It's funny how reading another person's blog can set you off looking in an area of the thrift store that you don't usually look, this happened to me after reading Diane's post about her playing card collection, if you care to look at her amazing cards, you can right here. She has the neatest cards, I didn't even know cards like that existed!! So, now I'm looking at cards - oh, no....
For you that follow me on Instagram, you've already seen these sweet Old Maid cards, but now it's time for a blog post, so here they are..
Click on so you can have a close look - they're nursery rhyme Old Maid - they are so cute!!! I don't really know what I'm going to do with them, someone suggested framing, that might be cute if I had a small child, some could be going to the SMASH book, I really haven't decided.
That's the package, the top right card is the reverse of the above cards. The other card was a single instruction card for another pack, which wasn't there..
More cute cards that were only 25 cents.
Another 25 cent pack - I know these aren't old but they've got cute illustrations - they will definitely be SMASHed.
These Japan Air Lines cards took my eye too - another 25 cent purchase!
We already have this game but I've been looking for another one so I can use the cards for SMASHing!
I have another one of these little Scotch Brand Christmas tapes, they are the sweetest tucked in the Christmas displays. I am just reading the fine print - cellulose tape - made in Canada by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company of Canada Limited. I guess we could call this old style washi, what do you think???
I think I'm on a lucky streak for vintage magazines, I brought this Good Housekeeping magazine to the counter, both front and back covers are missing, I told the clerk that, oh, she said, you can just have that!!! Fine by me!! Considering there is one left there and it is priced at $20, this was definitely a steal! It's the oldest copy I have so far, April 1934. There are some great old ads in this one too, those posts are so much fun to do, I will be doing one soon. In the meantime, here's a couple of ads from 1934.
Coca Cola - served in leading hospitals!!! It is pure and wholesome - didn't you know??
Finally, a Pyrex ad - I wanted to show this one as well so you could see the date down in the corner. You could send away for a 12 month menu calendar, for free - I have never seen any of those, I don't imagine there are many of those around anymore. As if we didn't know this - "Sparkling Pyrex Ware makes foods look and taste more delicious" It's so true!!!
Stay tuned for more ads...
I made the rounds yesterday at the thrifts, I think I spent a whopping $4.50 - you know those are going to be small finds..
These were unopened, but not anymore - a pack of 8 Hallmark Halloween party invitations that sold for 60 cents, I paid 50 cents.
These older Old Maid cards were in a bag at Value Village, I just wanted those cards, my kids used to have them in the plastic case, that's the only reason I wanted them, they're not even the same set they had, but.....
One lone Vera came home with me, it's not a beautiful pattern, that's for sure, another one added to the collection.
I bought this book at a little shop on our way home, in Maine. I was so happy with this find - I see them on Ebay for not very much and I didn't pay much but I know that around this area that anything Dionne would go much higher. I did a blog post in June on the Dionne Quints after I visited their childhood home which is only 2 1/2 hours from where I live - here is that post and also a page that I SMASHed on that day. I won't go into all that again as I did touch on their life in the previous post. They were just the cutest!
I forgot to share this from the 70 Mile Yard Sale - somehow my Hands Down game is gone, my kids used to play with it when we went home, well, now we have another one for the future, I left it there. I loved that game!!
I brought a couple of watches back with me - I know nothing about them, but the one in the box is very unique, it was used but the box is like new and it has the price tag hanging on it. I guess they belonged to someone in my family bu tI don't know who! I'm going to use them for decoration.
This came from my mother-in-law's house, someone had a prize winning dog but we're not positive who that was, they did well at that dog show back in 1949.
This old photo album is full of greeting cards from the 70's - it's so neat, I have a hankie holder in the same kind of suede material. Some of the etchings are original, others were written on it.
