Vintage Children's Hankies

So the really special thing that I picked up on Friday that was not included in the earlier post about my weekend finds was this delightful box of vintage children's hankies. They were in horrible condition, very dirty and spotty so I asked the lady at the antique store if she would go down on the price since they were in such poor shape and she did. I was crossing my fingers that I could get them cleaned up. I was able to get them very white and clean but could not get the rust spots out from the pins that were holding them in the box for the past 65 years. They still look awesome! The box that they came in has little clown graphics that move (I thought this was so cool and it still works perfectly).

Here is what they looked like before:

Pretty Dirty Right! Here they are after soaking for a very long time.

The box that they came in was marked 1949 and was sold at Sears.

Such an adorable piece! I don't necessarily pass over linens just because they have stains, most can be cleaned (although rust is a tough one). Even if you can't get the stains out, sometimes parts of the linen can be saved and used in craft projects. 

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!

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Vintage Party Supplies

I guess my junking day yesterday was both good and bad. I will start with the bad:

1. Mom had some stuff to do and couldn't go out junking with me
2. It was HOT outside
3. No good Junky Estate Sales going on (at least not the kind I like to go to)
4. Catholic Social Services was closed due to Memorial Day Weekend (and I usually find great stuff there)
5. I found a bag of about 10 vintage patterns (the really old ones) for $10 and immediately snatched them up and took them up to the checkout at a local antique store and told the lady to hold them while I shopped some more. When I had finished shopping and went to check out, she had sold them to someone else!!!! I was not happy! She let me dig through a big bin of patterns she had in the back but they were all damaged and newer than the ones I like to buy. So that put a big damper on the rest of my day. I'm still mad about it.

Now for the good:

1. I found 3 antique collecting books and 1 old book with great graphics in the FREE bin at 2nd and Charles
2. I got to visit with some junker friends while shopping in the Antique Stores
3. I went to the library and checked out some books and got to visit with my brother
4. I found a ton of vintage party supplies 
5. I got some new vintage cocktail napkins for my collection
6. I found something really cool that I will share later (I am still in the process of cleaning it)

So here are the party supplies I picked up:

Here are the cocktail napkins, bonus they are Vera

I stayed in today, I had a lot of packages to get ready to mail. My Esty shop has been busy lately. I did actually list my first item ever on Ebay this week. I am anxious to see how it does. I really think I prefer Etsy over Ebay but sometimes if you really don't know the value of something and there is nothing else out there to compare it to Ebay may be the better choice. Do any of you do Ebay? I could use some pointers as I am planning on listing a couple of more things.

Hope you are having a great Memorial Day Weekend!

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1950s Vintage Clothes

I just thought I would post a quick update on the vintage clothing I bought last week. I picked them up from the cleaners today and only two of the items were salvageable. The other two will just stay with me (they are still pretty to look at). 

The two items that will be going into my collection due to damage are a pink seersucker skirt and top and a lovely dress that I really wish could have been saved (I tried!)

The HuntLeigh Wool Suit and the Marion McCoy Dress will be going to my Etsy Shop soon, I really love the suit (wish my waist was that tiny).

I do love vintage clothes, it's a shame everyone back then had a waist the size of my thigh! Maybe one day I will find something that I can actually wear!