Category Archives: collections

2
Jun

Estate Sailing

Get it? Sailing? Sale-ing? Yeah, okay. I’m hot and sticky and grimy and perhaps my humor isn’t its sharpest right now. But anyway. You know, I really should have bought that pair of 2-tiered end tables I saw today. $20 … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, kitchen, life-threatening clutter, Vintage & Retro Style | 3 Comments
13
Dec

NEW Eyeglasses!

For someone who wears her contact lenses as much as possible, I sure do spend a lot of time in eyeglasses. Sometimes because my eye is having an inexplicable physical “reaction” to wearing lenses, and sometimes because eyeglasses can be … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, reviews, shopping | 3 Comments
22
May

Well, Yellow There!

Friend and fellow Twitter-er Betty Red asked today, “Why is so hard to find cute, yellow retro lingerie!?” My first thought was that yellow can be a difficult color to match against your skin tone and as such is often … Continue reading →

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23
Apr

New-to-me sewing patterns!

I realize that I have a stash of patterns that so far remain unsewn. However, I recently bought myself some vintage red-white-blue striped fabric that is begging to be made into a summer frock and the patterns I have on … Continue reading →

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25
Feb

Task: Vogue 9996

I bought Vogue 9996 in, I believe, 2008, the day that my friend Megan and I picked through a small basket of vintage patterns at an antiques mall about halfway to Wyoming. Last month, I finally bought the fabric and … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, fashion, sewing, Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas | 1 Comment