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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A list of 10 Random Collections with accompanying photos

I didn't have any random thoughts. Okay, I did but I'm getting old and if I don't write them down immediately I will forget them.
Then I usually forget where I put the paper down that I wrote them on.
Then I pull out my wallet to pay for a kolache and
then the small slip of paper falls out.
Then I remember what I wanted to tell you that was sooooo interesting that I had to write it down. I don't really buy kolaches. I don't think I've ever had a kolache. I'm not really sure what kolaches are but if kolaches are anything like beignets then I NEED one now!

So because I can't remember anything interesting to tell you and I don't have a kolache and I have a ton of crap that I should be documenting, for insurance purposes (Ha! Like I own anything worth insuring. Gotcha!), I'll show you 10 collections of old stuff I have hanging around my house. I dusted off the cobwebs so they are safe to touch.

Here are 10 interesting collections of stuff with accompanying photos that I kept from my Mother-in-laws house. Please ignore the crumbs on the placemats. It was the housekeepers day off. It seems to always be her day off. Gawd, she's lazy. All I can say is she's cheap. Toss her a fridge full of veggies and she's good to go. Go off and do nothing that is.


1. Two pendant watches, a tie pin made from some of the gold that JR's grandfather brought down from the Yukon in 1910, and my mother-in-laws' baby locket that her father gave her when she was one week old. Which would have been the first week of November 1912.




2. Old pin cushion shaped like a shoe. I'm not really a shoe kind of gal but this appealed to me. I have no idea why. Maybe I make some sort of connection between sharp pointy things and shoes. It is a complete waste of time trying to figure why I do keep something.



3. Two shoe button hooks. Why I kept these is anyone's guess. I personally like shoes that slip on. All that nasty tying of laces is just exhausting. Buttoning my shoes? Out-of-the-question!




4. A lock of my husband's baby curls and the bracelet his mother was given to wear at the hospital. Isn't that the sweetest thing? I have the bracelet that the nurses put on him in his baby book.



5. Gypsy witch cards. Probably one of the oddest things I ever found. No that's not true. The oddest thing would be the sex manual but this rates right up there.



6. Art deco playing cards. Pretty, no? I plan to frame a few of these. I love love love the box.



7. Salt and/or sugar cutter and tongs. I'm not really sure if these were for salt or sugar. Anyone? Doesn't matter, I think they are terrific. I think I'll hang them on the wall.


8. Silk stocking mending kit. Yeah, because I'll ever be wearing silk stockings. I barely wear socks and I never wear pantyhose. Nasty things...pantyhose.


9. Razor. I kept it because....I liked the peacock? I don't know but I won't be shaving my legs with this thing.



10. Pocket comb, pill box, and compact. The little round thing flips open to reveal a mirror and a place to put face powder. Pretty sweet. I kept these because they could be useful in a totally never going to be way. Wouldn't they be great in a shadowbox?


There you have it. Ten random collections of stuff that I kept for probably 10 random reasons that I can't remember now but I'll never get rid of any of them. (do you think a grammar class is in order? Me too.)

Go visit Keely and the gang over at The Unmom for more random posts.


Love,
M

12 comments:

  1. GORGEOUS finds girlie!

    kolaches - super easy to make - and very tasty - if you like preserves!

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  2. I think it's all VERY cool - none of it is worth insuring???

    I hate pantyhose, too. Loathe them, actually.

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  3. How come you never pulled this stuff out when I lived less than a mile from you? Now you live 2,400 miles away and you pull out the good stuff! I see how it is. Actually, I have seen the art deco cards, the box is very cool. I bet the shoe pin cushion could be put back into service if someone made a new cushion for it ;)

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  4. There are lots of kolache shops here in south Texas. Various kinds, meats, cheeses, etc.

    Those are some unique collections you got there. Very interesting.

    I always trying to remember blog worth stuff to post. Lately, I've been emailing myself ideas. I can do it anywhere from my phone then go back and read them later.

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  5. I'm not really sure what a kolache is, let alone if it's tasty. I'll just go with it. Those are awesome things--I like the button hooks. ANd the razor, but I never let it near my legs either.

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  6. At least the stuff you hoard is worth something. :-) Love the new header!

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  7. Wow. And WOW. I could only ever wish my mother-in-law would have stuff that cool at her house! Loved "useful in a totally never going to be way" :)

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  8. That is very real treasure!!

    I have a watch from my grandma similar to your #1 items.

    I had forgotten just how pretty playing card boxes used to be!!!

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  9. Neat stuff. My husband is a huge collector, so we have lots of random collections too. None as cool as your stuff, though.

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  10. Oh Wow...I really dig those playing cards. Sweeet. Cheers Michele!!

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  11. That hospital bracelet is really cute, the actual hospital made it for them? Cool.

    Now where do you keep all of this stuff? Like displayed or hidden away? I never know what to do with the sentimental stuff I kept of my gram's.

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  12. I love those art deco cards. Gorgeous.

    Love the new header, btw!

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