Remember the blog lovin' for Miss Cherry Bubbles over at Past Life?? Well, I was the very lucky winner of the Victory On The Home Front contest!! Woohoooo!!!
The cookbook is both wonderful and a little frightening with the questionable food photo styling common to all 40's and 50's cookbooks - I'll definitely be trying a few recipes though!
I love the Knitting for Defense book and already see a few things Mr. Inky will like and the Make and Mend booklet is just fantastic! I've wanted that booklet for a long time and it has really wonderful information in it - including a snood pattern I already picked up some yarn for!
The coolest things are always handmade and Cherry included a beautiful bright red snood that matches my hair perfectly!! Here I am wearing the snood and trying out my new frames. I hadn't worn a snood yet with rolled bangs. I really like the way it turned out. How cool is it that the red matches so well!! Thanks so much, Cherry Bubbles!!
By the way, thank you all for the feedback on the frames and Shuron. I really hope those of you looking for new frames for yourself will check out Shuron, they really are wonderful to deal with and make a quality product.
I had my eye appointment on Friday and come to find out that a previous solution to my vision problems of one very nearsighted right eye and one moderately farsighted left eye that battle for control and cause dizzyness and blurred vision is still the best solution - to wear one right contact lens and use reading glasses for computer, reading and needlework needs.
So the Nusir Royale's become reading glasses - I need to make or get a funky little chain to wear them 'round my neck!
My fantastic optometrist, Dr. Graham at Envision Optometry, is a real gem. Not only super thorough but get this - I was looking for new sunglasses. I don't like modern frames with all their logo branding. I commented that they should carry more vintage style frames. I had seen three pair in a display but they were all very small 50's era frames - not good for my face. The assistant says....oh, we have more. Suddenly she starts pulling out tray after tray after tray of vintage specs!!! It was the MOTHERLOAD!!
There were 40's era through 70's era frames for men, women and children. It turns out Dr. Graham's Dad was an optometrist and this was his old stock, and some old family frames as well. I narrowed it down to five or six choices for new sunglasses ;) That remains just a tease - I'll post a picture when I get them back next Friday!!
8 comments:
Looking Good in your Homefront gear!
That's fantastic, what a lucky find! Sometimes you just have to ask...
Loving the whole look!
Very homefront domestic Goddess!
You look like the tea sandwiches are made and you're just waiting for the ladies commitee to swing by so you can finalize prep for the big USO dance!
You lucky broad, you! (That kind of thing never happens 'round these here parts.) Way to nab the mega glasses score of a lifetime!
Gee, I just have to say that you look, hmmm... victorious ;) What a great photo!
Love love love the new frames - they look swell on you!
oh so jealous!
What a perfect match with your hair and the snood! And may i just say that those glasses look wonderful on you! Can't wait to see these sunglasses too.
xx
I am very jealous of your eye doctor's frame stash - I'm always scouting vintage frames for backup glasses, my eyes are terrible and every year means a new prescription. I've been stalking Shuron frames for a year or so, thinking about using them for a pair of prescrip sunglasses. Did you buy your Shuron frames directly from the company? I haven't contacted them yet, but planning on doing so very soon!
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