Top 10 Items that Provide Vintage Inspiration

Joanna at Dividing Vintage Moments is having an huge give-away. To enter I am posting my Top Ten Items that Provide Vintage Inspiration. 1) Bloglovin-Why? There are so many amazing vintage bloggers out there! 2) 1940's Fashion- Why? I love everyday women from the 40's. I wish it was the norm today to wear dresses and hats.

Source 3)Rosie the Riviter- Why? America came together during WWII and women left their traditional rolls and picked up the work and the cause.

Source 4)Land Girls- Why? Great TV series, awesome fashion, it makes me want to be a Land Girl!!!

Source 5) Vintage Clothing Magazines- Why? Oodles of inspiration, design, and recipes!! 6)Pearl Harbor- Why? It was the most moving tour I have ever, EVER been on. WWII and the 1940's is my favorite era and I love history. It the most humbling experience to visit the USS Arizona and all of Ford Island. 7) The 1940's Society- Why? Love this nifty group! From their great website to their awesome little publication. 8) Harry and Edna- Why? I love their Wireless Program!!! 9) How To Marry a Millionaire- Why? I adore the story, the clothes, and the actresses!! Source 10) Lauren Bacall- Why? I adore her style, her voice, that hair! And she has the best apartment in the movie Dark Passage Source

Don't Bother to Knock

I love old movies. Vintage anything really. I can't quite remember what started it all other than I used to check out vintage books from the library on manners, health, etc. Mostly from the 50's. What I wouldn't give to go back to Allen County Library (Ft Wayne, Indiana) and get all the titles. But I digress.

I always adored Vincent Price and Doris Day movies. I'm not a fan of musicals. I love really, really bad B-horror movies. One of the perks of working at a book store part time is, beside an opposite of the dry day job of a gig with an insurance company (I do love it, but no vintage!), I get deals.

This past week I purchased some great movies. "Don't Bother to Knock" is an awesome Marilyn Monroe movie. It's a thriller from 1952 with Marilyn, Richard Widmark, and Anne Bancroft to name a few. It's one of my favorite Marilyn movies along with "Niagra", "How to Marry a Millionaire", and her roll in "All About Eve".

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I also scored "Tingler" with Vincent Price, both versions of "Imitation of Life" (Claudette Colbert edition and Lana Turner edition) and another double movie pack with "Portrait in Black" and "Madame X".

In addition I was able to record:

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Now I just need to find it on DVD!

Lame

That's me. I worked at the bookstore till close last night and then stayed up after I got home until 1:30 AM. So I got up, piddled around, ate breakfast, talked tom y folks and then fell asleep to a movie. No worries. I've see it a hundred times.

So no photos of the 2 Pyrex bowls I got at Goodwill. Nor the books, hat and awesome handbag from the antique mall. Yet anyway.

I did score two of my favorite movies at work:




And

So

Looking forward to Friday. Yes, I KNOW it is only Saturday, but I am having lunch with a friend from high school , who lives in the area. She had to cancel last week because of a school conflict with one of her 3 boys. It will be fun to reconnect.

I am stuffy and blurry. Thank you Forrest Gump!

I am now going to sort through pictures to copy, print off and add to a collage photo frame.
Yes, they still make them and I have one from a few years ago. OK, from the looks of the "fake'" pic in the frame, twenty years ago. Anyway, going to make it a family one with baby pics of me and hubby, school etc and some of our daughter, up to this year. I refuse to use the "real" pics because I have had a few ruined using these before.

It would be nice to have one from daughter, of her and BF that was taken here in April. HINT, HINT. (She has that camera)

Yes, Bustillo, I will post some from MY childhood!

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SCORE!

Frida~1/2 off at Border's. $7.99. YES