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| Recently I won a giveaway @ The Frosted Gardner http://frostedgardner.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-for-me-and-one-for-you-giveaway.html |
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| You cannot imagine how excited I was to win this projector... The memories of "Our Families Movie night" are embedded in My Favorite Things... It was SO Much Fun when Dad would announce he was setting up the projector AND my brother and I had the job of setting up the screen... Do you remember those old screens we had??? Mom had gotten ours with "Green Stamps" and I thought it was SO Futuristic! |
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| How about some sweet old songs to play in the background? |
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| We have a special guest coming so Mom has set an extra place for tea... My Dad needed LOTS of room on the table for "SPLICING"... Do you all remember splicing??? It was a major part of movie night and came with "STEPS"...First there was a "SNAP"... Then there was a "BLANK SCREEN"... Then Dad would yell "LIGHTS"... Next was "INTERMISSION"!!! everyone would scatter and Dad would be mumbling that if we didn't "STAY PUT" he was "Packing Up"... My Dad had ALL the newfangled gadgets and whatnots to get the film back rolling as QUICK AS A FLASHHHHHHHHH!!! Sometimes the steps above would be repeated 2 or 3 times in the course of the evening... |
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| And the Sweet Background Music Plays On... |
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| This little pottery set is "Prinknash Pottery" from England... The Little Puzzle Jug has a mark on the bottom that identifies it as Dragon Pottery Rhayader, made in Wales... The Prinknash Abbey Pottery was founded in 1942 by the monks when they discovered a seam of clay during some building work... Their work is typically red earthenware often with a metallic glaze... Mine is all "gun metal glaze"... |
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| This is the look of anticipation of the moving pictures OR the fresh baked cookies that are about to come out of the oven OR "Both"... |
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| Watching movie or slides was always SO Much more fun that getting our pictures taken... Do we all remember those "Blinding" camera lights and Dad telling us to look up at the camera as we "Scrunched out little faces in the most painful of looks"??? I'm sure if there is a man in the moon he saw those lights beaming out into space... It didn't matter that they were inside the house because they had the power to penetrate walls!!! |
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| "Movies & Cookies"!!! |
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| My Brother Loved it when Dad would let him help...But then Dad would be watching Joey and not the movies... |
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| A few of my newest treasure finds... |
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| Our Guest has arrived...Mr Gary Cooper's daughter has joined us tonight... She is such a fan of "Old Films & Slide Shows"... It's So wonderful to see her again... |
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| "Ms Maria Cooper Janis was such a special lady who loved her father more than life itself"... I first met her at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut when she published this book about her life with her Famous Dad... This Abbey is not far from where I live... The Nuns are the sweetest accommodating group you could Ever Met! The day Ms Cooper was there, not many people came to see her BUT she was accompanied by James Douglas... And with us were Skitch Henderson and Richard Widmark(Who all live here)... We have lost Mr Henderson and Mr Widmark since then... I had also met Patricia Neal at the Abbey. My Mom was with me that day and Ms Neal and my Mom had a fine time together... This is the Abbey's website http://www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com/sitelive/index.htm |
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| This is where my Prinknash Pottery was made by "The Benedictine Monks of the Abbey in Granham"... Gloucestershire... |
The frosted Gardner is who made my post possible this evening... It was their generosity that gave me my focal point for this wonderful "By Gone Era Treasure" and brought back so many precious memories ... Please drop in to their "Land Of Blog" where you will see how talented Melanie and Mike are as a
team... They give Old Furniture New Life again in the most Beautiful ways... You will want to Follow them in their adventures... I LOVE their Blog!
Thank you again, and again Melanie and Mike for my Slide Projector, it has become quite a conversation piece in our home and has been claimed by my youngest son who plans on re-cording it so we can use it with our own slides...
"Giant Hugs to you Both"...
