montgomery ward catalog scans on flickr

montgomery ward summer 1959 catalog
Originally uploaded by CapricornOneVintage

i know i haven't been here much this summer. i'm not dead yet and i didn't abandon this blog. this year has been a real see saw with my crohn's disease and i'll probably be having surgery soon....i will post more about that after my appointment with the surgeon next month.
but in the meantime, i did manage to post some vintage montgomery ward catalog scans to my flickr account.... go check them out here!
hope you all survived the cardinal grand cross in one piece, and managed to have a nice summer too.....♥

Etsy Vmteam Christmas in July Sale

Oh, please forgive my lengthy absence from this blog. So much has been going on, but that's for a different post. I really wanted to mention the etsy vmteam is having a Christmas in July sale. I am not participating(Scrooge!), but lots of great shops are. Go snag a bargain or two! When you get to Etsy remember to use 'vmteamxmas' as your search term.
Happy shopping...♥

MAYDAY Sale! ♥

MAYDAY! Etsy’s Vintage Market Team is having a Sale! MAYDAY!

Saving the world from mundane design, one vintage item at a time.


When:

May 1st- May 8th, 2010


What:

A spring sale featuring members of Etsy’s Vintage Market Team.

See individual shops for specific sale terms and conditions.


Who:

retrotrend http://www.etsy.com/shop/retrotrend

RetroHommeVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/RetroHommeVintage

CapricornOneVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/CapricornOneVintage

stockintrade http://www.etsy.com/shop/stockintrade

dickandjanesbooks http://www.etsy.com/shop/dickandjanesbooks

OpheliaVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/OpheliaVintage

OpheliaVintageHome http://www.etsy.com/shop/OpheliaVintageHome

BritishVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/BritishVintage

TheVintageGreen http://www.etsy.com/shop/thevintagegreen

SusabellaBrownstein http://www.etsy.com/shop/SusabellaBrownstein

RollingHillsVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/RollingHillsVintage

Funretro http://www.etsy.com/shop/funretro

VeryJeriVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/VeryJeriVintage

MomWald’sPlace http://www.etsy.com/shop/MomWaldsPlace

SouthernLadyVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/southernladyvintage

GenerationsClothing http://www.etsy.com/shop/generationsclothing

AntiquesGaloreGal http://www.etsy.com/shop/antiquesgaloregal

CollectableSpectacle http://www.etsy.com/shop/collectablespectacle

Sheila’sTreasures http://www.etsy.com/shop/sheilastreasures

DaKineJunks http://www.etsy.com/shop/dakinejunks

TheLogChateau http://www.etsy.com/shop/thelogchateau

WorldVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/worldvintage

Vintagemarbles http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagemarbles

TheWayTheyWore http://www.etsy.com/shop/thewaytheywore

ThisThat&OtherThings http://www.etsy.com/shop/thisthatotherthings

CheekyVintageCloset http://www.etsy.com/shop/cheekyvintagecloset

Gothabilly13 http://www.etsy.com/shop/gothabilly13

GypsysVardo http://www.etsy.com/shop/gypsysvardo

DovelySells http://www.etsy.com/shop/dovelysells

PhotographicAmy http://www.etsy.com/shop/photographicamy

TheVintageButtonJar http://www.etsy.com/shop/thevintagebuttonjar

Falconandfinch http://www.etsy.com/shop/falconandFinch

Concetta’sCloset http://www.etsy.com/shop/danadaisys

StuartRoadVintage http://www.etsy.com/shop/stuartroadvintage

Selloholicmom http://www.etsy.com/shop/Selloholicmom

Looking for more? Search under the “vintage” drop down tab for “vmteamspring” and “vmteam” for additional Vintage Market Team items and members!

More vintage packaging on flickr

1970's lysol can
Originally uploaded by CapricornOneVintage

I posted pictures of some of the vintage packaging I found at the hoarder house estate sale....crazy the amount of things that got saved.
click HERE to go there!
The Lysol can just about sums up my childhood. My Great Aunt Hilda (hoarder extrordinare) was totally addicted to it. She carried Lysol everywhere. Couldn't use a public bathroom without it. That smell is forever ingrained in my memory (along with Porcelana & Jergens). She was a germ phobic yet lived in a hovel. I adored her, she taught me all about yard sales (still have my prized A&W root bear bear after all these years..I only paid 5 cents for it) and second hand stores. I was at her house nearly every day & I spent vast amounts of time living in some distant past among all the out of date items. She had phone books from 1966, plates from 1935 & clothes from 1952. She kept everything...from cereal boxes and a skeleton of a seahorse to samples of the first mini pads that didn't use a belt...she was well past 70 and had no need for them, but she said they made good coasters.
My aunt passed away when I was 13. I went to live in California for a few months. My mom cleared out the whole house while I was gone and I've never quite gotten over it.

Selected scenes from a hoarder estate sale

They say pictures tell a story, I only wish I could have gotten a picture of the whole yard & the street it spilled out on. This is the tip of the iceberg, there are still outbuildings in the back to be cleaned out before they get to the house. I've never seen so much stuff in one place and I grew up with hoarders. The weird thing is that this house is small, the yard isn't huge and it's in a residential area, not out on acreage. I lived in that neighborhood and walked by that house for years, I had no idea. The pity of it is that improper storage, mice & bugs had gotten to some of it..and most of it is pretty smelly. Like any true hoarders the items they kept varied: some things found were a mix of trash (literal garbage) in with noritake china, weird stuff like stacks full of old underpants with pee stains, new old stock 1950s,60s & 70s clothes (armloads, boxes & bags full...mini mountians of it), tons of vintage japanese embroidered clothes & asian items, cheap new christmas items mixed with vintage, stuffed animals, stacks of national enquirer magazine from 1980 (I bought them all)...pajamas, pajamas & more pajamas. 8 track tapes, lots of old as seen on tv junk, wringer washers,a pool table, wigs galore & puzzles. so many puzzles. also tons of horse racing items, someone spent some time at the track. wonder if they knew my grandparents? a whole lifetime (or two) of junk up for grabs......can't wait to see what's in the house!

Item of the week.....

In honor of Spring and the fact that I actually managed to list a few things today, I'm choosing this super darling 1940/50s clear rhinestone necklace as item of the week. This is currently available in my Etsy store. I will sweeten the deal: if you convo me and say you saw it on the blog, I will throw in a pair of matching rhinestone screwback earrings ABSOLUTELY FREE!
What could be better?
♥

PS: While you are checking out Etsy, don't forget to type in vmteam into the search engine, see what kind of lovely things you can find from my fellow Vintage Market Team members!

Sunshine Award........

Thanks so much to Finding Charm for nominating my blog for a Sunshine Award. As you all know I haven't been around as much as I'd like to be lately, so this is a really cool suprise. I feel so blessed and not forgotten! :)

Here are the rules for accepting this award...

* Put the logo on your blog or within your post.

* Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.

* Link the nominees within your post.

* Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

* Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Here are my 12 in no particular order:
1.boylerpf

2.GreenTrinity

3.Pleasant Family Shopping

4.myvintagevogue

5.www.weezi.com

6.tenthings

7.selloholicmom

8.One of a Kind Wisconsin LLC

9.Etsy Vintage Street Team

10.Hellcat Vintage

11. State Of Cake

12. Spice and Everything Nice

Just click on the names to go visiting!
♥