The Vintage Valentine Card Party

Welcome to the Vintage Valentine Card Party!




Late last year I bought this school composition book dated November 21, 1900 from a local Estate Sale for $1.

A good price for just this little prize and....






The real treasures were found inside this little bundle of tissue.



A stack of Valentines given to the owner of the composition book on February 14, 1901.

While the Estate Sale was 30 minutes from my house, the composition book had been owned by someone who grew up in the community where I live.







This Valentine has a Victorian scrap girl in the middle, hand painted hearts in the corners, and a hand flowers on the envelope.



















The two Valentines above are ornate doilies with Victorian scrap decorations added.




All of the Valentines are in beautiful condition for being 109 years old.




Enjoy your visits to the other participants who are listed on my sidebar! Some of them are having GIveaways as you can see from their link names.

I will leave the links up until at least next Sunday so you will have time to get to all of the over 70 participants.

Remember to leave comments so that they know you have been there.

Happy Valentine Day everyone!!!!


Also, visit thecharmofhome.blogspot.com who I can't add to my sidebar as a link for some reason.

Silver Sunday~ Sterling Silver Charms

My love of silver charms began on a trip to Chicago for my girlfriend's 9th birthday.

I bought a charm of the Prudential building which at that time was the tallest building in Chicago.






And it went on from there. Above is my first charm bracelet with charms from high school and college.

My high school's basketball team won the Indiana State Championship my senior year.

Most people know that that is a BIG deal in Indiana!!!!!!

I went to Ball State Teachers College {Now Ball State University}. Can you name a famous Hoosier Ball State alum who was there when I was? There are a total of 3.




Over the years I continued buying charms~




The ones that had moving parts or were particularly detailed were my favorites.



I found them at flea markets, antique shops, garage sales, and jewelry stores.




The average price was $3 to $5.




After making 6 charm bracelets, I still had a box full of charms. A couple of years ago I put together a charm necklace.

I don't know the exact number of charms on my necklace, but it is well over 100.