Friday, May 3, 2013

WWYD - Vintage Funky Brass Wire Candle Holders


It may not matter. I'm listing this item on Etsy. But...


I am a bit curious. What would you do?


Would you use them as intended - take them out of the package and place candles in them? 


Or would you keep them in their funky retro 1960's package, complete with the price tag of .98c?

No, I did not pay .98c for them. And I'm glad I have an Etsy store, so I don't have to decide what will be done with them. 

Seriously - the packaging is so fun! But those candle holders could look amazing in a variety of environments. And do you love it as much as I do that they're expandable to fit a variety of candle sizes? I wonder why these aren't still made. 

The Vaughan Company is a Chicago company that is still here today. I searched for a long time and never found anything on Google that came any closer than a tomato slicer or a bottle opener. 

Tell me...what would YOU do?

Word for the Day:
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.



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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Old Bag...and NO...it's not me.


See it? The old bag on the bench.


Another find from Jack & Greg's almost-defunct shop, around the corner from my workplace.


It might be an old doctor's bag. LOVE the tooling, and I think that might be a monogram in the center...


The details are amazing - quality hardware, stitching, reinforced corners. It would set you back a bundle if it were to be purchased new today!


The inside is also leather, and in fairly pristine shape compared to the outside.


Rough as it is, I was drawn to it like a moth to a flame.

Speaking of flames...do you think it could have been damaged in a fire?

Or maybe that is water damage. I don't know...


It probably got plenty of wear even before it was damaged.


So why in the world did this old bag come home with me?
Am I the house-mother of a home for old bags? (Two...)


Well, maybe. For some strange reason (even to me), this totally useless, very damaged bag appealed to me. 

Aside from admiring it for what it used to be, I was intrigued by the damage and wear on it. I wanted to know its story.


Did it carry medical supplies to the sick and injured via horse and buggy? Did it languish in an attic, only to be singed by a small fire from knob and tube wiring? I'll never know.

But somehow, for now, I think however this bag got into this sorry state, it deserves the right to be esteemed as a "trophy bag." I plan to use it somewhere, somehow in my decor. 
And while it remains a mystery, I can imagine a history.

I'm curious. Would an old bag tickle your fancy, or would you toss it in the garbage? 

Word for the Day:
Job 14:16-17
16 For then you would number my steps;
    you would not keep watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
    and you would cover over my iniquity.


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