Featured Seriously? Are these hand sewn booties made of celluloid?

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    These are made of what looks like cut up pieces of sheet celluloid - the kind that used to be used on the back of hand mirrors, etc. Have you ever seen any like this before?

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    Bookahtoo, Nov 20, 2017
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  2. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Hi Book, sure looks like it could be nothing other than hand sewn!
     
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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Have you ever seen anything like this? It seems like an awful lot of work for such an odd decoration.

    I forgot to say, they are the size of small real booties.
     
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  4. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    How very odd! I would imagine celluloid, if that's what they are, would be far too brittle & unforgiving for real shoes. Might these be for a doll, or perhaps even a little decorative or souvenir item of some sort?
     
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  5. Bookahtoo

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    I think they must be decorative. They are too delicate to be worn, even by a doll.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    But so cute.
     
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  7. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Souvenir or something or other. With that string between, they could be a Christmas ornament. That would make total sense; the light weight could hang over a natural tree branch.
     
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  8. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Yes Any - they are. I admit, I really like them - that's why I bought them. :happy:
    But - I'm still amazed that someone thought to make them. :hilarious:

    Maybe I'll put them on my tree.
     
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Or hang them over the rear view mirror of your ultra-light Celluloid car.

    They'd be a great tree ornament, as long as kept away from any heat. They look in great condition for something so easily damaged.
     
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  10. Bookahtoo

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    There's a crack all the way up the back of one.

    I forgot about the heat - I better not chance it.
     
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  11. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    LOL @ forgot about heat.......WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH! celluloid is HIGHLY flammable.
     
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  12. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I really forgot about that!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

    I was just thinking they'd get warped, not that my tree would go up in flames!
     
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  13. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    LOL @
    Meanwhile, Book stumbles into a situation where she torches the house, never mind the tree!
     
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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    If you have LED lights, you'd be OK. The other ones...maybe not.
     
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  15. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Ladies and their decorating, it's a wonder we are alive! :rolleyes:
     
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  16. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Stand still so we can drape lights all over you. And hang tinsel off your readers.
     
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  17. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Yeah! :D:D:D:D:D
     
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  18. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I've been known to wear those battery operated necklaces, so don't think we wouldn't!
     
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  19. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I've seen these...
    Possibly in Vegas loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnng ago in the shop on Fremont Street that must've sold 60 billion moccasins!!! :)
     
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  20. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Really? Did they have different colors?
     
    Bookahtoo, Nov 20, 2017
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