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At the Top: About Me
I've always been in love with clothing, from the cute smocked dresses my grandmother made me, to the goth garb I lusted after as a teen. My mother worked too much and never taught us how to sew, but she would make us the most beautiful and awesome Halloween costumes when we were kids ( Read more... ) -
And NOW I'm excited for Ft. Fred
Two days away, and I didn't make a damn thing (except that apron). I have enough to get by and not freeze to death ( Read more... ) -
Short notice for 1920s costumers near Philly!
There's a fellow on Facebook looking for people to dress in 1920s for some sort of event at one of the historica mansions in Philly!
I'm too far away, but I know a lot of you might be interested. -
Catch Up, Catsup, Ketchup
Crazy pants at work since the traffic manager left in December, which has put a serious damper on my creating plans. Things are finally getting caught up, and I'm starting to feel a bit of extra energy at the end of the day. Because of this, I am way behind on the HSM. I started 1920s combos, but never finished. February was so screwed with travel ( Read more... ) -
Underwear! Underwear!
(Sung to the tune of "Over There.")
Underwear! Underwear! How I itch in my wooly underwear!
Oh, I wish I'd gotten a pair of cotton, so I wouldn't itch everywhere!
My mother used to sing the above tune, probably taught by my grandfather. It seems appropriate to open this post with it (since it's a WWI song and we're talking about Prohibition ( Read more... ) -
14-The Great War Diaries: An Overview and a Review
"The Great War Diaries" is a rather new Dutch docudrama about World War I through the eyes of civilians and soliders, not the politicians and generals that made the stupid and fatal decisions that brought it about. Fourteen "main characters" and their diaries are the focal point, with excerpts from various other people's letters and diaries as well ( Read more... ) -
Prohibition: A Short Summary
I don't purport to be an expert on the subject, I just did some reading and watched a couple of multi-episode documentaries. Here's a bunch of colorized photographs from the era.Prohibition--from which I got most of my information from Ken Burn's documentary. I had meant to post all of this weeks ago to coincide with the 81st anniversary of repeal ( Read more... ) -
The Prohibition Project! (and How I'm Prepping for Success)
So, what major event in United States history happened between 1915 and 1936? The Great War? Yes, but only for a fraction of that--even though the reprecussions were felt until well after WWII. What else--oh, The Great Depression! But...that didn't happen until late in this year set. Oooo, I know! The Roaring 20s! Close ( Read more... ) -
1920s on the Brain
Maybe it's Miss Fisher that's making me love it, maybe it's the newish line of American Duchess shoes (boy, am I wishing I tried for the Harlows when they were available), maybe it's the whole idea of kicking up my heels and drinking bathtub gin just sounds super-fun. I can't have the gin (on a restricted diet--long story), but I *can* dance ( Read more... ) -
CADD and Life Stuff
Not a whole lot going on--I haven't posted because I had nothing interesting to say. I'm finding my job exceedingly boring; I always have lots of work to do, but it's all rather tedious. I'm doing my best to blame it on belated Spring Fever, and I just want to go, do things, and not be at my desk all day ( Read more... )