Sunday, November 18, 2012

Platte City Antique Show ~ October 2012

{assortment of metal candy moulds in wire basket}

As mentioned earlier, I allowed myself to attend the Platte City Antique Show this fall since it is one of my favorite shows ~ I did a pretty good job to sticking to my budget even though there were many things I would have liked to take home with me.  Here are some of the highlights of the show ~ as far as I am concerned!

{wooden game pins}

{scroll saw comb shelf}

{array of carved wooden moulds}

{loved the framed alphabet & the metal displays}

{hat box with lovely interior pattern}

{lovely opera glasses}

{ugly colors, but interesting yarn wrapped pincushion}

{double nine WHITE dominoes}

{great little grouping of old tins}




{nice label even if it is for mucilage}

{beautiful typography}

{nicely designed box lid label}


{my favorite (of course!): a wooden box of paperboard file drawers}

Friday, November 16, 2012

Dutch Treat



  {William Penn, a Quaker, was the founder of Pennsylvania}

It has been awhile since I did a post on an antique show, but I have two excuses: One, I have been really busy working on items for the craft shows I am participating in this season. Two, I have been trying to stay away from the temptation since I have too much stuff!  Even so, there are a few shows, I just cannot bear to miss ~ the Platte City Antique Show is one of them.

{Clever graphic breakup of 'Hat Manufacturers' for balance}

The October show was just as good as ever and I tried very hard to stick to my budget and do more looking than buying. I didn't realize it until I reviewed my photos, but unconsciously I ended up with images of quite a few items from my home state of Pennsylvania. Since the show is in Missouri, these items had to travel quite a distance to make it out here.

As you can see on the shaving soap dish above, some items were a bit road weary, but still interesting to look at. Loved this child's play fire house made from printed masonite and wood ~ it reminded me of the house I played with as a child ~ it was my mom's, so it was most likely from the 30's or 40's.

 
{Pennsylvania is known as the keystone state}

The Bachman's pretzel tin, while pretty beat up, was a big surprise since Reading is where I grew up and I rarely see things in Missouri from my home town. I still can't figure out why the pretzel image is upside down ~ or it appears that way to me! There is probably some superstition that guided that choice ~ sort of like hanging a horseshoe a certain way for good luck. As Bachman's is still in business today, I did notice that the pretzel used in their logo has been turned right side up.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Mr. Speck is 11!

Although it is election day today, it is also Mr. Speck's 11th birthday, so we had lots to fit in to make sure we did our civic duty and also celebrated Mr. Speck's big day. Getting gussied up in his finest voting outfit, which included both a dapper straw hat and striped bowtie ~ Mr. Speck made sure his humans got out and voted, so we could get back to the birthday business.

Sprocket was in charge of party planning, so he engaged Chef Deeque to whip up an extra special birthday dinner of cheese popcorn and short ribs.  He also managed to book a barbershop birthday duet with Chef Deeque & his good friend, Lyndall. Other than that, Sprocket dropped the ball ~ no party decorations, games or cake ~ he was much more interested in his afternoon nap.
Nonetheless, Mr. Speck seemed satisfied with the food and entertainment ~ being a thrifty Scotsman, he's not much for spending frivolously. Happy Birthday Mr. Speck!

 {Chef Deeque}

{Sprocket shirking his duties as party planner}

Monday, November 5, 2012

A Dreary Monday

{image from here}
"A forgotten profession: In the days before alarm clocks were widely affordable, people like Mary Smith of Brenton Street were employed to rouse sleeping people in the early hours of the morning. They were commonly known as ‘knocker-ups’ or ‘knocker-uppers’. Mrs. Smith was paid sixpence a week to shoot dried peas at market workers’ windows in Limehouse Fields, London. Photograph from Philip Davies’ Lost London: 1870-1945."
I could have used Mary Smith this morning as my alarm clock's batteries died and I overslept. Happy Monday!