tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post7695620031120417490..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 10 January 1957 “Gay Little Dots, Spritz Cookies, and The Art of the Book Continues”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-45651178409102930582011-01-15T12:27:13.215-08:002011-01-15T12:27:13.215-08:00What about teenages, what did they wear and how di...What about teenages, what did they wear and how did they wear their hair, girls mostly (my daughter is in the high school production of Bye Bye Birdie) and want to get ideas about them. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-33978289210903745022011-01-11T10:32:34.805-08:002011-01-11T10:32:34.805-08:00I adore that kitchen and dining area. Thanks for ...I adore that kitchen and dining area. Thanks for sharing it with us. I so miss my cookie press. I rue the days that I thought I needed to go all modern with everything. I had such nice vintage stuff from actually living in your time frame. Now I'm working to get back to the 50's again when life was so pleasant. I graduated high school in '62. Back then all the girls took home ec, and we did learn to cook, bake, and sew. The boys took shop. It's a shame that young people aren't taught the common sense skill any more.<br />I'm really loving where you're going with Imogene and your book.Nancyhttp://sunnyislandbreezes.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-86817447293047358802011-01-11T08:53:15.731-08:002011-01-11T08:53:15.731-08:00Charming and lovely. I love the style. And I will ...Charming and lovely. I love the style. And I will buy it for my sister's five year old twins. I can easily translate it while reading it for them. It is charming that the story is about your own hen. Have fun with the work, and please do share more pictures. :)SANNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973437247117000140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-27068851753854754302011-01-11T08:21:09.463-08:002011-01-11T08:21:09.463-08:00Your illustration is lovely!
I totally understan...Your illustration is lovely! <br /><br />I totally understand the feeling you are having, because you are so influenced by a specific time period. I think that is something I struggle with, not in my art, but just in life in general. I tend to be so obsessed with the last 50's and early 60's, I tend to only know how to style (myself and my house) in that manor. I would like to start blend more vintage looks, and even some more modern (if it strikes me) into my life, but it is hard to know where to begin!Cedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873897855383775838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-1646740485847133842011-01-11T08:19:47.487-08:002011-01-11T08:19:47.487-08:00there are so many words in the english language th...there are so many words in the english language that i long to return to their original meaning!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-53629836455082980722011-01-10T21:15:35.913-08:002011-01-10T21:15:35.913-08:00We put Armstrong floor tiles in our new kitchen. ...We put Armstrong floor tiles in our new kitchen. Black and white, not a "gay" print as in the ad. My look is more a modern take on a 1930's farmhouse. This floor is wonderful and I hope it comes "back" in style because it offers more options than the standard hardwood that's shown in decorating magazines and much kinder on the feet and back than ceramic tile. <br /><br />I wasn't even offered home ec, only "shop", which I can say taught me very little in the way of managing a home. My mother was smart and knew I'd need these skills. She enrolled me in basic sewing and cooking classes in addition to teaching me herself. It's crazy basic life skills aren't taught formally in the schools or informally at home very often anymore. We're just supposed to pick up this common sense? And from where? The Disney channel?? Arg!!!!Sarah H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-46122278714203734882011-01-10T20:40:25.915-08:002011-01-10T20:40:25.915-08:00The kitchen photo reminds me of a lovely tea garde...The kitchen photo reminds me of a lovely tea garden. I wish I could have something like this for my own kitchen but my husband would faint at the sight of it! His worst nightmare is that I will decorate the whole house in flowers and polka dots. I'm introducing feminine details bit by bit.<br /><br />My own family and consumer sciences class (aka Home Ec.) was about 10 years ago and I learned so little. The only requirement was to sew a pair of pajama pants. We didn't learn any cooking skills and only used the kitchens for "Free Cook Fridays". I remember it being a lot of sitting around and the teacher at her desk doing as she pleased. I wanted to learn sewing so bad and still do, so now I have to teach myself.minnie22mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-10023776609297517492011-01-10T18:25:19.601-08:002011-01-10T18:25:19.601-08:00I was a child in the mid-60's, and I remember ...I was a child in the mid-60's, and I remember that a first grade spelling word was "gay", a word I'd never heard before. My teacher said it meant "jolly". So when a new neighbor moved in, I told her about who else lived in our neighborhood, and said, "You'll like Mr. G., he's very gay!" The poor lady almost dropped her teeth. It was years before I understood why.Winding Waysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-85031091854991761332011-01-10T17:43:32.373-08:002011-01-10T17:43:32.373-08:00I just love the camel cookie shaper ('stencil&...I just love the camel cookie shaper ('stencil'?)! of course, i'd eat a spritz cookie in any shape!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692874116005248999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-78518080563318942462011-01-10T13:11:28.625-08:002011-01-10T13:11:28.625-08:00Of the flooring ad: I am really more in love with ...Of the flooring ad: I am really more in love with all of the fresh, clean whites of the dining set! Ads must be lost on me, as, usually, I notice the items they are not trying to sell.<br />"Life Skills," as homemaking skills were called when I was in jr. high and high school not 10 years ago, were a joke. We had no choice early on, then, as an elective, students enrolled for an easy A. The very sad thing, to me, is that I wanted to learn in Life Skills and Fashion (sewing class.) Yet I was surrounded by loud, obnoxious clowns who disrupted the teachers; nothing ever got done. We may have made a pie at some point of the cooking lessons, but I may only be imagining that. "Life Skills" and possibly Fashion no longer exist in the school from which I graduated. Sad.<br />Imogean is absolutely adorable! I cannot help but see her as a mini-50s Gal. Quite darling.Renee of the Faehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022805749169331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11546483615153786172011-01-10T12:55:13.259-08:002011-01-10T12:55:13.259-08:00That kitchen is darling.That kitchen is darling.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-6150024486646085652011-01-10T12:52:29.229-08:002011-01-10T12:52:29.229-08:00That kitchen is to die for!
I have been collectin...That kitchen is to die for! <br />I have been collecting ideas to renovate our little kitchen and this one is going in the pile as reference. That dot floor has snagged my attention, most definitely.<br /><br />The children's book illustrations are simply wonderful! I cannot wait to see the finished product!<br /><br />LPMCajun Girl Living In The Mountainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268109036940419428noreply@blogger.com