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Friday, January 25, 2013

Tea towels, anyone?

A while back, I mentioned to the lovely Australian Kylie at Lucy Violet Vintage that I know very little about her native land. Not long after, she sent me a surprise all the way from Perth...a beautiful vintage tea towel from 1980 with a wonderfully illustrated map that gave me a crash course on the country. Need to know where Ayers Rock is located? I know. Planning to do a little surfing? I can give you a tip.

Kylie has an extensive tea towel collection, so shortly after she sent me that one, she had a giveaway on her blog, and I won another one...this time, the most gorgeous floral design I've ever seen. I could hardly wait to receive it!

But, inexplicably, the tea towel didn't arrive when expected. So I waited. And waited. Finally, after weeks, it came in the mail yesterday. As I told Kylie, I guess some faceless bureaucrat decided that she wasn't trying to send me contraband and that my tea towel wasn't any threat to national security, so after encasing it in plastic and the writing, stamping and stickering all kinds of messages on the outside, he sent it on its way to Texas.

I've been waiting impatiently to show them both to you in one post. So, without further ado, feast your eyes on my two beautiful tea towels, courtesy of my sweet blogging friend.


Need to know anything about Australia? Just ask me!

Is this not the most gorgeous floral you've ever seen?

Thanks so much, Kylie! I appreciate your generosity and thoughtfulness more than you know.
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  1. AllisonJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    shes a bit of all right is that Kylie!....and yes that's a very fine floral and just so you know Dana, I live just a little south of Surfers Paradise (which it is by the way).
    have a great weekend
    Allison x

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:01 PM

      Yes, Ms. Kylie is tops in my book! The first time I have an opportunity to tell someone where to surf in Australia, I'll be sure to tell them to stop by and tell you hello. :)

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  2. UnknownJanuary 25, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    Oh my. The red flowers are stunning. The Australia map towel is oh so practical. Who needs an iPhone with Google Maps when you have a tea towel? Plus a calendar from 1980 (the year I graduated from high school). Happy to admit that with NO shame. Well, maybe a little shame.

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:03 PM

      Please don't feel any shame...because if I you have shame about graduating in 1980, how will I have to feel about graduating in 1966? Yikes!

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  3. PatsyJanuary 25, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    Go Kylie! Ah the calendar tea towel, now you are reaching the giddy heights of kitsch (some might say bad taste) nirvana. I know because I am the tea towel queen! http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5175844973239452253#editor/target=post;postID=4413095779402136974

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:05 PM

      I'm so glad you left a comment, because that gave me an opportunity to see your fantastic blog. I'm happy to say I'm an official follower now.

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  4. The CrankyJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    Those certainly bring back the memories; my Granny had them all over the house...in homemade frames of course!

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM

      When I was a kid, I think everyone had at least one hanging on a wooden dowel in the kitchen.

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  5. KylieJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:29 PM

    Glad tt # 2 finally arrived Dana.
    I received a similarly intercepted and re-wrapped parcel from the UK recently, but it had an added bonus - a glass cutter(!) Obviously accidently enclosed by the postal powers that be when they gave it the once over. I didn't know what it was, and when I contacted my friend to say thanks, but hey what is that thing? She had no idea. So someone out there is missing a glass cutter. If you're reading this, and it's you, feel free to contact me and I'll forward it. Ha-ha!

    p.s. good timing on the Aussie one Dana - it's Australia Day today!

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:07 PM

      Alas, I had no bonus in my package, not even a glass cutter. But the beautiful tea towel was bonus enough! I love it!

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  6. KylieJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM

    And what's this about Patsy calling herself the tea towel queen!?
    Ahem. I'm going to have to have a word to her. Ha!

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:10 PM

      I figured you'd be ready for a throwdown when you read that...haha

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  7. DavidJanuary 27, 2013 at 1:02 PM

    I can remember mom bringing back a tea towel calendar from Florida late 70s early 80s just like your Aussie one. Mom also gave me last year an early 20th century Louis XIII(13th)chair that was covered in vinyl ,pulled back the vinyl to reveal the original fabric a velvety material with a floral pattern on the back much like your second image. I'm torn between replacing the fabric or sending it out to be cleaned as it's stuffed with straw and smells a little of it's age.

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 27, 2013 at 1:58 PM

      Those travel tea towels were so popular back then! When you get your chair done, be sure and let us see it.

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  8. Vintage CoconutJanuary 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    lovely tea towels! Kylie is so sweet.

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    1. Dana@Mid2ModJanuary 27, 2013 at 4:53 PM

      She definitely is...and her tea towels are gorgeous!

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