Wanderlust & Pixie Dust

Think I'll Keep Her

 

It's great to have a little sis who shares your love for vintage.  And a sis who knows instinctively what makes your heart skip a beat.  This wonderful vintage hanky is a perfect example.  Petunia Camellia gave this to me last Christmas.  I must say that I was verrrrry pleased.

Years ago I started to pick up vintage early Southern California items.  Items intertwined with my home state and Mexican heritage.   Click HERE  to see an earlier post I did showing some of my vintage dollies in all their bright and colorful get ups.  These types of things were all the rage around the 30-50's.

 

This cute little hanky is so wonderfully detailed.  I do believe that I squealed with glee upon first seeing it.  Hand painted...

Delicate buttons on his boots.  Gently lifting her skirt reveals shapely tiny legs...

Pretty and rosy cheeked...

The underside...

 

Hand edged and hand embellished...

Guess my little sis is a keeper.

A Peek in Sis's Room

While visiting home for the Christmas I couldn't resist snapping a few photos of sis's treasures. Much to her chagrin. But she didn't bother to stop me so I took that to mean go ahead.  She knows better I guess.  After all, I'm older.

She has had this advertisement for the movie Howards End since the movie came out.  Every time that I see it I wonder why didn't it dawn on me to do the same?

I've been eyeballing this vintage Virgin Mary for the longest time too.  This time sis replied  "Aww you can have it.  Never could stand the frame"  when she saw me giving it the eye. Thank you Sister Sledge!

Note the cool silver sparkly bits?

Now this pair below sis is loathe to part with.  I think she paid something like $5-15 for them.  Beautiful Art Nouveau bookends.  Once upon a time she had them appraised for well over $100 One of them is damaged.  I wouldn't mind! Lucky chick.

Now this pretty little turn of the century reverse painting (Dogwood? Apple tree?) with a sky blue background was given to her by none other than myself.  Found it at a nearby flea market for mere pennies. Such a delicate sweet little piece in person.

A pretty old vintage parasol.

Sis and I are fond of anything that has to do with "sisters" or that is sister-like, implying sisterhood etc...

This wonderful old beveled mirror is another of sis's great vintage finds.  It's amazing the number of cool mirrors to be discovered out there.  Especially when you see how much they want for something similar but brand spanking new.  We still see them all the time for about $5.  Which reminds me of one that I have propped up buried behind a stash of books.  It's massive, heavy, vintage (natch!) and shaped like a heart.  I'll have to drag that one out tomorrow.

The cutie pie in the pix is little sis. She's gonna kill me for saying this but I think that this is one of her favorite pictures of herself. No, I take that back.  I think that it's another photo showing her posed just so with a phone in hand. 

I can hear the phone call already.  Uh-oh.  But I'm the big and bossy sis remember?  I can say what I want. What is she going to do about it? Tell on me? Ha.

Gifts From Little Sis

I am so lucky to have a little sister who shares so many of the same interests.  Whenever I visit her it is not uncommon to come home laden with gifts and goodies.  A visit a few weeks ago was no exception.  She sent me home with a letter from the 1880s.

A really cool copy of a Lovelorn comic book.

A vintage paperback copy of book from a writer that we are both quite fond of, Harlan Ellison. 

Dig the funky cover.

A little info on Mr. Ellison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison The man spoke once at the library my sister worked at many moons ago.  He threw around the f-bomb a few times and raised quite a few eyebrows.  Of course my sister and I, being much younger then, got a big kick out of it at the time. 

 

And a vintage letter opener from a souvenir shop on Hollywood Blvd.  It features John and Bobby Kennedy along with Martin Luther King. 

Thanks sis!