Beulah Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 OH Jeannine I wish I had kept a bottle of it also. Oh you are on a mission now, to make a bottle of Evening in Paris lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Sable said: Due to a spread of TB in the early part of the 1900’s Buffalo, NY set up a number of orphanages run by charities. Both my grandmother and her sister were raised in the Catholic one. It was a place where single parents could place their children when they couldn’t afford to keep them. Since their mother sent monthly payments, the sisters were non adoptable. They stayed there until they turned 18. They were taught how to be exquisite seamstresses. When they left the orphanage they had made enough of their own clothing so the could present themselves as well educated, well dressed ladies capable of taking care of themselves. The strange thing about this story; It wasn’t until recently that we found out this information. It was some kind of family secret. Even her own daughter, my mother had no idea! Sable, my mother was sent to one of these catholic orphanages from time to time by the Grandmother I mentioned above. She would drop off my Mother and her sister when she ran out of money and then pick them up again when she could afford to.... months or sometimes a year or two later. Obviously this made them ineligible for adoption as she always intended to come back for them when she could. She always kept my Uncle with her, as he was just a baby when her husband died. My mother has always been quite up front about the fact that she spent a lot of her childhood at the orphanage. Though I'm not sure she would tell her posh friends.. still a little bit of a stigma there among a certain generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 I don't have any sad family stories, I was born late to my parents so any struggles they may have had were history. I do have a puzzle though. It didn't occur to me till after my parents died, and they died within a week of one another that there was a mystery.. I started to do genealogy and the first rule is that you question your family members and your own memory. Most of my aunts and uncles had gone so I had no one to ask but there was something between my Mothers parents and my Dad. I never found out what it was but my father who was very caring, forgiving and non judgmental always got a funny look on his face when anyone spoke of my Mothers parents and I always had the vague impression that they were against the marriage and they treated my Mother badly because of that. I never knew why and as I got older and started to think back about family traditions etc it became very apparent that there was a Jewish connection to my father from somewhere. It wasn't a birth connection as I had the genealogy paperwork way before him but I sort of think my Father had some connection.. Many of his friends were Jewish, we had Jewish traditions in the house, we had a Christmas tree but we also displayed a Menorah at Hanukah , we regularly had meals at friends houses on Friday nights and friends came to us too. My sister is 10 years older than I am and when I told her of my thoughts she thought I was nuts and said they were just business friends but I know there was more to it than that. I never found out, still a puzzle ., but there was something. I have their Menorah and I light the candles just as my Mum did. It was a tradition in my home so I have continued it in their memory. I often wonder what it was. I even have a dollhouse size Menorah for the memory house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Joanne if I figure out how to make one that looks realistic I will make two.I promise Look what I found Dollhouse Dream?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 9 hours ago, Jeannine said: Joanne if I figure out how to make one that looks realistic I will make two.I promise Look what I found Dollhouse Dream?? ohhh perfect color, we need to look for a bead that shape, Im going to Hobby Lobby later, ill let you know what I find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Joanne I found them with 2 sellers both less than $3 but I didn't know either of the websites so was cautious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I looked for that odd shaped bead in that color but did not see one. That is my favorite color, reminds me of Princess Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 I never remember a bottle that shape..do you? I found a site that discussed the bottles at length, apparently they are quite collectible and it gives years of the various label shape and how they have changed over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Fire Mountain Gems is my jewelry supply go to. They sell Swarovski crystal cube beads in sapphire blue. Can you use them? http://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h204134cy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 OOh I could get lost in that link thank you so much. Possibles shown They also had the square one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Where would you get a label for it Jeannine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeannine said: OOh I could get lost in that link thank you so much. Possibles shown They also had the square one Look at the pic I found googling, I guess it did come in a square bottle also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I really want to get a whiff if this perfume ! The bottles are gorgeous, and for sale on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Evening-in-Paris-Cologne-Perfume-Talcum-Powder-Bourjois-Box-Set-/162776061374 I love perfume bottles, but I don't wear much fragrance . I read they re-released a version of it???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Yes, apparently Chanel started to make it , I think in the 60's but I am not sure. Oh a square bottle, well I like that better than the mini one, Iguess taking a slow look at the bead site may be the answer, they should have findings to make lids and stoppers I would think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I just did a Google search for Evening in Paris. Apparently it was sold in blue bottles that came in a wide variety shapes. No doubt you could snag an image of a label to reproduce in miniature when you find a bead you like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Yes I am ,familiar with the history and I have some bottles have some of the bottles so making the labels should be easy, they are on silver paper though.' and the right label; has to go with right shaped bott;le 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Just re reading this topic and realized just how much info it contains. I wonder if all those Grandmas/ can see us. I can see a collection of them together , Mums too all chatting about us and what we are doing. Folks that would have never met all together now. yep I am a funny old duck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Just saw these "Paris Evening" perfume bottles and think they might be based on the ones you are talking about. https://www.ebay.com/itm/DOLLHOUSE-MINIATURE-ARTISAN-SIGNED-PATSY-MAC-PARIS-EVENING/222804329677?hash=item33e02c44cd:g:xvkAAOSw5utaY7e4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thank you Samantha, I have that on my watch list now and will keep my eye on it.It certainly looks very similar and I would be very happy with it. The seller has a few other things I rather like too so again thank you. Another thank you for your good wishes when I was recently ill, I am nearly over it, at least I can get on my computer for a while now. Actually I owe you for quite a few of my odd buys..LOL Oh and be aware of the new sign in picture and new forum name..but it is still me XX J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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