A New Rednesday Treasure

I just acquired a new little treasure to add to my collection of vintage picnic tins!

(Thanks to the leftover money on that visa gift card I won back before school started!)

And it's red!  And, I've never seen one like it before!

Perfect for Rednesday!

It says AHP on the lid and Decoware on the bottom.  

The inside is in really excellent condition.

See?

Why, what's this?

Oh it's a little project I've been working on. 

(I know, I'm the worst tease!)

Curious?  

Well, you'll just have to go visit Cindy at Rick Rack and Gingham pretty soon.

(Shame on me - more teasing - but I'm just so doggone good at it!)

Thanks for buzzing in

and

of course

I'm linking to Rednesday over at It's a Very Cherry World!

Maybe we can get together soon for a little crafting and coffee!

Wouldn't that be fun?

Want to Go On a Retro Picnic?

I just had to share with you this week my vintage school learning aid of children on a picnic.  Wondering how I managed to get a hold of this cutie?  When someone retires at my school all their treasures stored up over the years go into our staff room, free for the taking.  When one of our kindergarten teachers retired a few years ago, she put this vocabulary picture card out and I swooped in and grabbed it!  (Don't worry, I didn't have to fight anyone off with a No. 2 pencil.)

I had already started collecting vintage picnic tins (see this post for some of this collection) and this just charmed me because of the little plaid thermos bottles.  I love that trash can too.  I had it framed and matted in the Skotch Plaid colors of black, red and yellow.

Want some cookies? Aren't the colors yummy?

It now lives in our "library" over our wing chair and near those vintage picnic tins.

Hope you enjoyed this little jaunt down memory lane.

Please be sure to stop by Suzanne's at Colorado Lady for vintage delights.

As always, I'm so glad you stopped by for a little visit.

Oh and for those of you with a sharp eye, my pillow on the wing chair is from Amy at Into Vintage.  She has the most amazing eye for putting together fabrics and her workmanship is superb!  Please stop by and see what she's up to if you can.

My Sweet Vintage Picnic Tins

How do your collections start?  Are they ever accidental?  Do you fall in love with just one thing and then it somehow grows into a collection?

Well that happens with me all the time.  It started with a wooden picnic basket with a red Skotch plaid lid.  That one picnic basket turned into a small collection of metal picnic tins.  

They are so handy to have around.  I use three of them as an end table in the "library."

I also use them for storage for Baby Bee's arts and crafts supplies.

Thanks for stopping by today.  It's always so fun to link up with Suzanne at Colorado Lady for Vintage Thingie Thursday.  Please be sure to stop by and visit all the others taking part today. 

The Sweet Bees are going on a picnic!

We are going on a little road trip and taking a picnic with us!

First, the road trip breakfast must be planned - muffins and croissants from Costco nestled in a little napkin lined basket....

Then sandwiches and other goodies must be prepared....

Of course everyone wants their own sandwich...

Oooooh! I had fun making those little labels - 

just a file sticker label, a MS decorative hole punch, a marker, and sandwiches wrapped in wax paper.  Buzzzzz!

Now time to pack everything up...

Is everybody ready to go?

Vroom.........(sound effect of car driving about 90 miles)

We're here!

C'mon everybody, have a seat!

Open it up Baby Bee!

Enjoy!

I'll share pictures of where we went on my next post.

Thank you again for stopping by.  Your visit is always a delight!