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    Favorite classic horror movies

    Edward - If you'd like to check out more Tod Browning movies, I'd recommend watching The Unknown, Mark of the Vampire or The Devil Doll. My favorite from the bunch has to be The Unknown starring a very young Joan Crawford and Lon Chaney. I'd also recommend watching some of Val Lewton's...
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    Favorite classic horror movies

    With Halloween around the corner, it's time to start watching the scarey movies again. What are your favorite 5 classic horror movies? In no particular order, mine are: 1. The Innocents (1962 spooky ghost story with Deborah Kerr) 2. The Black Cat (1934 w/Bela & Boris in a bauhaus mansion...
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    Golden Era Hallowe'en Party

    I've done something similar in the past for table centerpieces. Two years ago, I used a hollowed out pumpkin as the vase for the spook tree. I hung lanterns from the branches and little ghosts that I made from cheese cloth. The following year, I bought a vintage papier mache skull candy...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Even though lye itself is caustic, properly made lye soap is actually very gentle because it's mostly made from rendered animal fat. But, you have to get the mixture correct in the soap because too much lye and the soap will burn your skin. I've made lye soap from scratch in the past. I've...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Is it me, or did the cheese make the *best* grilled cheese sandwiches ever?
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    Card Parties

    I love to play canasta! Once you remember the rules (we use cheat sheets with the rules on them for reference when needed), it's a great social game. There are even lot's of vintage canasta accessories/sets that you can start to collect that add to the fun of playing. My favorite item...
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    Vintage-Inspired clothing lines

    I just wanted to report on the dresses I got from Target. The blue shirtwaist is perfect, I can't recommend it enough. It looks a lot shorter in the picture than it does in person. The shirt is the perfect length and fullness for a 50s shirtwaist. It really has some pretty vintage detailing...
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    I have a Minerva knitting book from the 30s that has a pattern for a knitted floor length evening gown in it. I can't even begin to imagine how time consuming that would be, especially because it's made from a fine gauge yarn. The V&A has a knit petticoat from the 18th century in it's...
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    If you still want one after December, I could probably make you one. Right now, I'm tied up knitting examples for a living history demo that I'm doing in December.
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    Here's another example of a pixie hood: I have a pattern for a really cute one that has an attached scarf that I've been meaning to knit. I also copied this hat from The Golden Compass for a friend and it was extremely easy to knit:
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    Pixie has look like this: But usually with a little point at the top of the hat in the back.
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    I just bought this blouse in solid white from New York & Co. for $35.00: I really like it and plan on wearing it under a green and gray argyle sweater vest with a gray pencil skirt. I also bought a cute tie-neck knit shirt w/puff sleeves from Target.
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    Whatever you decide on knitting, it should be something that you can knit relatively easily and quickly. If you knit more time-consuming items, people never want to pay for the time that goes into knitting it. Last winter, I knit monmouth caps for some 18th century re-enactors. After about...
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    Market Research for My Etsy Shop

    Hmmm, I can knit pixie hoods. They're quite easy. Maybe I should knit up a few and put them on etsy. I think it will have to wait until I finish the knitting for my 18th century knitting demo - I still have a pair of stockings and a Scots Bonnet to knit up for that. I wish I was a faster...
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    Swing music question. Western

    Bob Wills and Spade cooley also made quite a few soundies. If you search for Bob Wills or Spade Cooley on You Tube, you can see a couple of the videos. I like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfo5h_AX9w Here's one of Spade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkM2igp82Ec And for...
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    Swing music question. Western

    I know this is splitting hairs and I hate to pigeon-hole generes, but I always considered hillbilly swing to be a little different from western swing. I always thought hillbilly swing was a little more country and rock and roll with a swinging beat, where as western swing had a little more big...
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    Swing music question. Western

    More about Bob Wills - he's one of the grandfathers of rock n' roll. He was the first to incorporate drums into country western music. He caused quite a stir on the Grand Ol' Opry when he refused to perform without his drummer (the folks at the Opry thought the drumming was too raucous) and...
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    Swing music question. Western

    Also, if you're looking for more modern music, The Pine Valley Cosmonauts made a really good Bob Wills tribute cd called The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills. I listen to this cd when I'm in my car a lot, it's good driving music.
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    Swing music question. Western

    I listen to the Jivin and Smilin: Kings of Western Swing cd set a lot: http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Western-Swing-Various-Artists/dp/B0000063HR/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1220549022&sr=8-11 It's a nice all-around intro to the genre of western swing. My favorite artists include Bob...
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    Interesting vintage pin curl and waving tools

    A sheet of the thin craft foam would work even better, no need to glue. Thanks for the idea!

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