... 'H' is for...

 

Have you guessed??

Back by Popular Demand (LM!!), I'm picking up on the 'svelteSTUFF Alphabet of Collectibles' where we left off (a couple of years ago??!). THANK GOODNESS when I'm lacking for content, I have PLENTY of collections to fall back on !

For this series, I'm trying to uncover collections that I haven't mentioned EXCESSIVELY on here already (just click on underlined collection name for link to to previous ramblings!!)...  

So it's definitely NOT...

HAEGER Pottery

~or~

HATS

~or~

HATPINS

~or~

HAT BOXES

~or even~

HAIR RECEIVERS!

Today's 'honor' goes to...

The iconic HOLT HOWARD!

This is a VERY SMALL collection in our house !   I first fell for them in the 1990's, after reading an article about HH in COLLECTIBLES magazine (anyone else remember that short-lived, but AMAZING quarterly??)

PIXIEWARE (1958-1962)  These little whimsical Pixies are the first HH that stole my heart.  However they are extremely elusive.  In the past 30yrs, these are the only pieces that I have found (IN MY $range!!).  Most of them the Top/Spoon was found separately from the bowl.

I am also attracted to the 1960-70's patterns & designs they used, and I am a sucker for HH stray, lonesome mugs, and can't leave them behind

This cute kitty caught my eye, and her price was right & ripe for resale, but I am afraid she has found a forever home with me!

...and who can have a fondness for HH, without paying Homage to their early pieces - Red Apple and le Coq Rouge?

until next time ~

BE WELL

& 

enJOY !!

...the OTHER WOMAN.

I'm sure you all remember SESAME SHIMMER. 

(For those who need a refresher: SS HISTORY.)

Recently, we decided it was time she 'earned her keep'!  

For not only have we given her a flawless complexion, a 'stunning, haute-couture wardrobe', and center stage in our home, but now she just taunts us by lounging with a martini glass (that her buddy 'Tweed-The-Elf' perches on the edge of!) in hand all-day-long!

So, as the days SUDDENLY get colder 

or rather, more Seasonable, here in the NE...

'CLEAN-OUT 2016' gets a Kick-Start...

Starting in ...The STAIRS??  who in their right minds Really has to 'purge their stairs'??   ...i do.

With my 'HAT COLLECTION'...

YES. Yet ANOTHER COLLECTION.

Wall going UP STAIRS - black hats.

ONE wall on stair Landing - Colorful hats.

One of MY 'earlier' collections.  Started in my first apt. out of college.  Displayed as a border around my bedroom on a thin rope with clothespins.  It has grown quite a bit since those days!  NOT precious hats - but LOVINGLY worn and played with at group gatherings!! 

This picture was taken the morning of our wedding (circa 2001). The peak of my 'Hat Collecting Days' -  I had requested that each of the girls in our Wedding Party select a 'Black Hat' of their liking from our wall to accessorize.

I still enjoy picking up the occasional hat, but the time has come to find some 'foster homes' for a few (you know ~ make room for MORE!)...

SOOOOO... Sesame to the rescue!

She put down her Cocktail glass.

...donned some beads...

I think that she 'WORKED~IT' quite nicely.

Yep. She's a 'KEEPER'!

Like them?  ALL of these GOODIES are included in our SALE too!!

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Now - take Sesame's lead - go get decked out and have a

FABULOUS NEW YEAR!!!