The Strawberry Sugar Bowl

Well, sadly this happened.

 

 

I pushed my crock pot towards the back of the counter top to make room for something and my little strawberry sugar bowl fell off the top of a canister and onto the cupboard.  I could've saved it, but I glued the pieces in the wrong order and couldn't get the final little piece to fit.

 

 

I was very sad. Once, long ago, I read that if you regularly envision all of your material possessions as damaged and broken in pieces, it helps you to deal with the loss.  Yeah, I'm not that person...

 

My darling Shannan jumped onto Ebay and found me a new one!  What a guy!

 

The new one is a smidgen bigger than the original but that's okay with me, the bigger the strawberry, the more sugar it holds.  I love it.  My Cheerioats will once again have a sprinkle of sugar on them each morning, and balance has returned to the kitchen universe.

 



That's all for today.  Until another time have a happy, sugar sprinkled day!

 



Capper's Farmer Magazine June 1947

Here are some high-lights from my Capper's Farmer Magazine from June of 1947.  It's hard to imagine that my parents were just new babies about the time this rolled off the presses!

I wonder if any of my grandparents subscribed to this magazine.

 

Here is a nice farm implement ad.

 

 

I found the snippet below to be quite interesting.  Now a days, a gas or electrical company could possibly call to have your "unruly" dog put to sleep if it ever bit them...or maybe even sue you for a dog bite.  *sigh* we won't get into how different things are these days compared to the old days...not today anyway.  

  

 

 

 

 

 

Remember this guy at the top of the Good Year ad.  We are going to meet his dream girl later.

 

 

And there were always ads for clothes patterns. 

 

 

I would TOTALLY wear this dress around the house (below) if only I had the figure I did back when I was a young, thin, twenty-year-old.

 

 

This is a neat page.  How to can peas and keep your wash clean, white, and RIN-SO Bright!

 

 

And remember our fellow from the Good Year ad?  Here is his gal. 

 



 

 

 

This is such a great idea for faded Draperies!

 

Even though mine isn't very big, I am glad I have a pantry...now if I could just learn how to can I'd be on a roll!

 



 

 

There are always many articles and ads about canning in these old farm magazines.

 

 

And one can never forget to clean the milk/cream separator.  What a chore!

 

 

Love her dress!  She seems pretty happy to be feeding the chickens.

 

 

And here is a picture of Gregory Peck because who doesn't want a picture of Gregory Peck.

 

 

I leave you with this odd find.  I was just saying the other day I wanted a picture of a dinosaur pouring DDT into a bucket of water. 

(didn't they outlaw this stuff!?)

 

 

 There were so many good ads and interesting articles in this magazine! 

I hope you enjoyed today's post.  Until another time, have a happy VINTAGE day!

 

 

Embroidered Baking Day Apron Towel

Here is another little towel I worked on in February and March.  I gave it to my sister-in-law who kindly hosted Easter for my husband's family this year.  She is quite the good cook and bake. I thought it fitting to give her an apron towel because not so many years ago she made me an actual apron that I love!

 

 

 

Unfortunately I did not write any of the thread colors down!  Next time I will try to do better about that.

That's all for today.  Until another time, have a happy stitchy day!

 

1949 February Ladies Home Journal

One of the neat-o magazines I picked up this past winter was this February of 1949 Ladies Home Journal.  It is jammed packed with colorful ads and articles!  Because there are so many, I will only be sharing a few of my favorites with you today.

 

 

The cover design was by illustrator Al Parker (1906-1985)---He did a number of Mother--Daughter covers for Ladies Home Journal over many years.

 

And here are a few ads to enjoy!

 

 

Oh I just love these Youngstown kitchens!  Back in the 1940s this was a high-class kitchen too.  My grandparents, like many families in this rural area, didn't have anything this fancy back in the 1940s.

 

 

I got a kick out of the small advertisement below.  It could be a predecessor of the more modern Zumba workout or even the "Sweatin' to the Oldies" workouts I used to see advertised on TV as a kid.  They say dancing is good exercise! 

 

I wonder how many of these Hotpoint ranges are still around, and if the "pushbuttons" still work. 

 

 

Maybe I'm just hungry but this cake looks good.  I don't think I've ever had a Chiffon cake.

 



 

Bon-Ami is my go-to cleaner to this day!  And I have one of those vintage styled cans she is holding.

Of course I don't USE the vintage one, I use the one I bought at the grocery store.  *sigh* it just isn't as cool as the old one.

 

 

Oooo more cake.

 



 

Here are some ads that were on the edges of opposite pages. 

 

 

 

Above is a double add for Libby's.  That reminded me of the old jingle "When it says Libby's Libby's Libby's on the label label label..."  (I'll leave the Libby's ad from You Tube below, because now you probably have it stuck in your head too.)

That's all for today.  I hope you enjoyed this little walk through the past.  Until another time, have a happy vintage day!

 

 



Valentines Day Surprise

For Valentines Day 2018 my husband surprised me with a couple of items from Vintage City.

 

A fun and fruity tablecloth!

I had actually looked at his table cloth when I was there in January!

 

 

And another pretty apron!

 

 

He had visited there before I had with my folks.  Marla and Bill are good at keeping secrets haha!

I guess my family (and my vintage friends) know what I like!

That's all for today, until another time have a happy vintage day!