Give-Away Blast - Week #3, Day 2

A selection of 5 antique tin cookie and biscuit cutters.

I choose.

*See updated detail photos below.

Item: antique tin cookie and biscuit cutters. (1) vegetable scraper.
Wt: minimal

Sz: varies

Composition: tin
Etc: I promise to select a fair and interesting assortment for you. I collected these over a period of years from friends, relatives, and antique shops and shows.

Comment below to win by answering the following question?

Q: Are you a cookie baker? Christmas or all year-round?

See the narrow grey box below? Click on the word comment(s) in the narrow grey area below to leave your comment. Otherwise, email me at lemonade_marielle@comcast.net

Winner to be announced on Saturday, March 24th. Be sure to register on every post this week.

*Here are the promised detail photos:

Give-Away Blast - Week #2, Day 5

Item: Wooden crate
Wt: 6 lbs. 12 ozs.

Sz: 12"H x 21"W x 12"D
Composition: Wood
Etc: I've used this as a magazine bin, but know that it has many and varied uses. It's a bit rough around the edges, but refined rustic.

Comment below to win by answering the following question?

Q: What's your best idea for how to use/display this lovely old crate?

See the narrow grey box below? Click on the word comment(s) to get to the entry form.

Winner to be announced on Saturday, March 17th. Be sure to register on every post this week.

Give-Away Blast - Week #2, Day 2

Item: Towel rack
Wt: 4 ozs.
Sz: 17"W x 14"H
Composition: Metal frame with wooden bars
Etc: Very flexible. Guessing can be used in many creative ways.

Comment below to win by answering this question:

Q: Isn't this cool? Where would you put it?

Click on the word comment(s) in the narrow grey area below to leave your comment. Otherwise, email me at lemonade_marielle@comcast.net

Winner to be announced on Saturday March 17th. Be sure to register on every post this week.

Give-Away Blast - Week #2, Day 1

Item(s): Storage Boxes, (1) small, (2) large
Wt: small: 1lb. 2oz.; large: 2lbs. 14oz.
Sz: small: 8"D x 4-1/2"H; large: 11"D x 11"H
Composition: wood
Inscription: small: Dufeck's, Denmark, Wis. 54208; large: none
Etc: small: not an antique, but rustic and lovely; large: purchased as antique; unsure of provenance

Comment below (see the narrow grey area below? to win by answering this question:

Q: Do you collect antiques or small collectibles?

Click on the word comment(s) in the narrow grey area below to leave your comment. Otherwise, email me at lemonade_marielle@comcast.net

Winner to be announced on Saturday March 17th. Be sure to register on every post this week.

Give-Away Blast: Day 5

Item: Electric fan.
Wt: 2-3/4 lbs.
Sz: 9" D x 12" T
Composition: Metal w/ steel weighted base.
Inscription: (on red circle in middle of fan) Air Master Made By Darnell Laboratory, Kansas City, MO. AC only. Airplane Type. 110 Volt. 60 Cycle.
Etc: In great shape. Rustic, and charming.Fan head tips and tilts to direct air flow.
Electric cord has dried out and, although the fan works perfectly, the cord should be replaced.
I love it, just never found just the right spot for it.



Comment below to win.



Q: Isn't this cool? Where would you put it?


Winner to be announced on Saturday March 10th. Be sure to register on every post this week.

Give-Away Blast: Day 4

Item: Display box
Sz: 36" W x 7" H x 2-3/4" D
Wt: 2 lbs 12 oz.
Composition: Pine, rustic finish
Etc: I've used as a spice rack. Can be hung or sits on counter.



Comment below to win.

Q: How do you expect to use this?

Winner to be annnounced on Saturday March 10th. Tell your friends!

