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As promised, here’s a look of my newly-decorated living room. For the past four years, it has been a mess of Penelope’s toys and [...]
For this week's creation, I wrote briefly about the button-clasps I used for my belt. Since folks seemed to be interested, I wanted to [...]
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Vintage Finds
Courtesy of the Alameda Point Antique Fair, let me present to you one of *the* toys of my childhood: Tomy's Fashion Plates from 1978. [...]
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Vintage Finds
Or, as an alternate title to this post: Lighting strikes twice in the same spot. If you have ever talked to me in person [...]
I picked up three lovely hats in St. Paul, all at different locations. The first, from the Junk Bonanza, looks far cuter on than [...]
As far as vintage sewing shopping goes, nothing really tops the $1 pattern boxes. Here are the patterns I scored this weekend for $15! [...]
I've been looking for a vintage tooled leather purse for quite some time so this Southwest find for $17 was quite a pleasant surprise. [...]
Over the course of the next couple days, I'll be sharing some of my vintage finds from my Southwest road trip. If anyone has [...]
Over the course of the next couple days, I'll be sharing some of my vintage finds from my Southwest road trip. If anyone has [...]
Considering how many antique stores we stopped at during our trek from San Francisco to Dallas and back (about twenty), I was surprised to [...]
If you’re still on the fence about participating in this week’s challenge (don’t have any vintage patterns, don’t know where to start), here are [...]
Next week’s theme call for a creation inspired by the 1940s. The 1940s happen to be (at least, at the moment) my favorite fashion [...]
This week’s 10 Things comes from Loran. Her point “8″ is particular relevant to me — I met her first at the Alameda Point [...]
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Last Saturday was the Art Deco Society Preservation Ball and while my friend, Libett, and I didn’t make our gowns, I’m pretty certain that [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to sew something using at least two different prints. I have a pretty difficult time when it comes [...]
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