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My Journey Into Vintage Pyrex

Like a lot of vintage lifestyle enthusiasts, I have a soft spot in my heart for vintage bakeware. I love all sorts of brands — from Fireking to Prest-o, and Hotpoint but I’ve recently dipped a toe into vintage Pyrex …

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Vintage Style Icon: Gwen Stefani

I admit it — lately, I’ve been on kind of a 90s kick. The music, the clothes, the clouds of CK One. I’m having a mid-life!

There was something really sweet and simple about those days, something to look back …

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A Vintage Fourth of July in Rural Missouri

Well, I’m still on my hiatus but being the patriotic vintage gal I am (the kind who’s often moved to tears by the Star Spangled Banner), I had to share a little of my lazy, vintage Fourth of July with …

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Update: Short Hiatus

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When hinges creek in doorless chambers… ( The Peery House )

When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls; Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still – that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!

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Vintage Victorian Christmas at Vaile Mansion

One of the nice things about always being on the go, down some highway or other, is that it gives you experiences. New places, new people, spending time in towns and cities you’ve never been and, for someone like me …

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