I'M LINKING TO
"Treasure and Trinket Party@My Cottage Charm"
http://mycottagecharm.blogspot.com/2011/03/thrifting-finds-for-friday-and-treasure.html
"Memory Lane Monday"(the last Monday of every month)@Brynwood Needleworks"
http://brynwoodneedleworks.blogspot.com/2011/02/memory-lane-monday.html
"Show off your cottages Monday@The house in the roses"
http://houseinroses.blogspot.com/2011/02/show-off-your-cottage-monday_25.html
"Fabulous Friday@Frou Frou Decor"
http://froufroudecor.blogspot.com/2011/02/fabulous-friday-finds-party_24.html
"Feathered Nest Friday@French Country Cottage"
http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/02/old-frames-china-feathered-nest-friday.html
"Show and Tell Friday@My Romantic Home"
http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/02/show-and-tell-friday_24.html
"Vintage Inspiration Friday@Common Ground"
http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-inspiration-friday-26-thinking.html
"Home Sweet Home@The Charm of Home"
http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2011/02/home-sweet-home-3.html
"Friday Pretties@I Love Pretty little things"
http://iloveprettylittlethings.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweet-friday-pretties.html
"Between Naps on the Porch"@
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/02/celebrating-color-with-april-cornell.html
"Vintage Thingy Thursday@Colorado Lady"
http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-thingie-thursday-vintage-girly.html
"White Wednesday@Faded Charm"...
http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/02/white-wednesday-88.html
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69 comments:
Dear Donna,
your post is for me like a wonderful movie, telling stories of the old times. With this brownish colors you catched with your pictures the spirit of our childhood so well. Congratulations for this wonderful giveaway, I see how exited you are and this is so sweet. Nobody else as you should have this wonderful projector. I think, Melanie and mike will have a lot of fun when they see your happyness.
In your posts are always so many wonderful items, staged to a new life, so I have to look carefully to realize everything. The dolls are so nice and so naturally. Any yes, they really look like Cookies & Movie. LOL
I had never heard about Prinknash pottery but was very interesting and the metallic glaze is wonderful. My dear, you would be a very talented movie stage director, are you sure that you are in the right business? I would visit all your movies!
Hugs, Johanna
..you just brought some really great memories
back to me..thank you very much and congratulations. I am so happy, you got the projector..
jodeljuhuu from Switzerland, Christa
That is quite the win-good for you. Your plates with the Venice motives are awesome. My mother would love them. It is her favorite city. Have you been? Have a great weekend.
another wonderful post! Oh I always wanted to get the slide projector out! one christmas I was so excited because I got my Dad a screen..he guess what it was! but it beat the old sheet on the mantle! For christmas my brother gave me all the slides and projector, so I can watch when ever I want!
OMGoodness...how cool is this! Congrats on winning the giveaway. What a special one to win! Just the right person won, methinks! This is such a CUTE vignette. I hope you had a great movie night :D
Oh such a wonderful post. I so remember those old projectors and screens. We had one too and my dad and mom had such fun taking movies. I now have them, Such treasures. Hugs, Marty
I adore that projector!
Wishing you a lovely Saturday!
LuLu~*xoxo
What wonderful memories of movie nights. Sadly, we didn't have a movie projector or camera while growing up. In fact I have never even owned a movie camera! I feel left out. No movie pictures of my kids!! Oh well, my memory will have to play the reruns as long as it keeps remembering LOL
What a wonderful post and yes it does bring back memories of those home movies. But my how wonderfully you have set up this 'story' for us. It is always such a treat to see what you will be posting. Have a super weekend.(-:
your photo stories are always exquisite...
Donna,
What a neat post. I love the projector {congratulations!} and your dolls. They are gorgeous! Everything looks so warm and inviting. I remember home movies and loads of slides we'd watch for hours. Great family times and now a special way to remember such wonderful times. Thanks for sharing!
Sharlotte
What fun, Donna. You have definitely triggered some fond memories. Yes, the old movie projector. We watched movies every weekend. So many great times to recall. Thank you! Your vignette is darling as always. Those dolls have the sweetest expressions. And I love their black and white outfits. ~ Sarah
I so remember those movies.. wow what a treat on a saturday afternoon. congrats on the projector! Love your dolls too. they are quite beautiful.
Congrats on the win. You mentioned green stamps. My Mom would collect top value stamps. I remember us many times riding the bus to the store to pick out some goodies My Mom had so wanted. I still have one thing that we got, an orange and red glass vase. I gave our Son a set of ceramic ducks for his wedding that Mom and I had gotten with the stamps. It was more of a memory for him about has Grandma.
Wow, you won the projector? That is fantastic!!!! Love the dolls, the movies, the books and the pottery......so beautiful!!!
Hugs,
Margaret B
How fun!!!
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Hi Donna,
What a delight this post was, I loved the story threaded through the beeutiful images.
Your talent for "staging" is amazing, and your anecdotes draw us all in to listen even closer.
