Hazel's Vintage Pretties

Show and Tell Sundays~Ephemera

I know, it sounds like some kind of a disease, but "ephemera" refers to vintage paper items.  I have put together a couple of samples from a few different categories...Here we go!

The first item is something I found recently, while going through some of my dear Dad's belongings, with my Mom.  I believe this belonged to my dad's mother, "Hazel", for whom I named my website.

  I don't know what it actually was from, perhaps a piece of gift wrap?...I just love this print!  It usually hangs in my bathroom.

One of my other favorites is a number of vintage tickets I have, in three different yummy colors: 

Another favorite of mine is something I picked up at an antique fair about a year ago.  It's actually an advertisement/postcard, although I have no idea why they would put a lovely picture of a little girl on a cigarette advertisement...The text on the front reads, "PET Cigarettes Are the best...Allen & Ginter, Manufacturers, Richmond Virginia."...Someone wrote in pencil on the back, "Portland, Or Sep. 1889 From Wing Chinaman."  I absolutely love the picture of the little girl, all dressed up, and holding a beautiful basket of flowers.

I really like this little pamphlet titled, "Let's Make a Garden", which I believe is from the 1920's or so.  It has some gardening advice,etc, but it also has advertisements for "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" throughout the pamphlet...Pretty tricky!  The ads are hilarious...Here's the text for one of them:
     "Dainty as a Rose...and Popular as Poison Ivy!   What's the matter with Ellen?  Beautiful moonlight evenings she spends on the porch wthe others.  Sometimes she's gay and lovable.  Next time you see her she's depressed...critical...touchy.  She breaks dates on the flimsy excuse of a headache.  The young folks are pretty well agreed that Ellen is a flat tire.
     What Ellen needs is a woman's medicine like Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.  It would build up her general health...give her more pep...more interest in life.  Her disposition would improve too, because a healthy person is usually cheerful.  She'd have fewer "headaches" and more dates.  Wouldn't you think she'd try it?"  (I'd like to try some!)
    

At an estate sale awhile back, I came across a box of saved greeting cards, and menus that had been saved from a trip.  One of the menus is from the "New Grand Cafe" in Livingston Montana...with a handwritten date, "July 4, 1961."...The prices are amazing...Juice 15 cents, Ham or Bacon, Two eggs, Toast and Coffee, Hash-Browns all for One dollar!...Stack of Hotcakes forty cents, cup of coffee ten cents, etc. (Those were the days!  Of course, people's wages were a lot less then too). Perhaps the one breakfast is circled because that's what someone ordered?)

I also love vintage postcards and illustrations from vintage children's books.  Here are a few:

These are two items that I really like...One is a baby book, with only a couple of details recorded...The mother most likely became too busy taking care of the baby to complete the book :)  ...The other is an unused photo album that I purchased at a really good estate sale a few years ago... As far as storage ideas, be sure to use acid-free products to store your items in, and don't store them folded, because over time, they will tear on the fold lines...I love to have my items out where I can see them...I usually tuck them into different displays around my home. Thanks for stopping by today for Show and Tell Sundays!...Take care, Katie  (Here's a better shot of the illustration on the baby book:)

Show and Tell Sunday! Vintage Hankies

Hi everyone...Today is Show and Tell Sunday, hosted this week by the lovely and sweet Miss Analise at Sugar*Sugar.  I didn't do individual photos of each hanky, because frankly, I was feeling a bit lazy!  So, here they are:



 







   

Junque in My Trunk Swap

I just participated in my first blogland swap, and it was really fun.  It was called "Junque In My Trunk", and was hosted by Heather of Pretty Petals Boutique.  My lovely partner was a southern gal named "Rebecca", whose blog is called "Our Back Porch". 
     You can see photos of both of our boxes at Rebecca's blog.  I can't thank Rebecca enough...She was a wonderful swap partner!  Have a great day, everybody...It's one of the first sunny, warm days we've seen in quite some time, here in Seattle, and my garden is calling, so here I go....Katie

PS Here's a sneak peek at my vintage hankies that I'll be posting for Sunday's Show and Tell.

Millinery Show and Tell

Hi Gals! Today, some bloggers are showing their vintage millinery flowers, hats, etc.  I have a small collection, mostly flowers that are attached to things, but I thought I'd join in...Thanks for stopping by...Katie

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

Well, I'm usually a little more on top of things, but I'm way late with the vintage button thing that's been going on here in Blogland...I don't have tons and tons of vintage buttons.  I find that the competition to pick them up at estate sales is quite intense, and the really good ones never end up at the antique stores I haunt.  However, I have been able to come up with a few that I really love, and they are in these photos.  One of the photos shows a painted old drawer that I display some of my pretties in, including a card of buttons, so I thought I'd include that just for fun...Hope you enjoy the photos!  Happy button collecting...Katie