So the 2010 Winter Olympics are over- football season is done and there are still 3 months of winter left if you live up North. By up North- I mean Wisconsin, Minnesota, the U.P. and of course Canada- the motherland.
I know it’s not all about watching television and staying indoors. Sure there are plenty of outdoor pursuits in the winter- like skiing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing… but you’ve done it all. Nothing to watch on the boob tube and nothing to do but pick icicles out your nose. What to do… what to do.. what to do?
Might I suggest a little game invented by the Canadians that they like to call Continued…
Posted in Blog, Vintage Ads.
Tagged with crack the whip on skis, whiskey ads 1963.
By Michelle
– March 2, 2010
Just a quick post to let our readers know that I am holding a 25% Off Sale on the entire inventory in our ETSY store (that includes already sale priced items.) Hurry though as our sale ends tomorrow at midnight.
PS To vintage jewelery fans: our vintage apple earrings were recently featured on Quid Essential by Sunny Day Vintage. Thanks so much for the “shout out.”
Continued…
Posted in Blog.
Tagged with 25% Off Sale, etsy sale.
By Michelle
– February 27, 2010
What a coincidence, with the 2010 Winter Olympics going on right now as I post this, I happened to find this huge, box of vintage Barbie fun at one of my local thrift stores this last Thursday. Normally, I can restrain from frivolous purchases, but I had to have this vintage 1974 Barbie Olympic Ski Village.
It was irresistible to me because it’s from the seventies (the decade I was born) and the box claims it is “over 6 feet long!” I don’t have to tell you I was sold at “six feet long.” I have never had a toy six feet long, that I can recall. Continued…
Posted in Blog, Doll & Girlie Stuff.
Tagged with 1974 barbie's olympic ski village, 2010 winter olympics.
By Michelle
– February 20, 2010
I am sure there are a few people out there who don’t like the actor Cary Grant, but I have never met them. As of last week, I could honestly say I had never seen a Cary Grant movie I didn’t like, that was until I watched the 1952 comedy Monkey Business starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and featuring Marilyn Monroe in a supporting role.
The premise of Monkey Business is pretty straight forward, a nutty professor type played by Cary Grant is working on a fountain of youth elixir for his employer who is looking for a commercially successful youth formulation. Continued…
Posted in Blog, Movies.
Tagged with cary grant, horrible movie, monkey business.
By Michelle
– February 16, 2010
I am writing this as my head throbs and aches… I have had a head cold now for over a week. Every morning I wake up thinking this is the day I am going to turn the corner and yet nothing happens to make me feel any better…
Two weeks ago, while I was knee deep in taxes I had a bunch of great ideas for blog posts. Now with this head cold I can hardly read a paragraph out of my library book picks without having to start over and reread what I just read. Funny how a little head cold makes a person really discombobulated. And so I have decided it is best if I don’t try to write much on here, lest I be embarrassed later. Of course that has never stopped me from posting before- that is the risk of embarrassment has never stopped me from writing on here before but that’s another story. Continued…
Posted in Blog, Vintage Jewelry.
Tagged with baby bracelets, stuffed up head.
By Michelle
– February 11, 2010
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