You Rock, JKR!!!

I'm sure you already know, but Dumbledore was teh Gay!
JKR has spoken.
I always thought he was a bit too broken up about Grindenwald turning out to be an Evil Overlord Wanna Be.

In the end this is made of awesome.
Fandom has exploded.
The gay haters are all stirred up.
The slashers are unhappy that the canon gay is an old, wrinkled dude.
And there is a shiny new, huge thread over on Fandom_wank with lots of links to the wank.
This on LJ is a hoot, I am very entertained.

Caterday....Somewhere

LOLCats!
hahahahahaha!
icanhascheezburger

I Want to Hug It

That's how I feel about Pushing Daisies.
It makes me grin and cry and I just want to hug it.
I can't even explain why it is so good.
The crazy retro look, the clothes Chuck wears, Chuck's Aunts, Chuck's Aunts jeweled eye patches (yes, she has them to match her outfits!!!!), Olive singing Hopelessly Devoted to You while dancing with the dog, PIE, how I'm always worried that Chuck and the Pie Maker will accidentally touch, the fact the PI calls Chuck "Dead Girl" and the most amazing decision to have Jim Dale (of the Harry Potter audio tapes...the only thing that could make me love this more is if Stephen Fry was doing it.) do the voice over which gives the show that wonderful, almost magical fairy tale feel.
There is so much more.
It is just so fucking sweet.
Every week
So sweet, but just slightly off balanced.
Unconventional and romantic.

PLEASE watch this show so it will not get cancelled.
The new shows this fall have pretty much sucked and really this is the only bright spot.

And if you watched last night you would have seen Chuck channelling Audrey Hepburn in an awesome RED new look dress (vintage or not) with huge shades and huge hat.

Good Housekeeping Vintage Fashion

Hattie Carnegie Gown with Jay-Thorpe Fur Cape

I got this insert from a 1938 Good Housekeeping awhile ago and had been planning on scanning it.
There are a few really lovely vintage dresses, one a silver Hattie Carnegie halter evening gown.
The photographs are are from the Good Housekeeping "Fashion Salon" that GH opened in their building in NY in the late 30's.

"In this salon the clothes, the hats, the shoes, the furs, and the hundred and one smart acessories of the fashion you see illustrated each month in GH"

Martha Weathered Hattie Carnegie I. Magnin

Bergdorf Goodman Jay-Thorpe

To see the full layout on my website, click here.

In Praise of Separates

40's cool rayon blouse

I love a vintage dress as well as the next gal, but really when it comes down to it vintage separates are much easier to integrate into a modern wardrobe.

Some of us do not have bodies that fit well into vintage dresses or just are not dress (gasp!) aficionados.

40's Green Gabardine Nipped Waist Jacket

50's Black Beaded Vintage Sweater

A 40's nipped waist jacket looks great with pants or a skirt, can be worn in many situations and makes you look just chic as can be. Skirts and tops can be mixed and matched with modern or other vintage clothing items to give you a one of a kind look all your own.

40's Eight Gore Vintage Flannel Skirt

All of the above items can be found at Damn Good Vintage Clothes.

Sock Monkeys + Quilts = Good Times

I know that Sock Monkeys have their fans.
So do clowns...and those creepy "dolls" that crazy ladies display
in glass cases.

I am NOT a Sock Monkey lover.
I think they are creepy and probably plan to take over the world,
but when Sock Monkeys are added to a quilt and created out of
vintage Bark Cloth fabric well, then that might equal love.

I give you "Sock Monkey Jamboree"

That makes even me smile with glee.

The quilt has been aquired The University of Nebraska's
International Quilt Study Center along with other quilts created by
the extremely talented and creative Mary Catherine Lamb including a
quilt titled THE FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE freaking APOCALYPSE(!).

From their website: "The INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln houses one of the largest publicly owned collections in the world. The quilts range from outstanding early examples of American quilts to contemporary and international quilts. The International Quilt Study Center's comprehensive collection now numbers more than 2300 quilts from seventeen countries, dating from the early 1700s to the present."

Of course this begs the question what will she create next?
I think there is only one way to go after using the Four Horsemen and
Evil Sock Monkeys.
That would be to place all of the Evil Overlords List on a quilt.

I'm sure this is all some evil plan to bring about the APOCALYPSE
and install Sock Monkeys as our Evil Overlords....hopefully they
won't read the list.

What I'm Watching

How could I not be?


~swoon~
Black velvet Ceil Chapmen vintage dress with side skirt wings.
WINGS, I tell you!
Jebus where is my Ceil?

From the most awesome Couture Allure.

