Ostara Inspiration....

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Wishing you all a Happy Easter,Passover,Ostara,or excuse to eat candy day!Whatever  is appropriate for you and yours.









And no Easter is complete without your Easter bonnet!

Mandalians....

If you have a love for late 1800's to 1930's purses chances are you've seen and hopefully as I do adore a Mandalian purse.My grandmother had one that I couldn't wait to have,I don't mean that in a "hey grandma!Hurry up and die so I can have your stuff" way,just meant that I've wanted it for a while..My mother let me use it to my 8th grade dance and from then on I'd admire it behind glass where my mother kept it.Well,my mother gave it to me last week BUT it was to sell!Oh the humanity!I can't be too upset about it as I understand her situation.I thought I'd at least share its glory here before some lucky lady out there bought it and it went off to a new home.I also thought I'd feature some others.

Here is my grandmothers Mandalian now listed in my etsy shop:


Here is another on with birds also listed on Etsy and in my opinion is being undersold for what these usually go for so snag it up ladies!

You could slum it and go to Ebay looking for one.Chances are though if you're after a good one though you'll end up losing in a bidding war to someone willing to pay $800.00 for one.I also am not a fan of Ebay,they treat their sellers like garbage so they don't get press on my blog anymore,sorry Ebay!It was a hot,passionate love affair I had with you once upon a time but now like a lot of my ex's I have to look at you and go "what was I thinking?!"

This one is from Go Antique and already sold for $450.00 but I love the gold frame with the rich blue so here it is:
When it comes to user names chances are someone out there has the one you use too.Did you know there is an Art-DecoDame site?I didn't !But aw lawdy does she have some pretty things!For the record I am not her,she is not me,we are not affiliated with each-other,just both dames that share a love of art deco.Here are a few from that site!






*Le sigh* ok folks that's enough internet window shopping for one morning.My little girl spent the night at my mothers last night so I need to take full advantage of trying to get things done with only one kid!

An Error in My Favor...

When I made the move back here to California I perhaps got a little too smug about nothing breaking or getting lost.I had unpacked my Etsy inventory and thought I was good to go.Then I sold a 2 lots of vintage swizzle sticks I had to one of my fabulous twitter followers Carl.He should have been getting 35 swizzle sticks.I searched high and low and could only come up with 34!How did just 1 go missing?!Why!?I felt AWFUL!

I refunded him the shipping cost and sent a little something extra as a "sorry for sucking" apology and kept my fingers crossed that would be ok.Not only did he still leave me positive but he sent ME a gift as a thank you for refunding the shipping!A lovely art deco needle book!I was so touched and adore it so that I just had to share it with you all!








Also a fun find that has nothing to do with the other is this cute vintage glass Listerine jar I thrifted recently!Besides the fact that this color indicates that is the heinous death flavor also that fact that is really old equals display purposes only but display well it does!

Random Bits of Black and White...

Sometimes I find that I've shopped with a theme without meaning to.On a recent treasure hunt I came home with these pretties that were all black and white!


The cake topper I honestly have no use for but I thought they were so cute,even with the broken arm bride.My husband and I have been married for 4 years this year but I can't seem to part with it.Perhaps I'll put them to use when we redo our vows for our 10 year anniversary.


This art deco brooch was my priciest piece at only $2.00!


and last but not least this autographed photo of Pat Conway!Don't know if it is authentic but I'm just happy with the photo as I am an old western fan!Once we have a bigger place Wayland will have a 50's cowboy room so I'll probably end up putting it in there.

Dear Santa...

Not going to happen but a gal can dream can't she?So for Christmas Santa I would like the following 3 things and in the same theme no less!

A 1939 World's Fair Bakelite pencil sharpener:


a bakelite thermometer:




and some salt and pepper shakers:


If you could pull that off Santa I'd be pleased and then some!

I Broke My Own Rule...

Sorry I've been horrid at updating lately.I had my daughters second birthday on Sunday,my mother in law in from California and a nasty cold I can't seem to shake.All have left me rather unmotivated and quite behind on this,that and the other.Also my husband getting laid off probably doesn't help either.If I'm on the computer he'd much rather I sit on the couch with him and watch movies but as far as electrontic vices mine has always been a preference of internet over television (epsecially since our movie tastes are QUITE different).

But getting back on topic I broke one of my own rules a few weeks ago.If something doesn't work I don't buy it regardless of how cute it is.It helps my house from becoming overcrowded with vintage items.Same rule I had to apply with lamps,if it's not in a pair I don't buy it just because there are too many cute single lamps out there,I'd get out of control..however I would SOOOO break that rule should I ever stumble across some Moss lamps which I have pined over since I was 18.

I saw it at the antique mall this lovely little deco Apollo alarm clock that doesn't work.But I was drawn to it...and for $6.00 it wasn't like I was breaking the bank I just really liked it and had a "it will be mine,oh yes it will be" moment and purchased it.


Plus it looks just right next to my aluminum dish with bakelite that I got a few months ago at the same antique mall for $3.00 or $4.00.


As I pictured these I was horrified as I looked at my once overflowing lucite bracelet and necklace display and earring tree and wondered "wow have I really sold off THAT much of my personal collection?" The sad answer to that is yes *le sigh* eh but starting over is the fun part sometimes right?