tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4349718204985663262024-03-04T20:46:37.535-08:00Hatfeathers VintageVintage Clothing from Bygone Eras.
Items from Victorian through the 80s, specializing in 40s to 60s. Click our logo below to go to www.hatfeathersvintage.comHatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-32249458027516361892010-10-31T18:39:00.000-07:002010-10-31T18:51:01.802-07:00We have moved....won't you come to visit?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArXuHAzldjHj-QBUMTpOtyx2ihkgXNLljnkg2g0guRB_Oug10_pFogFSXlrJEN2KTLVqxNhLQIpuEJOYwBolz_g_8rrEtSXUvRMVGxkIDbymW3mYsf58rNUCMgQTUDg6mRPuRxLBi_BgT/s1600/moving+truck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArXuHAzldjHj-QBUMTpOtyx2ihkgXNLljnkg2g0guRB_Oug10_pFogFSXlrJEN2KTLVqxNhLQIpuEJOYwBolz_g_8rrEtSXUvRMVGxkIDbymW3mYsf58rNUCMgQTUDg6mRPuRxLBi_BgT/s320/moving+truck.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534392824176443186" /></a><br />Hatfeathers Vintage has grown so much lately...and our new site shows it!<br />We have moved our blog over to that site, and hope that you'll come see what we have to offer there. I've moved over a few "classic" posts just to see how they look in the new space. <br />You are invited!!!<br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/blog/">The NEW Hatfeathers Blog</a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-80137148934815257952010-08-16T17:19:00.001-07:002010-08-16T17:19:54.068-07:00A little down time....HatfeathersVintage.com will be down for a few days starting very soon (August 16th). We are working on a new and improved site platform with a new shopping cart. It will also be easier for me to use, so maybe I can get more stuff listed! Yeah!<br />If you were wanting to buy something, email me, we can work around the system.Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-90523036820850263642010-08-06T18:18:00.000-07:002010-08-06T18:24:45.908-07:00A few new items in the shop...Just added, four lovely cotton dresses...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3076-Blue-Print-Dress/Vintage-Print-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3076-Blue-Print-Dress/Blue-Novelty-Print-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2747-Pink-Striped-Day-Dress/Vintage-Pink-Day-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2747-Pink-Striped-Day-Dress/Pink-Vintage-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3020-Vintage-Green-Print-Dress/Vintage-Cotton-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3020-Vintage-Green-Print-Dress/Green-Print-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2001-Vintage-Yellow-Day-Dress/Vintage-Yellow-Day-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2001-Vintage-Yellow-Day-Dress/Yellow-Sun-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-54493474317637575582010-07-24T13:46:00.001-07:002010-07-24T13:46:11.263-07:00The best job in the world...<object id="flashObj" width="300" height="225" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/83327935001?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=104611123001&playerID=83327935001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/83327935001?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=104611123001&playerID=83327935001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="300" height="225" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><p>Mad Men is starting up again, now in Season 4, and following the timeline into the mid/late 60s. Costumer Janie Bryant has once again outfitted the cast to a tee. AMC has a little teaser video any vintie should see. I'd like to have a few minutes in their wardrobe trailer!!</p>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-3811176475810351662010-06-21T14:09:00.000-07:002010-06-21T15:04:09.471-07:00Items of the week....SWIRL dresses!