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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    A ladies toilet is an old-fashioned term referring to the process of a woman preparing her hair, putting on make-up and getting dressed. Similar to they way toilet water got it's name, I'd say these pins got their name. I would say these slightly fancier pins were meant for fastening clothing...
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I wouldn't use the lucite handle as an excuse to date the cabinet 1950s. Lucite was invented in 1931.
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    Footwear for Winter

    To add to the confusion - I had a vintage pair of fur-trimmed 40s boots that had little inserts that you could put into the hollow heel so you could wear them as overshoes or as boots. I pulled them out of a trash can from an elderly person's house that was being cleaned out years ago, they...
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    Stuck Inside - Lake Effect Blizzard

    My husband went to college at Edinborough, we know all about lake effect snow. In fact, I live 2 hours south of you and your weather front has now moved down to us! We don't get slammed nearly as bad as you do, though. Who would have thought that we'd have a white Thanksgiving? I quite...
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    Show us your vintage hats!

    The top and bottom hat look like 50s New Look era styles to me. The top looks like one of those saucer or mushroom cap shaped hats that were popular that sat flat across the top of the head. The bottom hat's shape is more like the new look bucket hats that were popular. It reminds me of this...
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    I had a collection of first edition Dr. Suess books that my mother got rid of, that I bought from the original owner at yard sale. One of the books alone I've seen valued at $5000 in good condition. I feel their pain. lol
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    I slightly disagree with you. I think some people never got rid of that depression/wartime saving mentality because they were raised in it and that's what they knew. My grandmother was one of them. My mother's neighbor growing up was one of them. You should have seen the things I pulled out...
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Fluer, I have a thick bakelite cuff bracelet that is the same color as your green one. I love the green color and wear it all the time. I'm jealous of your matching earrings.
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    Fletch - that picture looks like my grandmother's and mother's houses! My grandma was a "vintage" collector in the 1940s, collecting victorian things and odds and ends. I guess it runs in the family for me. When we cleaned out her house, we had to get a dumpster because her collecting went...
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    Sounds like one of the tubes is loose or needs replaced. It probably got banged or jostled in transport.
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    round eyes-need help with makeup technique

    I have deep set, almond shaped eyes. I almost never put a contrasting eye shadow in the crease of my eyelid because it just always looks weird. I usually pick a pretty neutral color and sweep it across my lids and then I dot it in the inside corner of my eye by the tear duct. This helps to...
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    Cross-traffic in vintage communities

    You can add my husband and I to that list. We both do 18th century living history demos and re-enactments -and- we also enjoy RAB and vintage. Hubby is also in a honky tonk/hillbilly band and he does a 1790s era Wayne's Fourth Sub Legion soldier impression. I am but his lowly camp...
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    Kromex!

    Here's what the Kromex spice rack looks like: Once, I saw a flip top Kromex garbage can on eBay. I've never seen another one like it in 10 years of looking. The plastic tops to the canisters also came in different colors - aqua, pink, yellow and black.
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    Vintage 2-Player Card Games?

    I really love to play canasta. Are there any other canasta players out there? I've played it with anywhere between 2 - 8 players. Generally, for 2 players I'll deal out a few more cards. For more 8 players, I'll deal out less cards. Yahoo games has really good instructions on how to play...
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    do you have a vintage partner? Show us your mate

    These are my favorite pictures of husband and I. These pictures were taken in a vintage photo booth (and I also met John Waters the night those pics were taken!). We've been together 12 years this month. :) And yes, we both prefer vintage and antique things to new. That's a good thing, because...
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    Do you display your vintage clothing?

    The only thing I would be wary about when displaying clothing is fading. Sunlight and uv rays will eventually fade the fabric.
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    Help me!!! name this beauty

    DecoDahlia is correct.
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Is your purse a muff also? I have a similar one (that I got for $5.00 at a flea market from a little old lady who bought it in the 1940s and never used it) and it has a round lucite pull that doubles as a handle that you wear around your wrist like a bracelet. It's also a muff.
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    I got a nice beaded emerald green cardigan from Old Navy a few years ago. It was a nice repro of a vintage style. Perhaps closer to the holidays, you could check out Old Navy? they always seem to have some sort of holiday beaded cardigans every year.
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    Loungers' Pets

    The 14-year old love of my life, Molly: Or as I like to call her, Chairman Meow.

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