Posts Categorized: Fashion

It’s a Hydrangea Explosion Around Here!

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 »

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 »

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 »