SCORE!!!

I am just back from my favorite resale shops... with the most amazing loot.

This vintage 1950-something Smith-Corona "Super" is going to be my forever friend... I have been looking for a typewriter for several years, and this is a keeper!  It is in pristine condition, and has two extra spools for ribbon.  Interestingly, there is no number one or exclamation point.  Am I not supposed to be excited?  Do I use an "l" for a 1?  Do I have to turn the paper upside down and substitute an inverted "i" for a "!"?  I will do all that and more.  It put me back all of $12....   !!!!!

Next, you can drool over these gorgeous kid gloves.  Perfect.  Never worn.  The lining is silk, and the tag reads, "Dayne Taylor, Made in Italy, size 6 1/2".  I have special plans for these beauties, and yes, I am definitely cutting them up.  These cost a pricey $5.  Not so shabby.  The rest of my $20 bill was spent on a pair of crocheted gloves, not nearly as pretty, but lovely, and those will also work their way into my artwork.

The next store had vintage snaps, zippers, and a few books, including an outdated dictionary and a book on child rearing from 1957.  I bought it for the humor, not the advice...  those two were free, because I spent the wad ($3) on a piece of history - a book of essays denouncing Nazism written in 1934.  All I can think is "if only people had listened".  It is chilling to know what we know now and have a record of the resistance.  I am very interested to read it from an historical perspective.

Stay tuned for seeing these treasures again, hopefully as repurposed pieces of art.