Give-Away Blast: Day 3

miscellaneous bath and culinary boxes

Item(s):

1. The Great Pile Cure round tin; 1-1/8" Diameter
2. Dr. Lynas Kidney Beans for Women; 1-3/8" W x 2" L x 1/2" H
3. Lynas' Female Pills; 1-1/8" W x 2" L x 3/8" H
4. Dr. Blumers Vegetable Baby Toilet Soap; 2-1/2" Square x 1" Deep
5. Blumers Shirt Waist Starch; 2-1/2" W x 4" H x 1" Deep
6. Bon Ami Powder for all the finer kinds of Polishing and Cleaning; 1-3/4" W x 2-1/2" H x 1-1/2" Deep
7. Millar's Excelsior Spices, Mustard Seeds; 2" Diameter x 3-1/4" H 

Wt: 5-1/2 oz.
Composition: cardboard and tin
Etc: All boxes and tins are empty, except Millar's Mustard Seeds


Comment below to win.

Q: Which of the above items appeals most to you?

Winner to be annnounced on Saturday March 10th. Tell your friends!

Give-Away Blast: Day 2

wooden storage box made from Bartlett Pear crate; hinged lid; porcelain knob

Item: creamy white-painted wooden storage box, with slanted lid
Wt: 4-1/4 lbs.
Sz: 6" tall (front end; 9" back end) x 9" deep x 14" wide
Composition: painted wood; aged patina; re-purposed from pear
Inscriptions: none on outside; inside "Bartletts" stencil is visible in (2) places and part of additional label visible on right side-inside
Etc: In great shape. Rustic, and charming.


Comment below to win.

Q: Did your family pick apples, pears, or other fruits when you were growing up?

Winners to be annnounced on Saturday March 10th. Good luck.

Give-Away Blast: Day 1

Due to an iPad error, this post self-destructed. You can still comment to win--the red and blue George Washington tobacco tin lamp.  Gr-r-r-r. Love my iPad. Really. But, posting is tragic.

Here we go...

Item: Antique tobacco tin, converted to lamp
Wt: 1-3/4 lbs.
Sz: 5-3/4" H x 4-1/2" D x 7-1/2" W, 1/2: H painted wooden base
Composition: tin box, aged patina; re-purposed tobacco tin
Inscriptions: George Washington (Greatest American) Cut Plug, Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC;
Etc: In great shape. Rustic patina and charming. Can be used with harp as in photo #3, or without.


Comment below to win.

Q: Where will you use this lamp?

Comments Begin Today for Give-Away #2

Re-creating post as original has disappeared...

red tin picnic basket is this week's giveaway;

jars will be given away at a later date

Item: red tin picnic basket
Wt: 8 oz.
Sz: cup - 6" tall  (with handles 9") x 12" wide x 7" deep
Composition: painted tin
Inscriptions on bottom: Salerno Finest Cookies-Crackers

Click on "comment" at the end of this post--skinny grey rectangular box below. Right next to small yellow pencil.

Answer the following question(s):
1. Do you collect antiques?
2. Will you keep the red tin picnic basket, or give it as a gift to someone, and who?

Comments received Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (2/24, 2/25, 2/26) are eligible to win. No comments - item will be held for a future give-away.


Update: No comments were received, so item will be offered at a future date. Not sure whether the "comment" section is actually working here. Will do some research.

Winner #1 Announced

Laura G. is the first give-away winner. Congratulations!

Laura lives in Chicago with her husband, almost 7 year-old daughter, and 1-1/2 year-old son. She works behind the scenes in network television and loves everything about the Windy City. Almost everything...

The child's porridge set is on its way to Laura and should arrive by the weekend.

At Laura's suggestion, the red picnic tin will be give away #2 and you can comment to win beginning on Friday.

Red tin picnic box with wooden handles.

(Jars to be offered at future date.)

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See. No strings attached. No tricks or shenanigans. Just Marielle hoping to give away a bunch of stuff, one item at a time, to a good home.

Comment at Shop My Basement for your chance to win.

Shop My Basement: I do.

Antiques: a sampling of what's available in my basement

 

For years I've been planning to pass along or sell all the small antiques, accessories, books, gift items that I've accumulated in our basement. I've even gotten so far as to photograph some of the small antiques.

Our children's taste is quite different from ours, but they've already had first choice. Now, I intend to give away all of it--one item at a time.

See the rules listed in the right column at top of this page.