Really oddball niche collection today. Vintage spiral garlands or concertina garlands. They comes in an assorted variety of colors and sizes. They are shiny and bring out the magpie in me. The large pink and red one hangs in my studio year round.
They are basically a little foil garland that stretches out. They come folded into a tiny flat circle and the spiral magically emerges when stretched out.
Most of these have been found separately. I love the assortment I have managed to collect.
Original packaging. Glitterfoil
This style includes directions to make rosettes or spirette.
I found these three garlands the other day at the estate sale in St. Helens. They have the original price tags from Olds & King attached. They were 29 cents a garland.
Bonus that they came with the original box. They pulled out to 9 foot.
13 feet of concertina garland!
These are a favorite. Awesome colors and the original cellophane sleeve. 4 packs, each in a different color.
With the original tags attached. I believe they were 15 cents a garland.
A very narrow category today in collection challenge world. How many more styles are there out there to hunt down? I feel pretty lucky with what I have.
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a moment and finish the sentence, "Show me your collection of ___". A new collection each Tuesday.
Those are fascinating and pretty! I would be unable to resist stretching them all out.
Posted by: Eddie Mitchell | October 21, 2015 at 06:24 AM
Hi Ethel;
I love your collection of vintage spiral foil garlands. They remind me of my youth. We didn't have a lot of money to decorate at Christmas, but my mother loved foil and paper decorations, so we always had those. I also love honeycomb bells, especially in red and green. Do you have any of those? I found a large green one in great shape and put it up each Christmas.
Posted by: Jane | October 21, 2015 at 02:42 PM
I love these. I need to find some for my self. I found some ornaments in the original boxes at a rummage sale for .25 a box. Each box was different from the last.
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | October 21, 2015 at 04:39 PM
So I'm out of words now on these!
Colorful aluminum garland with original packages for some and price tags! Sigh......
Posted by: Doreen | October 21, 2015 at 06:02 PM
I think you could post old toothbrushes and make them look like something I would want! lol! those foil garlands are sweet!
have a great day Laurie!
xoxo
vivian
Posted by: vivian | October 22, 2015 at 03:08 AM
I am amazed at the unusual treasures you find by being the early bird!
Posted by: Kathy | October 22, 2015 at 09:21 PM