Those dolls are the best:)
What a fun post. Thansk for sharing. Richard and Sissy Dog
Your posts are so thought out--little short stories and I love them. What a great display with the giveaway. Great camera and the music as well. Love your table setting and the pottery too. :)
What a fabulous win! And those dolls. Your pictures are fantastic...so beautiful a post!!
I love the photos-so sweet. I was interested that you mentioned the Abbey in CT - the Prioress there is Dolores Hart. She was a movie star and the only movie I remember her being in was "Where The Boys Are" with Connie Francis. I thought she was wonderful and wrote my first, and only, letter to a star. She answered it, with a photo and at Christmas sent a Christmas card with a design she had created. I wasn't truly surprised when I heard she had become a nun.
Fun post an I adore your doll collection. hugs♥O
This post is adorable .. love the teacup and saucer ... with the black/white! I thought surely I was the only person who remembered "splicing"! In high school, I had a job as a film librarian for regional schools. Splicing came with the job! Almost every movie that was returned had to be spliced! Technology sure has come a long way! Thanks for sharing ... and prompting these memories!
Your post is wonderful. As always you take us on such
As always, Donna, you have taken us along on such a nice journey of history and memories. It's as if we actually sit down and have tea with you.
Hi, Donna. Stopping back by for another peek at this adorable post. ~ Sarah
I just love this post. Such sweet and wonderful memories. Your vignette is exquisite. Love the dolls. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, Marty
How sweet...I love it. So sophisticated but with a touch of romance....this is what I aiming for....
Thanks Anett
How fun, your new projector fits right in. The dolls look like they are enjoying themselves. I love your color scheme. Nice! Hugs, Kim
You have a beautiful home. What a sweet blog. I am now a follower. Hope you can pop on over and visit my blog. going to spend some time visiting.
Au revoir.
Caroline
Your doll collection is just wonderful. I love your stories...I always have such fun here.
xoxo bj
Gary Cooper's daughter...what fun! Loved your post - your new finds are fantastic - also got a kick out of the projector story :)
Have a super week Donna!
You have an amazing gift with words. Your post had me hanging on every word and feeling part of the past. The photos are warm and inviting. I love your dishes! Wow. I still have my grandpa's projector and several of his slides. Do you remember the smell of freshly burned flash bulbs? Mmmm, the memories. Thank you.
I do remember those days, Donna. In fact I had a Bell and Howell projector and super 8 movies. I wonder where they are now! Congrats on winning that awesome vintage projector. I love your dolls and plates too....Christine
Donna,
We had slides - my dad still has them - but no movies.
But I do remember watching the movies at school and having to stop if they needed splicing!
Thanks for the reminder!
You always have the most fun and interesting stories to tell, Donna! I DO remember those old projectors purchased with Green Stamps. Wasn't it fun collecting them and sticking them in those little books? lol! Fun post today, friend! And don't tell me that the photo in your new header was taken recently.....You don't have THAT much snow, do you????? lol!
xoxo laurie
Congrats on the win!!! Wonderful post full of memories. ~~Sherry~~
Oh Donna, girl I loved this post..just everything about it..a fun trip down memory lane and your a lucky lady to win that great prize..Your dolls are just too freaking cute as is your whole table..I can tell you my friend put some time and thought into this GREAT post..Hugs and smiles Gloria
Oh, what a sweet post. congrats on your win!! I love your dolls...so cute. And I still have some of my grandmas green stamps. Happy vtt
Everything is so beautiful! The work and love put into this really shows. Just truly amazing!!!
What a gorgeous setting! I love the sweet dolls and bears.
I hope you will stop by and visit the linky party I am hosting. There are prizes!
This was one of the most beautiful posts I have seen in a long time. Such beautiful photos and wonderful stories. We had a gizmo, I cannot remember what it was called, that you looked through and put slides in. We did not have a movie projector when I was a little girl not even TV's yet. Those dolls are priceless.
QMM
What a great feeling to see all your wonderful items displayed in such a nice arrangement. I'm crazy about the doll outfits. Did you make them, buy them separately, or did they come with the dolls? They are great.
What a great post...you brought me down memory lane, but for me it was my Grandpa who did all the film making! We did get to help with the screen though...what fun!!
Donna-You were the absolute perfect person to win the projector. No one else would have appreciated it as much or done it justice! I seem to remember a lot of frustration associated with our family movies! Those dolls are incredible! Thanks for sharing your memories and talent with us!
Donna, what a beautiful post. Your dolls are so wonderful! So lifelike and so sweet. I loved seeing the pottery and your beautiful tablescape.
