Middle Aged Memories
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I had the paper set of dolls for Mary Poppins, with the paper handbag carrier, like this:
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ooooo=jealous.
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I remember Colorforms but don't so much remember playing with them. Wikipedia says Miss Weather debuted in 1962. Love Mary Poppins handbag carrying case. I also did not much if at all play with paper dolls. I have a brother 18 months younger than me. Wonder if they would not have survived with him around. Remember my mom taking us to see Mary Poppins and she fell asleep during it. I can't think of another movie she took us to by herself. As a family we went to plenty both regular theater and drive in. No idea why she thought it special enough for that. Not like I knew anything about it or remember about wanting to go. But she found the Beatles fascinating as well as Elvis.
Meece - I had not heard of Block City. Ebay guides has a history of them.
One of these days I need to read the first 60 something pages.
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I remember my mother and a friend of hers taking all us kids to a movie, Jungle Book. Mothers didn't sem to go to the movies without their spouses back then.
\I remember being excited when the new Sear of Wards catalogs came out. Not because I wanted to see what was new, but becaus emy mother swould let me take the outdated catalog and cut it up. I would cut out people of the same size and use them as paper dolls. Sure they might have an item number on their shoulder or a part of an item description on their ankle but it was fun.
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Loved Body on Tap and playing with paper dolls. Almost as much as my Weebles!!
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I was just remembering how cigarette lighters used to be big made in big old decorative table models. Also remembering those giant ceramic ashtrays from the 60's/70's. Ceramics classes were popular at the time. I think my aunt made a lot of her own.
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With two parents that were smokers, it wasn't flower arangements, sculptures or coffee table books that provided the decorations in my house. It was always the smoking accessories. We did have some wall art (and it had a nice yellow film on it too.)
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My Grandpa had an orange ashtray similar to that last one.
I actually have one of my grandfather's ashtrays as an ornament in my formal diningroom. The room is decorated in antiques and this "stand" ashtray was made by my uncle back in the early 40s. I took the glass insert out and used it as a plant stand until recently.
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I have one like the last one that is a red heart, with black veins in it, on a black wrought iron stand. Currently not being displayed, but very cool.
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I have some little "snack sets" from the 50s, I have sets of both pictured below, but the rectangle ones have an ashtray built in corner below the cup holder.
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I used ot have this set:
Don't know where it is now, or if it broke and got thrown away.
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Those snack sets are so retro cool. Makes me want a finger sandwich. Nowadays, you might find a plastic set.
Keeping to the kitchen, what 70's kitchen didn't have a decorative straw pot holder? I remember having a set of straw coasters in the shape of grapes. Mine came from Pier 1, and were in the green, purple and bluish colors of real grapes (not weird orange ones.)
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maybe the orange is representing kumquats
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Oh Eli - I still have somewhere one my mother crocheted around coke bottle caps in grape shape. I love figurative crocheted potholders like teapots though rarely see them even in antique stores. Makes my want to dig in big box in closet to find the grape. I think I might have had a straw one but know I had many more that weren't. I missed out on being the owner of snack sets. Cups used for coffee or punch?
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What about these? Calendar towels. My boyfriend's mom favored them and got a new one each year.
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My grandmother had a few of those towels she got as souveniers from family who traveled places.
I have about 30+ snack sets Some were my mom's, some my aunt's and some my former MIL's. I used a lot of them at the bridal shower tea I threw in September. I think they were classy in their day, and I still think so.
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Speaking of grapes, I didn't have the straw mats but I have about 16 sets of these:
My mother had straw flower coasters.
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I remember these:
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Is the multi circled crocheted hot pad the one that is made using a six pack plastic ring thingy for a framwork?
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That particular multi-circle one used the rubber rings from canning jars. I've heard of the six=pack ring ones, too, though!
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I was going through boxes in my garage yesterday and came across a christmas decoration made from the six pack plastic. I tossed it.
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Meece, Tossed? I never do that without checking how much it goes for on Ebay these days. Hehehe.
Speaking of Ebay...I went looking for a zodiac poster that I remembered having in junior high. Well, someone has it in a fixed price auction for close to $100. Yow! Guess I'll just have the memory for free. Here it is tho'. Do these look familiar to anyone else?
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Eli - I think I might have had one of those. Either me or my dorm roommate. Also had a glow in the dark Barnabas poster and one from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Oh - I threw the ad away but I think it was World Market had straw trivets or maybe Target. So timely to our discussion.
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It was something like one of these and I don't think I'd get much on Ebay.
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I remember making wreath decorations like that! I didn't attach little decorations, I think I just put a red bow on it, in yard, and attached a loop to hang it with. I think my mom still has some of them!
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I still have one my mom made. I just slip in on a branch end or prop it up. I think her's was made as a pin.
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I still have one someone else made, but have no idea who. I haven't hung it on my tree in forever.
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I have two slightly bigger ones, made from the rubber seals on mason jars, but for each wrap around the seal there is a 8 or 10 stitch chain before the next wrap, so that the wreath looks more leafy and curly. I looked for a picture but didn't see any. My two could be rare now. Hope you can get the idea.
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Something like this?
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Yep! Very close. I think my chains might be a couple stitches longer 'cause the look is a little shaggier.
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I don't know what it is with me and retro stuff. I love looking at it or finding images of things I actually had as a child, maybe to convince myself that it all really DID exist.
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