Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Today I have a couple of Vintage things to share.

Sitting on a little shelf in my daughter's room are a pair of mirror birds. They look like parakeets.


Believe it or not, they were actually given to me as a wedding gift in 1973. Now even then, I was baffled about them. Were they supposed to depict love birds?? Needless to say, they have been hidden away in my china hutch until we moved this past summer. Almost all of the little mirrors are still in tack. I think there are a couple missing.

And if you look behind the little birds, there is a vintage fan that belonged to my Mom. The stems are all wooden with some kind of fabric at the ends. It appears to be hand painted. I have no idea how old this fan is, as my Mom had it for as long as I can remember.

My sweet daughter scoffed up these items and made a very cute display in her room.

I'm glad someone likes those little love birds :-)

Please stop by and visit Coloradolady's Vintage Thingie Thursday.

13 comments:

LV said...

At least your vintage things you shared today, hold a lot of treasured memories.

Postcardy said...

The birds look nice with the fan.

Sweet Bee Cottage said...

Sweet! Glad your daughter is enjoying them!

Janean said...

so lovely!!!!!!!!!!

Allie said...

I love how she's put that together, it all looks like it belongs together - just beautiful!

Beca said...

They look perfect nestled in her vignette. Merry Christmas!

Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...

The little birds are so precious and you are so lucky to have the fan that was your mother's. Your daughter did a wonderful job with the display.
Thank you so much for visiting me and your kind comments.

Sally Annie Magundy said...

Your daughter has a great eye, they all look wonderful together!

Happy VTT,
Sally

Unknown said...

That is a great arrangement. Love the fan and how wonderful to have wedding gifts still around. Very nice post for VTT. Christmas blessings to you and yours.
QMM

Val said...

They are beautiful.

Anonymous said...

What a lovely vignette. I love those birds and the fan, great pieces.

quiltingnana said...

so lovely that your daughter was able to use your things

Dandelion and Daisy said...

Your daughter has a great sense of color and design, nice talents to have! Birds,fan and art work all compliment each other nicely.