We know that a lot of people will be asking “What did you use for that?” or “Where did that come from?” or “What is that sitting on the second shelf?” etc., so we thought we’d give you a quick tour through the Storefronts at our Street Party set-up before tomorrow’s tear-down starts. And you’re always welcome to ask questions, if we haven’t answered them all here!
Click here to see the official “Islandshire Platinum Jubilee Main Street Party” photo story.
We started with three of the Nanea’s Market buildings. This is the opposite end of Main Street from the one we used for Bunty’s Wool Week 2022 celebration.The storefronts found on this end include (left to right) the Islandshire Gazette office, the island’s own Public Library, and Henry and Vesey’s Old Curiosity Shop (Antiques & Curiosities). Bunty made the decorations for the outside of the buildings (click here to see the Printables), but each tenant dolled up their own streetfront window.
THE ISLANDSHIRE GAZETTE OFFICE
TOP SHELF
Two souvenir Platinum Jubilee coins sitting on military challenge-coin stands. Queen Elizabeth Funko Pop figurine. Three embroidered bullion patches from British military uniforms.
BOTTOM SHELF
Kit’s camera bag, with an embroidered British military patch leaning against it. Commemorative 1937 brooch from Queen Elizabeth’s father’s Coronation (King George VI). Kit’s bellows camera. Nanea’s box camera. A mini book covered with printed Dust Jacket, entitled “Memories of Three Reigns” (one of Eliot’s favourite books). Embroidered bullion patch from British military uniform. Fodor’s London guidebook, tube card and passport from the Islandshire Etsy store London Vacation Pack. London map from early American Girl set. The silver pin in the front and center is a real Royal Army Service Corps hat badge. The suitcase is an unbranded eBay find.
ISLANDSHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TOP TWO SHELVES
Mini Meet Felicity book. Three Nancy Drew books from Molly’s collection and Nanea’s Birthday set. Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook from the Islandshire Etsy store. Two Geographical Readers from Kit’s collection. A mini Earl Grey tea tin in the shape of a double-decker bus. Vintage mini china tea cup. Stack of AG mini books with homemade dust jackets.
BOTTOM SHELF
American Girl of Today math book; five magazines from the Islandshire Etsy store. Mini book covered with dust jacket, entitled “How to Cook the Victorian Way”.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
(Antiques & Curiosities)
TOP TWO SHELVES
(Top Shelf) Antique cast-iron souvenir bank from Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Coronation and c. 1940s Canadian Mountie figurine. Wooden frame souvenir from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth’s father, King George VI (that’s Queen Elizabeth, as a little girl, shown below her father). Mini tea tin shaped like a London phone box. All you can see of the teddy-bear plush is his foot on the far right.
(Middle Shelf) 1920s National Geographic magazine from the Islandshire Etsy store. Mini tea tin in the shape of Big Ben. Pewter tankard from Caroline’s collection. “Royal Mail” truck from an old model railroad set. Mini vintage transferware pitcher (made in England). Small enamelled box in shape of church from Hobby Lobby.
BOTTOM SHELF
Three wool “Minikins”, made by us, when William and Katherine brought Prince George home from the hospital. Souvenir vase from Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Coronation. British guardsman crafted from a clothespin (highly stylized, of course). Lilliput Lane’s Limited Edition “Tower of London”, a souvenir of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
If you enjoyed this, join us in our next entry for a similar look at the food used by the Islandshire kids for their Jubilee Street Party.