I have a treasured blue hydrangea that sits right outside my home office window. Some years it blooms too little and too late, but this year it has bloomed rather early and rather explosively! I had cut it way back this winter, and it looked so barren and stark for so long. But with all… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Fashion
Groovy 70s Granny Square Jacket Crochet Pattern
There seems to be a resurgence of the ubiquitous 70s crocheted granny square items lately! I’ve notice several vintage hand-crocheted granny jackets being bid up to hundreds of dollars on eBay. Here is a great crochet pattern from 1973 for a “Out-of-the-Blue” Jacket. Multicolored squares edged in blue make a charming night-or-day cover up. Triangular… Read more »
Happy Independence Day!
Today, July 4th, is a day of great celebration for America. It commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Britain. So while I do find the the interminable loud fireworks a bit annoying, it is what our founding fathers had in mind to celebrate this day…. Read more »
Ecstatic 1930s Housewives Hang Their Laundry!
It seems that laundry was a particularly joy-inducing task in 1939, as depicted in this cute ad for Rinso soap. The neighborhood ladies are frolicking around the clothesline, while an onlooking older woman comments, “Looks like the whole town’s going wild about the NEW 1940 RINSO and the richer suds it give in our hard… Read more »
1930s College Co-eds and Coca-Cola
When I think of how much soda people drink these days, it’s always refreshing to see how they drank it in days of yore. This fab 1939 Coca-Cola ad depicts two college co-eds in their dorm room, drinking bottles of Coke. “Ice-cold Coca-Cola goes to school…to add its refreshing life and sparkle to the sociable… Read more »
Those Fabulously Swell Vintage 1939 Shoes!
The shoes from the ’30s were incredibly stylish! These ads, from May, 1939 feature the outrageously beautiful shoes that the average American ’30s woman had to chose from. This Red Cross Shoes ad displays their “brilliantly designed” and “superbly tailored” shoes made for dress, sports and walking. The artistic detailing of each shoe is amazing. … Read more »