Actors/Actresses & Their Movies | Ronald Reagan

For a while now I've been wanting to do a series on old Hollywood actors & actresses where I share the movies I've seen of theirs. I finally took the plunge & named the series, Actors/Actresses & Their Movies -- now the series will only cover the films that I've seen, and nothing else about the person. Sound good?

To start off the series I decided to go with one of my very favorite actors, Ronald Reagan. Most people possibly only know of his roles in the following films: Knute Rockne: All American [1940], Kings Row [1942], Santa Fe Trail [1940], and Bedtime for Bonzo [1951] -- which are some of his most famous roles. I'm going to share with y'all the films that I've seen of his & loved, and I haven't disliked one - yet.  *grin*

Also, if the movie is available for sale on DVD, the movie title will be clickable.

Vintage Sewing Project | 1950s Halter Sundress

Hello everyone! It has been awhile since I've done a sewing project, or at least finished one. I did start making a 1950s skirt in January of this year, but I haven't finished it yet as I'm showing my sister, Hanne-col how to make skirts with no ready-made sewing patterns, but with just basic math skills.

Let's see here, the story behind the design of this dress has been a long one in the making. I came up with the basic idea of these two fabrics paired together for a sundress last summer, but the design was never really clear in my mind so I pushed the idea to the back of my head. Fast forward to last week, I was working my shift at work when the design for this dress popped into my head -- in-between helping out guests I sketched out the design onto the back of a receipt.

1940s Themed Movie Night!

Hello everyone! Last night my sisters and I hosted a 1940s themed movie night with our friend Becca and we watched Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo [1944] because ever since...umm...this past Valentines Day we've been wanting to get together to watch it. Yeah, it took us awhile to get this done, but we finally did it. Yay!

Becca thought it would be fun if we dressed up 1940s for our movie night, so we pulled out our forties inspired clothing, red lipstick, heels, and put victory rolls and pin curls in our hair. We also blasted Benny Goodman music whilst we got ready. Anything to help us get in the mood for the evening.

Originally I was going to wear a Ginger Rogers inspired outfit with my 1940s trousers and a blouse. Turns out they don't fit like they used to anymore, and they hang funny on me now. So I opted for my 1940s Swing Dress that I sewed back in 2010 [pattern review can be found here] instead as it still fits me like a dream.

What I Wore | 1950s Glam

Hello. It was a very long day yesterday, so that this outfit post never made it up when I wanted it to. I had work super early in the morning, this photo-shoot, lunch, started working on this post before falling asleep for a nap, and picked up my brother from his job when my car decided to not start anymore.

Photoplay Magazine, April 1940 | Magazine Monday

Hello everyone! Long time, no see. Unless of course, you follow me on FB or Instagram then you've seen me almost everyday with some outfit or beauty post. *grin* Anyhow, I knew I want to do a post this evening but an outfit post was out of the picture as it is a perfect wind tunnel where I live today. As I pondered what I to do, I saw that the Boyer girls had a vintage magazine link-up going on right now so I decided to link up with one of my many vintage magazines. Seriously, I own stacks upon stacks of magazines from the early 1900s-1960s/70s.

How To Dress | 1920s Inspired

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Hello lovelies! My church is hosting a 1920s couples dinner for Valentines next week, to say the least I've been busy trying to capture the 1920s with modern clothing to share with my friends going to the dinner. Whilst doing my research I came to discover that most information out there in the 1920s is either flapper or Great Gatsby related -- nothing much can be found on the everyday person of the 20s. So hopefully others who have been trying to capture the look of the 20s, but didn't want to go the flapper route will find this helpful too.

Audrey Hepburn & Agent Carter Makeup Tutorials

Hello lovelies! I have two fun makeup tutorials to share with y'all this afternoon, the first is a 1950s inspired Audrey Hepburn look that is rather quick and easy to do [and I used mostly drugstore products]. The other is an Agent Carter inspired look that I put together for the premiere of the television show last week, that is more of an inspired 1940s look.

I would love to do more makeup tutorial videos this year, so if you have suggestions for me, please leave them for me in the comments. Thanks, dearies!

What I Wore | Audrey Hepburn Inspired

Hello lovelies! How are y'all doing today? This post was supposed to go up last night, but I got sidetracked after doing a workout DVD with most of my family; watching the second episode of Agent Carter with my sisters, Abby & Hanne; and then I just crashed into bed since I was up super early that morning for truck day at Ulta.

How to Get Audrey's Style

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One of my all-time favorite style icons would have to be Audrey Hepburn. Her style is classy, timeless, and chic. If I was to recommend how to capture her style, I would recommend that you stick with timeless wardrobe pieces like: pencil & full skirts, cigarette pants, button-down shirts, ballet flats, LBD [little black dress], breton tees, sweater tops, statement sunglasses, etc...as these are all key elements of Audrey's style. Of course, Audrey also wore lots of color and prints too, but if you aren't comfortable with capturing an era with modern clothes I wouldn't worry about capturing that part of Audrey's style when first starting out.

