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  1. J

    Can you help me to find my wedding hairstyle?

    Do what you love. It's your wedding, and you will be looking at these photos for the rest of your life. Choose something that makes you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world!
  2. J

    Darn moths!

    As Smuterella said, freeze the item for 24 hours. Then unfreeze for 24 hours, to let any eggs (which will not be killed by the initial freeze) begin to hatch, then freeze the little suckers again for another 24 hours to kill them. Clothing moths cannot chew through cellulose. So wrap all your...
  3. J

    Body Shape

    My Gramma told me, many years ago, that your body "type" wasn't so much how you were shaped at that moment, but how you put on weight. If your breasts change size and you get a bit of a tummy when you are at a higher weight then you are an apple. If (like me, at least until I started...
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    From mother to daughter

    My Gramma's wedding dishes. They are Shelley "Dainty Blue" pattern, and a complete set of 12, including the tea service and soup tureen. They were her absolute pride, and on prominent display in her home. Every birthday she would take them out for use, and she never failed to remind me that...
  5. J

    Sewing help, how to get thin straps right side out again.

    You can find them on doll making supply web sites, in different sizes. Doll makers use them for turning fingers and skinny arms and legs.
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    weight gain options, yes you read it right

    For my patients who need to gain weight, or who have difficulty eating for whatever reason we usually recommend a liquid dietary supplement such as Boost. When I was pregnant and throwing up so much that I was losing weight (not what you want to do when you are pregnant) I tried it (and threw...
  8. J

    The Health of Military Surplus Stores

    I used to work in one when I was a teenager. It was along a street that had several army surplus stores in a row - as well as a Harley Davidson shop and a couple of strip clubs (I was glad that I wasn't working in the strip clubs)! Now there is only one left, and it doesn't have the really old...
  9. J

    Correspondence - Find a Pen Pal

    I'm too shy to message anyone, but I'd like a pen pal if anyone would like to write to me. I live in Canada, am married, am a mum, am a knitter, and am also interested in books, music, and sewing.
  10. J

    Lace it up - The true Corset thread

    I read this and remembered my wedding dress fitting. The poor sales lady pulled out her measuring tape while I stood in my skivvies surrounded by just about every wedding-mad female family member I possessed. She measured my bust. "Thirty three" she proclaimed. My waist next "Twenty four."...
  11. J

    Best beauty decision you've made?

    Switching to OCM and mineral make ups. Forcing myself to drink 2L of water a day...and this last one is more of a lifestyle decision than a beauty one, but it reduces my stress levels, makes me feel better and consequently look better; meditating for at least 15 minutes every day.
  13. J

    What makeup are you wearing today?

    Neutrogena sunscreen SPF 110 (yes, one hundred and ten, and I still tan through that, I am very sensitive to the sun!) Alima Pure finishing powder in Hannae Alima Pure eyeshadow in Cimmaron and Alima Pure matte foundation in Neutral 0 on my browbone only (I use it like a highlighting eyeshadow)...
  14. J

    30s Culottes: I'm Loving Them LOTS

    I have this pattern (from the late 40's, but I still think they are terrifically cute): https://www.etsy.com/transaction/80744250 and plan to make them as soon as I finish little girl second birthday sewing. I want to make two pairs, one in medium weight black wool lined with silk, the other in...
  15. J

    What are you listening to?

    This week: Jeff Martin, Jesse Ferguson, Liu Fang, Anouar Brahem, Tricot Machine, Amer Ammouri, Stefano Pando, VNV Nation, Coeur de Pirate. I know, a bit eclectic, huh?
  16. J

    Ukulele

    Like this? http://larkinam.com/BanjoUke.html That first one doesn't seem too bad to me, but when you play the oud 240$ or so seems like a steal! (it could be cheaper because it sounds like cardboard, though, I donno) My "cheap" turkish oud was 550$ (and it goes out of tune as soon as you...
  17. J

    Favorite Authors

    Sarah Waters - because every single one of her books has had me spellbound and left me stunned. Niel Gaiman - wonderful storyteller whose sense of the bizarre and outré appeal to my gothic sensibilities. Richard Adams - for his depictions of and obvious love and respect for animals. Charlie...
  19. J

    Not trying to be cute, but...

    I wish someone would call me cute. For years, in many different situations, wearing many different types of clothes and hair I have gotten "You look so...original.", which really doesn't sound like a compliment at all, it sounds like the person just substituted "original" for "weird" or...
  20. J

    Beauty secrets of famous ladies

    Ah! I have the answer to this! My Gramma told me about this. She was always bemoaning her small mouth (which I inherited, my daughter however has her daddy's pretty pout) It's a clothespin. On your lower lip, while you sleep. I'm assuming that it would give you an almighty bruise, thus the...
  21. J

    Blue Black dye?

    I kept my hair blue-black for a couple of years (it is currently dark purple-red, in recovery from hot pink and the vast amounts of bleaching it needed to be hot pink). I used L'Oreal Feria shade 21 (the blue black one), then added Manic Panic After Midnight Blue on top of that, giving it a...
  22. J

    Show Us Your Vintage 1920s & 1930s knitwear & Crocheted Garments

    If you can find it in the library "The Knitter's Book of Yarn" by Clara Parkes has a pretty good fibre run-down if you don't know what you are looking for, but generally for something that is going to get wet you want wool, since it will be able to absorb water without getting weighted down by...
  23. J

    Show us your vintage patterns!

    www.clothdollsupply.com has a great deal of vintage doll patterns that she sells photocopies of for reasonable prices. The photocopies are printed on nice paper, and are all complete. Of course if you want the *actual* vintage pattern for your collection, then you're out of luck, but I've...

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