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3291-Red-Swirl-Dress/Vintage-Swirl-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZBuqTCXZdrGUcdKh3uT047fWEBcPRdCPGbDsvr9h4HOdcOigi-A4tema-ofQmV6Z1Imwve5XDUnsAxPf8NuRhLWZ73XzssXI6hN72I6Q0Dgd9cKSRdafNDIEhs4zU0o1WjNW08CKZ554/s320/Red-Novelty-Swirl-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485350497337439138" border="0" /></a>I love Swirl dresses...I long to find one to fit me both in size and personality. Here are two recent additions to the site, both with the whimsical sense that Swirl dresses are known for. The red one, above, with an appliqued lobster and mitt pocket, and the pink one below, with a honeycomb pattern and embroidered bees. Dare I say it....they're both the bee's knees!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3292-Pink-Swirl-Bee-Dress/Vintage-Swirl-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3z9ZvMxeLwz7B5A2cQWKk0n59nzsN_JiAAHH9K734rfOiCxWUPZfKdF7UYJZ61CV5lqDudSWIZ4T60WuoLvT-XdL1swLoM11YaQtl1IK3wemHhVFEH_dE8jjjk7OE7yBV_XewiyetnPa/s320/Pink-Swirl-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485350771996063554" border="0" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-9982719567450484862010-05-10T08:40:00.000-07:002010-05-10T08:55:36.645-07:00New items added to the site...A headband hat with sequin shimmer...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3248-Black-Headband-Hat/Vintage-Headband-Hat.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3248-Black-Headband-Hat/Black-Headband-Hat-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A little black dress with texture galore...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2898-Black-Textured-Cocktail/Black-Vintage-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2898-Black-Textured-Cocktail/Vintage-Black-Cocktail-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A cute black cocktail with peekaboo lace...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3078-Black-Ridged-Cocktail-Dress/Vintage-Full-Skirt-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3078-Black-Ridged-Cocktail-Dress/Black-Ridged-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A red brocade cocktail with roses and a bow...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3071-Red-Cocktail-Dress/Red-Vintage-Party-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3071-Red-Cocktail-Dress/Red-Cocktail-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A black cocktail dress with a neat lace layer...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3166-Black-Lace-Party-Dress/Vintage-Party-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3166-Black-Lace-Party-Dress/Black-Lace-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A lovely day dress for an afternoon picnic...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/1731-Tan-Plaid-Dress/Vintage-Tan-Plaid-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/1731-Tan-Plaid-Dress/Vintage-Tan-Plaid-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A divine day dress...one of the best prints ever!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3019-Pink-Print-Dress/Vintage-Print-Dress.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3019-Pink-Print-Dress/Vintage-Pink-Print-Dress-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-56319786840474686952010-03-06T15:02:00.000-08:002010-03-06T15:07:48.114-08:00A whole lot of love for glovesI've posted ten new lovely pairs of gloves to the site; so pretty you'll wish you had more hands!<br />They're the perfect accessory to your vintage outfit, and just the right weight for spring wear. From brightly colored fun gloves, to beaded formal fare, you'll love these gloves!<br />Check them out in our <a href="file:///D:/Jenn/Ebay%20Files/WebsiteLogosAssorted/A%20Website%20Graphics%20&%20Pages/Accessories.html">Perfect Pairings Accessories section!