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Fresh Dresses and Boudoir wear for late May

Oh spring....with summer around the bend...the time to wear a pretty print....grass green, summer ocean blue, black as night, bright as the noon day sun, and the hissing of summer lawns....let us not...

22 h ago

Memorial Day Remembering the Ladies

The ladies? In May 1942 the WAAC (Womens Auxiliary Army Corps) was begun as an "auxiliary" branch of the Army.  Then the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) was formed...

2 days ago

Winnebago stuff, Gunne Sax, Burlap definitions

well my little gas guzzler Home is now sporting some fine curtains....Burlap and vintage fabric (of course).... I made undercurtains of burlap! Burlap! I love burlap!! see below to see more Burl...

3 days ago

Little Miss Sew N. Sew

Sometimes I find things that are destroyed.....and I have to figure my valuable time to put it back together, or not, and what to charge for it when I list it.Well, I always think about what to charg...

23 may 12

Conversational and a face in the crowd

floral fabrics are pretty, and pretty common, and I love them...but conversational prints are my favorite prints.I especially like ones that have words...I like to read and write....so, yeah.This is ...

23 may 12

I fell into a burning ring of rain..

fun in the sun. Sunny days.....but as usual ........here in Hell, its rainy and gray. From the LATimes comes..." a "ring of fire" will appear as the moon passes in front of the sun.Just a...

20 may 12

once I get things planted, I take pictures ....because it is so fun to see the growth as the season rambles on......growth is never, ever fast enough......already the little alyssum and petunias in t...

19 may 12

butter my butt and call me a biscuit....

yellow fellow....the golden tone....silk and honey.....They call me Mellow Yellow.....quite rightly...the california poppy and the pansy are this years girl......and the sunflower and the carwots are...

16 may 12

spooky

sometimes things are obscured, are shady, are hard to hold on to......sometimes things are covered in dirt and rust, and are crowned by a crow. its all the beauty of the decay....the floating fish bo...

14 may 12

Mamas and cowgirls

Mama Tried. So glad I really got to see Merle Haggard after spending my childhood with him on the Juke box in Lomitas Red Front. Yountville USA.so Happy Mothers Day, all the mommies..... ...always ha...

13 may 12

Vintage skirts are the issue

the navel to the toes, is the skirting area. Vintage GunneSax, marimekko-style, modern art, cotton sateen, chevrons, 60s southwest ethnic, 50s wool tweed, preppy plaid, stripes, pleats, micro-pleats,...

12 may 12

Perma Pleats and Lilac Time...in 1954

For years, Ive asked for a bouquet of lilacs for Mothers Day....and perfect behavior. Lilacs are always in bloom for Mothers Day in early May...so that Mothers request was easy to fulfill...and every...

09 may 12

Hey Guys!

Heres some cool vintage stuff for the guys.A 50s smoking jacket or robe, and a few pairs of vintage boxer shorts, awesome Tshirts....so take a look at funkomavintage mens vintage offerings.......this...

08 may 12

Cathrineholm Pretty and a diy

Cathrineholm, a company near Halden in Norway,  started producing ironwork designs and farm equipment beginning in 1907. After the times changed, the company started to make kitchen items and ho...

07 may 12

Pot in the garden

not that kind....the clay pots..the things that you put your plants in. Lets take a look around my garden in February after a snowy winter.... oooo, not cool, man.I buy my pots at yard sales, and ver...

01 may 12

Whats that sticky stuff in my boots?

Now is the time to learn what to ask of an online seller.If you buy vintage boots, pay special attention to the lining condition. Often the glue that was used in the 60s - 80s to attach the nylon, po...

01 may 12

Is It Hot in Here?

archived from 2007...  Come 2025 there will be more than 1 billion postmenopausal women on the planet, according to Newsweek journalist Barbara Kantrowitz, co-author of a new book Is It Hot...

28 apr 12

New places Old vintage

I rearranged a bunch of stuff.....and I have a nice new photo spot...It. has. barnwood. I hope you like me better because I sure do. Moved the lights around it wow, such a difference. Spring cleaning...

26 apr 12

because they are wealthy, tall, and slim

thats why. No one loves the beauty and wisdom of the oldsters more than me....especially now that I am one....Advanced Style blog has cornered the market on old women and a few old guys on teh interw...

23 apr 12

A Trip thru the Trees to buy stuff and do the Winnie thing

a Winnie trip to the salty waters edge....a drive thru "Ron Paul" country....if youve been one place in Western Washington, youve seen it all because it all looks exactly alike. Only the moun...

22 apr 12

Garden! archive from 2009 & 1995...

Ive been a gardener all my life...pulling weeds, which is a vital part of gardening, was my first job (that I remember) when I was 4, and got paid a penny a weed! Thems some big bucks.I so clearly re...

15 apr 12

Portfolio

Heres a few of the things Ive made in the last few months....funkomavintage.com

11 apr 12

Fresh....from the 70s....

70s Stripe boho Caftan Vintage dress bamboo toggle buttonsso darn 70s....The stripes are gray and black with a rusty pale orange on ivory.The great hippie boho style....with a groovy Marimekko influe...

11 apr 12

theres a lot of fashion

that is just plain stupid. April Fools Day has just passed but  I dont think this stupid model and her stupid pants are meant to be a joke...I think someone thinks this is "edgy" and jus...

10 apr 12

made.ready.for.so me. sun.

having a good time...taking blah blah boring ol black t-shirts...jeans no one wants to wear anymore...Lets make shorts, you know, cut offs. Blue denim, and stencils....and vintage redline indigo deni...

10 apr 12

A book, a chair, and that subtle racism thing....

In the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade my foster parents, Don & Shirley, took the lot of us on a long drive to Oklahoma...to the town of Muskogee that is.Lots of typical vacation things happened...

08 apr 12

Merry Marry Me....

Of course you should choose a vintage wedding dress...because its better to use what is already here, better to use what comes from a local source, better to think about the disposal problem...I know...

04 apr 12

Man garb

when youre tired of wearing nothing but a stinky Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt, toddler shorts and white Nikes....take a look at vintage and dress like a grownup man....no fooling around !how about...a 40s ...

01 apr 12

2 of my favorite things

Horses. Beach.and bonus....Robert Louis Stevenson."We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions, and organs as our own,and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain...

01 apr 12

Its New to You....

Quite a few vintage separates this week ...including a weird and wonderful fringe sweater jacket from the 70s....and quite a few vintage dresses....and oh my! sizes from XS to XL...60s jacket with fa...

31 mar 12

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