♥ picnic basket ♥

this is my grandma's metal picnic basket

i keep it up high in my kitchen,

where i see it all the time.

i think she used to keep it up high

in her kitchen, as well.

i'm doing some serious spring cleaning up there,

so i brought it down to dust.

do you want to see what's inside?

my grandpa & grandma, my mom's parents,

forrest & catherine

my grandma had the most amazing collection

of costume jewelry.

lots of old pieces that i think she kept

specifically for her granddaughters to play with.

lots of embroidered linens
{all are family-made, many by my great-grandma}
and a few of my grandma's

collection of saccharine boxes.

this one looks like an antique phone

they each have their own tiny tongs inside

my grandpa's rain gauge {how he loved weather},

his leather case that he carried on his mail route,

and just one

of his beautiful, handmade baby booties

and this little print

that used to hang on their refrigerator

♥