Although my blogging skills feel quite rusty after a week long retreat to my Mimi's house, I'm gonna attempt to get back in the groove of things and type a wee little post. I certainly have missed you girls and all of your lovely blogs, but I have to say, it was surprisingly refreshing to let go of the computer for a bit. Don't get me wrong, I think this community is one of the best things that's ever happened to me, but sometimes I get so wrapped up in it that I forget to notice all the beautiful things around me.
In my technology-free (iphone excluded) week I feel like I've absorbed a lifetime of inspiration. I interviewed my grandmother about her family and their experiences during major American events such as the Civil War, the roaring twenties, the depression and the second world war, and I took tons of pictures of her old family photographs. Although she's eighty-three and getting weaker, she's still sharp as a whip and full of detailed stories dating all the way back to the early thirties. Being the history geek that I am I'm absolutely fascinated by her journey, and I'm just itching to share it with you all! Right now it's all a jumble, but once I get all settled in and rested up I'll be able to establish some sort of a timeline.
Aside from asking my grandmother far more questions than she could have ever imagined, I also squeezed in quite a bit of thrift time while I was gone.
After picking up a vintage red dress at Saver's a month back in Arkansas, I was kind of on a wild hunt for some Mickey Mouse ears to make the perfect Minnie Mouse Halloween costume. Although I wasn't able to find any ears, my sister did find an adorable Mickey Mouse cap to complete the look. Sure enough, I did it, the Halloween costume of my dreams, vintage and everything....but now it seems like I'll probably have to work. No parties, no trick or treating and no playing dress up for me in 2009.
Tragic, huh?
Since I have no need for it now, I figured I'd put the costume up for sell in my etsy shop in hopes that one of you could do her justice. Someone find her a Mickey, would ya?
After picking up a vintage red dress at Saver's a month back in Arkansas, I was kind of on a wild hunt for some Mickey Mouse ears to make the perfect Minnie Mouse Halloween costume. Although I wasn't able to find any ears, my sister did find an adorable Mickey Mouse cap to complete the look. Sure enough, I did it, the Halloween costume of my dreams, vintage and everything....but now it seems like I'll probably have to work. No parties, no trick or treating and no playing dress up for me in 2009.
Tragic, huh?
Since I have no need for it now, I figured I'd put the costume up for sell in my etsy shop in hopes that one of you could do her justice. Someone find her a Mickey, would ya?
