{"id":8323,"date":"2012-03-07T01:21:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T05:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2012-03-07T01:21:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T05:21:31","slug":"a-show-and-a-tell-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=8323","title":{"rendered":"A Show and a Tell (winner announced)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello!<\/p>\n

I seem to be in a cycle of blogging about jewelry, family, and antiquing….have you noticed? \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0These are my favorite<\/em> topics, and I hope you enjoy them too. \u00a0Let’s go straight to the family\/antiquing corner. \u00a0 \u00a0A few weeks ago while the older boys were in ski school, I took a trek to Hagerstown, MD to check out a couple of antique malls. \u00a0If you’re ever in the vicinity, Antiques Crossroads<\/a> and Beaver Creek Antiques Market<\/a> are side by side and I’d definitely put them in the “very good” category! \u00a0I spent a few hours there with my 3-year-old son and we had a great time.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, the DC Big Flea was in town again. \u00a0I went last year and shared about friendship and great finds in this post<\/a>. \u00a0This year I brought my 9-year-old son and we strolled the aisles for 4 1\/2 hours! Luckily he’s a treasure-hunter just like me! \u00a0He was looking for fountain pens and watches, and I was looking for….well, all sorts of good things.<\/p>\n

We met a wonderful vendor who was eager to share with us the evolution of \u00a0the wristwatch. \u00a0 She explained that at the time of WWI, \u00a0pocket watches were clumsy for soldiers to carry, and how straps were created so that they could easily see their watch on their writst. \u00a0My son received some good advice too; she told him to start a collection now<\/em> and just hold on to it! \u00a0Another vendor told us that one of her sons paid for his first year of college with the money he made from selling a collection of toys that he started when he was young. \u00a0Another couple wanted to show my son their great big (thickest one I ever saw!) dictionary and helped him look up a few words. \u00a0They were concerned about kids these days just looking on the Internet for information. Coincidentally, he just had an assignment this past week that required him to use an actual dictionary (had to borrow one from PopPop!). In the big dictionary, the last President listed in the back was Harry S. Truman<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Now on to some of the treasures we found –<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Oversized chandelier crystals. \u00a0These might make nice Christmas ornaments.<\/p>\n

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All kinds of trinkets. \u00a0The box is from a prominent jewelry store in Baltimore<\/a> that was in business from 1873 to 1991. \u00a0I was thrilled to find the little football charm, it says Navy!<\/p>\n

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Lots of sparkly baubles. \u00a0One of my favorite finds are the velvet boxes underneath the jewelry. Well-worn velvet is swoon-worthy to me! \u00a0One of the boxes still had a label – the boxes once held what must have been incredibly high-end stockings. \u00a0The company name was “The Jewel by Sapphire”.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Detail of the exquisite crown applique. \u00a0One of my favorite books<\/a> became real when I found these boxes!<\/p>\n

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A grouping of earbobs. \u00a0The sweet enameled pink Weiss earrings are another favorite find. \u00a0This picture was taken on the inside of the box lid – notice the crown logo label.<\/p>\n

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I found many special cabinet cards. \u00a0I love to look for siblings (especially brothers), boys in sailor suits, unique props and beautiful clothing. \u00a0Who were these two girls? \u00a0And don’t you love the ornate hat and parasol carried by the girl on the right?<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Buttons, buttons and more buttons!<\/p>\n

I know many of you are crazy for buttons too, so please stay tuned – I’m planning to host a button swap\/hop!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last but not least I’d like to announce the winner of the set of lampwork beads by Ikuyo\u00a0Yamanaka<\/a>!<\/h3>\n

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Lynda Carson of Fresh Baked Designs<\/a>!<\/h2>\n

Lynda happens to be having a give away over on her blog as well, so please stop by and pay her a visit!<\/h4>\n

Thanks for joining me today – I always appreciate each and every visit!<\/h4>\n

– Cindy<\/h4>\n

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Hello! I seem to be in a cycle of blogging about jewelry, family, and antiquing….have you noticed? \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0These are my favorite topics, and I hope you enjoy them too. \u00a0Let’s go straight to the family\/antiquing corner. \u00a0 \u00a0A few weeks ago while the older boys were in ski school, I took a trek to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,26,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiques-and-vintage-treasures","category-give-away","category-life-and-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}