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I still can’t seem to get myself back into the hang of Tweeting (should that be initial capped or not?) so I thought perhaps I’d, you know, write another blog post. Raise your hand if you remember when I used to do it five days a week! So let’s see… Okay, since I was working [...]

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Tue, August 17 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, blogging, friends, music, shopping » 5 Comments

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!

July 3rd. I’ve been invited to join some friends on the 4th for a very casual evening at their house. I recently swapped my “Sailor Betty” dress so I needed to figure out what to wear! My closet may be vast, but wasn’t spitting out anything red/white/blue and casual. Somehow, a red velvet party dress [...]

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Mon, July 5 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, friends, holidays, sewing » 7 Comments

Mid-Century Coffee Table

While reading the entries for Atomic Indy‘s current giveaway, I realized that in all these years I’ve never written about my dearly beloved coffee table. While I have never physically climbed into a Dumpster, I am not above grabbing interesting things that I can reach from the ground, the two most memorable being a complete [...]

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Thu, July 1 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style » 5 Comments

Clothing Swap

In a three-pronged attack involving 1. Getting Out Of The House, 2. Meeting New People, and 3. Cleaning My Closets, I participated this weekend in a clothing swap. Outside of an informal “hmmm, I think this would look better on you” with my friends, I’d never done anything like this before. Lucky for me, the [...]

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Tue, June 15 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, life-threatening clutter » No Comments

mail order 8149

Doing a little research for 11 (eleven!) vintage aprons I’m preparing to list, and I came across this ad for mail-order sewing pattern 8149 in a copy of The Pittsburgh Press dated February 26, 1948. I love the shirring at the shoulders, the scalloped button detail on the bodice, and the asymmetrical gathers on the [...]

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Wed, June 9 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, sewing » No Comments