What I collect...

Today I was visiting Villa Extra, Sylvia joined a challenge hosted by ' The charm house' and is showing one of her fab collections. Great idea! I sometimes miss the show and tell challenges of last year. Today no results of spring time cleaning, as promised, but a part of one of my collections; vintage cardboard boxes: Let's start:

I have a collection of cardboard facial powder boxes, this is one of my favorites ^



I collect boxes of hair powder too. This one prevents lice, the eggs of lice, dirt and itch. Well you never know. On top of that it cleans the hair, makes it more beautiful and stronger. Mmm I wonder why I have this still sealed ^



'I don't know what'- box bought in Belgium ^,
possibly candy?



Like this  ^ one, a gift from the ever generous Mrs. H.



I have a collection of toy shops, you can see part of it here. These little shops have to be stocked, preferable with Dutch packages. Packages from Belgium are okay too, as long as the packages are in Dutch (too). You know of course that Belgium is bilingual; Dutch and French (trilingual to tell the truth, there is a German speaking part too, but most products are labeled in Dutch as well as French). ^ This is a cardboard box that was filled with little wooden toys to shop. 



A very small package of cocoa ^, the other side says -in Dutch- cacao. This one can be bought in one of my small stores,



as well as this dye ^ 'oud goud' in english old gold.
I used to buy these in the 70-ties and actually dyed my clothes with these packages. They dyed perfectly then, but they date from the 50-ties.



Another 'I don't know'- box is this ^ one, but I bet this once held soap.



Like this ^ one. Boldoot is a dutch brand, famous for their 'eau de cologne'.



To make this a little more of a tour, a small vignette ^.
I know you all love to peak in the cupboards.



Another one of my favorites and another gift of Mrs. H.
This ^ is a ribbon box from a special ribbon shop, that unfortunately no longer exists in the Hague, the town where I grew up. The Veenestraat still exists though now spelled Venestraat. Straat = street.



I have a collection of hairpins on card, you can see part of it here, and of course I have them in little card boxes too! ^



Birth candy boxes from France and Belgium ^. My mother was born in Belgium. She told me often that when her younger brother was born, her aunt came with him to show him and he lost some of this candy out of his diapers, hence the Flemish name 'childrens' poop' phonetically
translated in Flemish: kinneke's kak .



A cigar box ^, not from Cuba, but from Reusel a village in the south of the Netherlands. From a factory that no longer exists in the village where my mother grew up. I like these details a lot. I know the people that once owned the factory.



I collect all kind of things decorated with violets. Here ^ three soapboxes that are usually in the bathroom.



I have china too and cards decorated with violets, but maybe I'll show that some other time.

I hope you like this part of my collection. I like cardboard boxes. Cardboard is cheap, the graphics are often very pretty and you can use them for storage, so, if you like them, they are not only beautiful they are useful too.

Thanks for visiting. Don't forget to visit the Charm house, to meet all other participants. Have fun. Thanks for visiting.

Ed: LOL; this can only happen to me (and perhaps to Sylvia). The moment I download the button in the sidebar I notice that the event has taken place one week ago :-D.
Well all participants have their posts up by now I guess...

Dames, Sylvia van Villa Extra inspireerde mij om aan een challenge mee te doen, georganiseerd door the Charm house. Vergeet daar niet te kijken wie er nog meer mee doen. Ik heb nogal wat verzamelingen en besloot vandaag maar eens wat kartonnen doosjes te laten zien. Poederdozen, snoepdozen, ach jullie zien het zelf wel. Het leuke aan kartonnen dozen is dat ze niet duur zijn en vaak toch heel mooi. Hoewel, over smaak valt natuurlijk te twisten, maar je kunt ze natuurlijk sowieso gewoon gebruiken.

Ed.: Nou lig ik toch wel even in een deuk; terwijl ik de button download kijk ik ook maar eens naar de datum van vandaag....dit blogevent vond dus vorige week plaats :-D!
Nou ja, hoef je niet zo lang te wachten tot iedereen zijn post geplaatst heeft, elk nadeel hep z'n eigen voordeel om met Cruyff te spreken.

Veel plezier en bedankt voor je bezoek!

xoxo LiLi M.