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2960-White-Beaded-Gloves/White-Beaded-Glove-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2960-White-Beaded-Gloves/White-Beaded-Glove-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2941-Vintage-Red-Gloves/Red-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2941-Vintage-Red-Gloves/Red-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-10498536457462654652010-02-28T13:27:00.000-08:002010-02-28T14:01:33.217-08:00It's fedora day!FINALLY! I have posted six great vintage fedoras to my <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/WebsiteLogosAssorted/menswear.html">Menswear section</a>!<br />Poor boys, probably think I'd forgotten about them. However, I was given a gentle nudge by a date night rental of Public Enemies. If a sharp fedora can even make the already adorable Johnny Depp a little cuter in a hat like this one:<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ePqB2JkMe-h4TNPwu4VTpiPPfpNXUjNrFyA-URHnbIXjVx2LNdzxwaJMc1U1fGmgob89HJV9ysxX_rLsFPiKWje86MF0oINVxWmjTnlgg2dMsuyicIqcVX5yNpsg7FdL-p52tNd9_nFi/s1600-h/JohnnyDepp1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ePqB2JkMe-h4TNPwu4VTpiPPfpNXUjNrFyA-URHnbIXjVx2LNdzxwaJMc1U1fGmgob89HJV9ysxX_rLsFPiKWje86MF0oINVxWmjTnlgg2dMsuyicIqcVX5yNpsg7FdL-p52tNd9_nFi/s320/JohnnyDepp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443413260195474370" border="0" /></a><br />Then I should certainly not keep a hat like this one in the stock room, unseen, any longer:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20onblur=%22try%20%7Bparent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully%28%29;%7D%20catch%28e%29%20%7B%7D%22%20href=%22https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN1iKUeHxCA6duyrCU7JCD-W7x6y3G4qF5QoKTB6paL8Ni8bjU9h6kXZTnPqlrOdpIxhSeiRzOecVboDh_U7jlxX8t-uUQumHNekLPMSBtfgoinpdvOsPL5fMPWLF2JWqJ8lAelBU23DF/s1600-h/Stetson.jpg%22%3E%3Cimg%20style=%22margin:%200px%20auto%2010px;%20display:%20block;%20text-align:%20center;%20cursor:%20pointer;%20width:%20242px;%20height:%20300px;%22%20src=%22https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN1iKUeHxCA6duyrCU7JCD-W7x6y3G4qF5QoKTB6paL8Ni8bjU9h6kXZTnPqlrOdpIxhSeiRzOecVboDh_U7jlxX8t-uUQumHNekLPMSBtfgoinpdvOsPL5fMPWLF2JWqJ8lAelBU23DF/s320/Stetson.jpg%22%20alt=%22%22%20id=%22BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443413764596833778%22%20border=%220%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN1iKUeHxCA6duyrCU7JCD-W7x6y3G4qF5QoKTB6paL8Ni8bjU9h6kXZTnPqlrOdpIxhSeiRzOecVboDh_U7jlxX8t-uUQumHNekLPMSBtfgoinpdvOsPL5fMPWLF2JWqJ8lAelBU23DF/s320/Stetson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443413764596833778" border="0" /></a>OK, so the years aren't exactly right, Johnny's Dillinger was in the 30's, and my wide brim Stetson is from the 50's, but the general idea is there for all but the purest fedora fan.<br /><br />Then, while catching up on back episodes of <a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/series/whitecollar/">USA Network's new show White Collar</a>, which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it, I am prodded yet again to list my fedoras by the stylish main character portrayed by Matthew Bomer. In the first episode he is released from jail to help solve crimes similar to those he has committed. He is given the option of staying in a ratty motel, or somewhere else if he can find something better for the same price. He needs clothing, and while at a vintage shop, meets up with a kind woman who is donating her late husband's vintage suits. He charms his way into her life, and into his designer retro duds, and voila! Another fedora (and killer suits) is out of storage and onto a lovely head!