Flea Market Haul 7-29-24

[@caroltanzi29]

Diane: fun shopping. I love all the different stamps and envelopes. Carol from California

[@vickymcmahon8121]

The penmanship from days gone by was amazing, my grandfather won an award for his penmanship.😊

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Nice! My penmanship would never win an award! Although my 7th grade history teacher picked me to copy his notes into a new notebook for him!

[@cherylunderwood1755]

I enjoy watching your thrift store hauls. My favorite was the 1956 calendar. The year I was born.

[@sabrahawkings7867]

I LOVE the 1956 calendar. I don’t remember seeing May as you were flipping through. Fun haul as usual.😊

[@FindsByPirjo]

Lovely finds from your flea market visit Diane. I love old letters with envelopes, they seem to have something mystical to tell. Have a good week and sunny warm greetings from Germany!

[@lindabarrette]

Great finds ~ love the vintage letters and envelopes.

[@livingbygrace5501]

I used to play that Touring Game with my family when I was young. Nice memories

[@WoodlandInspired]

Amazing finds Diane, love all the vintage envelopes. 🥰💕

[@vickymcmahon8121]

Love the calendar, my husband was born 1956😊

[@barbarastopinski857]

OMG - love those hankies! And the letters!

[@kathleengill1273]

I always like to see your finds from the flea markets! I enjoyed this one today. I love the stamp collection envelopes...at least that's what they look like! I also love the old calendar today!

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Yes, I think someone was collecting stamps on envelopes from around the world.

[@kimberlymolitor354]

Looks like someone collected stamps. Back in the old days people send to other countries with a self addressed envelope to have them sent back with their country's stamps. Glad you saw Bob again!🥰🥰🥰

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Yep, that's what it looks like!

[@adirondackErin]

Wow Diane! Score on that tablecloth!

[@amymclaughlin1201]

You do find such cool stuff. Like the collection of empty envelopes, I'm guessing part of a stamp collection. In my MIL's house I've found boxes and boxes of envelopes, from the original owner who was a stamp collector. The tablecloth and your story of having made one reminded me that I have 3 crocheted by my Grandma. 2 have never been used. 1 has been used 3 times. At my parent's wedding reception, their 25th anniversary, and my wedding reception. One of them is funny. Grandma was using a beige thread, ran out near the end and finished the last 3 big scallop edge sections in white.

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Aww, what a special tablecloth collection! (I didn't make one; my mother did. I never learned to crochet.)

[@FoundTreasuresByJean]

Great flea market haul Diane. TFS❤

[@ArtwithVikkiC]

Neat you found that fair ribbon, I'm from Sumter,SC. Don't live there now . Nice haul .

[@robinwebb2160]

Fun stuff! In the 60's, when our family would go to the State Fair, my brothers and I would have a contest to see who could collect the most leaflets/pamphlets 😂 What I give to have just what I collected in one day! Oh my 😮😊

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Your mother probably threw them all away when you got home!

[@robinwebb2160]

@@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage oh you know it! 🤣

[@cindymatthewsarrowdalearts6449]

I like the incongruous pink envelope. :)

[@tfntexas]

Those letters and envelopes are so cool!

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Yes! I have found so many this year that I will probably eventually put some in my shop.

[@suzyallen1726]

Love your hauls😊❤

[@catherineminor5323]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@pamelasokoll8324]

Cornelia Meigs wrote Invincible Louisa: a biography of Louisa may Alcott which won a newberry medal. You’d enjoy reading it! And you’re right: looks like a card from the Authors card game but I don’t remember her being part of that game. I have sevl of her books generally youth historical fiction. Yep love those one of a kind things like valvoline check list and tile job.

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Good to know. I'm wondering if there was an "updated" version of the authors card game at some point. It would be interesting to find more cards from it!

[@vickymcmahon8121]

Linens always❤

[@angelburba635]

Those little stickers are Wisconsin Badgers the college mascot

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Thank you!

[@susadaxx]

The game looks like Millie Bornes a bit❤️

[@DianeHubertPrettyPinkCottage]

Yes it does. I wonder which came first! I used to play Mille Bournes with my family. 😀

[@vickymcmahon8121]

The penmanship from days gone by was amazing, my grandfather won an award for his penmanship.😊