Rednesday Vintage Goodies !

I recently went to a fun blog I had only been to a few times and realized that her Etsy shop is wonderful! This is her blog:

http://myvintagesoul.typepad.com/, and here is a link to her Etsy store….

http://www.etsy.com/shop/myvintagesoul#

These kinds of items are so rare and these were well priced I couldn’t say No, even though I shouldn't have! But I had sold some of my CD’s so I had a few dollars of mad money….

Vintage Red Gingham Pleated Plastic Shelf Trim

Look at the original price! I will take a case please! LOL

Don’t need tacks, but I think I will use them anyway…red ones!

Great graphics and the packages are in wonderful shape…I hope I have the courage to open them! :):) Please go to Sue’s blog and see all of the rest of the wonderful red goodies!!!!

http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/

Rednesday’s at Sue’s Blog !

Once again it is Rednesday at Sue’s It’s A Very Cherry World. I just saw this new banner she has…..so cute and so “Sue” !

Today I am going to share some items I actually bought from Sue from her Etsy shop…one of my new loves is syrup glass decanter thanks to the Farm Girls Christmas book! I was luck to get 4 out of the 5 here from Sue!

At the holidays they are going to be decked out in ribbons and candy! :)

I also was lucky to find this red one!

So cute and love the flowers!

This one was a tad dirty and the spring had come loos and well as the yellow one above, I have gotten pretty good at fixing these…it looks easy but boy do you have to have small hands! LOL

I know you have seen these two things before, but I just took them out of the box and found the measuring spoons just a bit ago at Pier One…..truly one of my favorites now!!!!

still have the plastic sleeves on them. :)

I got this set off of EBay years ago, it was a yellow rack and the jars were all messed up, I redid the decals ( bought them on EBay too, now I know how to do them) and of course painted the rack red, I see it needs it again! :)

And last, one of the wonderful Punch Studio “book” boxes. I got this at Home Goods when I got my tea set.

Please go say hi to Sue and check out all of the other fun reds in blog land! :)

It’s Rednesday again !

It is a wonderful Red Wednesday over at Sue’s blog again!

It’s A Very Cherry World

So I decided to share some of the wonderful Valentines I have gotten in my swap!

I took this idea from Elizabeth over at Creative Breathing….wonderful way to show off some of my goodies, all of them wouldn’t fit!!!!

See that little gut on top?????

and this one????

These came with my sweet Valentine from Elizabeth, they are know as “Cherries on Top” LOVE THEM!!!!! You can also see the wonderful Valentine she made me. :)

And this is the Valentine I received from Nan ( Retiring in Alaska )…

Just adorable!!!!!!

This little sweetie came from my buddy in Parma, Ohio, Debbie ( Kitten Creates)….she used a real vintage valentine here!!!!!

This is from Linda Freeman ( Lambsworld) , We both used Bingo cards…..love the sewn pocket!

And this one was from Tamera ( The Stone Fence Cottage) this is so cute….look how it opens up to more vintage Valentine goodness….

I so aspire to become as an accomplished paper artist as all of these gals are…. I still have a few more to share next Rednesday! I still have Deb and Betty and Joyce and Nan E and Janelle….Paula, Allison, Patti and Viv…..

Oh….and my birthday Tulips……INCREDIBLE!!!!

They are just about done….but I have so enjoyed them! So come back next Rednesday and see the other fun Valentines I have gotten from the rest of the talented ladies I swapped with! :):) Thanks for stoppin’ by…..

It’s Rednesday!

It is Rednesday at Sue’s place http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/.

Today I am using photos from the the web, but I do have these first two items!

I love these little pitchers! I actually have a full size color ad for these! They came in Kix Cereal Boxes back in the 40’s….I am missing the elusive green one….

The “red” one is actually a red orange, but I just love them!

I got this fantastic piece at Hope Gospel Mission Store in Eau Claire a few years ago….mine is just as perfect as this one!

Just love the graphics!

I keep photos of things I see that I would love to possibly own someday and this was one of them! Isn’t this just perfect????? I wish I had a place to put one! :)

Isn’t it amazing what a little paint and glaze can do??????

