Sarah asked to see what type of alphabets I had. Most of the alphabets that I collect are game pieces and I use them for crafting. When I started pulling them all out for this post, I was amazed at the variety of letters that I had.
Probably the most well known letters and easily collected are those from the Scrabble game.
There is a huge variety of other styles to be found tho. Here we have vintage Anagram games. There are quite an array of styles of letters.
There are a plastic and cardboard variety.
These are some that are heavier and embossed.
A yellow variation.
An assortment of cardboard letters from different games. They just live in a jar waiting to be used. The bird lives on top.
More cardboard letters. The four smaller boxes are all a variation of a game called crossword.
Same basic style of letter. One big card and one smaller.
I like the old fashioned refrigerator letter style magnets. A good variety of letter styles and colors.
These are from an old sign. I use them for birthday message decorations.
These are some of my favorite letters (there are numbers too). I don't know what they were originally used for.
Those old fashioned children's blocks.
I have a permanent message spelled with them for my taller guests that venture into our basement...watch your head.
And last but not least, lettered dice from a spill and spell game/throw and spell game.
A fun assortment of alphabets and letters. I am sure I will run across more after I do this post. I seem to have them tucked everywhere.
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "show my your collection of _____". You never know what fun I can spell out....
I wish I knew what the 3D black & colored ones were from - my mom had some & I used to play with them when I was little!
Posted by: Wendy | February 07, 2012 at 06:29 AM
L-O-V-E !
Posted by: barbara | February 07, 2012 at 06:53 AM
There is no limit to your collections! I have so much fun reading these challenges...I need to the beginning and catch up with the rest! Best Collector Ever Award to you!
Posted by: shirley hatfield | February 07, 2012 at 06:55 AM
Oh...fridge letters. I loved those. Especially digging them out from under the fridge. These are all so amazing. Looking for those spill and spells. Yellow anagrams? Oh my! Smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | February 07, 2012 at 07:10 AM
Vintage alphabet items are really good sellers in booth. I took old PROBE cards and made different words out of them put them in baggies with a topper on it and I sell them like crazy! It's funny how some of us think of using old stuff like that, but others have to be shown it to like it. Old blocks are my downfall - I cannot leave them behind!
Posted by: Shara | February 07, 2012 at 08:03 AM
Great collection!
The magnetic ones brings back memories of ones we had growing up and the ones the kids played with!
Love the bird on top of the carboard letters too.
How fun.....have a great day :-)
Posted by: Doreen | February 07, 2012 at 08:05 AM
Oh those magnetic frideg letters. We had them for years. Cute messages and sayings. Sometimes a neighbor boy would spell something a little naughty (they all thought they were so clever). The letters certainly made it hard to wipe down the fridge. Oh, and the sound they made when cleaning underneath and one would clankety up into the vacuum. Happy memories. Happy, windy day!
Posted by: janet | February 07, 2012 at 09:25 AM
I love those dimensional ones that you said are your favorites. I remember playing with those as a child, although I don't recall them being part of any particular game. Maybe they were the pre-refrigerator magnet letters for learning to spell??
Posted by: Kathy | February 07, 2012 at 12:04 PM
All I could think about while reading this post is you have enough of these to open a little vintage letters shop and I want to shop there!
Posted by: Into Vintage | February 07, 2012 at 06:06 PM
That bird on the jar reminds me of the Florida orange bird
Posted by: Jonathan | February 07, 2012 at 06:38 PM
Would you believe I just recently sold a set of the letters you said were your favorites but didn't know where they came from! I don't have any insight to offer but what a coincidence!
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 08, 2012 at 07:13 PM
Those colored and black letters look like the kind used for signage in the 70's. Do they have little nubs on the back? The boards they went on had 1/4" rows of grooves and the nubs went in them so you could compose your own wordage.
Posted by: Tammy | May 22, 2012 at 07:18 AM