookin around they were easy as A-B-C.  O-K sorry I'll stop now. I'm heading over to the Vintage Alphabet Party and the on to visit Susan's Very Cherry World

C U later!! OMG I just can't stop myself.....

Family Treasure

I was going through some boxes in my basement one day and I found a couple of my Grandma's tin's. Treasure boxes! She used them to store all kinds of things. Cookies to nails. This box was not too heavy, so it couldn't have been nails and junk. I remember this tin. She got it in the 60's. It was always hard to open.....the hinged lid stuck.

It's like a time capsule. Filled with unfinished projects she'd get back to later.

Unfinished dresser scarves.........

This dresser scarf is only done on one end. Look at all the tiny stitches...and perfect. The back looks as good as the front. I can still hear her telling me that the back of a piece needed to look as clean as the front. If her pieces didn't have tiny knots on the back, you'd think they were machined.

This next scarf clearly shows the makers stamp, Colonial Maid. I'd never heard of that company. If someone out there has can you let me know?


This kitchy wall piece must've been one she completed when they were redoing the kitchen in the early 70's. The colors match. I wonder why she never finished it? Or, maybe she had done it to give as part of a shower gift?...... I think this treasure will find it's way to my Mom's kitchen as a surprise.

This next tin is much older. Probably from the very early 40's maybe late 30's.


I love the old world look. The bottom has pink and gold coordinating stripes. Pure Shabby Chic for today.

OOHHHH, Grandma's embroidery thread and very utilitarian pincushion. Her oval embroidery hoop and two ready to be embroidered dresser scarves. She never even started them! One even has the original tag on it.
I think these will be finished and used as table runners..for myself.

I'm going to put these back in the treasure boxes and display them in what I hope will be my studio one day. I love finding family treasures.. I know these bits of thread, material, wood, and tin aren't worth a lot, but to me they are priceless stitches of love.

Now, I'm off to do some vintage hunting in my own basement. I have boxes and bags of stuff family and friends have given me over the past few years that they say they're not sure what's in them, but they're sure I can use it. I gladly take them, but then forget where I put them...or rather where Jim has moved them!! Don't you just love a helpful husband........