Showing posts with label vera neumann scarves vintage collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vera neumann scarves vintage collection. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Do You Have a Collection?

Op Shop Mama has a Collection Selection link party up and going - that's the place for me to share because I always have a collection of some sort on the go.    I always have collected something - some of those collections are long gone now - I get it honestly, my Mom had a collection of over 500 hankies, I guess you could say I have a hankie collection now because I have them all!  Here is my basket full of Vera scarves - I need a new basket badly!




I've mentioned my Vera collection of scarves many times on my blog - that is Vera Neumann, not to be confused with Vera Bradley!  Vera (1907-1993) was an American artist and entrepreneur best known for her boldly coloured linen patterns and scarves, signed "Vera" and many featuring her signature lucky "ladybug".  I've been collecting them for  a little over a year, I have 143 different scarves as well as three designs of napkins.  I've bought most of these at thrift shops, never paying much more than $2 for a scarf.  I've been really fortunate to receive some as gifts too, which I so appreciate.     I hit the mother lode back in March - here's what I found - it was just the best day - for a Vera collector, anyway!!


There are so many designs - florals, geometrics, solids - various shapes - long, large square, small square, wing tip - I do wear them sometimes, the large square being my favorite.  







Aren't they beautiful?


Op Shop Mama has a neat collection of vintage sifters, they are so nice - if you are a collector like me, you really need to check this out here.  I am also linking with up with Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop