As we are all, so have I been rather busy this Christmas season. I threw a cocktail party this past Wednesday and did manage to get some pho...

This month seems to be slipping away from me, as does 1956. How is it that this is the end of the second year of what was a project and is n...

Dame Rose Heliborn became the first Woman Judge in Britain on the 8th of this year, 1956. She would later become many 'firsts' in th...

I sort of cheated with today's Q&A because I am really asking myself: "What will next year be". Honestly, I don't thi...

This is the card I designed, laid out and printed for our upcoming Christmas cocktail party. I played around with a few ideas. I was goin...

Continuing on some of our ‘Home-Made Christmas’ I had to share this darling little mouse. Now, I know it might be odd to give this as a gif...

Next week I am hosting a cocktail party here at my home. I am only just now preparing to make my dress. Here is a Dior Cocktail dress from ...

This weeks question from one of my fine followers is as follows:   I have a question about a comment you made in your Lard post.  The way ...

I thought I would just post some fun music that came out this year, 1956. Enjoy! The four Preps: This is another well known song from the ...

Fidel Castro and 82 of his men (including Che Guevara, Raúl Castro) land in Cuba. Most were killed and around 28 were able to escape to the...