New Years Eve Sewing Day

It isn't often anymore that I have sewing days, mostly because I typically work one day, day off, work two days, etc.., that I typically spend all of my off-days working on blog stuff or hanging out with family & friends. Which is why when I had two days off in a row this week, I decided to take that time to have a sewing day with my sister, Hanne-col. Of course, after we had gotten started our sister, Abby, and friend, Liz [who is over to spend NYE with us] decided to join in the fun too with their own crafts. #craftsarecatchy

Ulta Chic | '50s Glam

Hello lovelies! So, yeah, I've been kinda been missing in the social media world for almost a week now. Why? My family left last weekend for Florida for a Christmas vacation, I'm staying back 'cause of this thing called work. Taking about work, I've been picking up a lot of extra hours at work and today is my first day off, so I'm taking a little bit of time to create this post before heading to my Dad's office for a few hours to check the phone.

Sunday Style | 1930s Inspired

Hello lovelies! How are y'all doing this Lord's day? I went to Church this morning with my family, came home for lunch afterwards, and so far this afternoon I've only been working on this outfit post. We live about 30-45 minutes away from Church, and by the time we make lunch most of the afternoon has past. Once I'm finished with this post I'm going to be putting away my Autumn/Winter clothes; make butterscotch & oatmeal cookies for a snack; play PS2 with my sister, Gaby; and do my bathroom chore for this week.

How To Dress | 1960s Inspired

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Hello lovelies! I have been asked a lot to share how to dress vintage everyday a lot over the years, and recently I was asked via email by a reader how to dress 1960s inspired every day. I thought it would be lots easier to share my thoughts via a post, that way I can share lots of pictures to help show my points and ideas. Also, if y'all are interested, I could make this into a type of series of how to dress a certain way perhaps: 1940s inspired, ONCE inspired, DW inspired, etc.... Would you guys be interested in this type of series?

What I Wore | 1970s Inspired

Recently I've been really inspired by the fashion of the 1970s, mostly because of the film, What's Up, Doc? [1972] with Barbra Streisand. Barbra's outfits are fantastic, in fact, me and Gaby are thinking about copying some of her outfits in the autumn and then share them with y'all.

Into the Archives | 1949 RCA Victor Little Nipper Series "Bambi"

This next thing that I'm going to be featuring in my Into the Archives series, is special for fans of the following: Disney, 1940s, Records, and Shirley Temple. Why? It features all four of those categories, and besides those are some of my favorite things. Of course, everything I will be showing within this series are favorites of mine. Otherwise, why would I own them? haha...onto the show & tell part of what I'm sharing today.

Into the Archives | 1950s Coral Dress

Earlier today I didn't think I would be able to get a post up today, but as you can see, I was able to squeeze some time in for an Into the Archives post. :) Since y'all wanted to see some clothing from my collection, I decided to go with the one thing that isn't in storage right now and is on display in my room. For you see, I can't squeeze into my vintage clothing anymore since I don't have 27" waist anymore [which is what most of vintage clothing has], so I put everything into a rubbermaid in our garage. Eventually, I will have to pull them out and photograph them for this series. :) Anyhow, onto today's vintage 1950s dress!

By the Shores of Silver Lake | Into the Archives

Older readers may remember that I used to share scans from my vintage magazine collection. Yes? No?  If you don't remember you can view some of those posts here: Move Life [April, 1940], Marie Claire [March 24th, 1939], and Fall/Winter Sears & Roebuck Catalog [1939/1940] to name a few. Anyhow I'm going to be bring this back, but with a twist. You see, I have a good number of vintage items in my collection: clothing, books, records, bags, shoes, hats, magazines, etc... that I thought it was high time that I start a series called, Into the Archives to share these treasures with y'all. Sound like fun? Good. Onto the first item featured in this series.  

What I Wore | Let's Twist Again, Like We Did Last Summer

It is the first day of July today, which means only 4 more days until my birthday. Eeep. I have some fun plans for my birthday: hanging out with a bunch of girl friends downtown, eat dinner at Ted's Montana Grill with my family in the evening, and perhaps watch a movie with my sisters that night [or an episode of Doctor Who]. 

Anyhow, onto today's outfit which has a vintage 1950s feel to it. Would you believe it, but this was my fourth outfit that I tried on when getting dressed this morning. Yeah, it was one of those days, but it came out alright in the end as I went with a 1960s/early 60 inspired outfit, since I've been listening to the music from The Help soundtrack almost nonstop this past week.

What I Wore | Roman Holiday

Hello lovelies! Today was a crazy busy but fun day as it was my sister, Hanne-col's High-School graduation. We were gone from about early this morning, until about suppertime this evening, so please pardon the tired look I may be featuring today as I feel so tired and wiped out and my life isn't slowing down anytime soon. As I write this post, I'm watching/listening to the film, The Diary of Anne Frank with Millie Perkins to help relax me & not over think everything that needs to get done this coming week. I would read a book to relax, but I tend to get more wide awake & excited when reading, than watching a movie, as I've been known to stay up until 5am reading an excellent book. *grin* Anyhow, onto my outfit for today.

What I Wore | 1950s Inspired Outfit & Pearl Blossom Boutique Review + Giveaway

Hello lovelies! I'm *so* excited to "talking" to y'all, especially since I was talking to y'all in my mind as I was trying to go to sleep last night. If it wasn't so late, and if I had good lighting, I would have filmed a video but alas it was 2:00 AM. Anyhow, I'm going to be sharing with y'all my after church outfit with you girls today. Since it was in the 70s today, I decided to wear a 1950s inspired outfit with some jean shorts & gingham button. Of course, you can't forget the red lipstick and pearl earrings. *smile*