Sunday

Advertising Tins

My name is Bliss, and I am a tin-o-holic.  But I do not want to recover from this, no siree.  Not just tins, but any sort of item that has advertising on it or interesting letters.  If the re-decorating fairy fluttered through my house, she better keep her magic wand away from my tins.  They stay.
No matter what.  But she could drop more off.


Not all the tins I have are old.  Well intentioned friends often give me cute ones that look vintage but of course are not.  Doesn't bother me but I do have a fondness for the antique tins.


I like the Shinola tin above.  It still has stuff in it and it makes me laugh.  
Sometimes I don't look inside the tins I find because I'm not sure what I might see.  And in the case of the Shinola tin, that old saying had to come from somewhere, so why chance it?


Dust mop in a can?  Hmmm.  
I think this is the kind of thing those elixir guys sold out of their traveling wagons along with snake oil.  Look, it even has sort of a snake charmer guy as a mascot.  I haven't read the fine print on it, or opened it.  It has the word "dust" on it, and with my luck I would release what's inside, and Lord knows I don't want any more dust!  If it looks a little familiar to you that's because I turned this 'ol tin into my 
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This Rolled Oats tin isn't even a tin.  It's the old fashioned version of cardboard.  I wonder if someone was sitting around their antique shop when they picked the name for the Golden Gophers Football team in Minnesota.  The oats are from St. Paul.  
This is also one of my favorites from my collection.

The tins I have are far from perfect, they won't be heading to any museums.  But somewhere sometime they were in someone's home, and if they could only talk.  Like this little Baby Talc tin above.  If you look close you can see pencil scratch marks all over.  Some little Victorian tot with a chaffed butt maybe took it out on the tin?  This one has stuff in it too.  
I have fought the urge to smell it.  

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17 comments :

  1. You have a wonderful collection...I LOVE the old graphics! Thanks for stopping by and following...I am a new follower, too!

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    1. I'm gearing up to do some project painting. Since Annie Sloan's chalk paint is all the rage I have to try it for myself. The only place I found that sells it is in Shakopee. Do you know of any others?

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  2. Great collection! I don't think I would open the dust mop one either. You never know what might jump out!

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    1. I have another little tin that has some sort of charcoal tablets still in them, and it was something a person was suppose to ingest. Yuck!

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  3. These are great! I would love for that antique-tin-fairy to visit me anytime!

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    1. I'll send her your way but don't get mad at me if she brings you a tin of dust!

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  4. Hello Mom. Are you going to post anything on here from my room? I do have an awesome headboard.
    Love you,
    Beth

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    1. Can I see the forest through the trees in there? If I can get through to your headboard without army boots I will take a picture of it.
      Mom

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  5. I love tins also, though mine are newish. I do have a great vintage cigar tin, but I wish they all had that lovely aged patina and history attached to them.

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  6. I love your tin addiction! It's harmless, I'm sure! Love your blog and thanks for visiting me! I'll be back!
    Lorraine

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  7. You have a great collection of tins!

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  8. I love that baby talc tin....such a pretty collection!

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    1. I like that one too, would of looked so cute with some other vintage stuff around it in a nursery - but by the time I got that one I had no more nurseries so it's in the bathroom.

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  9. Love your tins ... I have one of the tins with a mop inside. Fun items to collect.
    Hope you will visit me at Timeless Treasures.
    Audrey Z.
    http://audreyzumwalt.blogspot.com

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    1. There might be a mop in mine too - I'm afraid to look!
      Bliss

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  10. Great collection of tins and a great post as well! Lol. I think that I would be afraid to look in the Shinola one too! Ha! (You could always have a guinea pig check it out for ya though, hehehe) I have an old bandaid tin and an old Sucrets tin that I love. They were my mom's and both mean a lot to me. : )..

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  11. I am loving these old tins. Thanks for sharing with us, and thank you for joining my newbie party.

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