July 16th 2011
collections | two
Welcome to the first day of the Cherished Collections Blog Tour! Today I’m starting the collection tour, but be sure to come back each evening this week (starting tomorrow) for a look at what others participating in the blog tour have posted about.
I had the worst time picking out what to share with you; I have a lot of little collections so choosing which to include today proved to be a bit challenging. In the end the three I picked I hope you’ll enjoy seeing!
First up is my growing collection of vintage sweetheart and nautical-themed jewelry. I unwittingly purchased my first piece at a yard sale years ago (ironically the day SH and I went on our first datefate perhaps?!). I didn’t really know about Navy sweetheart jewelry until much more recently, and have been picking up pieces here and there—although most have been lovely gifts from friends and family who know I collect it! Of course nautical pieces have also made their way into the collection as well. The trio of anchors is one that SH picked up for me earlier this year. I’ve always loved just about anything with a nautical theme, but I’m especially fond of it now because of SH and how proud I am of him and Navy heritage.
You’ve seen snippets of my vintage pattern books and booklet collection over the years, but I wanted to show it collected up together! These are just the sewing pattern booklets; I have another (smaller) collection of knitting and needlework ones as well. A handful of the 40s booklets I bought as a teenager (some of my first Ebay purchases!), and they hold a very special spot in my collection. When I bought these I was just becoming interested in sewing vintage fashions and integrating it more into my everyday wardrobe. I’ve referred to all of these many times over the years for inspiration and ideas; they never fail to provide on that point!
Lastly is my very tiny stash of antique tintypes. (Wikipedia has a good history of the tintype photograph here.) These I mostly picked up some years back from my grandfather who ran an antiques business. But I’ve added in a couple since then as well! I still look for interesting images when I go to antique stores; I especially like group photos as you can see. I particularly love ones from the 1870s; the clothes of the decade are particularly beautiful in a Victorian way, and the piled-high hairstyles have always fascinated me. There is something haunting about old photographs that have found their way into antique stores and flea markets; and I think that appeals to me. I was always one of those children who would sit and stare at pictures in history books for hours, studying the faces of the people in the image and wondering what they were like. Though none of these are terribly remarkable or dynamic photographs, its an appeal of old images that still draws me in to this day.
Those are my three collections! I hope you enjoyed these, and be sure to stop by again tomorrow evening to see some of the collections others are sharing!
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