Recovering from Deco

We will be back soon with pics from our Winter Deco frivolities!

Having almost recovered from the main weekend, there is one last dash tomorrow.

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Wish us luck.
To surviving to tell the tale!  ;)
M. 

What every sewing gal needs!

Oh, how much I would love to have such a gorgeous utility area like this in my future house!

Plenty of natural light and neutral yet cheerful colour scheme, that maintains interest.
A room to make your work more enjoyable, is practical and that you wouldn't get sick or bored of too fast! =)

So well thought through to maximise space and don't you just LOVE the linoleum design!

Toodles,
M.

101 years of Miss Ginger

Happy Birthday Ginger!

Ginger Rogers is one of the Golden Era's stars that I admire most.
Witty and talented; she sang, danced, was a great actress and brought grace and humour to her films.

She also fought alongside other famous actresses of the day for better wages, (Even as the leading lady, Rogers was paid less than many supporting dancers).

Here's to Ginger a grand gal!

 Early 30's pre-blond Ginger.

Ginger with Astaire from 'Roberta'.

"...As a skilled, intuitive actress, she was cagey enough to realize that acting did not stop when dancing began...the reason so many women have fantasized about dancing with Fred Astaire is that Ginger Rogers conveyed the impression that dancing with him is the most thrilling experience imaginable".
                                                                                                          John Mueller.

I leave you with the talented Miss Rogers singing 'let yourself go!' from 'Follow the Fleet'.

Chin chin!
M.

Friday 13th!

Its that time again, so I thought what more appropriate than 'The 13th Guest' from 1932, starring Ginger Rogers!

Please note, this is the complete film.

Enjoy!

M.

Rainy days

There's nothing more cosy than being in a lovely fire warmed room, watching the rain trickle down the window and listening to a cheery song as you sew.
Especially if you are sewing 30s style winter garments as I am now =)

I am progressing well and will post pics of the finished article soon!
Until then, I leave you with Gene Austin singing a song that will banish any winter blues ;)

Back to the sewing machine and my winterscape!
M.

Brands Then and Now - Make-up

I have always found it quite fascinating how many brands there are still around today from the 20's and 30's,  how little many of them have changed and some you wouldn't have expected them to have already!
So I have decided to do a series of posts on the subject, Brands Then and Now divided into several categories.
I hope you enjoy these;

Cutex nail lacquer ad from 1936. Source

Innoxa ad. I love this brands liquid foundation, its lovely, light and comes in paler shades for porcelain skins =)      Source

Maybelline ad from 1930. Source

Max Factor. Source

1930s Cutex lipstick ad. Source

1930s Elizabeth Arden. Source

Innoxa face powder ad. Source

Maybelline mascara ad. Source

Revlon 1944. Source

Revlon lipstick and nail lacquer ad 1944. Source

Cheerio!

M.

Please note I do not own any of these pics and intend no copyright infringement merely to illustrate the topic, therefore I have added source links to each image. 

Hat Hat Hooray!

Another project down, many more to do!

I have now fully completed and lined this hat I made for Mum from black cotton velveteen to go with an original early 30s coat she has.

Here we go;

 Front

 Back

Bakelite pin detail.

So what do you all think?

I have also been altering a wool suit for winter Deco, so will post some pics of that soon!

Toodles!

M.