Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Make. Fashion Plates and Greeting Cards (giveaway!)

I went to some garage sales last weekend and found the most amazing things!  My favorite (by far) has to be the Fashion Plates.  My daughter and I have been loving playing with them.  IMG_2100 The set is perfect!  All the clothes I remember from my childhood.  It even had all of the colored pencils!  I wonder if this person even really played with it when she was little?  IMG_2101

We have tons of these little pictures all throughout the house now.  They are so much fun! 

On the back of the plates there are textures.  You can use those to color in patterns on your clothes.  I kept mine pretty simple this time around.

Something came with these fashion plates that I hadn't seen before.  It's a fashion plate greeting card maker!  IMG_2103 It has two different sized plates that you can use to make a small greeting.  There are pictures and sayings included.  It's so old that the images are starting to be back in style!IMG_2102

Included in my $2 purchase were TWO of these kits!  I'm keeping one for myself but would love to pass the other one on to one of my readers! 

Are you interested? 

Last week I introduced you to my new facebook fan page.  Become a fan and then comment here on this post if you would like to win.  I'll pick a winner on Friday, June 19th.    Good luck!

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22 Comments:

Blogger Tara said...

I was always a fan ;) I think your site is great! I am glad it is becoming so successful. AND I know my girls would love that Greeting Card set.

7:09 PM  
Blogger Ashlea said...

I'm a fan!!!

7:19 PM  
Blogger Crafterella said...

Oh, oh, I'm a fan, pick me, pick me, I have to have that to go with my fashion plates and my spirograph!!!

7:53 PM  
Blogger punkinmama said...

I'm a fan... I'd be your BIGGEST fan if I won these fashion plates. It's one of the few things I remember from my childhood! Loved these!

9:29 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

AHHH!!! I had those fashion plates!! I LOVED them. What a fabulous find!

10:41 PM  
Blogger Tiffany said...

I don't want to win them. I'll just play with yours when I come and that should be good for me.

11:06 PM  
Blogger Grateful Gramma said...

My granddaughter loves paper dolls so I'll bet she'd enjoy this.

11:40 PM  
Blogger Ashley said...

Aaaah, Christy, I too loved these as a little girl! I know Shelby and I would enjoy them... and I am also a fan!! :)

11:44 PM  
Blogger Lisa said...

Totally in love. My sisters and I wanted one of these so bad when we were little. I'm super jealous that you found two...

8:27 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Christy - Just fan-ed you on Facebook. But LOVE LOVE LOVE the Fashion Plates. Pick me b/c my mom & I spent hours playing with them years ago, and now I want to share them with my daughter. :)

9:56 AM  
Blogger Tricia said...

I'm a fan of Fashion Plates! And now I'm a FB fan of ChristyNelson.net.

10:08 AM  
Blogger Cherith said...

Oh wow, I had one of those as a kid. No idea what happened to it, but I'd so like to have one again. Looks like you got quite the deal!

10:18 AM  
Anonymous Stacy said...

I remember these fashion plates when I was younger! They were so much fun!

10:51 AM  
Blogger julia said...

yeah I'm a fan too I loved playing with this as a child it was my older sisters my girls who are 10,8 would love this they are very crafty

1:07 PM  
Blogger melanie said...

my daughters would love that i am new to your blog twitter and facebook sites but i am a fan

1:38 PM  
Blogger Mindy Dean said...

My neighbor growing up had those and I always wanted to play with them while at her house. I am SO jealous that you found those at a garage sale!!!

2:00 PM  
Blogger Deb said...

I seriously love these! And you know I'm a fan!

4:07 PM  
Anonymous Heather Vaughn said...

Oh my goodness! That is the exact set I had as a child too, although that looks in much better condition than mine did! I LOVED it, it had all sorts of crayon marks from oopses inside the frame.

I'm a fan on FB!

4:26 PM  
Blogger Melessa Gregg said...

With three girls in this house, I would be slacking in my motherly duties if I didn't at least try to win these. (I was actually thinking about how sad it was that you can't get these anymore while looking for a little girl birthday present earlier this week.)

5:28 PM  
Blogger ozlynda said...

I would love to be a fan but I don't have facebook.
I so totally follow the blog though.
I love getting an email to tell me when it is updated.
I would love to win the set too.

11:39 PM  
Blogger Mandy said...

I'm a fan on facebook. And I have always been a fan of these kits! I remember doing them when I was little...and I would love to do it with my girls now!

12:36 PM  
Anonymous Randi said...

I had this whole set when I was little. I made many a card off it. You already gave the set away...but I just wanted to post anyway. I LOVED playing with my fashion plates when I was young. I wish they still made them...so my daughter could play with them. Lucky Eva!!

Maybe I should try to overcome my destestation for garage sales...and try to find her some.

Nah...

9:45 PM  

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