Musings from Marilyn

Kraft Food’s Psychedelic 1969 Bake Sale Recipes

Posted June 18th, 2020 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion, Food, Vintage.

This is a delightful collection of “psychedelic” bake sale recipes from Kraft Foods! I love the groovy decorations and colors. You could make Guru Goodies, Kookie Pops, Pow Wow Cake and Tiffany Cheese Cake. Far out, man! Marilyn 🙂

Rit DIY Tie-Dye Tights, 1970

Posted May 29th, 2020 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion.

Tie-Dyeing has been popular with the trendy DIY crowd since the late 1960s. This groovy ad from the September 1970 issue of Co-ed magazine shows how you can take plain white tights and tie-dye ’em with Rit Dye. Who loves the reptile revolution? Who digs the tie-dye explosion? You! ~Marilyn

Vintage 70s Frye Boots For Ms. and Mr.

Posted March 28th, 2020 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion, Vintage.

Frye Boots really became super popular in 1974, like this ad depicts. The chunky Campus Boot was especially ubiquitous and trendy. Everyone was clomping around in them; and Frye promoted its unisex styling in the newly-coined title “Ms.”, and Mr. Frye Boots remain popular today, as all good American classics do! ~Marilyn

That Hippie Boho Natural 70s CornSilk Makeup

Posted March 27th, 2020 by finnfemme & filed under Beauty, Daily Life, Fashion, Vintage.

This vintage 1974 ad for CornSilk Cosmetics makeup seems very current to me. CornSilk foundation and powder was meant to give your skin a silky, natural glow while absorbing oil. It appealed to the more hippie/boho/folksy 70s gals, of which I was one. I had VERY oily, acne-prone skin then, and was always looking for… Read more »

Vintage 1970s Dingo Boots for Men and Women

Posted October 21st, 2019 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion, Vintage.

One of the fashion trends for the mid-1970s was for tall, heavy boots – the chunkier the better! There was sort of a unisex style craze, where men and women dressed pretty much the same. In this ad – from Cosmopolitan magazine, September 1976 – Dingo boots capitalizes on this trend by offering long, tall… Read more »

Crochet a Vintage 70s Rainbow Posy Flower Shawl

Posted August 21st, 2019 by finnfemme & filed under Daily Life, Fashion, Vintage.

Perfect for autumn, this is an absolutely stunning dahlia flower shawl for you to crochet! Colorful rainbow flower motifs are joined together to make this beauty. Edged in long fringe. Instructions are below. Happy Crocheting! Marilyn

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