On a recent adventure to a favorite thrift shop call Tickled Pink…yes…it is pink on the outside…you can’t miss it. I found a pickle jar full of matchbooks….or I should say the pickle jar found me. I about broke the pickle jar when my purse accidentally tipped it…sending it to the floor…where I swooshed in and saved it. I did make a yelp when I swooshed…yes I did. Anywho, I looked at the said pickle jar and thought…aww that is so cute. I love pickles and I love jars. Upon closer inspection…I see there are vintage matchbooks inside (all for just $5)…all colors and shapes and sizes….love that. Makes me think back to when I was little and we would go to a “fancy” restaurant. There would always be mints and matchbooks. Just like in Madmen…..
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Yet another item that's no longer PC to have. I remember having matchbooks made for my wedding and I still have one as a keepsake. Nowadays you wouldn't be seen dead with a matchbook on your wedding tables…. a shame but there you go. I would definitely have to frame these if they were mine – well, at least the really cute or funny ones. Would make a nice item for a dining room or study perhaps? I'm thinking boxy frame with big mountings around each matchbook so you'd really have to get up close to see them. As for the jar, well the possibilities are endless…… lol