And The Winner Is . . .

And the winner of the vintage card giveaway is:

Valerie!! Please email me your address at 

St. Vincent's Thrift Store and a Giveaway!

I'm finally getting around to finish my blog posts about my trip Wisconsin! Geeze, it takes me a while!

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store is by far my favorite thrift shop.

The prices are so reasonable and it's always full of wonderful, old things.

In addition to two blue and white checked aprons, here are my

other finds:

Vintage gloves: $.70!!!

A cookbook from 1941 compiled by Grace Church. It's FULL of fantastic recipes — and was obviously used a lot! I've made a list of the ones I want to try, and if they're winners, I'll share them with you.

Check out these great girl's books! I can't wait to read them! What adventures will Patty O'Neal have on the airways?

Perhaps she'll marry that dashing pilot! ;)

And how will Sally Scott fair in the WAVES?

These two recipe books from 1957 and 1948. Also full of recipes for yummy goodies that I plan to share with you.

Giveaway time! St. Vincent's always has a big shoebox full of vintage cards. Here are three that I am giving away: A birthday-love card, baby card, and a blank card.

To enter just leave a comment on this post. You can earn an extra entry by posting about the giveaway on your blog and leaving another comment on this post with a link. Open to international readers. Giveaway closes June 30th. Good luck!

Oh! And please leave your email if you do not have a blog through which I can contact you.

Giveaway Winner!

And the winner of the Betty Crocker Your Share cookbook is . . .

SusieQT!

Congratulations! Please email your shipping info to me at radiantphotographer (at) gmail (d0t) com.

Thanks to everyone who entered! I will have another giveaway soon with more treasures from my Wisconsin trip. :)

The Lloyd Theatre and a Giveaway!

Another fabulous place to stop at in Menominee, MI, is the old Lloyd Theatre.

During WWII, the basement of the Lloyd was a grocery store, the first floor the theatre, and the above floors a factory. My grandma worked there, making helmets for the soldiers. They are in the process of turning the factory levels into condos.

The actual theatre part is now an antique mall — and they have everything!!!

If you want to deck your place out in vintage furniture, gadgets, and linens then the Lloyd is your one stop.

Vanities are everywhere — and so reasonably priced! I found my dream vanity, but had no way to get it back to Maryland. :(

Two wonderful treasures I did find were this lovely cream-colored purse:

The inside is in perfect condition! Total cost: $4.00!

And this bracelet:

It's hard to see in a picture, but it's inscribed on the sides "Souvenir Okinawa", and the double hearts in the front are inscribed 1945 Helen, and on the inside of the band "From John". It cost $10.00, but I couldn't leave it behind. Who is Helen? What happened to John? Just a simple bracelet but so full of someone's personal history.

And now for the giveaway! Yay!

In the kitchen section of the Lloyd, I came across a copy of Betty Crocker's "Your Share" recipe book from 1943. I own a copy and had posted some recipes from it previously. This is a wonderful little book if you want to know more about rationing, how they made it work, the recipes they used, etc. It has guides for parties and entertaining in war time, meal plans for breakfast through dinner, the "victory lunch box meal" guide, and SO much more.

To enter, just leave a comment saying you'd like to enter. I will contact the winner through their blog. If you don't have a blog, please leave your email. Open to international readers, as well. :)

Giveaway closes May 1st at 9:00 PM, eastern time. Good luck! :)

Giveaway at Pretty Little Things

Head on over to Pretty Little Things where Art Deco Dame is having a lovely giveaway! I'm in love with the orange bracelet and the gorgeous purse. :)