You learn something new everyday

[valleythriftshopper]

One great thing about thriftshopping is finding stuff that educates you about vintage/collectible items.  I found a cute set of vintage napkins (.29 cents) yesterday & a card (love the colors & free cause I found it on the floor & they gave it to me). 

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/thriftshopper/nap.jpg


The napkins had a signature for whoever designed the reindeer, I googled it for the heck of it.  I did not find the persons name but came upon this link in someone's blog:

http://roseofsharonmay.blogspot.com/2008/01/show-and-tell-vintage-paper-napkins.html

Aren't these napkins wonderful?  Who knew people had vast collections of them?  I remember some of our family scrapbooks had napkins, matchbooks, etc from weddings or hotels where we vacationed but I never heard of people saving all sorts of napkins from b-day parties & the like.  Imagine finding this wonderful box at a yard sale?  I have a whole new respect for paper napkins!

[goodaim]

Hi Valleythriftshopper - I'm with you; I love that sort of thing too and would have also bought those napkins and would have scooped up the card! I've picked up vintage Christmas cards here and there at garage sales - love the graphics.

Thanks for the link to that gal's vintage napkin collection - what a find.

Happy thrifting!

good aim

[dukek9]

Wow, I have the card you bought. I was in a store last spring and they had a whole basket of vintage Christmas cards, some with writing on them, some used.  They were 8 for a $1.00 but I ended up getting the whole basket of them for $4.oo.

I sent some out at Christmas to those who i knew would appreciate the vintage cards.  I even sent some of them that had messages on them to some of my quirkier friends.  They greatly enjoyed them, especially the couple who got the one where the unknown woman wrote about waiting for the princess to arrive and some other extraordianry life details.

Just was fun.

And if any of you have any great ideas about what I should do with my remaining cards, let me know.  Some have envelopes, some don't.  some are very teeny and some are large foldover size to make a small banner or something.

Dee

[valleythriftshopper]

Small square planters work great for displaying cards.  I have one on my bureau with a few Easter cards in it.  I got this planter for a quarter at a yard sale. 

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/thriftshopper/cards3.jpg

I have an old Martha Stewart mag with some ideas for displaying old postcards, which could also work for cards.  It is easy to mount the cards onto card stock by just making slits in the card stock.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/thriftshopper/cards.jpg

Also if you want to make the fancy edges, I was at Big Lots a few weeks ago & they had Fiskars paper edging scissors for 50 cents each!  I got a bunch.  You could stack them as shwon or put them on little display easels.  Here's another photo, I don't like the design as much, but I like the decorative corner mounts, I would use those with the first design. 

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/thriftshopper/cards2.jpg

If you do something creative with your cards post a pic!

[Other People s Junk]

And if any of you have any great ideas about what I should do with my remaining cards, let me know. 

You can make ornaments out them, if you don't mind cutting them up.  Cut 6-8 circles out of the cute parts... make a triangle out of cardboard that is the same size as the circle, then lay this over (or under) the card circles and fold the flaps.  (If you fold them under, then you will end up with a diamond shaped ornament, fold them out and it's more of a globe thing with interesting flaps, which shows more of the card.)  Then you glue the flaps together.  Add a little wire holder at the top before you glue down that part and you can hang it up.

[valleythriftshopper]

That is a great idea for cards that maybe have a stain or tear in one part, but are still have a good design.