A Family Heirloom

I've come to my last bit of vintage that Travis' Grandma Betty gave to me, and I saved the most special for last! The ring below was her mother's wedding ring. A few years ago my engagement ring got broken at work. Since then I haven't wanted to wear my wedding ring to work because I'm afraid of it getting broken too. So I have gotten out of the habit of wearing a ring at all. I had been wanting to get a plain band to wear. This is so much more special than any band I could have picked up.
This is a photo of Betty and her family. Her mother's name is Annie Mary Huckabay Jordan. 
The inside of the ring says "wedding belles"
I love that my ring not only symbolizes my love and commitment to Travis, but belonged to his great grandmother. That is one of the reasons I love vintage so much. The items I collect and fill my home with have a story that started long before I was even born. 

Almost like it was made for me

Here is my second to last post about the great vintage I got from Grandma Betty. Look at this gorgeous couple! I really love Bruce's hairstyle. Travis could probably wear his like that, his hair is curly too. 

I don't know how we missed this quilt the first time we went to Grandma Betty's house. Travis' mom said it was like someone made it just for me. If only it was big enough to put on my bed!

Here are my favorite squares: Cute boston!
Little red squirrel.
Sweet pink bunny.
I love the camel's fez!
Sweet baby bear drinking a bottle.

Vintage for Kids

I'm almost done with the vintage that I got from Travis' grandmother Betty. Here are some more great pictures of her that I got from Travis' brother. I really love that first one. I'm not sure which of her sons that is. Look at her great dresses!

She saved two vintage puzzles for me. It kills me that this United States isn't quite complete! It is so cute. Look at the shape of Florida! Haha. The colors are great. I'm going to frame it.

I love the little cotton symbols.

She also gave me this Lone Ranger one. I really wish it was closer to being complete! It would look so great in my western room (still in the planning stages).

Travis found a big box of read and hear records. Including 101 Dalmations, my childhood obessession.
I think the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea cover the best.

I also got this diaper stacker. I LOVE the fabric on it. I can't decide if the bear with the fancy hat or the pink bunny is my favorite.

Allright, I've got two more treasures to share with you from Grandma Betty. They are two of my best finds ever!

More vintage from Betty!

Here is another post about the vintage I got from Travis' Grandma Betty. Here is another great picture of Betty, her husband Bruce, and their first son Keith at the Memphis zoo in 1955! I love her dress. And Keith's cowboy hat is pretty cute.

A cute vintage stocking, some ornaments made from pipe cleaners and plastic canvas, some kids books. My vintage kid book collection is getting pretty huge. I need to find a place to store them! I have plans for that vase, I want to do something like this vintage bird collection. I've been saving all the vintage millenary birds I can find. 

This was part of her mother's sewing box. It is so pretty. I put ornaments in it at Christmas. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. It is up on our mantle. I love it.

Cute little gnome planters!

And it was my lucky day because I have been looking for some back of fun magazines! Grandma Betty had a whole stack! I also got a few books about crochet and sewing projects that use scraps.

The R2D2 and C3PO might be my favorite.
And this cover is pretty much perfect. I feel like I need to learn to knit so I can make this. And get a taxidermy squirrel. 

Family Vintage

We went to Missouri again in December for my husband's family Christmas. While we were there we got to go back to Grandma Betty's house and pick up some more great vintage stuff! I also got to see this picture:

Which is pretty incredible. That is Travis' dad on the right, OBVIOUSLY. The little dude is Brian, and apparently those circles on his hat are sunglasses when you flip the bill down. And check out Betty's purse!  I really love this photo.

Here is a little bit of the stuff I got, I'll have a do a few posts! There is a McCoy planter back there, and awesome art deco frame in the front, and some more vintage napkins! I put those in my lunch box every day. It is better than throwing out paper towels all the time, and they are just so pretty!

I have been wanting one of these cute rainbow polaroids for a while, but couldn't find one at a good price. Meant to be!
Awesome cup. I'm going to use this to decorate with at Halloween.

Amazing old photo album that says "Bruce Cole, Age 13". That is Travis' grandpa! Sadly most of the pictures had been taken out. I wonder what they were! The patch is from the high school in Hayti.

Some great little things. Such a cute bunny pin. And the cotton pendant! And I picked up that gold tube and wasn't sure what it was....then I opened it and....

Fancy toothbrush for your purse! It twirls up like a lipstick. I wish there was an easy way to replace the brush. That would be so handy to have in your bag!

I also got a big bowl of Christmas lights and little Christmas balls in a bunch of different sizes. I used a LOT of them to make my Kitschmas wreath. I got them at the perfect time! I can't wait to show you the rest of the stuff we got to pick up! There is one extra special item that deserves its own purse. 

Betty's Birthday!

this weekend we went to hayti, missouri for travis' grandmother's 80th birthday! that is a pretty amazing milestone for anyone. almost her whole family was able to attend.
 

here she is in one of her school pictures. i love it! you can't read the cake very well but it says 'prettiest girl", the superlative she won in the eighth grade. how cute is that?

  hayti is a very small town. we walked around the square while we were waiting for her party to begin.     most of the stores were abandoned.       at first we thought this cat was stuffed.     nope! just mad!     betty's cake.     the party was at her church.   i loved watching the slide show of old family photos. this is betty and her husband bruce. grandma betty is moving into a smaller place so we were able to look in her house for things we wanted to bring home. she has saved all kinds of amazing things! and lots of them have family history. now we have lots of things that were made by travis' grandmother, and her grandmother. the history makes the beautiful vintage things even more precious.  

  i can't wait to share all the amazing things we brought home!