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Vintage Alchemy: October 2010
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. I started thinking again about the idea of alchemy when I came across a box full of vintage cookbooks. At a yard sale recently. This collection is mostly from the 1960s, and one in particular is full of those totally unappetizing photos that somehow populated cookbooks of that era. This book focuses on the many uses for canned shrimp. It gets me thinking that there are some things that just can't be transformed. 3 eggs, separated. 15 tsp dry mustard. 1 2/3 cup evaporated milk.
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Vintage Alchemy: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. I’ve been terrible about keeping up with this blog, but my New Year’s Resolution (okay, I’m getting a slow start to actually fulfilling it! Is to get back on track. I thought I’d start by highlighting some of the wonderful vintage items that the Vintage Market Team currently has on sale. Being a sucker for lace-up boots, I got pretty excited when I found the pair. I I found the shirt. Above) in RetroHomme's shop. This store. This velour shirt from the 1970s caught my eye. IR...
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Vintage Alchemy: Superwomen!
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Monday, March 14, 2011. So I was reviewing the inventory in my shops, and, as usual, got totally distracted by flipping through the pages of the books in my Etsy bookstore. I can spend hours just cracking them open, staring at pictures where they exist, and scanning passages. I was particularly absorbed by the growing Wonder Woman comic book inventory. In the shop. Clearly I have never gotten over the fascination with female super heroes that I had when I was growing up in the 1970s. It seems as though w...
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Vintage Alchemy: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Back to School: Fall 2011. Yesterday I got into a Twitter conversation with Birdhouse Books. Check out her shop! One trend that seems to be growing is very high heels. Given how much walking students have to do, I’m surprised to see this as often as I do. Platforms are also appearing more frequently. These great platforms from Retrotrend. Would not be out of place here. Caramel Platform Slingbacks Size 8. On a stylish student:. 70s Vintage Boho Patchwork Maxi Dress. Your studen...
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Vintage Alchemy: November 2010
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Monday, November 8, 2010. Crocheted Afghan (just like mom's! I went to Goodwill yesterday both to hunt for treasures and to kill some time before a meeting I had to attend, and I was thinking about how, as I wander through that and other thrift stores, I feel pulled in two directions: one is full of nostalgia and looking for signs of comfort (such signs being toys I played with as a child. Or seeing colors or designs that remind me of my grandmother's kitchen). In the bedroom was given away. Simple templ...
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Vintage Alchemy: Ahh, Love!
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Friday, February 4, 2011. I have recently become enamored (it must be the Valentine's Day season! Of vintage postcards thanks to my acquisition of a stack of them from the 1940s and earlier. The photos on them are charming- full of impish humor and charm! This one, with a caption reading Got Something I Didn't Expect,. My current favorite is the Yum Yum Baby We Were Made for Each Other. I'll be posting more images from my now-growing vintage postcard collection. Here, as well as in the shops. Amy's Old S...
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Vintage Alchemy: February 2011
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Friday, February 11, 2011. Ideas for the Vintage Wedding. Maybe it’s Valentine’s Day that has me in a romantic, sentimental mood, but I thought I’d highlight a few items that would be perfect as part of a vintage wedding—either as gifts to give, items for the celebration, or just special tokens between the bride and groom. One of my favorite items in my own shop is this gorgeous silver pitcher from Wallace La Reine. Give it as a gift on its own or pair it with these wonderful goblets. Features a young wo...
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Vintage Alchemy: September 2010
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010. For an example of what amazing things can be created from simple materials), but sometimes it’s merely which person happens to be holding the item in question that gives it value. Sure, there’s no basis in any kind of fact for what I imagine. But I like feeling that I have a connection to this unknown person, if only through the shared experience of coming from immigrant families who sought to carve a place in this world without losing the old one. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Vintage Alchemy: Ideas for the Vintage Wedding
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Friday, February 11, 2011. Ideas for the Vintage Wedding. Maybe it’s Valentine’s Day that has me in a romantic, sentimental mood, but I thought I’d highlight a few items that would be perfect as part of a vintage wedding—either as gifts to give, items for the celebration, or just special tokens between the bride and groom. One of my favorite items in my own shop is this gorgeous silver pitcher from Wallace La Reine. Give it as a gift on its own or pair it with these wonderful goblets.
