Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2016
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
HAPPY NEW YEAR + THRIFT STORE FINDS
I hope you all have the best year ever in 2015 - stay healthy, happy, and blessed! My mo-in-law gave me these two vintage noisemakers for Christmas - love 'em!
Went to the thrift shops yesterday and the day before. Here's my loot:
A vintage stocking of felt ($.25), and a vintage box of some ornaments ($.60). I just wanted the box!
Craft snow, a few cards, pale pink beads, green wired tinsel, recipe card dividers, a small Santa, small glass bulbs, and an empty Victorian Trading Company soap box (which may end up in a swap this coming year!).
A pretty Happy Birthday vase and an assortment of cookie cutters.
I may sell some of these on Etsy this year. I haven't sold a thing in about a year, so I need to hop back on the bandwagon!
Once again, everyone, Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
REDNESDAY 2013
Also a few adorable figurines. The head vases are from 1964 and are only 3-1/2" tall. The greenery is original to them:
What do you have for New Year reds?
Monday, December 31, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR, BLOGGERS!
Auld Lang Syne, loosely translated "for the sake of old times", is a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788. I was looking for a picture in my blog archives and ended up reading a bunch of posts from a few years ago. That was fun to look back at them!
My favorite New Year's Eve memories are from when I was a child in the late 50's/early 60's. My mom was one of six kids and would have a party every year with her brother and sisters, their spouses, and one or two close friends. It was good, clean fun and they never overdid it with their drinking. They danced and laughed all night long, waiting for Guy Lombardo at midnight!
I'm one of six kids also! We couldn't wait until the morning after to see who could get the best spoils: party hats, noise makers, swizzle sticks, and stale chips! These were like gold to us kids!
In my 20's I would go to respectable nightclubs with friends. The type of club where you would don your (long) evening gown and listen to Sinatra, Streisand, etc. type of music. Those were good times, too!
After I became a Christian, the church I attended would have a gospel sing-along until midnight. I really enjoyed those!
Nowadays I stay home and enjoy New Year's Eve on Africam. South Africa has their midnight at my 5:00 p.m., so I get to "party" with them for hours!
I hope you all have the healthiest year ever and may God bless you all with prosperity! (and I'm not just talking $$$!)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
VTT - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to my last VTT post of the year! Party on, Cake Lady! Thanks so much, Suzanne, for being our fun hostess this year.Today I am going to show you two antique postcards that were in the bundle Mister got me for Christmas. These are New Year cards and are both from 1911, and you're welcome to take and use them!
Have a great night tonight, whether you're at Times Square, First Night, partying, or home in bed!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Vintage Thingies Thursday
Graciously hosted by: coloradolady
I have fond memories of my parents' New Years Eve parties in the late 50's/early 60's. The kitchen and living rooms were kind of like one big room, and when the furniture was pushed against the walls they had a decent little dance floor. My mom was one of six kids, so her sisters and brother and their spouses came, along with a few close friends.
Me and my siblings (six of us also) couldn't wait for the morning after to glean through the left-over snacks, party hats, noise makers, (edit) swizzle sticks, streamers, and what-not. My favorites were the tin noise makers that spun around as you held them, and the swizzle sticks. Oh, the swizzle sticks! They were like magic wands to a six-year-old! Different colors of hard plastic or glass that had sparkles in them, some shaped like a cane with little whistles or other novelties hanging from them.
Every New Year's I've remembered them, so a while back I started looking for them on eBay. I have found enough to satisfy my yearnings, so I'm sharing them here today. Of course, I am always open to more variety!
I love these little white vases also - they remind me of loving cups (trophies).
I have fond memories of my parents' New Years Eve parties in the late 50's/early 60's. The kitchen and living rooms were kind of like one big room, and when the furniture was pushed against the walls they had a decent little dance floor. My mom was one of six kids, so her sisters and brother and their spouses came, along with a few close friends.
Me and my siblings (six of us also) couldn't wait for the morning after to glean through the left-over snacks, party hats, noise makers, (edit) swizzle sticks, streamers, and what-not. My favorites were the tin noise makers that spun around as you held them, and the swizzle sticks. Oh, the swizzle sticks! They were like magic wands to a six-year-old! Different colors of hard plastic or glass that had sparkles in them, some shaped like a cane with little whistles or other novelties hanging from them.
Every New Year's I've remembered them, so a while back I started looking for them on eBay. I have found enough to satisfy my yearnings, so I'm sharing them here today. Of course, I am always open to more variety!
I love these little white vases also - they remind me of loving cups (trophies).
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