I am sooooo amazed at the pic of your cottage buried in snow. It's hard to imagine that much snow. Your cottage is beautiful year around but there is something magical about seeing it enveloped in snow. You must have a fantastic furnace to stay snuggy warm in all that snow.
Amazing photo!
Oh, I really enjoyed this post! I collect old cameras and love your projector. You are really the perfect one to win that projector. You really have the perfect memories to go with it. Lovely!
What a beautiful post. I love that old projector.
What beautiful pictures and yes, a memory tickler for sure! My Dad loved gadgets and had an 8mm movie camera, so your description of "splicing" etc. certainly hit close to home. I think my Dad would have loved computers and all of the gadgets we have now. Thank you for sharing!!!
What a beautiful post!!
Yes, I do remember the bright light of the 8mm camera! We had those made into a vcr tape at one time, but haven't transposed them to dvd yet! A lot of fun memories for the whole family...:) Your win is a very sweet one!!!
Have a wonderful weekend!
XOXO Gloria
I need to look for a projector. I have several old 8mm reels that my mom left me - I'd love to see what's on them!!
You're vignettes are always so beautiful!
Aaahhh...what sweet memories. We occasionally would get out the film projector or the slides and sit for hours watching our family movies. Usually when the cousins came to visit. I have all of the slides but I don't know where the films are. I really need to search my Mom's house and see if I can find them. They are Treasures!!! Thanks for the reminder of those sweet days gone by...I miss them!
Also, thank you for joining my Friday Pretties. I have had so much fun over here. :)
Love, Joyce
Oh, yes I remember home movies like that. It was great. You are so right how you described it. It was like a bygone era. Very neat vignette. Thanks for linking up!
Sherry
I loved our family movie nights....and slide shows featuring the handy dandy carousel. Remember how the film would burn if it stayed under the light too long? I still have my daddy's camera. I keep thinking that some day I'll try to use it again. I love the Mackenzie Childs plates in concert with the black and white check on the doll's clothing. Great technique. Thank you for sharing your charming design. Cherry Kay
Oh memories of your daddy! Today would have been my daddy's bday. I love your photos and all you told about.
Is that home in the banner yours???
What a wonderful post! It brought back so many memories ~ dads and projectors LOL! I don't think my kids have ever seen any of our old family movies. I'll have to see if we can get dad to set it all up for them one night. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh yes, that brought so many memories of movie nights. I inherited my Dad's movies, but I haven't gotten up the nerve to see if the projector still works. Fun times.
I love your story of movie nights. My dad had my grandparents' movies put on VHS, I was just thinking I need to put them on DVD. But the old gadgets are the best!
What a wonderful post and beautiful photos too. My dad still has his old projector :-)
Blessings,
Marcia
What a wonderful post! We did not have a movie projector but I loved visiting friends that did. Your dolls are amazing, their little faces have such wonderful expressions. Have a wonderful week, Nan
Love the faces on those dolls! Lovely vintage vignette, Donna.
Gary Cooper is buried in our cemetery here. I have seen his grave when I have gone to burials there.
I hope the rain washed away some of that awful snow on your roof!
Sweet Donna, I love those dolls, they're so very beautiful! Great post, I love to see different things. My FIL had a proyector were we saw so many family movies from the 50's with my hubby as a little kid, it was so much fun. Now we have those in CDs, at least. We have some slides from my side of the family. Your are amazing, a real treasure!
You can look at my Xmas posts for the one that says: My embroidered Tablecloth and Runner...there's a full view of it and the story of why I did it.
LUV YA
FABBY
This is a wonderful post. Love all your pictures too.
Congrats on your special win also.
I too am linked up with Donna for Memory Lane Mondays and now I am one of your many followers.
Looking forward to getting to know you
Maggie
Hi Donna~ Your collection is beautiful and what a neat post about movie night! Thanks for sharing at Feathered Nest Friday! :)
The projector really brings back so many memories. What a wonderful setting you've created!
Thanks for linking up with VIF!
big hugs,
Debra
This is so amazing - congratulations on your fantastic win - love the dolls - they look like those my sister has - love the vintage music - made me think I have some laying around here somewhere!
The dishes are fantastic - and the history - gorgeous post,
Kathy
Oh that is SO beautiful!! I LOVE dolls and that old projector is so cool! :) thanks so much for linking up to my linky party..I'm always so glad to see you!
Hugs
Missy
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