Sycamore Boutique Sends Your Sweetie a Romantic Victorian Valentine
Posted by Laura Nelson on February 7, 2010
You can have a charming and romantic Victorian Valentine delivered by mail to your honey without even licking a stamp.
Sycamore Boutique offers a Mail-A-Card service that will get your card in the mail the same day for orders placed by noon. You can even request a personalized, hand-written note to be included.
For Valentine’s Day, choose from ten authentic vintage images. The charge is just $2.95 for delivery anywhere in the U.S., and $3.95 each for a card sent anywhere in the world outside the U.S. Payment is by credit card or PayPal.
See the images at www.sycamoreboutique.com or www.victoriangreetingcard.com. For more information, call The Sycamore Boutique at (815) 899-9977.
Tags:Antiques & Collectibles, Gifts
Glen Ellyn’s Treasure House on Pennsylvania Avenue is far more than just a resale shop. It is a fundraising center for Metropolitan Family Services, which provides a host of benefits to local needy families. The funds raised support services such as counseling and mental health, child and youth development, legal aid assistance, violence prevention, and community development.
“We were founded by volunteers more than fifty years ago, and are still run by volunteers,” says Treasure House manager Tillie Thorpe. Thorpe is one of four paid staff, heading up a force of more than one hundred volunteers monthly who man the shop. “All the money raised by Treasure House stays right in DuPage County,” says Thorpe. “So, people can be assured their donations benefit those in their communities.”
Donations are eclectic, according to Thorpe. There’s a wide assortment of apparel, plus an outstanding selection of home accessories. Shelving sparkles with crystal, china and silver items. Plus, seasonal decorations, toys and furniture pieces are always in stock. “I encourage people to donate things that they would purchase, and not to bring remnants from garage sales,” says Thorpe. “The quality of the merchandise is stunning.”
Treasures representing a hundred years of children’s playthings are a fantastic sight and a solid investment. The show is bursting with desirable toys and dolls that will be valuable additions to any collection. Exhibitors take pride in the condition and quality of items they bring to the show, which include cast iron and tin automotives, robots, early space ships, action figures, bisque dolls with kid bodies, composition dolls, vintage doll houses, Steiff animals, Disney toys, pedal cars, puzzles, games, die cast cars, and more.
The show is also a place to find marvelous buys on “second hand” American Girl Dolls, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels, GI Joe, Star Trek toys, Star Wars toys, Tootsie toys, and every other toy and doll item manufactured for playful fun.
Toys and dolls are the most charming of all collectibles, representing the imagination and vitality of the dress, transportation, fantasies, and leisure activities of bygone eras. The dreams of each generation live on, forever symbolized in childhood keepsakes.
Bring your flashlight along with your best bargaining skills to the annual Kane County Flea Market Overnighter. The Show begins at 4pm on Saturday, Sept. 26 and runs thru 2am on Sunday.
