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Well, the day is here!!!    My daughter, my baby girl, has a bridal shower today!!  My blog must be short because I have to run--traveling isn't exactly my favorite anxiety reliever....Of course, my gifts to her were found at estate sales!   Beautiful ???????? and Vintage XXXXXXXXX.  Homemade Vintage reproduction ************.  

Of course, I can't tell you yet what I wrapped up and but into tissue and wedding bags.....

but what I can tell you is:   stayed tuned!!!   I am going…

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Harmony Kingdom Treasure Jests

 

All about collecting Harmony Kingdom Treasure Jests box figurines, especially those designed by Peter Calvesbert.

I've grown so used to thinking of vintage ties as those large ugly creatures from the early 70s. Or the rather boring mid 60s sort. Boy, have I been surprised lately! I've come across some beauties from the 1950s - those guys had good taste...

Even the 70s and 80s had some lovely ties! These tended to… Continue

I've always associated Bow Ties with absent-minded professors. Chapel Hill is crawling with these lovable but often frustrating men. Sometimes I get lucky; someone cleans out Grandma & Grandpa's closets. All sorts of goodies find their way to our local thrift shops. I stumbled on this bunch of ties the day they were putting out scads of things from a prof's house. Here are a few of these vintage goodies from my Bonanzle storeDragonmum's Wears… Continue