I’ll spare you my sunsets, but I just have to share the great vintage farm finds that come my way.
Take a peek at the ca-ute cosmetics bag Carol found on Zulily for just under $7.
With a tapestry-like pouch and felted wool flowerpots and blossoms, it couldn’t be ca-uter!
Zulily is a treasure chest of “sale events” that last just 72 hours … or less. You’ll find clothing for women and kids, home décor, and more … all priced to sell (many items are up to 70% off). Lots of unique styles, lots of kitsch, lots of cute! The down-side is you’ll have to wait 2-4 weeks for most shipments (you place your order, it’s shipped from hundreds of companies direct to Zulily, then Zulily ships to you). The up-side is that anything you order in a 24-hour period is shipped for just one $8.95 shipping charge, even though the items will be shipped to you from Zulily in separate shipments as soon as they arrive there. So, you probably wouldn’t buy this pouch online—by the time you paid for shipping, it might feel too expensive. But since Carol was buying a pair of shoes, a dress, a special-sized cast-iron pan, and a purse (it was a shopping spree, after all!), the one-time shipping charge was negligible.
At the least, Zulily provides lots of fun window-shopping. Carol’s hooked!
Winnie Nielsen says: I recently was with a friend who knows all those deal sites like Zulilly and constantly finds incredible bargains. This little pouch shown is totally adorable. Places like Zulilly just overwhelm me. How does one know what and where to look? How do all those coupons, codes and deals work simultaneously? One needs a PhD in Shopping to figure it all out to your advantage. Clearly, I missed those courses in life. Sounds like Carol, however, hit Pay Dirt this go around a Zulilly!
Winnie Nielsen says: This is a clever way to top odd pieces of vintage what-nots for a touch of whimsy. The old mug would be cute with sewing notions.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
These lovely vintage beauties are a lost art form. Grandmothers sat in the evening making these crocheted items for their homes. Now , we dig through thrift stores and antique stores to save them once again.
Winnie you are so right. My Mother and Oldest Sister crocheted beautiful items. I always that they would be around forever to make things for me. Not so my Sister died of compication from cancer and my Mother got arthritis in her hands while I was still a young Mother. Now I have only a couple of my Mother’s crocheted items. It is not the same to get them any where else. I am very proud of my Daughter who is learning how from her Husbands Daughter. Maybe she can make me something special. Love and best wishes
Beautiful! Looks like some of the linens I have at my house! But I’m pretty sure I would have know if you were here taking pictures of my linens!
Lovely!
CJ
Have many of the hankies my grandmother decorated with her crocheted edgings. Keep a plan/hope in the back of my mind to redo an old folding screen with those hankies (and more I have collected over the years) so that there is a constant presence and reminder of her and the other women who shared this particular talent.
Couldn’t agree more. It keeps them near us.
My Grandmother, Hazel Logan, was born in 1898 and learned all those lovely handcrafts as a girl. Well their farm had to be sold in 1955 and the lovely old marble tops on the furniture (nobody wanted them) were broken up and lots of her handwork was sold to an antique dealer. The only think I have left are two sheets with hand crocheted lace trim, and these I have given to my granddaughter, Shannon. I explained that these were made by her great-grandmother and she should treasure them. Perhaps one day she will pass them to her children and tell the story of who made them.