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Masterpiece

by admin on January 3, 2012

Girl on a Swing

Made by Tano of Madrid

Lovely 1960's evening bag

Own a masterpiece...another Tano of Madrid.

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Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life, I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot’? Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does it mean if we happened to forget them, we should remember them, which is not possible because we [...]

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All That Glitters…

November 30, 2011

Thanksgiving has come and gone and I can’t believe that tomorrow is December 1st! My son was home from Chicago for the week and I enjoyed that so much, I haven’t done anything else. Wasn’t it yesterday we were handing out candy to the trick or treaters? Time is going by so [...]

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Exotics!!

November 14, 2011

Lions, and tigers and bears - oh my!
or ostrich, python, and alligator, OH MY!!

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Pack Your Bags

November 5, 2011

These are the cutest vintage compacts! Designed to look like small suitcases, with two having travel stickers. How great was traveling back in the day, when your suitcase was stamped like a passport!
These are a little small, but I like using old compacts for carrying business cards in my purse. Will be [...]

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40’s

October 31, 2011

One of my favorite eras is the 1940’s. I love the fashion from this period. This year, designers have embraced the 40’s…Miu Miu has a beautiful collection of shoes and dresses. Gucci, as well, with the fur embellishments. Persian lamb fur, I’m happy to say, has a revival this fall and winter.
Featuring [...]

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Happy Halloween

October 28, 2011

Evenlyn Ankers knew how to faint! Have a Happy Halloween weekend everyone!

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Haunted Mansion

October 27, 2011

The last couple of weeks, I have been working on decorations for a school luncheon. I have the month of October and we chose ‘Haunted Mansion’ as our theme. The budget was small, so had to decorate on a shoestring. I was in drama in high school, and loved building and working on [...]

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Wild About Harry!

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Some of my favorite vintage purses are designed by Harry Rosenfeld. He made high end, fashion designer purses during the mid-century. There is always something special about a Rosenfeld purse…gold spirals that hold the handle, an ornate frame, a unique clasp. He also made beautiful exotic skin purses using, ostrich, turtle, alligator and [...]

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