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilofTT7GZJeB1h-k2TGlfkOoavTemk9GG7IBxzldNp3hC8YVEdjNo0KKyXMW9LLGkyYy1AETd-PHIFUFcNoemRJFF_D0qnrET7sFHmTKOZq-NYA1RoSVH3O_nJxvHqMOVC0q7xTuQaTxD_/s1600-h/WhiteCollar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilofTT7GZJeB1h-k2TGlfkOoavTemk9GG7IBxzldNp3hC8YVEdjNo0KKyXMW9LLGkyYy1AETd-PHIFUFcNoemRJFF_D0qnrET7sFHmTKOZq-NYA1RoSVH3O_nJxvHqMOVC0q7xTuQaTxD_/s320/WhiteCollar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443416434965762226" border="0" /></a>I think my similar offering of a <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3200-Navy-Stingy-Fedora/Vintage-Fedora-Hat.html">navy blue Knox Flying Cloud</a> will help a fella get closer to this look:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-R9zbI4WvgTengAE2Ws4sgpvyOMTUYE_Q2fFtcEaHVQAynN4vg6ClVtJ9Rsj6BRABiok2mCXG1JoO-PDxEDcBDiMnTaeVWPDvwubhyphenhypheni7Cwd37mVgGJtvse1gIoh5okVH4UnbOypuU3MQ/s1600-h/Fedora.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-R9zbI4WvgTengAE2Ws4sgpvyOMTUYE_Q2fFtcEaHVQAynN4vg6ClVtJ9Rsj6BRABiok2mCXG1JoO-PDxEDcBDiMnTaeVWPDvwubhyphenhypheni7Cwd37mVgGJtvse1gIoh5okVH4UnbOypuU3MQ/s320/Fedora.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443417261991529426" border="0" /></a>Stop by the <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/WebsiteLogosAssorted/menswear.html">Menswear section of Hatfeathers Vintage today,</a> to find your own unique wardrobe additions!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-66060812930571848782010-01-17T14:44:00.000-08:002010-01-17T14:48:23.014-08:00Just because it's fun...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX3t1gHUFt7r9s26Egey1bA29jzGdT-9OfgFrqrjKXlVtdWINuL_sv007b3am6EsdQWji99JIQhEDCtVDqpGoiwX-FiH8d78lj_HpdPz68_YtxswLhaC6ItAJyN99_DtugjXo-70uwTvi/s1600-h/Fling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX3t1gHUFt7r9s26Egey1bA29jzGdT-9OfgFrqrjKXlVtdWINuL_sv007b3am6EsdQWji99JIQhEDCtVDqpGoiwX-FiH8d78lj_HpdPz68_YtxswLhaC6ItAJyN99_DtugjXo-70uwTvi/s320/Fling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427843406374287122" border="0" /></a>Just wanted to share something fun. Occasionally, I run into whimsical tags and labels in clothing, like this one from the top of a pair of stockings. Who says support hose can't be whimsical and fun, too?Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-70002961469524526052010-01-16T09:03:00.000-08:002010-01-16T09:21:08.044-08:00Items of the Week....Skirt's the Issue!I decided to whittle away at the be-jillion skirts I have in the stock room this week. Have to start somewhere, eh!? I am charmed by each of these four selections, all for different reasons.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7_o6gGwHQJt2L_u9skkQY73uwtH1N9FFBww1QGfpPB2ABwreRpfUwhfvhyjKnY_J249pbxDOWVU5PUYTg5DYAuw616M19lvtUi8Nsa3rNYKiD7vVRn2bDCiRWM2c8cepsBqBLyKsS9Xh/s1600-h/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7_o6gGwHQJt2L_u9skkQY73uwtH1N9FFBww1QGfpPB2ABwreRpfUwhfvhyjKnY_J249pbxDOWVU5PUYTg5DYAuw616M19lvtUi8Nsa3rNYKiD7vVRn2bDCiRWM2c8cepsBqBLyKsS9Xh/s320/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427386210381649778" border="0" /></a>For simple charm, whimsical garden print, and reminder that sub-zero temps will soon be forgotten, I love <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3048-Black-Garden-Print-Skirt/Vintage-Print-Skirt.html">this simple print skirt</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">.</span> It has tiny watering cans and flowers!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7-2kmBzEqAbO5av5YbGXLwaQY14qGmfod_B2Z10dDcEinc-Cavv68RGubqw1snIo-uz7OK2LtNfdZRspfiWNTN5v7Ednbbc3l9Gf4j4qklOq_o8_PEhc8npyg3AmAFbJZ4R5TgT3jScy/s1600-h/Vintage-Full-Skirt-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7-2kmBzEqAbO5av5YbGXLwaQY14qGmfod_B2Z10dDcEinc-Cavv68RGubqw1snIo-uz7OK2LtNfdZRspfiWNTN5v7Ednbbc3l9Gf4j4qklOq_o8_PEhc8npyg3AmAFbJZ4R5TgT3jScy/s320/Vintage-Full-Skirt-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427386630967892258" border="0" /></a>For it's incredible fullness, and the skill it must have taken to stitch in row after row of cording to make the fun ridges that go all around this skirt (and to keep them straight!), <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3024-Blue-Full-Skirt/Vintage-Circle-Skirt.html">I love this navy blue skirt.