Vintage Find of the Week: 1950's Kitchen Canisters

1950s Kitchen Canisters // Vintage Wood Dovetail Containers from 86Home

Price: $95

Era: 1950's

I love organizing. I enjoy the challenge of figuring out what to keep and what to get rid of (and where to put it) as well as knowing the zen that comes with a neat space. I think the kitchen is an overlooked area when it comes to organization. Usually, people focus on bedrooms and closets; but the amount of items in one's kitchen can easily multiply and then take over your space.

With this cute little set, you can keep basic items on hand and save the hassle of messy paper bags (seriously, people need to redesign the bags flour comes in). The price isn't too bad considering the era and condition of the canisters. Sure, you could buy a few Mason Jars and call it a day, but if you want to add some 50's kitsch to your kitchen, and keep things in order, this set would be perfect.

Vintage Find of the Week: Chanel Silk Scarf

Chanel Vintage Scarf from Couture Arabesque

I love Chanel. You can keep your Louis, ladies, I'm all about Mlle. Chanel's style when it comes to luxury. When you throw the word "vintage" in front of Chanel you can't get more elegant than that!

This beautiful scarf will set you back $165.

But, um, 1990's is already considered vintage? Yikes! I'm old.

Vintage Find of the Week

ApronsandKitchen: The First Book of Stage Costume and Make-Up by Barbara Berk. Pictures by Jeanne Bendick

In case you missed my post last week , I decided to start featuring some great vintage finds from Etsy on the blog. I took the massive amounts of favorites I had and organized them into lists. If you would like to follow me there, please click here.

At a super affordable $13, this book would make a great gift for anyone. The seller notes a print date of 1954. The author also teaches the reader DIY projects for kids, such as costumes, that are easy and inexpensive to make.

You might want to think about grabbing this one to prepare for next Halloween.

Vintage Find of the Week

KC's Vintage Treasures on Etsy

Miner's Foto-Matic Make Up Kit for Black and White Photos

Etsy is heaven for vintage fiends and not everything comes at a hefty price tag. This amazing makeup kit from the 1930's is going for $65 at KC's Vintage Treasures. While I wouldn't recommend putting the product on the skin, it would be an amazing product to display in a curio or on a shelf. As noted in the description, the colors of these products were made for the days of black and white movies. 

The makeup used on actresses in black and white movies was not what we are used to today. Thanks to HD technology, film stars and television personalities need to wear makeup that is as natural and as close of a match to the skin tone as possible. However, black and white film needed to use certain colors in order to make features (like the lips on female actresses) stand out.

Here is a great video by Sam of Pixiwoo talking about the techniques and color selection of makeup products for black and white film:

What's your favorite black and white movie? Did you know this fact about makeup for film stars in the 30's?