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Memories

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“Dearest Alice, I only ask for one little spot in your garden of memories, where I may plant a  forget.me.not.” – Amada Patrick

“Dearest Alice, In your garden of memories, remember me as an ‘onion’” Love, Ethelyn Missey Nicholeon GA

“When you are married and living on peas I’ll be an old maid doing as I please.” Mary E. Grawely Pickens S.C.

“Remember me is all I ask, but if remembrance be a task, Forget me” (not sure of the name)

“When earth has dropped her curtain and pinned it with a star, Remember that you have a friend- no matter where you are.” Frances Riddle 460 Carling Avenue Macon, GA 11/17/28

I discovered this wonderful autograph book at an estate sale this past weekend.  I purchased it because of its aesthetics, only to discover the true beauty was written on the pages.  It saddens me that we no longer treasure beautiful prose and penmanship.

The Greatest Vintage Book of All Time! (image heavy)

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Recently I took a trip to my favorite vintage bookstore in Atlanta (Atlanta Vintage Books if you’re in the area).  They were having a Scoutmob deal of 50% off, so obviously I had to go.

Now, I’ve been coming to this bookstore for about a year now and I always manage to find a few treasures.  Once I got a fantastic children’s history  book from 1885!  Well, on this particular trip, I was having quite a difficult time deciding on what genre I would like.  Lately, I have felt pretty content with my vintage book collection; some classic literature, history, and a few children’s books (my top things to look for).  So, I decided I would take a look in the art book section since I love art, but really don’t have many books on the subject.  What a great decision that was…seriously, I may have found the most amazing book in the history of the world.

Handbook of Early American Advertising Art by Clarence P. Hornung was published in 1947, and my copy came from the Carnige Library of Atlanta, which made it that much cooler because I was able to see the check-out dates from the 50s!

 

Take a look for yourself!

(Seriously, about 100 pages of this amazingness)

 

 

 

(This was the page I first opened to when I saw the book, it was love at first sight!)

(This starts the gorgeous typography/font section, my heart literally skipped a beat.  You font nerds will know what I’m talking about!)

 

 

(heart flutters)

…and

I hope you enjoyed this little peak at my new (old) book!

 

Edit: Just want to add that the book was originally $18.00 but with my Scoutmob, it was only $9.00!

Thrifting Extravaganza!

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Today was awesome.  One of my absolute favorite people in the whole world, Kristen, came to visit.  I dragged her along to a HUGE church yard sale near my house in the 90 degree weather (you’re welcome Kristen!).  We rummaged for about 45 minutes before we both had enough of the heat and our stomachs were screaming for all you can eat Japanese food.

 

There was just so much stuff at this sale.  I’m serious.  See for yourself…

Lots of mugs, glasses, appliances, etc.  Seriously, tables and tables of stuff.

There were TV’s and other electronics on the church steps.  A wonderful couple of guys noticed my Canon camera and told me there were three Canon lenses on the steps for $60.  My heart skipped a beat and I practically ran over to where it was, but unfortunately the lenses were too old for my DSLR and didn’t fit. I’m was a little bummed, but oh well!

There were literally mountains of clothing.  To be honest, I don’t think I am ready to rummage through clothing just yet.  I hate to admit it, but vintage clothing still freaks me out.  I am working on it though, I promise!

Do you see the amount of toys they had? Ridiculous.  I almost bought a Rummikub game, but I’m always worried about missing pieces, and I was not about to sit and count tiles in that horrible heat!

(Dear man whose butt is featured prominently in this picture, I’m terribly sorry. Yours truly, Lexy)

I didn’t really get a chance to explore the books/records as much as I would like, so I’m going back in the morning to do some more searching (feel free to come with me!).

As for what I did take home…

They had quite a few adorable needlepoint and cross stitched wall art.  I have been collecting these for a while now with the hopes of covering a whole wall with them one day.  The total for all 5 came out to $4.00, so I was pretty pleased.

(I absolutely love the two sea life ones)

I also found some really fun looking coasters.  They have photographs from what I assume is a city in the US. Unfortunately, some were in pretty bad shape and there are 9, but I bought them anyway. (I guess now is as good a time as ever to let you in on a wonderful quirk I have…I despise odd numbers to an unhealthy degree).

 

Then Kristen and I got stuffed on sushi and watched the bonus features from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1!  Best day ever.