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Vintage Trimtex Woven Decorative Tape

This Trimtex decorative tape is housed in its original green box.

With a cut-out window on the front to reveal the product, the box states that the tape is for decorating and trimming dresses, playsuits, pinafores, aprons, blouses and home furnishings. Certainly you can use the tape for your next project, but this item would also look sweet displayed in your sewing room.

Inside you'll find two yards of 7/8 inch wide cloth tape with a cream background and red, yellow, green and blue stitching. In excellent, unused condition, the box measures 7 by 2.5 inches. Made by Assembled Products Corp. of Milford, Connecticut.

Vintage Trimtex Woven Decorative Tape: $5.95
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Wooden Napkin or Letter Holder with Painted Strawberries

A cute item for the kitchen or home office, this vintage piece can hold napkins or letters. Or use it to display a favorite book on a desk or shelf.

Made out of wood, this holder has hand painted blossoms, leaves and strawberries in red, green and light yellow. Very sweet! In excellent condition and measuring 6 inches wide, 8 inches high and 2 inches deep, this piece can either stand on a surface or be hung on the wall.

Wooden Napkin or Letter Holder with Painted Strawberries: $8.95
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A Vintage Button Bouquet in Black & White

This button bouquet is made from pretty vintage buttons in black and white.

Each blossom has four stacked buttons which are wired together. (They are not glued so you could take them apart and reuse the buttons if you wish.). The 9 inch green wrapped wire stems have two green leaves each. This cluster of seven flowers is tied up in a green grosgrain ribbon. (Vase not included.)

A Vintage Button Bouquet in Black & White: $9.95
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Folk Art Wooden Wall Pocket

This vintage wall pocket was hand made, probably in the 1950's. Perhaps a sweet son made it in shop class for his dear mom!

This piece can hang on the wall or stand up on its own. With an interesting cut out design, it sports a hand painted red flower with yellow dots and green leaves. In very good vintage condition, this wall pocket measures 7.5 inches high, 6 inches wide and 3 inches deep.

Folk Art Wooden Wall Pocket: $11.95
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Vintage Lithographed Tip Tray with Green Ivy Design

This sweet little tray would look great in your kitchen or on a dresser holding a few little perfume bottles.

With a cream background, gold stems and green ivy, this tray is in excellent condition with virtually no wear. Measures 6.75 inches by 4.75 inches.

Vintage Lithographed Tip Tray with Green Ivy Design: $3.95
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Charming Bonneted Girl Cut-Out

This vintage picture was handmade in pink, white, yellow and tan felt. So charming!

With a black background, the young lady depicted has a pink hoop skirt, bloomers, parasol and bonnet. In a black paper-wrapped frame measuring 9 by 11 inches.

Charming Bonneted Girl Cut-Out: $10.95
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Sweet Little Yellow Pottery Flower Basket

This tiny vintage ceramic basket is loaded with charm. So sweet!

With an organic shape and sporting a pattern of embossed flowers and dots, this basket has a handle, four tiny feet and has a shiny butter yellow glaze. In excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; just some overall glaze crazing typical for a piece of this age. Measures 3.75 inches long, 1.75 inches wide and 3.25 inches high.

Sweet Little Yellow Pottery Flower Basket: $6.95
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Pink Floral Vintage Bark Cloth Notebook Cozy

This sweet little notebook is wearing a jacket sewn from vintage bark cloth. How cozy!

In shades of pink and green with a textured ecru background, this floral bark cloth is authentically vintage. Embellished with a large olive green bakelite button and pretty crocheted trim, this bound notebook has 80 ruled sheets. Measuring 4.5 by 6 inches, it will fit inside a purse or tote bag comfortably. It's so much more fun to have a pretty place to jot something down while on the go!

Pink Floral Vintage Bark Cloth Notebook Cozy: $7.95
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Multi-Color Floral Vintage Bark Cloth Notebook Cozy

This sweet little notebook is wearing a jacket sewn from vintage bark cloth. How cozy!

In shades of pink, yellow, blue and green with a gray background, this floral bark cloth is authentically vintage. Embellished with a large burgundy button and bright yellow rick rack trim, this bound notebook has 80 ruled sheets. Measuring 4.5 by 6 inches, it will fit inside a purse or tote bag comfortably. It's so much more fun to have a pretty place to jot something down while on the go!

