Color My World

A few weeks ago, I was checking out the Vintage Embroidery Pattern pool on Flickr and saw the pattern for this cute little cottage. I copie...

In the spirit of tomorrow being Halloween, I thought I'd share a couple of vintage advertisements about Halloween candy.  I found these ...

Here is a Bon Ami advertisement from my November 1943 McCalls magazine.     Last week I found this magnetic board amongst my daycare...

Last Saturday morning I woke up not thinking I was going to go to any garage sales, but I decided to go to just one since it was in my neig...

Dollie DeVille over at Rockabilly Socialite posted this wonderful Campbell's Soup ad, from 1949, on her Facebook page a few weeks ago. ...

I just love the new Aunt Martha pattern books available now!  Here is one of my favorites!   So I got out some of my favorite "f...

Oh, I think I'm back into the swing of things embroidery wise!  It has been awhile since the embroidery supplies have seen daylight!  I ...

As promised, here are some pictures of the Scottie dog glasses I picked up a couple months ago at Vintage City.  Now I've been having fu...

I'm so excited to show you full scans of the Saturday Evening Post I purchased.  It's from July 19, 1952.  My husband has a large sc...

This past June I was lucky enough to stumble upon a former teacher's garage sale.  For those who don't know it, I'm a sucker for...

The first flea of the fall/winter season was this past Saturday and Sunday.  We got there early to be there at opening time.  There were a c...