Around the turn of the century (1900 not 2000), sewing machine companies used these trading cards as a marketing tool to advertise their products. Here's a close-up of one of the cards:
Now who wouldn't want to get their hands on as many of these little gems as possible? Okay, maybe not a baseball player, but seems to me all other members of the human race would desire these as much as I do. It is a sewingcentric world, isn't it?
My conundrum is that I don't have a manner in which to display them so I can enjoy them to their fullest. I've considered and evaluated a number of items, but as yet have come up empty. I would welcome any advice, suggestions, ideas, etc. from my terrific readers on how I might appropriately display my cards. And if your idea includes upcycling or repurposing something to do so, all the better. Thank you in advance for your comments.
How big are they? Could you frame them?
ReplyDeleteThe cards are the standard size of baseball trading cards. Hmmm, a little frame around each one might add an interesting decorating feature to my sewing room. I might try it out this weekend. I hadn't considered going that route. Thanks for the great idea.
Deleteyou could use wire and fabric covered clothespins and hang them like a bunting...
ReplyDeleteOooh, that's a good idea also. Perhaps I will combine your idea with Sarah's suggestion and hang the cards in their little frames from the wire.
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