I'm collecting decorative letters so I can eventually have the entire alphabet on a wall in our bonus/playroom.
I keep a list on my phone of what letters I need so when i'm out and about dumpster diving, thrifting, clearance rack perusing or whathaveyou I can quickly see if I need a certain letter or not.
It's not going very quickly.
I'm already imagining the day when I have only two or three letters left and I find a particularly elusive letter. I'll be jumping up and down, pumping my fist and screaming "EEEE!! I found the EEEE!!!" or something equally embarrassing.
Being that it's been awhile and I've only put a fender bender-sized dent in my alphabet-collecting mission I'm needing to do SOMETHING with all these random letters sitting around. So, I just threw em up on the walls in the house.
Yes, I'm having a huge family party here on Sunday and I'm sure I'll get the, "Huh, look at that, there's a huge C on the dining room wall and none of their names start with C. Wonder what THAT'S for?". I'll have to make up something brilliant and wow them when I say it stands for the Spanish verb cocer (to cook) or the four C's of diamond gradation.
Conversation starter? Youbetcha.
Keeps me on my toes as well. Because really, it's going to be a mighty stretch to come up with what V F stands for. Very Friendly? Vocal fatigue (occurs VERY FREQUENTLY in our house).
That's it! Very Frequent Vocal Fatigue. Yup, sounds good to me.
Can you figure this one out?
Spring Break?
Green Beans?
Plant Biology?
Take your pick, I like em all.
And my favorite double grouping of them all:
It's really just a friendly gangsta-wannabe salutation.
And it's always nice to be friendly...
Amanda
***Whatthatyousay? Vintage Dutch Girl has an itty bitty Facebook page? Huh. Interesting.***
i'm frantically searching for my 'j', 'm' and 's' for you. they're here somewhere. but then again, so is that 50 bucks i had in my back pocket last week.
ReplyDeletestay tuned.
p.s. maybe a super dumb question but have to checked TJ's recently??
um, duh, of course you did...i was just making conversation! :)
Our last name starts with "L" and I thought I'd get an "L" for this random shelf I'm trying to fill. I was in Kohl's and saw little ones for like $12 and thought, that'd be OK for $5, and turned the corner and found a BIG one for . . . $5.19. I was so jazzed. I want to write a blog post about it but it's still in the box. So I told you. I can't imagine looking for the whole alphabet.
ReplyDeleteOur last name starts with "L" and I thought I'd get an "L" for this random shelf I'm trying to fill. I was in Kohl's and saw little ones for like $12 and thought, that'd be OK for $5, and turned the corner and found a BIG one for . . . $5.19. I was so jazzed. I want to write a blog post about it but it's still in the box. So I told you. I can't imagine looking for the whole alphabet.
ReplyDeleteHahaha...the adventures of vintage dutch girl! ...But I got to say you have a few OBVIOUS coices for "V"...lol! "Vintage" for one =)
ReplyDeleteIt's funny because I want to do the same thing and I haven't collected one single letter yet. So you are definitely ahead of me in this game. I love that you have them all around the house...let us know what comments people make when they see them :) Too funny!
ReplyDeleteIn my world, "VF" stands for visual field. You can wow your family with your vast knowledge of ophthalmological diagnostic testing. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of doing the whole alphabet! I only have "S's" because of our last name.
You're going to do the WHOLE alphabet? That's SO neat!
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