World of Treasures party!

Hello & welcome to the World of Treasures party! Hosted by the lovely & extremely talented Cielo (her blog posts are works of art!) @ The House in the Roses .

I collect many things & I treasure all of them but I thought I'd feature my vintage hankies as today's treasure. I have collected hankies for many years. It started w/ lace ones, then on to roses, then I moved into holiday motif & really began my obsession. They are soo versatile for decorating! One day, I plan on making a quilt out of some but until then, I just tuck them into vignettes & they add just the right touch!

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I sometimes put up a hankie tree...full of hankies & vintage earrings. The tree topper is the biggest, gaudiest rhinestone brooch you ever saw.... I love it! I didn't put up this tree this year though.

This year, I did this instead. I gathered all my not-using-right-now hankies into a "bouquet" & stuck them into an ironstone vase. Easy Peasy!!!! And I think I prefer the uniqueness of it, over the tree. Course y'all may think the hankie tree is unique but I've been doing it for years so it's appeal has worn thin.

Tucked a couple into a china cabinet.

Added some to this vignette.

And this one too!

Used a couple on the chair backs.

And another on a pillow. Love the sparkly pin!

I can't even picture this vignette w/out the hankie. I must have taken this picture at mid-point during the make-over of my trees. They haven't been glittered yet.

They make great lamp toppers too as long as your bulb wattage isn't too high.

Look at the tiny little Santas on this one!

I tuck them in everywhere.

I also framed a couple of hankies. I normally switch these out w/ holiday ones but not this year.

I had a very hard time getting an interesting shot of the roses hankie valances I have in my bedroom & finally gave up. This is as good as it gets....sorry!

Some of my stash!

But the sweetest use of I made of them, was the adorable bonnet I made for my granddaughter, Caralyn. Look at that wild hair! She was the only one, of the grands, born w/ a full head of hair & it stuck straight up!

I included a poem w/ the bonnet that read....."The Magic Bonnet"

"I'm just a little hankie, as square as square can be; but with a stitch or two, they've made a bonnet out of me. I'll be worn home from the hospital, or on the christening day; then I'll be neatly pressed, and carefully packed away. Now on the wedding day, so I have been told; every well dressed bride must have something old. So what would be more fitting, than to find little old me; a few stitches snipped and a wedding hankie I'll be. If by chance it's a boy, some day he'll wed; so to his bride he can present the hankie once worn upon his head."

The hankie bonnet & poem has become my signature baby shower gift. You can google the instructions if you're interested.

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Just had to include photos of my true treasures!

Grouchy's lap wasn't big enough for all of them but baby Noah is certainly a treasure! In fact, I truly believe that he was God's gift to my family, to help us get through Clifton's accident. (I feel that so strongly that I teared up typing it!).

Hope you enjoyed seeing my collection of hankies...wonder what treasures everyone else is sharing? Come w/ me to Cielo's to see!