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLETfD9midJ7ZU7Vz5Uj-bjkRVnpxPuNkZ5CvuBQwjJjzueGTCVFDGOsux6TNN7PgH_o57CCmK2Scd10uYfkD-_CcES9BMDl-K0WuSWitUJzaX_2BC1eSXlrXCNQbWBKPlS4E1n1iwMM0/s1600-h/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLETfD9midJ7ZU7Vz5Uj-bjkRVnpxPuNkZ5CvuBQwjJjzueGTCVFDGOsux6TNN7PgH_o57CCmK2Scd10uYfkD-_CcES9BMDl-K0WuSWitUJzaX_2BC1eSXlrXCNQbWBKPlS4E1n1iwMM0/s320/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427387182022166786" border="0" /></a>For a fun print, again reminding me that summer's posies will be in bloom eventually, I love <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3049-Paisley-Print-Skirt/Vintage-Floral-Print-Skirt.html">this simple, full, cotton skirt.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaf05-sj3rAqEbsIie5qy7x0SFtGz01WGRlq1wy4EjvyySBVqVqkhyDGi4W1ZLsfTyeWxvUuicA9GGxAGAOk9V8dl22DUvNl2VD5ps4Tmbajbm3q12BiZRgiNfzZ9x1hfKAvI9RUKDbKO/s1600-h/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaf05-sj3rAqEbsIie5qy7x0SFtGz01WGRlq1wy4EjvyySBVqVqkhyDGi4W1ZLsfTyeWxvUuicA9GGxAGAOk9V8dl22DUvNl2VD5ps4Tmbajbm3q12BiZRgiNfzZ9x1hfKAvI9RUKDbKO/s320/Vintage-Print-Skirt-Gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427387748731239474" border="0" /></a>And finally, for its bold coloring and theme worth crowing about, I love <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/3010-Vintage-Rooster-Print-Skirt/Vintage-Print-Skirt.html">this rooster print full circle skirt.</a> I'm not sure if they're fighting, loving, showing off in the barn yard, or dancing, but they're bold and beautiful! Chicken Dance, anyone?Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-62610701151890788992009-12-12T08:02:00.000-08:002009-12-12T08:11:55.903-08:00Items of the week<a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2870-Antique-Cream-Lace-Shawl/Antique-Lace-Shawl.htm">Ivory Cream Lace Mantilla Shawl</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwPGKBRqmy4-rXJARliowVDEHzXZKodWWdeNom7tKfbPkEMSKHKLgugc6OK_uA-tQQC25d4_w2i3IA9v5saIu2Bea0EqJHIj5pyZMndV8FM5IcNhBCSlfEmK8WF1GR-gRxl_40hj1audS/s1600-h/CreamLaceSM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwPGKBRqmy4-rXJARliowVDEHzXZKodWWdeNom7tKfbPkEMSKHKLgugc6OK_uA-tQQC25d4_w2i3IA9v5saIu2Bea0EqJHIj5pyZMndV8FM5IcNhBCSlfEmK8WF1GR-gRxl_40hj1audS/s320/CreamLaceSM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414382616878419602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2871-Antique-Black-Lace-Shawl/Antique-Black-Lace-Shawl.html">Black & Gold Lace Mantilla Shawl</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdRL2Ba7vYdB86UBLl2jCScrZSVYY1ERmC-wCIMyivRubTJCDehqV0XY3u4CKZeicXJ7bFEHO1SMq5c0tqxIIJnEx_yoO3a0cgHWVlS8bvb0mZax1FRaBZctyHpAggCOfpko0G8tPyQIu/s1600-h/BlackCreamLaceSM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdRL2Ba7vYdB86UBLl2jCScrZSVYY1ERmC-wCIMyivRubTJCDehqV0XY3u4CKZeicXJ7bFEHO1SMq5c0tqxIIJnEx_yoO3a0cgHWVlS8bvb0mZax1FRaBZctyHpAggCOfpko0G8tPyQIu/s320/BlackCreamLaceSM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414382503352310898" border="0" /></a><br />Finally, I've managed to get back to listing vintage on my site!<br />I'm starting out with a bang with these two gorgeous lace pieces. Either would be lovely as part of a wedding trousseau, one more traditional than the other, of course. Both are silky soft, like holding a cloud!Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-72472175365561629592009-12-01T11:10:00.001-08:002009-12-01T11:11:30.949-08:00Some holiday spirit...I'm having a bit of trouble getting into the holiday mood, or a happy mood for that matter, so I turned to YouTube and the Muppets. Some yule humor for you to share!