The treasure I am showing today is one of my favorite finds for a few reasons: 1) it is an unusual piece, 2) it is a very versatile display piece and 3) it is vintage and I love vintage. I found this at a flea market (actually I bought two...I'm only showing one). I paid $20.00 apiece for them (more than my thrifty self likes to pay but I couldn't pass them up).
Here are a few pictures of my flea market find. My best guess is that it was a vintage time-card holder. It is made of oak and has 24 slots for time cards. It is 40" long, 6" wide and 2.5" deep.
The time card slots are great for displaying pictures, postcards,etc. I've got a lot of vintage ephemera so I plan on changing this out for the seasons.......I took a couple of pictures of items I had on hand just to give you an idea.
Vintage Valentines
Wedding photos of my grandmothers (wedding dates 1910 and 1928) and my mother (wedding date 1953)
Vintage photos and postcards
This will be a great piece to get my ephemera out of the boxes and displayed for me to enjoy.
Friendly Reminder: My "leftovers" giveaway ends this Wednesday, October 21st @ 7:00 p.m. CT. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on any of my posts from October 14th until October 21st. One entry for every comment you leave. You can view the "leftovers" here.
Have a great week.
Jane
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that is a fabulous piece!! i love those old wedding photos in there...what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteJane-what a neat looking piece you have here...I think $20 was a steal on these...love how you have used them...thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Linda
What a great vintage piece...the perfect place to display vintage cards!!!
ReplyDeletethats a great piece!!! i love how you have it hanging....who doesn't love flea markets?
ReplyDeleteThis is a great piece and it is so versatile! Love the wedding photos!!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a great inspriation!
Lou Cinda :)
Love your find and especially love the wedding photos.
ReplyDeleteGail
What a fabulous find! You're right - it is so versatile and I love that you can change your displays according to the seasons or your mood, whatever!
ReplyDeleteHi Jane, I really like your manniquin and the neat way you've used your time card holder. Great idea! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Theresa
ReplyDeleteJane! You and I are so in sync. I just picked up a timecard holder at the flea market a couple of weeks ago. Mine has 25 slots down and four columns across. I'm actually getting around to hanging it up today. I paid more than I had hoped as well, but I figure the $50 was better than the $200 on Three Potato Four. Happy Monday!
ReplyDeleteJane these are really the coolest finds. I wonder where I could get my hands on some of these awesome holders? I'm definitely keeping my eyes open. Thank you for sharing this find with all of us.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
June
How cool is this vintage time card rack? I would love to own one of those ... I'm puttin' it on my wish list ; ) ... love how you use it as well, great decor piece!
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Jill
What a cool and unique piece! Great find!
ReplyDeleteI love the time slot holder, but what I am really drooling over is that dress form!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great eye!
Thanks for joining our party!
Linda
http://fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com
What a great find! Great price too.
ReplyDeleteHi Jane, Im not sure what I would display on that beauty????? It sure would be fun to have!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
Michelle
That is so cool! What a wonderful find...I must admit I'm a little envious.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great vintage treasure!! So glad I had the opportunity to find your blog through this party. I'll be back!!
ReplyDeleteI love it...I can picture Christmas cards displayed over the holidays...or even your favorite holiday recipes! Is it wide enough to hold CDs? What a great find!
ReplyDeleteNow that's not something you see every day! So cool and totally unique, love it.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet you!
Anne
Jane, I just wanted to let you know, I passed an award on to you. Stop by my blog for details. Thanks Monica
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love finding stuff at flea markets...
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping over! Come back anytime!
That is really unique!! Great find!
ReplyDeleteJane, your time card holder makes me giddy with possibilities. Great find and great different looks for it:)
ReplyDeletenice to visit with you! I think that mannequin/dress form is nice. I'd like a time card holder for cards at the Holidays.
ReplyDeleteLove the time card holder and how you are using it :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you....LOVE VINTAGE...
Happy Monday.
Deb :)
That is a great find and I love the pictures of your grandmother displayed in it! What a treasure!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible find! If I weren't so thrilled for you, I could really be jealous.
ReplyDeleteYou are too clever to use it for cards. That is SUCH a great idea! ~ Yaya
http://yayashome.blogspot.com
Hi Jane,
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm slow to comment, was working on the LR all day yesterday. You've got a good eye for unique items and on how to use them. Thanks for your thoughts and insight on my post yesterday!
Living it up at Lakewood,
Cindy
I wish we had more flea markets around here!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a great vintage piece! i really love how it looks with the photos..
ReplyDeleteThat would be such a fun piece to have. I definitely would have snatched that up. Love that dress form even more!
ReplyDeleteJane!! This is too funny, I just picked up a similar piece last week!! Mine's an old "In box", it has 4 rows of slots across so it's a little wider than yours. You got such a great deal on yours!! I paid over $100 for mine, and I was thrilled about the price since I had never seen one before, and here you have 2 of them and for a fraction of the cost! Bargain!!! I'll have to take a photo of mine so you can see it. I actually purchased it from the booth of a "Country Living Mag" editor, he lives not far from me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your sweet comment about my bird knobs, and you are right there are so many options for those!
Hi Jane,
ReplyDeleteTime here in HHI is really flying by but I've a few minutes to visit some of my blogger friends and just wanted to say that I think your card holder is fab!
Maggie
I found your blog at Linda's Coastal Charm and I really like your great ideas. The creativity of all our fellow blogging gals is just amazing. I'll be visiting often. Hope you come visit me too. I am www.sissieshabbycottage.blogspot.com
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Wow I really love this. What a great way to display pictures or cards, or whatever. Fun find.
ReplyDeleteJocelyn
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/
Hello there. Let me just say the time card thing? ROCKS! that is so cute! and somewhat useful! Lots of things I find, are not that useful. That is pretty cool! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteI love your time card holder! (AND that beautiful dress form, too!) I can think of a few different ways I'd be able to use that holder in the studio to hold supplies, too. Your idea to display with photos is great. ATC cards would be cool, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
xoxo
Donna