I found this retro advertising spot made to look like a column called Travel Talk From Kaymax Travel Agency published in the Tri City Herald, July 15, 1981. In it, Joe Jackson offers motivation for antiquing abroad: If you’re an antique buff, you’ll have the time of your life browsing in foreign countries. Let’s face [...]
Decorating2
Pick & Grin – Christmas Memories – Time to Tear Down the Tree
Pick: I suppose it is time. Time to take down the tree, put all the ornaments in their boxes, until next year. We are the only ones in our ‘group’ who have a live tree. When the kids were small, we’d work on putting it up for a few days. You’d do the lights, the [...]
Projects3
Collections In Old Shoeboxes
I just put an empty shoebox in my son’s room. Why? Because every kid should have empy shoeboxes to fill. I remember as a kid all the services shoeboxes had. Some held saved greeting cards, playing cards and jokers, and other bits of ephemera grown-ups needed not to see when they came to supervise room [...]
Kitchenalia4
It’s A Pickle!
My mom found this old pickle cookie cutter and gave it to me for Christmas this year — though first, in the confusion of gift opening, my middle child got it, opened it, and was very confused. (I guess she was the pickle in the middle? lol) My mom found the cookie cutter out antiquing [...]
Fashion5
I Wish I Had My Grandmother’s Aprons
Many people think of aprons as charming relics from our past, or as evidence of enforced domesticity; but the truth is, aprons have a practical role in modern lives too. Grandma always said you should be proud of your work around the house; you should be proud to take care of your home and family, [...]
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Christmas Trees Have Never Been My Favorite Things
This antique photo of a Christmas tree surrounded by little boys who seem less than thrilled suits me because Christmas trees have never been my favorite things. Primarily because it was our family custom for my father to get the itch to go Christmas tree shopping on the coldest, nastiest day of the year — [...]
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Christmas Decorations: Why We Make Him Carry All Those Boxes From The Attic
Unpacking delicate vintage glass ornaments, untangling glowing orbs of flickering light, placing winter village scenes just so, divided camps of garland vs tinsel, and don’t forget the tradition of tree topper placement. Some believe less is more (those weird freaks!), and others (like me!) believe holiday is the time of year to go all out. [...]
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