Posts by: Betsy
I’ll just say it: I’m a ModCloth affiliate because I’m a huge fan of their style. They have real vintage clothes, new vintage-styled clothes and kitschy housewares. In watching the previews for The Great Gatsby, which is being released this weekend, I have been reminded how enamored I am by the styles of the twenties. [...]
This is a post from last year that I want to share again because even though I don’t have a graduate this year, many of you do! This is an easy chocolate graduation dessert that is both festive and yummy. Enjoy!
These vintage bathing suits are some beauties I found while scanning a 1966 Good Housekeeping magazine. Because it’s May and it is snowing here today, it seemed like a good idea to share this pretty summer attire, if only for the sake of distraction from reality. I think the head wraps and towels on the [...]
Lately I’ve felt like painting furniture using chalk paint. This is the most recent victim: it’s an upcycled armoire that used to house our old television and the Wii. It was a project that I was very excited about getting done, but one that didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would. Here [...]
This woven fabric chair seat is a project I did because when I noticed that this ladder chair was in dire need of help, I happened to have just enough paint leftover from another project to spruce it up. The other project has run into some, hmmm, well let’s say issues. I’ll share that other [...]
Brian made this for dinner last weekend. My, oh my, was it good! It’s a recipe that he makes a little differently each time. It started out as the recipe from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, but has changed so much over the years that it’s completely different now. One of the [...]
Vintage maps have been a theme of mine this year. I’ve made coasters, necklaces, and a decorated storage box. I’ve also been on a downsizing kick. Isn’t it perfect timing that about the time we start thinking about downsizing, [...]
Today I want to share a thrifted dress project with you. My daughter bought me this dress on her last thrifting adventure. {Isn’t she sweet?} It’s from Land’s End and in great shape. When I tried on the dress, I didn’t like the length of the hem. It’s probably just me, but I think that [...]
It’s fun to see fashion trends come back around. I’ve watched lots of styles from the eighties show up over the last few years, and it looks like we’ve moved on to the nineties now. I wore overalls in the nineties and I was already an adult then! It’s crazy to think that not [...]
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