And this was on EBay……I found a set that showed the “before” shot…

After, again some paint and a few new decals…..

This sold for $20.00 !!!! My friend Cheri and I had a business on Ebay years ago and sold many refurbished red and white items….there was a real market 10 years ago…..

Thanks for stopping by and please go see all of the other wonderful posts of fun red items at It’s a Very Cherry World!

Sweet clothespin holder dress

I am joining everyone at It’s A Very Cherry World with Sue for Rednesday! Oops, Sue doesn't have it up yet! :):) I still want to show you this really cute item.....

I came home today and found this sweet little handmade clothespin bag in the mail….it is even cuter that I thought it would be! I have seen this pattern and thought how fun it would be...and someone made it for me! :)

I bought it from a seller on Etsy named “VintageEncore”. She had a few of these for sale….but this one was calling me! It has a canvas bag ( to hold the clothespins) attached to the front “dress”, and some of the fabrics are indeed vintage…..

See those sweet little cherry buttons…how perfect! And there is feed sack cloth on the sleeves and the band in the middle. And the red/white is a tablecloth….

And this fun little red trimmed “skirt” is a fabric with aprons. I just love it! I am putting beadboard and a white long shelf in my laundry room, it has no windows and needs to be brighter, I am going to paint the room yellow and white and hang this little cutie from a ped on the shelf!

Thanks for stopping by…..:)

Rednesday at 521 Lake Street

Is this not the cutest graphic you have ever seen???? Sue outdid her self this week!

Today I am sharing some ads for vintage Fiesta dishes. I found them on a blog called The Pottery Papers which is owned by Candy of The Little Round Table. I asked if I could share these with you and she said OK! Now I warn you, these prices are going to make all of us wish for the Good Ole Days!

Even though it looks orange, they called this red……

This made me crazy!!!!! Yes, that is right. One dollar and 25 cents!!!!! This is almost impossible to find and VERY expensive!!!!!!

And who of us that loves red wouldn’t want a kitchen like this?????

I also wanted to share a couple of photos I got off of Flickr , and Ebay.

This was actually on EBAY….just 750.00!!!!!!!! EEK!

I would love to have this!!!!! An old piece of French Provencial gone red! Love it!

Wonderful jewerly with vintage buttons. This person’s Flickr name is Grey Goosie….

TOO CUTE!!!!!

If you would like to see all of the other fun Rednesday items just click on the Ferris wheel at the top of this post!

Aunt Jemima and Me

As a little girl growing up in Parma, Ohio I have some very vivid memories of places my folks would take me and my brother out to eat.

One of them was a pancake house and at the door there was a lively woman dressed as Aunt Jemima. I always thought she looked like she would give good hugs!’ I was pretty little and she seemed really big. :)

I thought it was called Aunt Jemima’s, but I don’t think so…..maybe Uncle John’s????? I have no idea….

When my Mom passed she had a set of cute salt and pepper shakers that were Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose. I often wondered where she got them! And then looking thru a wonderful book on kitchen collectibles that I have, I saw this ad from 1951…

I have always been a huge fan of food company premiums. They are the different items you can save labels, boxtops, etc , add less than a dollar in most cases and you get a fun premium! They were very popular in the 40’s, 50’s 60’s and then again in the 80’s.

So this is where my S&P shakers came from! According to this same book, this is what they can be worth:

Yes, that’s right $55-$75.00!!!! Now I don’t think that is accurate, but I am pretty sure mine are in good shape…very little paint loss, and never used that I remember.

And who wouldn’t just LOVE a set of those birthday candle holders!

Here is my set….

As you can see, they look pretty good! It states on the back of them, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose. I wonder if that is suppose to be Moses??? If I have a “mistake” set they could be worth thousands!!!! NOT! I have never used these, and don’t plan to…somehow it seems wrong that a condiment should come out the top of a person’s head! LOL

Do you have some favorite premiums that you have collected over the years? Maybe that would be a good weekly group to start up.! :):)

The name of the book I own is Spiffy Kitchen Collectibles by Brian A. Alexander. I am not sure it is still for sale, but I am sure Amazon would be the place to start looking, or Ebay! :)