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Vintage buttons and snaps oh my!

 

 

I love finding old carded buttons (and other sewing supplies) at the thrifts. The packaging alone is usually a work of art & they often are examples of our old retail landscape. In today’s finds I found old Twin Fair and Hens & Kelly tags- along with a cursive Sears logo.

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Who else remembers shopping at Twin Fair?

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Just “by using these buttons (snaps) your dress will fit- it promises Success in this great vintage card.

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Old School Le Chic packaging (fashionable buttons guaranteed washable)

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Not just quality- but Superior Quality

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Hens & Kelly Department Stores- a much missed local department store that also gave out Green Stamps. From back in the day when department stores actually were more then clothes and housewares.

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More Old School Le Chic Fashionable Buttons (guaranteed washable)

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Remember when Sears sold buttons? Must have been back when department stores actually were full line stores- today the only store that comes close is Walmart and let us face it- Walmart is nothing like the department stores of yesterday. (Some could say Walmart is where the cesspool of humanity goes but I digress). Too bad Eddie Lampert is slowly destroying both Sears and Kmart turning both companies into shells of what they used to be.

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Kasymilon yarn from Sears

Kasymilon yarn from Sears- the finest in 100% Acrylic yarn.

It includes the handy 7 reasons why you should buy yarn at Sears.

  1. Each yarn goes through 18 different inspections to give uniformity of weight, color, strength & quality.
  2. Sears yarn is pull-skeins for instant knitting (apparently not meant for crochet)
  3. Each dye lot is numbered to give the most perfect color match
  4. Sears interchangeable Yarn Chart helps eliminate guesswork in pattern and yarn selection.
  5. Sears will teach you how to knit. Ask about our schools for Beginners or Advanced knitters. (Today one is lucky to find an employee willing to take your money)
  6. Sears knitting teachers are available for consultation after class or in the department (and today can’t even find anyone able to mix paint for me. Much less an actual knitting teacher- and what about crochet?)
  7. “Satisfaction Guaranteed Or Your Money Back” (tempted to try this to see if I could get the $1.29 this originally cost back. But that would assume I could actually find an underpaid employee to help me). 

 

sears yarn
7 reasons why you should buy yarn at sears

 

Kasymilon yarn
Kasymilon yarn

 

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Remember a time when department stores still had craft departments? Heck even when all the discount stores had craft departments- now the only discount store with a craft department (if lucky enough to not be a remodeled one) is Walmart. In fact I still look for the arts and crafts department at my local Kmart even though it’s been gone for many years.

So all of these vintage yarns were found at my local goodwill- heck some might still be there. There are fine examples from Sears, Kmart, Grants & Twin Fair.