GeorgiaPeachez

Retro Redo For Some Classic Breuer Chairs

I'm working on projects here and there to redecorate my kitchen in a fun 70's style.   This weekend it was kitchen chairs.

I picked up some knock off Breuer chairs at the Thrift store.  They are in very good condition and at $7 a pop the price was right.

After a little elbow grease, steel wool, spray paint and a stencil, they have a new lease on life.

I'm quite pleased and they look great with my new to me craigslist tulip table.

An Accurate Forecast

Today's paper has got the forecast for Hampton spot on.

Increasing LOUDINESS.  Now you might think that's a typo, but I think not.

Because today, at the Hampton Coliseum is Monster Jam.  That's very loud, very large trucks.

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Increasing loud-iness, that's right. 

I Was a Very Ambitious 6th Grader

Santa brought my very first sewing machine when I was 8 years old.  Before that I hand stitched little dresses for my Barbie dolls.

MamaPeach was always my inspiration when it came to sewing.  I have two older sisters and mamapeach would sew clothes for us.  I have very fond memories of a poncho trimmed out in rows and rows of rick rack in varying sizes and colors.  I also remember very clearly a gaucho pant/bolero vest outfit made of thin whaled kelly green corduroy, again trimmed with rick rack.  I wore this with my patent leather faux lace up (zipper on the side) boots from the Sears catalog.  I think I was 9(?) years old. 

MamaPeach always told me that if I learned to sew, she would purchase all the fabric and patterns that I wanted.  SO, I was off to the races!

 

Betsey Johnson designed patterns for Butterick in the 60's and 70's and I think I had them all.  I made the short version of this dress when I was 11.  Polyester of course and I used red on the bottom like the picture and brown on the top.  I LUUUVED that dress.

My MOST ambitious endeavor when I was just a wee little 6th grader was this pattern.

I made this suit for myself.  I distinctly recall shopping in the fabric section of the Almart (that's right ALMART, not Wallyworld) in Knoxville, TN where we lived at the time.  I picked out a pastel striped heavy cotton for the slacks and jacket.  I made the long sleeved ruffle trimmed blouse to go with.  I picked a coordinating pastel patterned cotton.  Darts, button holes, set in sleeves, facings.  Yes, I was quite the ambitious seamstress when I was 11 years old.

I'm sure I must have worn this with my tan leather platform sandals.  Everyone had those sandals in 1971.  Purchased at Baker's Shoes in the mall with baby sitting funds :->

Oh wait, now I remember.  I had white clogs, exactly like the ones the model is wearing on the pattern.  Also purchased at Baker's I'm sure.

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Vintage Stationary for Weddings

Fast forward 24 years and look at all the fabulous resources available to today's bride for planning her wedding.  I say, 24 years because that's how long I've been married.  I was an 80's bride.  Yep, 1980's.  The decade of big hair, big shoulder pads, oversized jackets.  Fashion was pretty horrific. 

If I was planning my wedding today, I'd probably go all out Portlandia-ish and have something so disgustingly hipster you would gag.  Birds on everything, organic flowers and vittles, photo booth, you name it.

My invitations for my 1980's ceremony were simple.  Not engraved, just printed.  Those were pretty much my options.  I did have them printed in a watermelon red ink and I thought that was something different, ha!

 

If I was choosing my invites today, maybe I would pick something with a bird on it.

 

I also love these romantic ones.  Everything looks great with polka dots.

I found these pretty vintage invitations here.

Smeg Love

Remember when I posted about the pink oven that I found on Craigs List?  I'm happy to report that one of my readers purchased the oven for a 1960's reno they are doing on their retirement home in Arizona.

Now that I am redecorating my kitchen in a fun 70's theme wouldn't one of these babies in lime green be perfect?

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That orange is pretty fabulous too.

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But then there is that pink one......

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and this pink one.  

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But this one is turquoise perfection.

All these and more can be purchased here.

A Little Wallpaper Update

Remember when I updated my outdated wet bar with a little paint and wallpaper?

 

I really love this vintage wallpaper and I finally got around to adding it to the built in bookcases at the other end of the room.

The bookcases flank the fireplace and here is just one side, a before picture from a couple of years ago.

 

Needs something, right?

Just the right touch.

Three Makes A Collection

Having just acquired my third dainty porcelain piece from the wonderful Etsy seller Alleluja, now I officially have a collection. 

These diminutive creations are made of fine porcelain with a pale green shiny glaze. 

You can see a lot more of her gorgeous little creations here .