Vintage Sewing Pattern

I had a hard time figuring out which of my recently listed patterns was my favorite.
I decided that this one was it.
1930's pajama set, besides the fact that I love wearing my PJs all day and this is one has a freaking sleeveless bolero, the picture with it's pretty pinks and purples make me smile.

Vintage Image

I got this photo at an estate sale this weekend.
There was just something about how happy they look that drew me in.


Not just happy, but close.
I wonder if any are still friends, still alive.
Probably not. This has to be late 20's.
Did they stay in touch as they grew up?
Who moved away?
Who was the wild gal that left Texas and
went to New York and had an amazing life.
Who stayed behind, had a family and died after having
lived a full life surrounded by their children
and grandchildren.


Were these gals all related or was this an all woman school?
I'd like to think this is from an all girls school.
That these gals all went on to be strong women who lived
life on their own terms.

Crazy, Mad Buttons

This amazing vintage 4o's dress is one of the new items at Damn Good Vintage.
Hello! Look at that hip treatment.
Is that not the best?
Awesome 40’s dress with "crazy button hip madness" going on.
Just look at those yellow buttons and faux pockets.
Look at that multi colored chevron pattern!
The 40's whimsical, quirky charm makes me smile.

LOL Cat Sunday

This week I bring you Lolsecretz.

"Lolsecretz is the meeting of two of the internet's most famous memes– PostSecret (the blog where people anonymously confess their deepest darkest secrets) crossed with Lolcat Macros (the phenomenon where people ascribe poorly spelled human emotions to animals). Enjoy!"

Need I say more?

Good Times

This article over at Radar Magazine about the worst toys of all time had me and my hubby in stitches.
My favorite was, of course, the most awesome toy of all time; Lawn Darts.

Removable parts? Suffocation risk? Lead paint? Pussy hazards compared to the granddaddy of them all. Lawn Darts, or "Jarts," as they were marketed, would never fly in our current ultra-paranoid, safety-helmeted, Dr. Phil toy culture. Lawn darts were massive weighted spears. You threw them. They stuck where they landed. If they happened to land in your skull, well, then you should have moved. During their brief (and generally awesome) reign in 1980s suburbia, Jarts racked up 6,700 injuries and four deaths.

I loved jarts.
The best toys are always the most dangerous.

Good times.

PEEPS

What teenage boys do when they are bored and have a few packages of peeps.



Peep Torture!

MCM Nuts

By the time you read this, this 50's or 80's vintage dress will be sold, but that does not mean we should neglect to mention how it is made of awesome.
Really, I'm just speechless.
Fab print, color and design.

Good Things

Erin over on Dress A Day bought this pattern a couple of weeks ago off of my vintage pattern website Sew-Retro Vintage Patterns.
She has now finished it and you can see the completed dress over on her blog. Very cute ad I love gray and yellow striped fabric.
If you are not reading Dress A Day, well you should be.

Just So You Know

It is still hot here.
Yes, I'm talking to you rest of the country*.
100 degrees.
So.
Fucking.
Hot.

I hate summer.

*and my parents who happen to be on a Cruise in fucking Alaska.
Where is my Alaskan Cruise?

Pie Makes Everything Better

I made a Derby Pie yesterday minus the pecans.
Fang really wanted some and The Boy said I should give her some.
I said no "pie is not good for crazy big head dogs" and then my teen said;
Pie is good for everyone, pie makes everything better.

No truer words have been spoken.
Like I said he is a budding philosopher.

Mr. Kitty says;
More Pie

Cat Macro

Bringing the LOLutz.

I've discussed my love of the 40's Noir look many times.
Of all the eras I sell I would be happy if all I had was 40's Noir vintage clothing and, of course, vintage shirtwaist dresses.
What makes me sad is that my luck in finding those dresses is not so hot.
It may be that my area was pretty poor and conservative during that time and that style was just too "fast" to be acceptable.
I need to get an estate of a gal who lived "loose" during that time, a gal who was a mobster's moll and went to swanky clubs then retired to Arkansas with all her "stuff".
Anyway, I do have this great dress listed now:
Yummy.
Love the sheer smocked bodice and the ruched cummerbund.....and I just like black.
Also this pretty sheer Peggy Bets blouse to be worn under a nice nipped waist suit.

Cat Macros Make Me Happy

I don't know if any of you have ever read Smart Bitches, but they are a hoot, mostly making fun of bad romance novels (they like good ones) and cheesy covers. Recently they had a contest using cat macros and acceptance letters for LOLuz novels.
Cat macros as cheesy romance novel covers.
OMG, I just spent 15 min or so laughing so hard I was crying.
For your enjoyment:
LOLurve Letters and Cat Macros