Adding to My Avon Bottle Collection/ Learning Something New

On Friday I went by a local Goodwill store and found two Avon bottles to add to my collection.

These two Avon bottles I was actually able to get free. How did I do that? Well when you spend $10.00- you get a stamp and once you get 10 stamps - you get $10.00 off of a purchase. So I was able to get these two bottles free plus a cute little stool. Score!

Next I drove up the road about a mile or two to an Antique Mall. And I would like to tell you about a treasure that I found there. While looking for Avon bottles I had noticed some perfume bottles from California Perfume Co. in the mix. And I had wondered what that was all about. Well I got my answer today. While at the Antique Mall - I found this beauty:

This next photo, I actually borrowed off of someone selling it. Anyway - I only paid $3.00 for mine. And that is great because I have seen it on the Internet for $10.00 - and even up to $25.00. Now I did not get the box with the one I bought. But I wanted to share this photo below because this perfume is an Anniversary Keepsake from 1978. And this box explains why I keep seeing Avon and California Perfume Co 0n stuff - and like the perfume above - Avon is actually on the glass bottom of the jar - as is the 1978.

California Perfume Co. was stated in New York City in 1886 by David H. McConnell. In 1939 the business was renamed Avon Products, Inc. So there you have it. That is why I have seen these two names used.

What makes me mad - is that I wish I had have known this fact a couple of weeks ago. I was at a local thrift store and saw this:

At that time - I thought it was pretty, but just did not know what I would do with it. Now I am thinking - Man....I wish I had have bought it. Cause I know exactly what I would do with it.

We are working towards getting our sun room done. We had to put it on hold for a while - due to my husbands surgery and hospital stay. Anyway we are hoping to get it to a good point this next week. On Thursday my husband was able to get some shelves put up up towards the ceiling on 2 sides of the room. So we have plenty of room to display our Avon collection. My husband is kind of excited about it too - since half of what we have or more actually -are masculine type bottles.

I found one more treasure at the Antique Mall. And I only paid a dollar for it.

So for about $4.35 - I was able to add 4 bottles to my collection. I hope you have enjoy learning something new today. I know I sure did. :o)

Vintage Perfume Bottles - part 2

I am going to warn you all - this will be a very photo heavy post. I finally got the rest of our vintage perfume bottles down off the shelves and cleaned them up so that I could post the photos and also now I have a folder on my computer that has photos of all of our perfume bottles in it. I am feeling a bit more organized. And that always feels good.


Most of these perfume bottles came from my husband's Grandparents house when they passed away.
This one goes nicely in our living room, where we have decorated with light houses and such.

This one also came from the Grandparents. We are thinking it might be a wiskey bottle instead since it does not have a screw on lid, but more like a cork was in the top of it. It is still a special bottle to us.

My husband was able to find a site on the internet that told of the time periods that some of these bottles came out. This one is said to be from 1968.

This green lantern has perfume in it and it actually smells pretty good still. That is surprising.

This soldier and the lighthouse below - actually sy that they are from Old Spice. My husband says he remembers getting these for his grandparents for Christmas. They are also in the living room.

This penny is said to be from 1970-72.

This "Weather or Not" is said to be from 1969 - 71. It is also in the living room. We actually have two of these.

It says this man's head bottle is from 1968-71.

This car is called straight eight car and we have two of these. It is said to be made in 1969- 71.

This stein is actually an Aqua Velva product. When you open the lid - there is a plastic bottle of the perfume inside.

I love this blue car. It is said to be from 1971-73. I think it is so pretty.

This log cabin bottle - I found at a local thrift store for $1.00. I love to find deals like that!

This phone also came from my husband's grandparents. Some of the gold paint on the bottle part of the bottle is flaking off so I did not clean it first. Trying to be careful with it.

Well I hope you all have enjoyed part two of my Vintage Perfume Bottles post. :o)

I Love Vintage Avon Perfume Bottles!

I love vintage Avon perfume bottles. When I was growing up my grandparents on my Dad's side bought my sister and I a couple of things of perfume in really pretty bottles. I don't have those bottles any more. When I was younger, I did not appreciate things like this any where near as much as I do now. I wish that my Mom had have realized that these type things would be important to me one day and had have kept them. It is funny how when you get older things that once were important to you are not so much and things that were not much important to you they have new value. Several of these bottles belonged to my husband's granny. We have a great collection of the more masculine bottles too. I need to get them cleaned up and photos then I will share them with you all. They are on a shelve with quite a bit of dust. Hey now - I have been spending lots of time outside getting things cleaned up and then this week I took some much needed time to start getting things more organized here in the house.

But it won't be as easy of a task to organize and clean here in the house. See what I have been doing outside is cleaning things ups and all but inside - half of this stuff belongs to my husband and he likes his stuff where he has it, even if it is not very neat or tidy. So I work in areas around the house that I can. And I try to ignore the places that I can't.

It amazes me to see some photos of fellow bloggers and how show case ready their homes are. Well mine is no where near that. I try to have it as inviting and nice as I can but I don't have the ability to have it just the way I want it.

Most of these bottles I have found at Goodwill for about 1 - 2 dollars. Which I think is an awesome deal since when I go to Antique Malls I see the same ones for 3.95 and up. My collection could grow at a faster rate if I would be willing to spend that kind of money and maybe one day I will be. But for now part of the joy of collecting them to find them for just a dollar or two!!

This one I believe came from my grandma who past away back in 2001. The same year - actually the same exact week that we moved into the house we are in now. My Mother was nice enough to pick a few things out for me and for my sister. It seemed like a lot of the family rushed in and grabbed stuff so I am so thankful that she got what she got for us.

When we were getting the things that we wanted from my husband' grandparents house- I had no idea how special these pieces would some day be to me. This one I believe came from her house and the very first photo -of the blue pitcher also came from her. And I believe that the perfume bottle with the iris as the lid - came from her as well.

I am hoping that some day maybe these things can be a treasure to our grand children. Just like they are to us. Later I will do a post on the rest of our collection. :o)