Antique Mall Haul: September

Well, it’s been a while.
Let’s see if I remember how to do this.

I say it’s been a while – it’s been nearly a year.
But this is honestly the first time since my last post that I actually felt like making another.

I took another trip to the St. Charles Antique Mall recently
(you can read my review of the mall here)
and I thought – “Heck, why not?”
So here I am.
It’s nothing grandiose and this obviously does not concern a new antique mall,
but I did pick up quite a few things and I thought I would share them with you.

Here goes nothing.

For some reason I have recently become fascinated with sconces, of all things.
(Yeah I know, I don’t know why…)

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If you personally know my family,
you may know of our belief in the ultimate superiority of mason jars.
Or perhaps you know we claim the motto that everything is better in a mason jar.
When I saw this Crown mason jar, I was first impressed by its size,
but what really caught my eye was the lid.
Now, I do not believe the jar is original to the lid.
The lid is an antique A&W lid that would have sealed a jar of A&W Root Beer –
around the rim are the words,
“Take home a jar of A&W Root Beer.”
I have a semi-emotional attachment to A&W –
my grandfather used to buy me their mini corn dogs when I was a kid.

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Meet Tommie.

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I was stoked to find these NASA patches at the antique mall.
Patches, to me, signify stories. They fascinate me.
I recently went to an Apollo 11 exhibit at the Science Center
and there was a display about patches that explained their meanings
and I was actually absolutely enthralled.
I am enjoying researching these and learning their stories.

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And that’s about it.
Thanks for “voyaging” back to my little piece of the “blogosphere”.