Something I value as much as handmade is history and the "things" that have survived the test of time.
Another etsy seller that I found on twitter is Tumbleweed Cottage
Here is something that I've always loved....milk glass. I like it plain, cut, or painted. White matches anything and you can really dress up a room by just adding a pretty piece of white glass. A very common fixture in almost every home was a relish dish. I find them equally, if not more useful today as a soap dish.
And I remember fondly the crispness of a tablecloth on the dinner table. What I don't miss is ironing all that linen. Yuk. That was a chore assigned to me as a very young lady, as early as age 6. Ironing napkins, tablecloths, and pillowcases. I just used one of my vintage table linens this past weekend as we had a picnic in the mountains.
And although I was never much on really feminine things (I was a tomboy as a young girl), who can resist the beauty of a floral bouquet on china. So victorian, so elegant, and so artsy.
This is another favorite. My mom bought each of us a linen calendar towel for the year we were born, then circled in permanent marker our birthday. A sweet reminder. Then, for at least one of her grandchildren (my son), she purchased one for the year he was born. I haven't circled his birthday yet. It's nice when you can find them for special occassions. I like to get them for weddings too. Mom told me she knew many newlyweds that received the calendar linen dishtowel as a gift.
And I'm a little embarrassed to say that I own several of these. Because I sew, I also have a weakness for anything that pertains to sewing. But they come in mighty handy to store all the sewing notions I've collected over the years.
I hope you've enjoyed this walk down memory lane. The etsy community is very lucky to have the cream of the crop in vintage suppliers and a nice set of guidelines provided by etsy.
If you saw something that you liked, I hope you'll pop in and visit
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