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xpcUxwpOQ_A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xpcUxwpOQ_A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-1098142672985475882009-11-27T15:18:00.000-08:002009-11-27T15:28:00.411-08:00I couldn't have said it better myslef...really!My favorite shoe guru, Jonathan Walford of Kickshaw Productions, and author of several books on vintage, shoes, paper dresses and fashion history in general, has synopsized the decade in fashion. It really is hard to believe that a whole decade has past since the Y2K scare....where even the lamp at the gyno's office had to be checked and stamped as such (you know ladies...THE lamp). Now we are so wired in that those Y2K people look silly, and with any decade of fashion since the days of the fig leaf, we can look back and say we either did look silly, or we looked great!<br />So, grab a bottled water, a Starbucks, or some other silly 2K's beverage and have a read.<a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://kickshawproductions.com/blog/?p=1311#comments%22%3E%3C/a%3E"> I really couldn't have said it better than Jonathan. </a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-29703259954176977572009-10-14T14:26:00.000-07:002009-10-14T14:37:13.605-07:00Ralph Lauren thinks a size 4 is fat?<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33306968#33306968" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div><br /><br />Wow! If I actually bought any of Ralph Lauren's clothing, I'd boycott! <br />From what the Today Show is reporting, this model was fired for being too large.<br />As a graphic artist, I have to say that there is no way the person editing the photo of her, as shown in the video, didn't know exactly what they were doing. <br />I just don't get why this process has become so commonplace. Sure, fix the zit, maybe soften some deeper wrinkles a bit, zotz out that stray hair, but make a beautiful woman look like she just got out of Willy Wonka's taffy puller? It's just not right!Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-68164037033895324202009-06-20T17:40:00.001-07:002009-06-20T17:53:50.901-07:00Two found treasuresI've been busy scraping wallpaper at our "new" building...soooo much wallpaper. With 13' high ceilings, and 100+ years of wallpapering and paint over wallpaper, you can imagine the thickness of what I'm removing. Many of the patterns have been so rich, so colorful, even after all these years. I'm trying my best to get a few pieces to keep, but most of it just falls apart once it's off the wall. I did find this treasure yesterday, though. It was found just as my spirits were a bit diminished by the sweaty, gritty work (it's in the 90s and SO humid here in central Missouri). This was wedged between two layers of paper, on an area that oddly enough was not sticking to the wall anymore. It has a chunk of paint on the back, and a glob on the front, and it did tear (that's my modern tape in the top corner), but for having a date of 1923 on it, it's in good shape.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftvxl4Aq_CUO7VJX8KW3sKCfTBHy0O-QuOItXn37Lou4mzbmrt1DHAaBoJdB1wA9Bxx_ExqTKwLDPXOxQvnm2f6wOh_s6L2rn-kiqZ_iSogfvNng0y5EMqtYF6KLOvBK0SqQECAXv71Qs/s1600-h/Paper+Found+In+Trim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftvxl4Aq_CUO7VJX8KW3sKCfTBHy0O-QuOItXn37Lou4mzbmrt1DHAaBoJdB1wA9Bxx_ExqTKwLDPXOxQvnm2f6wOh_s6L2rn-kiqZ_iSogfvNng0y5EMqtYF6KLOvBK0SqQECAXv71Qs/s320/Paper+Found+In+Trim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349574436528025570" /></a><br />We don't know what was in our building before the furniture store that occupied it from the post depression to the 80s. Could this label for embroidery floss be a clue? A dry goods shop? Was the wife of the shop owner doing some handywork while waiting for her husband? We may never know!<br />We also may never know who this fellow was:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiSp7ByumxRwlBuOQhGngpdHhdPzZkuccq8Z3_NLV_qSHxw9nuwEca-9HPMLy1JFhwnT3nwG_nHdLQrTSTEgj85jSYeUyEtDPKwjYn57pDos644ung13nKMXwtYry6fgOLOO5POTUAFqk/s1600-h/Face+on+wall.