Fire King Jadeite

Jadeite on Etsy
There's a virtually indestructible plastic version of this and then there's the real thing.  I'd like to have both in a variety of colors, one for everyday and one for the display case and special occasions.  Here is a link to an Etsy video tour of a renovated home in which she has these kinds of dishes.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E1uYpuXJIs
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And here's Melmac   at Retro Chalet

I think I'm drawn to simple beauty.

Choosing My Birthday Dress!

I can see it in my very visual imagination already, full skirt of large blue and white floral, sky blue cardigan, pearls, dark pink lipstick, Rita Hayworth hair. 

Now, I must choose the pattern needed to sew this dress.  This one by Vintage Vogue

or this one by Retro Butterick 

The Shady Dell

How cool is this?  A trailer park with only vintage trailers!  I so want to go there and take my mom.  She was a teenager in the 1950s and I ask her all about the real life view on the things I'm learning.
The Shady Dell

There's a really cool video on YouTube of some ladies who spent some time there.

Just a short 'Blast from the Past' post to warm things up on my new blog!