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Post by crazy4scraps on May 14, 2024 16:24:41 GMT
That’s giving off strong Current vibes for me too. It might be a long shot, but maybe if you emailed them a photo of the bag they could tell you if it was one of theirs?
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Post by librarylady on May 14, 2024 16:50:19 GMT
I would testify that I had that exact bag at one time. I would purchase from a store (The Paper Store, I think) and an assortment of bags would be wrapped together. I have one bag from that time. Here is the identifying information from my remaining bag. |
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Post by melanell on May 14, 2024 16:56:58 GMT
Not to brag, but I lived near a Current outlet store.. it was the BEST.. so so cheap and fun to look through. No frills store... everything in boxes on tables.. it was sorted good though. Spent many hours looking for deals. The store was even located in some warehouse type area... you had to really look for it to even find it. That sounds awesome! I would have loved that. Google "Hallmark artist Mary Hamilton" I loved her sweet, cute little animal drawings. The bag reminds me of her work. this thread takes me back though, to the fun of ordering from the Currents catalog back when it first came out. So many fun things to order. Like stationery back when I used to write letters. I was trying to remember names of any of the more prolific Hallmark artists. Thanks! I miss writing letters. Although I've been taking part in Postcrossing, and that helps fill that letter-writing void a bit.  |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 14, 2024 18:05:25 GMT
To me it looks like something from the dollar store. But obviously it’s not the right season to check.
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Post by melanell on May 14, 2024 22:08:48 GMT
To me it looks like something from the dollar store. But obviously it’s not the right season to check. Thanks, though! |
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Post by ladyinpink1969 on May 17, 2024 8:32:00 GMT
The side of the bag caught my eye as there is writing on it. Can you remember or make out what it says and add that to your searches?
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Post by KikiPea on May 17, 2024 12:40:10 GMT
What about hobby Lobby? It does look familiar.
Would it be possible to make your own at Zazzle?
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Post by KikiPea on May 17, 2024 12:53:39 GMT
Another thought is Oriental Trading Company. They don’t have a lot listed right now, though.
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Post by workingclassdog on May 17, 2024 13:36:28 GMT
To me it looks like something from the dollar store. But obviously it’s not the right season to check. That crossed my mind, but I am thinking there wasn't a lot of dollar stores back then... or was there? lol |
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Post by melanell on May 18, 2024 0:12:12 GMT
The side of the bag caught my eye as there is writing on it. Can you remember or make out what it says and add that to your searches? It just says "Happy Holidays". Would it be possible to make your own at Zazzle? I never even thought of that. Thanks! That crossed my mind, but I am thinking there wasn't a lot of dollar stores back then... or was there? lol I don't know that there were very many around me, but we did have at least one, so it's a possibility. |
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Post by peabay on May 18, 2024 0:14:33 GMT
Do you think it could be a gift bag that was sold through a school fundraiser ... A company called JT Enterprises I think ... I also believe I have seen this bag! I will also look and see if I have one! It reminded me of school fundraisers too! |
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Post by peabay on May 18, 2024 0:16:17 GMT
do you mind if I ask about the sentimental value? Why does someone love it so much - I'm just being totally nosy!
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Post by Zee on May 18, 2024 0:17:21 GMT
If it did come in that pack of bags someone posted above, they're marked "greenbrier" and that was or still is a distributor for Dollar Tree.
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Post by melanell on May 18, 2024 0:29:05 GMT
do you mind if I ask about the sentimental value? Why does someone love it so much - I'm just being totally nosy! My extended family on my mom's side always have a gift that is the "open-me-last" gift. It may the biggest gift, or the most requested gift, or the biggest surprise, or the most sentimental gift. Now, same family has this thing about keeping gift boxes to reuse---forever. At some point someone started marking the bottom of the box with the name of the person it was going to---probably just for ease of keeping them straight while wrapping. Then the next year, they did the same thing, only if the box already had a name, then they added the present year next to the new name. So now we have boxes with 40 years' worth of cousins', grandparents', siblings', etc. names on the bottom of them with the years they were given to those people, that keep being reused and pass from household to household. (Yes, we're crazy.  ) So this person likes snowmen, and back in the 90s one year their "open-me-last" gift was put into this bag. The recipient liked it so much, that it kept being reused for them year after year, and always for the open-me-last gift. (Just like we keep the boxes and resuse them over and over for people only in the family.) So 2 years ago the bag came home with me at Christmas time, and because we also celebrate Orthodox Christmas, as well, my husband saw that bag and used it for someone in my house for Orthodox Christmas. And I remember seeing it under our tree and thinking "Oh my gosh---I need to keep an eye on that bag when it's opened." Only apparently I either didn't, or I just don't remember. So this Christmas it didn't get used, and a little while after Christmas the usual recipient very gently asked me about it and I told them I forgot about using it, which was true! I did forget that we had it. But now I don't know where it is.  And I'm *hoping* it's still here, but I figure I better start trying to find a back-up in case it isn't. |
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Post by melanell on May 18, 2024 0:33:13 GMT
I would testify that I had that exact bag at one time. I would purchase from a store (The Paper Store, I think) and an assortment of bags would be wrapped together. I have one bag from that time. Here is the identifying information from my remaining bag. Thanks so much! That’s giving off strong Current vibes for me too. It might be a long shot, but maybe if you emailed them a photo of the bag they could tell you if it was one of theirs? I never thought of that. Thanks! |
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Post by Laurie on May 18, 2024 0:51:28 GMT
do you mind if I ask about the sentimental value? Why does someone love it so much - I'm just being totally nosy! You’re doing the Lord’s work here. 😂 |
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Post by melanell on May 18, 2024 14:00:01 GMT
You’re doing the Lord’s work here. 😂  LOL! This is a person who's very sentimental to begin with, so there's that, too. |
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And I'm *hoping* it's still here, but I figure I better start trying to find a back-up in case it isn't. 