Saturday, August 23, 2008
There is a funny story about this: the owner of the purse was with her husband stationed in Hong Kong, Thailand and other parts of Asia in the 1950s and into the early 1960s. At one time, there was a large python living under their house, and so they had someone come in to remove and dispose of it. They were asked if they wanted to use the snake skin for anything and my client said yes, she wanted some shoes and a handbag made for her. THIS is the bag! And the heels that match it I have listed separately (size 7.5).
Although she wore the matching pumps a few times, she could never bring herself to ever use this purse, as she would feel bad thinking about that python under the house!
Python Bag
Python Shoes
Python Bag/Heels (cached image)
I’m selling them for my neighbor who’s little girls wore them twice…Once to the POINT DEFIANCE ZOO(Here in Tacoma) and then again to the WOODLAND PARK ZOO (In Seattle) So they are basically, still like new. She is one of those (LUCKY) person’s who NEVER has to buy her children’s clothing, as she has a mother in law, who LIVES to spoil the grandkids! So when I got ready to list them for her, I checked them over, looked inside the neck to get the sz and brand…Well there is only a sz tag and a “made in the phillipines.” No brand whatsoever…So I called her to let her know that I really needed a brand to be able to list them correctly. She called her mom in law to ask and Grandma stated, “Oh, I have no idea, I just know that I bought them at Paperdolls.” So I called Paperdolls, which is a Children’s Boutique in Gig Harbor (which is a little harbor town about 15 miles to the east of us) and described them to the shop owner…She said she just can’t be positive, but they are either by “CUPCAKE,” “ANAVINI,” or “AMANDA REMEMBERED.” Of those brands I have heard of ANAVIN, but not the other two. So HERE YA’ GO! LOL!
Smocked Zoo-Themed Overalls
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I wore this shirt riding yesterday, stopped at a traffic light, my riding partner said, “Uh, nice belly” I looked down in my horror to find my shirt had flipped up completely exposing my belly and half of my chest. Classy! (Especially for a 2X kinda gal.)
Harley Davidson T-shirt
Harley Davidson T-shirt (cached image)
This is the story of how this jersey made it on to Ebay
STEVE’S #69 Organ Grinder Hockey Jersey went something like this;She: “Honey, how old is this vintage hockey jersey, I’m going to put it on Ebay?”
He: (looking at me quizzically) “Vintage? it’s not VINTAGE!.”
She: “Well, let’s do the math. How old were you when you played hockey for the Organ Grinder ?”***
He: (after much thought) “22 , why?”
She: “O.K. You’re turning 50 soon, so that makes this jersey 28 years old…..and that’s vintage.”
He: (looking confused) “I dunno know.”
She: “Any article of clothing 20+ years old is vintage in my book. Besides, what is old becomes new again. The vintage clothing stores are full of garments from the 1970’s & 80’s.”
He: (still looking perplexed and trying to make sense of it all) “I guess.”
Hockey Jersey
Hockey Jersey (cached image)
Funny story! My kitty fell in love with the zipper pull and chewed it up. I had to take it to my leather shop where they reshaped it.
Coach Handbag
Coach Handbag (cached image)
