{"id":1921,"date":"2010-08-23T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2010-08-23T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T14:50:55","slug":"my-grandmas-matchbook-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/my-grandmas-matchbook-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"My Grandma&#8217;s Matchbook Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_1.jpg\" alt=\"matches_1\" title=\"matches_1\" width=\"470\" height=\"536\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_1-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nShe keeps them purely for the fact that she has candles to light. I, however, have coveted the tiny cases for their vintage designs. She&#8217;s got lots more, but these were the ones I &#8230; &#8220;borrowed&#8221;. Only one of these is actually recent (the black design with the silhouettes of glasses meant to look retro) &#8211; I brought it home from a bar and added it to her lot. The others are, I&#8217;m sure, <em>at least<\/em> 30 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_2.jpg\" alt=\"matches_2\" title=\"matches_2\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_2.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_3.jpg\" alt=\"matches_3\" title=\"matches_3\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_3.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><br \/>Not so sure this &#8220;Protecting Hand&#8221; image would be allowed in today&#8217;s design world..<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_4.jpg\" alt=\"matches_4\" title=\"matches_4\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_4.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_5.jpg\" alt=\"matches_5\" title=\"matches_5\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_5.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/matches_5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Be thankful for private baths&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She keeps them purely for the fact that she has candles to light. I, however, have coveted the tiny cases for their vintage designs. She&#8217;s got lots more, but these were the ones I &#8230; &#8220;borrowed&#8221;. Only one of these is actually recent (the black design with the silhouettes of glasses meant to look retro) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}