Vintage Story - Vintage Finds

Once when my sister and I were little, we went with our Dad to his office on a Saturday.  I think he and my mom were decorating his new office or something like that.  Meredith and I found a meeting room with a huge white board on the wall--so of course we starting coloring on it and wrote "STEVE TOLSON ROX" all over it!!  For some reason, that random day is one of my most vivid childhood memories.  While so many things have changed since then, as they always do with time, the one thing that has not changed is that I still think STEVE TOLSON ROCKS!!  He "ROX" so much that he came to see Jimmy and I when he was in town on Monday!!  It was so good to see my Dad!  How I love last-minute surprise visits! :)

And speaking of things changing with time, [sorry--best transition I could come up with] my friend Jessica and I went thrift store hunting yesterday and I came home with THESE VINTAGE TREASURES:

2 Vintage Suitcases - $8

4 Embroidered Napkins - $3

2 Lace Doilies - $5

1 Old Film Reel - $2

1 Cute Scarf - $1

1 Vintage mirror that I forgot to grab from Jess' car - $5

and my favorite purchase of the day - 1 1963 ed. "Joy of Cooking" - $1

TOTAL - $25

I especially love the 1963 Joy of Cooking WITHOUT the sleeve!!
I'm a sucker for vintage colors!  :)

You can probably expect these awesome treasures to show up in a photo shoot sometime soon!! Still on my shopping list for thrift/vintage stores: olllld vintage camera, old velvet chair in a bright color for photoshoots, vintage scale, chalkboard, vintage globes, and a vintage fan!  Oh--and I also bought this ugly clown dress for the yellow fabric (for making pillows) and the lace collar.  My goal is to make THIS soon.  [tangent: I've really been in the mood to sew something lately!!  We'll see how that goes.] I was planning to be a jokester and be wearing the ugly clown dress when Jimmy came home--but that didn't happen.  I did capture the ugliness for all of you lovelies though.  [my expression shows shock at all that fabric put together!]  Cute right? ;)