Vintage Valentine's Day Cards

It seems like I cannot remember when Valentine's Day wasn't my favorite day of the year. I remember in Kindergarten of First Grade coming home and pouring over those little Valentine exchange cards for days. I just loved them! I wish my mom would have saved those :(

I had to start a collection of other peoples cards! Today I thought I'd share some old Valentines with you. See if you can find Shirley Temple or The Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. I particulary like this first one because it looks to me as if he is handing a Valentine Hankie out the window to his sweetie. Valentine hankies are my other collection. If you would like to start a collection check out my website here:

Authentic Vintage Valentines

or

Vintage Valentine Handkerchiefs

Which One Is Your Favorite?

NANALULUSLINENS AND HANDKERCHIEFS

Cupid Silhouette Valentines & Hankies Romantic Homes Magazine Feb 2011

A couple of hankies and our Rose Posies on French Red Cupcake Liners

Valentine Hankies



Cupid Silhouette Vintage Document Beveled Glass Ornament

Vintage Valentines & Nostalgic Valentine Heart Cupcake Pick

The Pillow is not ours, cute though another
Valentine

That's our red fan peeking out on the right

Another Hankie under this cute pillow

Thanks Romantic Homes for the beautiful displays!

Giveaway ~ Black Toile & Pink Polka Dot Oilcloth Tote Bag ~ Gorgeous

Time for Another Blog Giveaway!!

You are so going to love this giveaway item! Don't you just want this large size, fully lined oilcloth tote! Gorgeous Black Toile on the outside OO LA LA and fun pink on white polka dot on the inside. This is a large bag 14" x 18" ~ nice long straps and a convenient pocket inside. We sell oilcloth tablecloths, but you can ONLY WIN this tote bag valued at $28.00, with shipping you have a $35 prize!!















What is Oilcloth?
Oilcloth has been around for about 100 years. You may remember walking into your grandmas kitchen and seeing a similar tablecloth on her kitchen table. It was relatively inexpensive, and often sold by the foot or yard in hardware or yardage stores. The original oilcloth was created by coating block-printed canvas or linen with linseed oil resin With age, the resin and design would crack and flake off. Today’s high-tech version is a vinyl-permeated cotton mesh. It won’t crack and peel but has the same shine and color vibrancy of the oilcloth of yesteryear. Some of today’s oilcloth is printed using some of the vintage designs, in many cases using the actual plates and rollers that were used for the vintage oilcloth. See our oilcloth tablecloths here:

Retro Oilcloth Tablecloths

OK, Here's How You Enter:

You get one chance by visiting our website here:

Nanalulus Linens and Handkerchiefs

Come back and comment below any item you just love from the site! Follow our blog for a second chance, comment that you are following. If you are having trouble leaving a comment here, I will accept a comment on my Facebook Page as well. Be sure I have a way to get a hold of you if you are the winner! On Monday January 31 we will use a random number calculator to choose our winner!! EASY as that :) Sorry due to postal expenses giveaway is only open to mail to the US.

©NANALULU 2011

Gift Wrapping with Holiday Kitchen Towels

I was just wrapping a gift for a gift exchange at our Bible study this month. I used cute Christmas gift towel as gift wrap. Thought it was cute!

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WIN FREE AMERICA United State Map Colorful Graphics Retro Towel

WIN FREE !! America United State Map Colorful Graphics Retro Towel

We have a fun blog giveaway for you!!!

What you win
This great USA map towel has wonderful colorful retro grahics. You will find fun graphics for Mt Rushmore, Route 66, The Statue of Liberty The Rockies, Covered Bridges, Southern Belle, The Great Lakes, Georgia Peaches, and much more! Take a close up look at photos. Perfect addition to any textile maps collection.

This towel is from a fun collection of city, state, and special places retro styled kitchen towels. Reminiscent of vacations from days gone by. Each towel has original copyrighted designs printed on hand loomed 100% cotton fabric. Silk screened in 12 colors the design is framed by hand embroidery work and the towels are finished with hand dyed rick rack.
Each towel has a trio of colorful stripes on each side and comes in a nice organza pouch ready for gift giving. These fabulous towels make wonderful gifts. Besides adding a retro touch to any kitchen they could also be used as a guest / hand towel or a bar towel. They would be a lot of fun to frame or make pillows out of too. See last photo for framing idea.

Towel measures about 22"x 28 "

Retail Value 17.99 + free shipping

Look for more cities and state here:

Vintage & RETRO Linen Kitchen Towels~State Towels

These are fun to frame, see sample of France below

How to win:

Visit our website Nanalulus Linens & Handkerchiefs

Find any item you would like to receive as a gift or give as a gift. Come back to blog and leave a comment noting which item you chose, why you'd like to receive it, or whom you would give it to as a gift. Let us know how to get a hold of you if you win! SIMPLE That's it!

We will choose a winner using a random number picker on Sunday night November 7, 2010 Prize will be mailed to US addresses only. Must be 18 or over to win.

GOOD LUCK & Thanks for visiting!

Marie Shrivers Report On Alzheimers & Caregivers

Marie Shrivers has writteh a new report on Alzheimers. She has come out with a study on Alzheimers with interesting facts on caregivers. There are 10.9 million unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimers. The biggest percentage of them are women, many being "sandwiched" between their own children and careers. It takes a toll on them emotionally & physically. They suffer from more depression, more illnesses, and more hospitalizations than non caregivers. 40% suffer from the most severe forms of depression.

Caregivers spend 4 BILLION dollars on their own health care costs due to the stress of being a caregiver. If the caregiver is elderly their death rate is 63% higher than non-cargivers. This is not good news with the expectancy of the number of people that will be afflicted with Alzheimers disease to triple to 16 million by 2050. Two-thirds of those will be women. Young men you better prepare now to become caregivers yourself. Please give to Alzheimers research in any way you can, and if you know a caregiver tell them you appreciate what they do. You can hear a little about the research on the ABC link below. Shriver has a book available on the study also.
My mom suffers from Alzheimers here are some photos of her.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES ARE A LITTLE GRAPHIC

These show why some people do not want to put their family in elder care facilities

Thanks for reading

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Gorgeous Earrings Giveaway!

Would you like to win these beautiful earrings? Mary Jane is celebrating her birthday by giving away these sweet handmade earrings. Check out the details here