starts today on the Blooming Sisters blog. Written by Bridgett from Rambling Designs, it's called Free Range Sock Knitting. She's going to teach us how to knit our own socks without a pattern!!! So, come by every Friday for a new installment - cause this information is like gold!!! If you like to knit and/or knit socks, you'll be happy you have this information some day when you get super creative, but you need the nuts and bolts of the pattern!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Never Lose Hope
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| Taken May 25, 2011 |
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| July 17, 2011 (yes, those are leaves growing) |
The second picture - all over Joplin, these naked trees are sprouting leaves all over the tree!!!
The point? Never, EVER lose hope - What looks dead and past restoration is alive and well and GROWING!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Pulling the rug out from under....
Yesterday I decided that I couldn't take it anymore. The blekky rug on my floor. There are beautiful hardwood floors underneath and I wanted to see them!! The problem was the rug was under half of everything around the room!!! So, we decided to pull out from under and lift a few things up a corner at a time and it came out! Oh my gosh, the floors were dirty! I'll let the pictures do the talking :)
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| This is with the rug halfway pulled up |
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| UGH! Look at all that dirt! :(( |
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| A 'too small' area rug to cover the cords so I don't trip. |
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| Finally a clean floor, but I think it needs another coat of wax, but not today! |
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Vintage Maternity Patterns
I'm usually not that good at finding vintage patterns, my sister got that gene. But the other day when I stopped at the DAV for a few minutes...I found 3 Vintage Maternity Patterns. I would estimate these are from the 1940's. They made a point of saying on the front that the pattern pieces were printed. Previous to the 40's, pattern pieces were not printed, they were cut into the shape they should be, and they marked things like Fold, Notch, Gather, Pleat etc with holes of different sizes.
Anyway, here are my vintage Maternity patterns -
I haven't checked them yet to see if all the pattern pieces are there, right now I just love them for the pictures :)
Anyway, here are my vintage Maternity patterns -
Saturday, July 2, 2011
December 2, 1951
That's the date on an old newspaper Mike found as he was helping with the clean up at his mom's house. He's not sure where it came from. It was from before they moved into that house, and Mike lived there most of his life. It could have been in the attic or blown there from some other house - there is no way to know. But once I started reading it - oh my goodness it was so interesting! It's in very bad shape, as you can tell from the photo's, but still great reading!
One of the articles was How to Make your Pumpkin Pie crust Crispier :) and one was How to Make your Petticoats Fuller!
I love stuff like this!!! Makes me want to wear a Petticoat. Not sure how I'd get it into my capri's.... but I still want to wear it! :)
Can you read that first one listed under Special Notices?
"Alfred, meet me at the Arcade Playhouse tonight 412 Main"
She sounds a bit loose to me - what kind of girl would place an ad like that? Oh - it could have been his buddies, or maybe some kind of criminal mischief! So many stories could be culled from this material! :)
Do they still have these? Is anyone else old enough to remember them? I think they are the neatest thing. I think they had better interest than we do!
The Classified Ads were the most interesting of all, they were divided into these sections - Help Wanted, Help Wanted Male, Help Wanted Female. Here are some from the Female Help Wanted -
"If you are over 24, neat appearing and ambitious with 5 hours a day to spare, you can average $3 an hour. Interviewing mothers only. Apply Globe Box 17"
In Situations Wanted -
"Curtains hand laundered, stretched, called for and delivered. Phone 7698-R"
"Wanted - Ironings to do in my home, Phone 2039"
In Help Wanted there was an ad from an Employment Agency -
"Jobs Open Women -
Bookeeper (25-35) $40 a week
Alterations Woman (30-45) $35-$40 a week
Stenographer (5 days) $35 a week"
"Jobs Open Men -
Porter (Colored) $35 a week
Truck Mech $70 a week
Salesman $250 a month
Station Attendant (18-20) $30 a week
Salesman (30-40) $45 a week"
You couldn't post an ad like that now days - oh my, can you imagine the trouble? I don't even think the newspaper would print it!!!!
The ads for selling cars made sure to mention that radio and heater were included :) Can you imagine buying a car with no radio or heater? Or AC for that matter! Or seat warmers! lol
Kind of fun to read it all. I was born in 1958, so it was a little before my time. I remember my mom taking in Ironing. She had a 7-up bottle she filled with water, and a stopper in it that was like a small sprinkler head, that she would sprinkle the clothes with. Now, I also remember her sprinkling the clothes, then rolling them up and putting them in the refrigerator!!! Anyone remember anything like that, and WHY? :)
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| Click on the pictures to make 'em big and you'll be able to read a few things. |
I love stuff like this!!! Makes me want to wear a Petticoat. Not sure how I'd get it into my capri's.... but I still want to wear it! :)
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| Special Notice |
Can you read that first one listed under Special Notices?
"Alfred, meet me at the Arcade Playhouse tonight 412 Main"
She sounds a bit loose to me - what kind of girl would place an ad like that? Oh - it could have been his buddies, or maybe some kind of criminal mischief! So many stories could be culled from this material! :)
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| Christmas Clubs |
Do they still have these? Is anyone else old enough to remember them? I think they are the neatest thing. I think they had better interest than we do!
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| Vacuum for $12!!! lol |
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| These patterns are so valuable right now! |
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| Just look at the Prices!!!! |
The Classified Ads were the most interesting of all, they were divided into these sections - Help Wanted, Help Wanted Male, Help Wanted Female. Here are some from the Female Help Wanted -
"If you are over 24, neat appearing and ambitious with 5 hours a day to spare, you can average $3 an hour. Interviewing mothers only. Apply Globe Box 17"
In Situations Wanted -
"Curtains hand laundered, stretched, called for and delivered. Phone 7698-R"
"Wanted - Ironings to do in my home, Phone 2039"
In Help Wanted there was an ad from an Employment Agency -
"Jobs Open Women -
Bookeeper (25-35) $40 a week
Alterations Woman (30-45) $35-$40 a week
Stenographer (5 days) $35 a week"
"Jobs Open Men -
Porter (Colored) $35 a week
Truck Mech $70 a week
Salesman $250 a month
Station Attendant (18-20) $30 a week
Salesman (30-40) $45 a week"
You couldn't post an ad like that now days - oh my, can you imagine the trouble? I don't even think the newspaper would print it!!!!
The ads for selling cars made sure to mention that radio and heater were included :) Can you imagine buying a car with no radio or heater? Or AC for that matter! Or seat warmers! lol
Kind of fun to read it all. I was born in 1958, so it was a little before my time. I remember my mom taking in Ironing. She had a 7-up bottle she filled with water, and a stopper in it that was like a small sprinkler head, that she would sprinkle the clothes with. Now, I also remember her sprinkling the clothes, then rolling them up and putting them in the refrigerator!!! Anyone remember anything like that, and WHY? :)
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