Collection Challenge #267 - Vintage Diaper Pins

Last weekend in estate sale land I found some diaper pins with the original display card.

They are manufactured by Reddy..hence the R on the outfit of the squirrel on the flip side of the card. Seriously cute.

I went to add these pins to my collection and it dawned on me I had not done a challenge on these since challenge #4 (5 years ago).

My collection has grown a bit over time. There seem to be a few styles of pins and they mostly differ by color.  Dark Blue...some of the animals I can tell what they are and some I can't.

Pale Yellow.   These pins are the cutest.  The details on the little animal heads are quite charming.

Bright pink.  White

Light Blue.
I really like the plain ones too without an animal head. The colors are great.
I even have a necklace that includes a diaper pin!

For the record I am not of the generation that used diaper pins. My kids were either velcro diaper covers with cloth diapers or disposable diapers.  I pretty much used disposable after an attempt with cloth.  

Another oddball collection.  If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of ____."  Collection challenge...each Tuesday.

Comments

[Melissa's Antiques]

I'm 28 and my brothers are 26 and 24. My mother used cloth diapers on all of us... and diaper pins! I know she still has them somewhere!

[Erica]

Well these are the cutest dang diaper pins ever! Miss Norah wears cloth diapers but they have come a long way since having to use pins. Too bad!!

Stay cool, friend. 100 degrees down here today!

Erica

[Lori]

Hello: i love your blog and your Magpie Ethel creations. I so wanted an Uncle Sam at 4th of July but they sold out fast. I have 2 suggestions for collection challenges.

"Show me your collection of vintage Christmas tree toppers."

"Show me your collection of vintage nativity (whole nativity or nativity animals."

[Doreen]

I used cloth with my oldest because someone gave us a diaper service as a gift but after a few months of that and Velcro covers......forget that! The next two used disposable diapers. I remember my mom using those pins on my two sisters and I'm sure on me and my brother too. I love them but I've never found any except for duck ones😊

[Kathy]

Oh my goodness, I WAS of the generation of cloth diapers and love this blast from the past. I have no clue what happened to the diaper pins I used. I was so grateful when the diaper pail was out of the bathtub that I probably threw them out! I do have a few around that made their way to me in poke sacks but not the ones I used for my babies.

[Gayle. Palmer]

These are another example of the special nature of products from years past. The design and attention to detail in everyday items fascinates me. These are charming! I am also fascinated by the fact that this is your 267th collection challenge post! Did you ever think when you started there would be this many? Magnificent, Magpie Ethel!

[Sharon]

Thanks to the magpies, all of this cuteness has not been lost forever. Went camping recently with my sisters, and one of them had brought along some yard sale magazines - guess whose. Small world, huh? Always enjoy your posts.

[Tammy]

I kept the pins for babies #1 and 2, #3 was home-made, a C-section and I came home to a two and four year old. Need I say more? Pampers for a month became the rest of her diaper days!

[Marci]

I used disposable on my kids but my sisters are 8 and 10 years younger than me and my mom used cloth with pins for them. I babysat for them a lot and at 10 years old I was quite the expert pinning a diaper! Only takes one stick in the finger to figure that out quick! :)

[Molly]

I think I still have some diaper pins from when I was a baby! I haven't looked, but I wonder if they still make super cute ones. I think a lot of cloth diapers have velcro now, which isn't cute at all!