On top of a pretty butterfly tile from a thrift store are a vintage Yardley English Lavender bottle ( still one of my very favorite scents!), a tiny compact that probably once held rouge - I have used it as a pillbox - and another little marbleized shoehorn. 
And a pretty glass flower bouquet I found here in the house backed by a vintage vanity tray.
Just a few pictures of vintage shoes I have sold. The shoes with matching clutch bag, above, were really nice with a bright and pretty floral pattern. These vintage black leather boots were in the original box, which was thrashed, but the boots were perfect!
And the silver shoes below were from the late 60's or early 70's. If any of these had been my size, I doubt I would have sold them.
I did keep the little silver handbag that I think was "worn" with these shoes. Because I love having vintage accessories - things no one else has!
.....well, they used to have it, anyway.
Actually, these old eyes ain't what they used to be. Eye exam appointment this morning. My Dollar Tree readers may not be enough anymore. Oh, well- at least if I need glasses, I can use my pretty vintage felt eyeglass cases, right?
Another set of vintage framed floral prints that I love.
Normally I can recall, but with this pair, I am not sure whether I found them at a thrift shop or bought them on eBay. No matter - what matters is they're pretty!
I went out yesterday and ran around a little bit after an appointment. One stop was the Hallmark store - because I wanted to get free new adhesive gift wrap ( I got 2 free!) with a coupon I had, and save an additional $4 with another coupon. I also got the pretty striped box (special value 1/2 price!) in the background above with the pretty pink ribbon and flower. look how gorgeous it looks with this vintage card I got in the mail yesterday afternoon (from eBay). Wowza on those colors, huh?
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(See? More like it looks on the pin.)
I was happy with my little outing.
I also have the 2-CD set which contains 50 songs from her early films - I still LOVE listening to her, and will never tire of her.
And handsome leading men:
I sold this lot of Gary Cooper clippings on Ebay:
Some time later,I was delighted to find this old photograph from what we assume was her room when she was attending UC Berkeley. I see some of the very same clippings I found hanging on the walls in this photo! I thought that was pretty neat. I believe I determined at least some or most of them to be from 1931 from the snippets of movie references on the back side. But the gorgeous blonde in the last picture is my favorite. An artist's rendering rather than a real photo like all of the others, hers was the only color image found in the lot. (Sorry about the glare on the glass - that was the best shot I had!) What a beauty she is.
Sorry for the shortage of posts over the past week, but we went to Disneyland!! One day, we went on the Mark Twain Riverboat, and the next we were surprised to see that the Sailing Ship Columbia was out! It had been quite awhile since I had been on it, and even longer for my husband, so we enjoyed that.
They are in the process of test-running new Monorail cars, but we didn't get to see that. Maybe next time.
With my husband being a retired railroad man, naturally he loves the trains - we always get pictures of those!
He got to see this newest engine, the Ward Kimball, for the first time. That made him happy!
We saw at least three different , beautiful horses on the Horse-Drawn Streetcars, but only got pictures of these two. We were happy to see them out! Last fall, they were not because of the poor air quality.
I will have a bit more to say about Disneyland another day. Happy Disney Days!
I think she is just fabulous, and she is one among the list of my very favorite actresses ever.
I had this Snuggles book when I was little. I think my Grandma Mom gave it to me. I LOVED it. Well, somehow along the way and over the years, it got damaged. Badly. Like unsalvageable water-damaged yuck. I was SO upset. I may even have saved it in it's horrid state because I was heartbroken and couldn't bear to toss it out. Well - imagine my delight when I found another copy YEARS later at an antique mall in Anaheim. It's perfect. YAY!! I am taking good care of it, believe me.
And check out this little bundle of fluffy grey sweetness - sittin' pretty on pink stationery!
In the picture above, you see the kitchen window above the sink. I did show a view of this before from a slightly different angle, but I have changed it just a bit since then. The next photo was taken to the right of the other one. I'm kind of obsessed with the vintage wooden shelves and spice cabinets with the deco daffodil designs. I have them in every color (oh - except yellow, it seems like I saw something in yellow once.) LOVE them!
And also the vintage knife holders by Nuway that match.
This game of Tiddly Winks, shown above, was here in our basement - from my husband's childhood. I bought the box of checkers below many years ago because I liked the colors and graphics on the box. And I picked up some wooden blocks at a thrift store, just because they're always fun.
I was really tickled when I found this old Cootie box with all of it's little Cootie parts intact inside - also at a thrift shop. I remember playing with Cooties when I was little - maybe you do, too? 
And these little painted animals were inside of a wonderful vintage Christmas box. I really wanted the box- but I also liked what was inside! I found those at an antique shop downtown. It's in the building which for years housed a clothing store that just happens to have been owned by the family who lived in the house next door to us for 64 years.
