It’s quite simple really.
I went to the antique shop.
I found a lot of vintage magazines.
I bought a lot of vintage magazines.
I have a lot of vintage magazines.
I quite possibly have too many vintage magazines.
I’m a bit overwhelmed.
Would you like one?

I’m offering up for grabs a mint condition LIFE magazine
from October 1964.
This could be good for so many things really…
collage, backgrounds, cards, layering…
But the surprising part of it is…
that it’s actually an entertaining read!

I joked with the antique guy
(he really wasn’t that old, he just worked there)
about going home and pouring over the articles.
This was after he asked me what I was going to do with them.
I told him the “real reason” (paper crafts)
but then I proceeded to go home
and do exactly what I didn’t think I would do.
Get sucked in by the articles.
I couldn’t help it really.
Just couldn’t help giggling over the slang,
snickering at weight loss articles written by Susan Dey,
oogling gossip collumns featuring Natalie Wood,
and critiquing politically skewed biographical articles.
Would you like to have a turn?
Here’s a peak:

Leave your name and your favorite decade gone by,
and I’ll randomly pick a winner by Saturday.
Oh, and I can only ship U.S., k? :)
but please feel free to say hey!

Making headway on the room!
All that is left is installing the light
and making the headboard.
Went by an antique mall- which is always hit or miss-
usually hit, though.
And today I hit.
Three times.
Picked up some stuff for the room:

Which, by the way, I plan on painting that mirror white.

And I also picked up a gift for one of my very best friends.
She has been dating this guy for like six years.
And she had her whole wedding planned.
But no ring, no engagement, no date.
We’re talking like hyper planner here.
It was killing her.
So while I was gone at the sisiversary event,
he finally popped the question!!
Anyway, she resides all the way over in Chicago,
and I won’t see her until the 4th of July,
So I wanted to send her something special.
Found THIS

at the antique shop, and at first bought it selfishly.
Then it occurred to me- it would make the perfect gift!
So, I’m going to wrap it up tonight
and send it on its merry way tomorrow.
It’s got a lot of goofy articles inside

about how like now it’s your mission in life
to make your husband happy.
Some silly stuff. Some sweet stuff,
and actually some useful stuff!
Anyway, it’s vintage 1947 stuff, and I’m sure she’ll like it!

Well, it’s rainy and I’m tired.
Perfect ingredients for a nap right now.

What is treasure and what is just junk?
Who defines the value of an object?

Recently I’ve been hunting through the boxes in my grandpa’s basement , and he just doesn’t know what to do with all the "junk" (as he says) that my grandma had been keeping down there.

He said take what I want, and the rest he’ll get rid of.  He’s a stronger person than me, because I don’t know how I could get rid of all those collections of my grandma’s! She was an avon lady, and has just boxes upon boxes of vintage 50s avon soaps, perfume, and collectable perfume dolls.

Well, I don’t know how much they’re worth, but I just don’t know if I should get rid of all of them, but if I don’t, then what?  I took pictures because I’m pretty sure I want to scrap about them, but just like all of my grandma’s old photos from the 40’s, I’m at a loss as to how to use them. I think I’m going to just think about it for a while and do a lot of sketches. I just really want to do her treasures justice.

I also found my grandma’s braid that she kept from her teenage tomboy years- she finally decided to get her hair bobbed and had kept the braid ever since. I found letters that my grandpa had sent her when he was away in the army. But my favorite find of all was the scrapbook that my grandma made when she was in highschool.

I know I found a lot of treasures…. but now- what to do with them?
hmmmm…..