Mystery Box Revealed & Blue Question

The mystery box.
Yesterday I showed you this box, and dangled the carrot
that I would show you soon.
I wanted to wait till Wednesday for the
"Would you buy it" meme, but,
my nice side won out!
I guess you know if a box says $20 on it, and it just
looks like a crummy old box, you HAVE to look
inside to see what is sooo valuable.
Above is what the box said on the end.
Did not mean much to me. BUT.....
This is what was inside!

OK. Maybe not too impressive to you so far,
but (again) =)
LOOK NOW!

These are 1" locking brass stencils!
A whole box of them.
all the letters!!
and numbers, and assorted signs!
99 of them!!!!!
(or maybe I counted wrong and there are 100 as the box says.)

Aren't they wonderful??!!!

Now, a bit of a problem:
I cannot seem to find them on line to see what they are worth.
The only way I could find them was made up into necklaces.
I could not even find the company name.
And, I need to find out how to clean them.
So all you wonderful bloggers, help with some info please. =)

And more help:
Blue Question:
Yesterday I showed you these blue enamel bowls I bought.
The pic below is the bottom of one.
It is a Lion leaning up on a column,
with numbers beneath it.
I'd like to find out about them or at least find out
whether I should waste my time finding out or not.
Make any sense?
This is another bowl.
I punched the numbers into computer and got nowhere.
I'm just sure one of you bloggy friends knows about them. =)

That is all for today.
Hope I can get my project done for
White Wednesday tomorrow!! =)

blessings
barbara jean

Found Treasures and a Little Creating!

In honor of Sally, for Blue Monday,
I bought some old blue enamel bowls.
"So glad you are feeling better girl!!"
Some of you know I make my own nests.
Well, this one is not hand made by me,
but a real nest my daughter found on the ground
of their new property.
It is huge!

And I found the perfect rustic way to display it.
It is one of those old Sterno heat dishes.
(there must be a more official name for it than that.)

Here are some bead trims I bought.
I don't really use them much in my art,
but they were too cool, and affordable to pass up.
Hard to see the white ones below,
but they would be really cute on a lamp shade.
I bought this old clock at a garage sale.
I think someone has redone the face, but
I still thought it was good, and it runs.
And it 'dongs' and I did not know it.
Problem is......
I have the key but do not know how to set it. =/
I finally took some time to create. Felt sooo good!!
I made another "Remember" sign.
This one is framed in a more ornate frame than usual,
and painted cream, and antiqued.
(I usually do black frames)
I love how it turned out.

And, my granddaughter, 10, my garage sale buddy,
couldn't figure out hwy I even looked at this old box.
And I did wonder what was in it that
made it worth $20!!
(I got it for a tad bit less)

But you will have to come back to see what is in it.
Maybe you can tell me if I got a good deal, or not.

Blessings!!
Oh, I just want to say, I sooo appreciate all of you who visit.
Your comments are an encouragement that keeps me going.

Have a super week!!
barbara jean