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Vintage Storage

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This post is a sort of continuation of the last.  You may have noticed that I added a new category to my shop:  Storage Solutions.  This is mainly for two reasons.  I love rusty metal and old wood, and these things commonly make up the various buckets, boxes, bins, and baskets I fall in love with so often.

These items can add a depth of unrivaled character to a room, not to mention the practical side – they have stood the test of time and continue to outlive many modern storage solutions.  There’s also a LOT of cool upcycled and vintage-style items out there for stashing stuff.  Let’s see what I have today….

A former chicken feed bin serves as an awesome countertop organizer for the kitchen!  Who woulda thunk?
A soda crate bathroom caddy – awesome!

Locker baskets make fantastic storage containers – most importantly, you can see what’s in them.



Or use an old barn wood ladder for storing blankets or towels in a bathroom.



Get creative with vintage tins!



Or let a vintage hardware cabinet be the focal point of a room.

 Vintage items are amazingly useful.  They are classic and durable, and often can be tweaked or upcycled into something else.  They are fun.  They have personality to spare and add a rich, homey feeling to a space.  Enjoy them.

 Maybe you’re saying to yourself, “Courtney, those locker baskets are just awesome, but where can I find some?”  Well, I just happen to have – BAM! 

This basket and others available at Bold Sparrow Vintage

What fun vintage or antique storage options have you come across?  Do share…

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I love it, I want it, but what do I DO with it?

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I love vintage luggage.  LOVE it.  But let’s be honest.  If I’m travelling through Europe, I’m using my fancy new Samsonite pieces with wheels, not lugging a trunk around.  (Europe.  Ha!)

Anyway, that’s no reason not to collect the wonderfully gorgeous luggage pieces from days gone by.  They also wonderful pieces of home decor, and – of course – storage.  Enjoy.

Craft storage!  Why didn’t I think of that??

Gorgeous!  Fabulous dresser!!

Wow!  Talk about thinking outside the box!

How about a Louis Vuitton nightstand?
Or a suitcase end table?
Or make it a legit table with legs.  LOVE this…
Or a lamp…(more like a nightlight, but super cool nonetheless!)

What a lovely planter.  Adorable!!!

Or as a general decor element – wonderful!  (From: http://windhula.blogspot.com/)

What type of suitcase repurposing are you into?  Share a comment and you’ll get a coupon to use at the Bold Sparrow Vintage store on Etsy!

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Under the big top…

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Ahh…the circus.  Actually, I don’t do the circus.  But the intrigue of the weird and taboo associated with the early circuses is right up my alley.  The whole don’t-dare-peek-around-the-curtain-conjoined-humans-fierce-animal circus is no more.  There is no place for it today.  That’s why I find these images so amazing, and why the idea of the circus today so wrong and downright offensive.  But I would have loved to have lived back in the day and seen some of the following scenes up close and personal…

I honestly have no idea where this image came from.  The source link I have is no good.  Please let me know if you know where this image is from!
Roswell, New Mexico. Sneaking under the circus tent (Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration: 1936)
“Iron Jaw Kimball Twins, 1920s” by Frederick W. Glasier (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art & Eakins Press Foundation)
Snake Charmer.  (Image courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Images via Flickr.)
Erma Ward, a circus trapeze artist, dangles by one hand from a ring high in a circus tent. (Image courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Images.)
A group of 20+ circus clowns in ‘Clown Alley’ posing informally while preparing for the ring. (Image courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Images.)

“Wow,” you say, “I sure would like some vintage circus photos of my own, say from the 1950’s..”  Well, ask and you shall receive…

Enjoy…;)
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Etsy color celebration #1, 2011

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Mmm…pink. “Honeysuckle” to be exact.  Pantone, the leading authority on color, has selected this shade as their featured color of 2011:
“A Color for All Seasons. Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing ‘everyday’ about it.”  
This is the 2011 Pantone Color of the Year, as explored through (mostly) vintage Etsy items.  Vibrant, fresh, and summery, I thought it was a perfect time to feature this wonderful hue.  Enjoy!
  • Flock – Flying ducks – Ceramic wall art set of three in new colour Honeysuckle pink – PrinceDesignUK
  • Vintage Blue Skies Pink Tulips 70s Dress – BoonieBoutique
  • Vintage Pagoda Umbrella w/ Lucite Handle 1960s 50s Weathered Parasol – Archivia
  • Lila – Fine Art Photography Print 8×8 – buckscountyframes
  • vintage 1960s FUSCHIA PINK taffeta prom dress evening gown – thewitcheryvintage
  • Designer Gigi Young NY Honeysuckle Pink Floral Cocktail Dress – coralvintage
  • 1903 Botany Print – Azalias and Rhododendrons – Holcroft
  • Vintage Square Honeysuckle Pink Cotton Crocheted Doily – artemisiascloset
  • Vintage Quilted Satin Box Divided Lingerie Vanity – Honeysuckle Pink – vintagenowandthen
  • pink art deco style vase – sweetmossvintage
  • Vintage Baby Crib Sheet Pink Flower and Ribbon Embroidery – pixiedustlinens
  • Lavender Bottle – Vintage Honeysuckle Glass Bottle – Original Fine Art Photography Print – 8×8 – buckscountyframes
  • Vintage Homage to Babs 60s Blouse – Boonie Boutique 
  • Recycled Chandelier Necklace-Pink Sugar Holographic – AshleySpatula
  • Lauren . Earrings . Classic Hollywood Glam . Rose Pink Vintage Oval Jewels – ellabelleboutique
  • vintage melmac kidney shaped serving bowl – ionesAttic
  • Galah Bird Decoupage Box – specimenboxshop
  • Vintage Austrian Crystal Brooch Open Back Stones Pink 1950s Jewelry – NiceAssets
  • Sweet Honeysuckle Rose Pink Vintage Wool and Feather Hat – zwzzy

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I *heart* postal art…

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Do you like to doodle, stamp, and/or otherwise embellish seemingly pointless items?  Why not mail?  Let’s join the movement to revive the tradition of sending and receiving mail by making it beautiful, interesting, or just downright expressive.  Let’s make mail meaningful again!!

What’s all this, then?  you ask…
So I picked up a book on Monday night, Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler.  Check it out!  Richly illustrated and wonderfully written, this book is like chocolate for the soul.  It also includes an envelope pattern and pages of book, zine, and website resources to help develop your postal artistic voice, especially mail art newbies like myself.  While I just got it and haven’t been able to go cover to cover yet, I LOVE what I have read and have already almost finished my first envelopic (yep, I made it up) masterpiece out of a vintage French D-Day map.  (I’ll post photos when I’m done…) 
So…send ME something, and I’ll mail you something in return.  Let’s keep the theme:  vintage.  That shouldn’t be difficult.  Between all the vintage maps, postage stamps, ticket stubs, receipts, invoices, notes, photos and other old ephemera floating around, coupled with the vintage-themed rubber stamps that are all the rage right now, this will be fun!  Leave me a comment or email me at: bsparrowvintage [AT] gmail.com and we’ll exchange mailing info!
If you have anything you’d like to share or suggest on the topic, please include this, too!
P.S.  Jennie and Carolee also have an awesome blog.  Check it out!
Here’s some inspiration…
Awesome!!

From: http://www.postalnewsblog.com/category/mail-art/
Love the calligraphy…*sigh*
From: http://www.raggededgepress.com/pages/mail_art.htm

Have fun!!

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