REALLY COOL FABRIC!

We finally ordered fabric to make new curtains for our lounge!
I saw this today and it was on sale! Isn't it lovely?
It goes perfect with everything, especially the string shelves.

ELVIRA

If it's raining this weekend and you're bored to death,
then I got a movie to recommend to you.
The cheesy but oh so wonderful 1980's cult movie -
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Download it, rent it, borrow it, buy it, whatever you
do, see it!


Doesn't Elvira's bikini top look just like one of
my 1940's style tops I made earlier this summer?

BEYOND SWEET

Went to an antique shop today to trade some of our
antique stuff for modern antiques, 1950's stuff that is.
Found this adorable wicker sewing box!
The butterfly clasp is beyond sweet, don't you think?

THE BLOUSE

I don't think I've posted a picture of this slightly
transparent blouse with red polka dots and red
heart shaped buttons I finished a while back.
I made it from a pattern dated 1950.
I actually started back in 2006 but found it again
earlier this summer in a trunk and decided that it
was about darn time I finished it.


Click the image for larger version.

And now over to my music recommendation for
this rather gray evening...
Not many know that I love Oasis and have done
so since 1994. (Shit, now I feel old.)
I haven't heard anything for a long time, I don't
really have the time to follow up on records,
but my heard skipped a beat yesterday when I saw
their video "The Importance of Being Idle".

PINUP AFFORDABLE

Well, it's more a brag to be honest. *smirk*
Went out to post some packages this morning and
ended up with some finds.
I found a pair of 1940's style wedges and a pair of
pinupish shape-panties today.


£3.


£2.

I almost forgot...
We went to a car boot sale yesterday since it was a
bank holiday here in England.
I found some stuff but I can't be bothered to post
pictures, this one is an exception.
I've wanted a lip-phone since the 1980's but my dear
parents gave me a Garfield phone instead...
Yesterday I found one and I got so nostalgic, my man
got it for me for £1.
I looked in Miller's Collectors Guide when we came
home and the collectors value is an estimated £50.
Not bad.


It's now a beloved item on my nightstand.

HAD ENOUGH YET?

Yes, another car boot sale yesterday.
Found our second ice bucket in shape of a pineapple.
We payed 24 pence for our first one and our second
one we got yesterday we payed 50 pence for.
You're lucky if you can get one for £20 on eBay.

I got 3 pairs of gloves for 65 pence for each pair but
the two other pairs didn't turn out so very good on
picture as the beige ones.
All I can say is they they are 1950's evening gloves,
one pair is dark brown and the other pair is black.

Currency: £1 = 12 Kr, €1.20, $1.80.


Ice bucket, 50 pence.


Gloves, 65 pence.


Necklaces, 35 pence each.


Plate, 20 pence.


Flamenco doll, 20 pence.

I don't have to tell you that all my finds are from the
1950's - 1960's now do I?

HEY SAILOR! PART II

OK, so I have now finished the new sailor collar.
What do you think?