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  1. maybelaughter

    Anyone play Bridge?

    i don't, but i want to learn! that and canasta. although i might have a hard time finding anyone around me willing to play with me :(
  2. maybelaughter

    Baby Names? Vintage?

    my name is katy joanna - my maternal grandmother's name was joan. my sister is laura emily - parental grandmother was emily, and there are a few laura's back in the family. my mother's grandmother's names were iris and hazel - aren't those wonderful names? on my father's side, my great...
  3. maybelaughter

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    we watched "francis the talking mule" last night. i thought it was just a movie, but there are four full lengths on the one disk?!
  4. maybelaughter

    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    one good thing to come from the '70's - pants and sweaters that are slim/long enough for my husband! (in the form of old things belonging to his dad/uncle...who thankfully didn't go for the extreme styles)
  5. maybelaughter

    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    looking at this thread makes me happy to have been raised by parents who sort of withdrew from the world during the 70's and 80's (and 90's too, but i was around by then!). they were back-to-the-landers and moved from st. pete/tampa bay, FL to the middle of the mark twain nat'l forest area in...
  7. maybelaughter

    Buy New, Vintage or Victorian Home?

    i adore old houses. ours is around 130 yeas old, or at least the original house was built then - there have been many little add-ons over the years. when we were looking to buy, we must have seen 100+ homes (not counting the ones online...). our price range was very low, and i'm very picky...
  8. maybelaughter

    girls in guy's garb

    someone mentioned the Audrey Tatou as Coco Chanel movie, but has anyone seen the Lifetime version with Barbara Bobulova? She looks amazing in the menswear bits of the movie - in the whole thing, really - she's at the top of my 'i wish i looked like _ in _ movie' list. i can't find many shots...
  9. maybelaughter

    What turns you on

    i'll second that! i doesn't happen very often here, only during the school breaks. yuck! i get really excited about silly things - like discovering a breed of sheep that are under 2 ft, that are also round and fuzzy, and have wool that's cashmere-level... ! seeing all the bulbs i...
  10. maybelaughter

    If I had to pick one girl from the golden era

    as far as classic girls who've been mentioned so far, i'm a fan of Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly, and though she's a bit later, i love Audrey Hepburn (but then, who doesn't?) i really like Ethel Merman! also, a bit later, Mitzi Gaynor is just too cute for words. (the first time i saw...
  11. maybelaughter

    anyone wear grey hair?

    when i was 15, i desperately wanted grey hair. silvery-grey streaks, if nothing else! my mother wouldn't let me die it, so i went for the second-best thing: sun bleached (with the aid of peroxide+conditioner cocktail) until it was white. i kept it up for years - winter months were aided by...
  13. maybelaughter

    weight gain how to dress?

    you sound just like me! i had some food issues when i was in jr high/high school, and gained a lot of weight - lost 40-50 pounds when i went vegan and started being more concerned about health. if your acne is coming back, you might want to cut down on sugar/oily/greasy things and dairy. (not...
  14. maybelaughter

    Jeeves and Wooster

    i simply adore jeeves & wooster! as well as anything and everything p.g. wodehouse. :) i introduced my mom to J&W, and she loves the series - wanted all the seasons for christmas. hugh laurie is one of my favourites, in a non-comedy, i love him as stuart little's dad. has anyone read his...
  15. maybelaughter

    Vintage Desecration - Things Altered/Repurposed, and a Vintage Treasure Lost Forever.

    the thing that bothers me the most is seeing these 'cute' little purses and things made out of old children's books! i won't even write in my modern textbooks, let alone gut a perfectly good book because you want the cover to be something else.... or the art made out of books/pages. granted...
  16. maybelaughter

    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office/tiny_tots_t-bar/30/5963/16209/1/ http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office/carol_t-bar/30/5329/14549/1/ http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office/cradle_t-bar/30/5642/15248/1/ i really, really, really want the green ones! why can't i find shoes like...
  17. maybelaughter

    Design a dress

    i recently found this site through a girl's blog, and i was reading on there that they've added a lot of new things - skirts and tops, fabrics an such - not sure how recently, but as this thread's about a year old, they might have a better selection now!
  19. maybelaughter

    Show us what you've made!

    deadpandiva - don't be mortified, you look wonderful! especially that smile! i love the green dress, the color is divine. i really like the neckline on the navy dress - it suits you well. the hat is adorable - my only hat attempt was very, very sad.... also, love the skirt - all of your...
  20. maybelaughter

    Can you help me date this item??

    if it didn't fit me perfectly in the thigh area (a miracle, i say!) it would be yours. :D i was looking through the 30's thread last night, and it seemed that a lot of illustrations showed (what looked like) excess fabric above the belt. not extremely loose, but perhaps not as fitted on...
  21. maybelaughter

    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    i need some shapewear advice... i previously owned nothing more than a pair of control-top tights, but after reading through this thread (and admitting to myself that i've gone a bit soft since i stopped working and went to school full-time), i've been thinking about purchasing some other type...
  22. maybelaughter

    Can you help me date this item??

    i recently won a dress on ebay, and it came in the mail today. the seller's description says anyway, i'm not wondering so much about the time of the dress as the intended style. (although, if anyone has a more defined idea of the year, that would be nice!) the lower half of this dress fits...
  23. maybelaughter

    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    i almost bought those last time i was in target - i was just excited to find a heel there that wasn't 4" high (or a stick thin thing...)! but they weren't a perfect fit, i had too much extra room behind my heel, so i passed them up... my funny shaped feet always let me down!

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