Vintage vs Vintage
10-24-2014, 05:21 AM
#53
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Location: North Florida
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I have three vintage sewing machines so I don't have room for very many other collections but I do collect vintage brooches (they are small and easy to store). I love shopping on ebay and etsy for a real deal on a pretty vintage brooch.
10-24-2014, 05:28 AM
#54
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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DH & I both like old hand tools - we have a pretty good collection going just from things we each have inherited from our fathers and grandfathers. We don't clean them up; we like them worn & rusty and we put them on display just as they are. Many of them have the initials of our family members engraved into them, which I really like. AND they still work and occasionally still get used, LOL.
I also have a small collection of old bottles; some I've bought on my own, some came from my grandmother's collection when she passed on. My favorite are the purple glass; I also have some purple glass doorknobs.
I have a jar full of old marbles that were part of my father's collection. When he passed away my family split up his HUGE collection, so many of us now have a jar full of his marbles.
I also collect rocks and fossils...those are vintage, right? LOL
In my sewing room, I collect and display vintage sewing notions that come my way. I don't seek them out, but people tend to pass sewing tins on to me when their aunt so-and-so passes on and there's often some neat treasures mixed in amongst the bent needles & random buttons. I have a couple mason jars full of buttons (some vintage, some not), old advertizement needle packs, old tailor's chalk, old rick-rack...anything with a "retro" style packaging or interesting graphics that comes my way goes on display. Also a (very small) collection of old scissors hangs on my wall.
I also have a small collection of old bottles; some I've bought on my own, some came from my grandmother's collection when she passed on. My favorite are the purple glass; I also have some purple glass doorknobs.
I have a jar full of old marbles that were part of my father's collection. When he passed away my family split up his HUGE collection, so many of us now have a jar full of his marbles.
I also collect rocks and fossils...those are vintage, right? LOL
In my sewing room, I collect and display vintage sewing notions that come my way. I don't seek them out, but people tend to pass sewing tins on to me when their aunt so-and-so passes on and there's often some neat treasures mixed in amongst the bent needles & random buttons. I have a couple mason jars full of buttons (some vintage, some not), old advertizement needle packs, old tailor's chalk, old rick-rack...anything with a "retro" style packaging or interesting graphics that comes my way goes on display. Also a (very small) collection of old scissors hangs on my wall.
10-24-2014, 02:12 PM
#55
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: South Central Indiana
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Sewnoma, you and I are so much alike it sometimes scares me LOL
I have an affinity for rocks too, my friends tease me, but I have one friend who brought me rocks from all over Europe and the Middle East!
I have an affinity for rocks too, my friends tease me, but I have one friend who brought me rocks from all over Europe and the Middle East!
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