tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300728822012-02-16T03:27:30.114-05:00cluttershopnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-44003884392690305962011-03-27T11:40:00.004-04:002011-03-27T13:33:55.067-04:00

More distractions from packing up my things to move. This little cookbook has no date but it looks 1920s to me. I rediscovered when cleaning out a drawer. One of the only small pleasures of relocating from here to there.And who exactly is Viola Boyd? I don't know. A quick google search only turned up a number of obits for Viola Boyds, Facebook profiles and my recipe book pictures on Flickr.Back

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Packing to move to a new apartment and rediscovering some ephemera, notions and whatnot that I squirreled away. I love the image of this plane dumping a load of notions.

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The Flea Market Acquisitions, Part III found a big pile -- no less than 50 big -- of these lovely butterfly flannel pieces on the second day of the giant flea market.The dealer was from Pennsylvania and found them at the bottom of an auction box lot. Because she didn't know much about them, I'm guessing I paid a lower than average price.These butterfly flannel bits are called "felts" and

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-59874231800610037462009-05-13T09:09:00.013-04:002009-05-14T13:01:59.660-04:00

The Flea Market Acquisitions, Part I On the first and second days of the Giant flea market at the WV fairgrounds, I did a little hunting for myself. Transfer Prints My first purchase was from Jan, one of my favorite regular flea market vendors. She pulled out a cardboard box filled with embroidery transfer prints. It has a great mix of the standard floral and kitchy novelty kitchen designs --

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-91350942790487811112009-05-12T14:31:00.004-04:002009-05-13T10:11:05.880-04:00

While I'm a frequent browser and buyer at area flea markets, I've only set up and sold my wares a couple of times. I gave it another shot this past weekend at the biannual giant flea market at the West Virginia State fairgrounds.The weather was terrible, as seen by the stormy sky behind the Fairgrounds sign.I shared a giant outdoor spot with three friends, one of whom had a luxe RV to serve as

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-90558190599539272762008-11-23T09:20:00.008-05:002009-05-13T14:58:34.874-04:00

I found this fabric yesterday at Forest Hill Antiques -- an old school house with connecting rooms filled with antiques, vintage goods, electrical parts, tools, and, of course, some junk.The fabrics I bought were stuffed in bags and boxes under other boxes piled with mirrors and other big heavy things in a back room. In short, lots of moving and shuffling and poking required.The place isn't

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-13016671346959363482008-11-08T10:29:00.003-05:002009-05-13T10:12:09.754-04:00

About the same time that I found the beauty salon matchbooks on ebay, I also started hunting vintage hair product packaging with interesting graphics. I intended to use the illustrations as cut-outs for decoupage boxes.I've thought about framing the collection for a bathroom.These were all found on ebay for $6 and under.My former employer was going through a merger at the time I found these on

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-18884583560503488592008-11-07T11:44:00.015-05:002009-05-13T14:56:46.266-04:00

One of the things I love about my beauty matchbook collection is the variation of several themes in the clip art and language, like these silhouettes."Beauty Culture" is one of the better phrases in the bunch. It's actually much more descriptive than the fairly drab "personal grooming" or "health and beauty industry".Some more examples from my matchbook covers ...on beauty ....on looking goodon

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-18144750526676341202008-11-06T08:35:00.015-05:002009-05-13T14:55:55.651-04:00

My interest in vintage matchbooks dates to 1999/2000. A good friend's boyfriend of the time, Joel, was a passionate and knowledgeable matchbook collector and introduced me to Phillumeny, or matchbook collecting. Joel referred to it simply as "The Hobby."Joel and his dad had a match cover collection that they estimated was in the tens of thousands. They would take road trips to go to match

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Cluttershop hits the little screen with this DIY video on eco-fashion-lifestyle site Sprig.com.Most talented video-maker Jennifer has now moved to eco news & commentary site Grist.com, where she makes even more videos, like this - Umbra Fisk on cleaning green.

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After more trial and error, poking around online for information and some repair work, I think learned how to wrestle the Franklin Signet Embosser into submission.Here's what I learned -- mostly from the very helpful ebay seller Malcom's Machines:1. Matchbook stamper. My little hot foil machine is actually made specifically for stamping matchbooks.2. Old foils are probably fine. Foils should

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-38780621300996964582008-09-02T13:50:00.008-04:002008-10-25T10:42:48.860-04:00

I decided to revisit the hot foil stamping machine that I bought it in 2003 at an estate sale. The little machine, eight-or-so boxes of type and loads of hot foil cost me $15. It's small and easy to carry from workspace to shelf. Nice and portable.This is my second hot foil machine. My first was a massive Kwik Print model 86. It was rescued from my old employer's trash pile back in 2000.

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-85714587723025013462008-04-05T09:04:00.008-04:002009-05-13T10:06:38.584-04:00

Betsy McCall goes to schoolOriginally uploaded by cluttershop McCall's magazines were one of the first things I hunted in antique stores. I knew the Betsy McCall paper doll from the magazines my mom bought in the 1970s and 80s. Looking for old magazines with the paper doll page intact became a good way to occupy myself when accompanying my mom and grandmother on their many antiquing

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-25863132202250732032008-01-11T10:29:00.004-05:002009-05-13T14:58:12.451-04:00

Vogart pillow top detailOriginally uploaded by cluttershop January is inventory month for Lewisburg's antique stores. At the shop where I work, it means lots of sorting and culling and pulling out old items for a trip to Mt. Dora in Florida in February. It also means good deals on older items for shoppers (and shop employees).This is partially completed embroidery pattern that I retrieved from

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-12907189362116401902008-01-06T09:41:00.002-05:002008-12-08T16:21:03.437-05:00

Paint-by-numbers - winter sceneOriginally uploaded by cluttershop Several years ago I started buying vintage Paint-by-numbers. Because there are so many around, I established a few buying guidelines to limit my collection and possibly reign in the clutter.I have two basic guidelines for my Paint-by-numbers acquisitions:1. never spend more than a few dollars each ($10 max, but only if absolutely

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Corto radiatorOriginally uploaded by cluttershop This radiator catalog was a 2003 ebay purchase related to my bungalow fix-up project. That first summer of rehab work was directed by a new friend and old hand at house repair named Robert. He loved radiators and worked hard to convince me to paint my radiators bronze rather than cover them with those wood and metal radiator covers.He won and my

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I picked up this small catalog of household plumbing fixtures in Fall 2003 shortly after I bought my 1918 fixer-upper bungalow.The catalog represents a phase of my hunting old house parts catalogs -- partly looking for inspiration for my renovations and restoration. Mostly, I think I was just charmed by the illustrations of domestic bliss.The catalog isn't dated, but it appears to be late 1920s

cluttershopnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30072882.post-51076931406700009422007-12-29T09:01:00.001-05:002008-12-08T16:21:04.063-05:00

hog #42Originally uploaded by cluttershop I found these odd little glossy prints in a box of farm-related ephemera on my last trip to the Fairlea flea market. Each picture is numbered on the back in a very official manner. I'm not sure what the official purpose was, but for 10 cents a piece, I could hardly go wrong.I bought 15. Three went into my mom's Christmas stocking. The rest are for me.

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