Multi-Color Floral Vintage Bark Cloth Notebook Cozy: $7.95
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Vintage Cobbler Style Full Apron with Floral Pockets

Bold! Giving you full coverage, this blue cotton full apron has two large quilted pockets with red, yellow, blue and green flowers.

This cobbler style apron boasts slightly capped shoulders and has red trim with contrasting yellow mini rick rack. With a snap closure on the back, this apron has a tag stating it was styled by Irving Byer. In good vintage condition with a couple of light stains which do not detract. Freshly laundered, pressed and wrapped in tissue.

 

Vintage Cobbler Style Full Apron with Floral Pockets: $11.95
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Demure Vintage Full Apron with Mini Flowers

Pretty! This feminine vintage full apron is made from cotton paired with very light pink organza.

 

With pink trim and a pattern of tiny pink and purple flowers, it boasts one teensy pocket and alternating fabric panels of cotton and organza along the bottom edge. With a clever fabric panel on the back where the apron strings are fed through before tying. In good vintage condition with no rips or stains, just some minor fading which does not detract. Freshly laundered, pressed and wrapped in tissue.

 

Demure Vintage Full Apron with Mini Flowers: $11.95
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Aqua Planting Dish with Free-Form Leaf Design

What a pretty color! Made in California, this art pottery planter has a shiny aqua glaze. It sports a stylized free-form pattern of leaves and vines.

Sturdy and heavyweight, this piece measures 9 inches by 6.5 inches and is 2.5 inches high. In excellent vintage condition.

 

Aqua Planting Dish with Free-Form Leaf Design: $8.95
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Light Yellow Vaseline Glass Flower Basket

Too sweet! This charming glass flower basket has a pretty ruffled edge. You can fill it with whatever you'd like, but I will include a sweet little spray of pink miniature flowers.

In a soft yellow color, this vintage piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. Measures 4 inches high.

Light Yellow Vaseline Glass Flower Basket: $7.95
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To Mother, A 1946 Framed Poem to Mom

This vintage print has a sweet sentiment with an illustration of roses and bluebells in a planter. The poem is entitled "To Mother" and is a wish for a happy Mother's Day.

This print was once been given to a cherished mom by her two daughters as there is a handwritten note on the back saying "May 12, 1946. To Mother from Gloria Jean and Roberta Ann." In its original gold tone wooden frame, this print is in very good condition and measures 9 by 11 inches.

To Mother, A 1946 Framed Poem to Mom: $15.95
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Mother Dear, A 1930 Framed Poem to Mom

This vintage print has a sweet sentiment with an illustration of a mother, son and daughter in a lovely garden. The four line poem is entitled "Mother Dear."

Made by the Art Publishing Company of Chicago, it was printed in the USA with a copyright of 1930. In its original silver tone wooden frame, this print is in very good condition and measures 5.75 by 7.75 inches.

Mother Dear, A 1930 Framed Poem to Mom: $15.95
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Home Sweet Home Embroidery Pattern

It doesn't get any sweeter than this Home Sweet Home embroidered picture! And for those of you who are advanced at embroidery and want to try your hand at this charming sampler, I am offering a pattern of this design for purchase.

A digitally-traced embroidery pattern was expertly produced for me by the talented Janet McCaffrey of Primrose Design. The black and white pattern is 8.5" x 11" and comes with a color reproduction of the original to use as a color and stitch guide. Both come packaged in a plastic sleeve.

Please note that the pattern is not iron-on, so you'll need to trace it yourself. You can use an air-soluble quilters' pen and a light box for tracing the pattern onto fabric. You can even make an improvised light box by placing a lamp under a glass coffee table. It's also possible to use a well-lit window in place of a light box. Or you can use transfer paper called Dress Maker's Carbon. Another method is to use ink jet printer commercial iron-on transfers, sold in many fabric and needlecraft stores. Simply scan the pattern and print it onto the transfer paper. Then it can be ironed directly onto your fabric.

Home Sweet Home Embroidery Pattern: $5.00
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