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The new French General collection from Jolee’s Boutique is downright dreamy.
Buttons, ribbons, embellishments…and all packaged in the cutest way.
I always have a twinge when I see things like this, though, because the true fun of finds like these are to find them at a thrift store, or estate sale. They’re adorable, and I wanted to buy everything, but it somehow feels like cheating, you know? So sorry I’ve let almost a month go by with no postings. Wish I had something exciting to show you that I had found recently on my weekend jaunts but the season hasn’t really kicked into gear here in Chicago. How about some links? Aaaaaahhhhhhh! I KNEW there was a reason to buy every single doily I ever see! Superb tutorial on making wooden cake stands. These are adorable. Ikea Hack: turn crappy wooden drawers into vintage library drawers! Brilliant, I say! (That, by the way, is an awesome blog for before-and-afters — check out this coffee table, this sconce, and this card catalog). I have so many ideas for shower curtains…vintage chenille bedspreads, vintage floral sheets — and patchwork designs out of vintage fabric. Though this shower curtain doesn’t use vintage fabrics, it definitely embodies the spirit of vintage. I really meant to put mom to work on stitching up a bunch of shower curtains when I had the booth — I thought it would be cute to have a wall of them in the booth by using a curtain rod hung on the wall. Oh well, next booth. Does it make me uncool to admit that my favorite part of Design Sponge is the Before and Afters? Everything else on that site is just a leetle too hipster for me. (I think I’ve said this before, but wouldn’t a great drinking game be to follow the comments on one of the before and afters on anything made out of wood and take a shot every time someone says “OH MY GOD HOW COULD YOU HAVE PAINTED THAT WOOD? WOOD IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL AND SHOULD NEVER BE ALTERED.” )Imagine my delight to find an entire blog of only before and afters.
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Although, truthfully, was $102,000 in 1966 considered a huge bargain? That’s how much a guy paid for this old bank building, where he still lives with his wife and daughter (that’s right, three people live in this building) — estimates of its value today are between $35 and $70 million. Check out the dreamy photos from New York Magazine. So very cool. (Link via Hither and Thither.) by Lara Jo 3 comments Boy, did this bring back some memories.
The Fisher Price Radio, found in a baggie in the Village Thrift on Clark during their half-price sale yesterday. I couldn’t tell if it worked or not but for 95 cents, who is not going to take a chance on it? And it works! Plays Happy Birthday as prettily as you would like to hear.
Look at the pretty graphics on the back. It’s stamped 1970, so it’s over 40 years old. I had to sound like a 90-year-old curmudgeon, but they just don’t make toys like they used to, do they? I’m torn between letting the babies play with it or keeping it for display purposes — I have a bad feeling my kids can break something in five minutes that was otherwise perfect for 40 years. by Lara Jo 2 comments I adore this idea from a Martha Stewart Living Magazine a few months back:
It’s one of those menu strip thingys you see in diners. Love it! I have a real love/hate relationship with that magazine these days. I’ve got nearly 8 months worth stacked up that I haven’t read yet — they’re just so boring and conservative and so uninteresting in the days of all of this free content on the Internet. I’m surprised they’ve been able to survive as long as they have — in my opinion, Blueprint, MSM’s other magazine that went out of business five or so years ago, was such a superior magazine to MSL because it was innovative and fresh. But every now and then, there’s something like this idea that keeps me hooked. Kudos, Martha. by Lara Jo 1 comment |
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