Showing posts with label Antiques/Vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antiques/Vintage. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Nostalgia

Lately we have been clearing out my grandparents house because someone is going to be renting it soon. It has been very nostalgic going through all my grandparents old possessions and feeling the memories of those items. It made me emotional sometimes but I enjoy still being able to have a part of them with me. I was able to take some of their things to use in my room and in my future apartment. I must say they have some amazing treasures. Along with what is pictured below, I also got a bookshelf, a dresser and a beautifully intricate gold mirror.




 This is actually a pencil sharpener. I kind of want to bring it to school with me one day and use it. I'm sure I would get some strange looks.



These are my great-grandfathers glasses. They remind me of Harry Potter glasses, and look pretty sweet on me!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Worn and Outdated

Recently I have been doing quite a bit of antiquing/thrift shopping. I also worked at an antique store for awhile (Spring Creek Antiques) and have accumulated quite a few neat things from my time there. So here are seven things that I have found throughout the years that I absolutely love!

#1  Travel Suitcase- This is my slightly worn suitcase, which I bought for my room. You can't really tell from the photograph, but it is a really nice light blue color!                                   



#2 Old Postcards- These are a couple of postcards I found at work. My room is a travel theme, and I'm going to use these for a collage, but you could use them for a number of things... including as postcards ;)




#3 Tiny Journal- this is the journal that I use for keeping track of all the money I spend, and any of the genius ideas that come to me throughout the day (ok, I'm only two pages into it)



#4 Fancy Telephone- This is my sisters, and I am so jealous that she found it!! It is so unique and IT WORKS!! I have made a couple of phone calls on it, because I feel really awesome talking to people on it, especially in a french accent.



#5 Worn Shoes- ok, I wear these shoes way too much, but they are pretty sweet if you ask me. I really like Keds, and those are these shoe's brand. They're super comfy and I like them to look worn out, like a hobos shoes.



#6 Owl Wind Chime-I keep this outside on warm days and crack my backdoor open so I can listen to it... I thought this was a great buy because it sounds beautiful and is very cute!


#7 I saw this piece at a local flea market, and I knew it would look awesome in our house. I love the color of it, and I literally can't stop looking it, it's such a statement piece :)