Ephemera:

Ephemera is a broad term used to describe items of paper that were created for use in a short time span and meant to be thrown away after one or two uses. Items generally put into the ephemera category of collecting would be sheet music, posters, stock certificates, post cards, cigarette cards, magazines, catalogs, and the like.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

People Who Collect Tin Doll Houses

A few weeks ago I posted pictures of the old tin doll house we found in Madeline's attic.  Last night I was flipping through the February issue of "Martha Stewart Living" and found this:


What a fun collection!  I had to google them to learn more and learned they have a shop called "Something's Hiding in Here" in Philadelphia.  Here's a link to another photo of their houses.  And here's where you can read more about them.  I think they are pretty cool!

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3 comments:

  1. mum4305January 19, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    Thanks for sharing this. I have one of these(the green roof)and would love to read the article. I'll have to pick up the magazine when I'm out today.

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  2. SarsaparillaJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Wow, what a fabulous collection! She says, "When I see two things alike, I want to bring them together." Funny, I have the same problem. :-)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    hi there! so fun to see some doll house love!
    xoxo,
    shauna

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