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiSp7ByumxRwlBuOQhGngpdHhdPzZkuccq8Z3_NLV_qSHxw9nuwEca-9HPMLy1JFhwnT3nwG_nHdLQrTSTEgj85jSYeUyEtDPKwjYn57pDos644ung13nKMXwtYry6fgOLOO5POTUAFqk/s320/Face+on+wall.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349576410299231298" /></a><br />This is on the base, bare, plaster layer of the wall. He's been under their for a long time...especially if the embroidery floss gives a clue, as that was on top of two layers of paper already.<br />Our fellow on the wall was a real surprise as I scraped along. He appears to be in an Edwardian coat and collar. I get an Elvis mixed with Abe Lincoln vibe from him...but then I've been working really hard in the heat.<br /><br />I plan on putting in a few neat finds for the next folk, maybe some Obama clippings, a few local ads, a nice note. I just love finding treasures!Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-29162547466603340352009-06-07T12:38:00.000-07:002009-06-07T12:48:39.017-07:00Who the hell does this lady think she is!?I'm sorry, but I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to vintage. I'll be the first to say "chop the hem, raise the skirt" IF something had damage down there, and the only way to return it to wearable condition was to repair it. That's just peachy keen with me.<br />But this gal from Elle magazine has gone too far. She's whacked the bottom off a freakin' DIOR gown, and to add insult, has paired it with a tank top (A TANK TOP!!!!) to make a "dress to wear to a wedding". Now, she does warn against pairing such fine items with such a lowly fabric as cotton. No, she has used a silk and cashmere tank. Well, ok then. As long as you didn't pair it with cotton. <br /><div style='text-align:center'><object width='480' height='401' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><param name='movie' value='http://www.5min.com/Embeded/51044363/'/><embed name='FiveminPlayer' src='http://www.5min.com/Embeded/51044363/' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='480' height='401' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always'></embed></object><br/><a href='http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Upcycle-an-Old-Evening-Dress-51044363' style='font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;' target='_blank'>How to make an old evening dress new</a></div>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-55775067122365733712009-05-20T07:32:00.000-07:002009-05-20T07:33:56.769-07:00A nifty post by a vintage friendSince I'm so lame at posting blogs lately, I thought I'd pass on a wonderful post by Maggie of Denisebrain Vintage...enjoy!<br /><a href="http://denisebrain.blogspot.com/2009/05/style-ideas-from-my-parents.html">VINTAGE DENISEBRAIN: Style ideas from my parents</a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-74782712627213065262009-05-18T07:32:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:38:40.532-07:00My current project...Yes, my blogging has been a bit sparse lately, but with good excuse!<br />When I'm not running Hatfeathers Vintage, I'm working on my other company, doing graphics, printing, and that sort of thing. We've decided to expand, and are renovating an old building downtown to house it.<br />What are we, nuts!? Yep. <br />If you'd like to watch the progress of the building renovations, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hatfeathersvintage/sets/72157617566196125/">I've made a Flickr set</a> for the progress pics.<br />Hatfeathers will keep going, and will get more attention once the dust settles (literally). I'll concentrate more on stock than the extraneous stuff like blogs and social sites. <br />Now, if only I can figure out how to operate at 100% without sleep.Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-18573338082087191672009-04-28T15:05:00.000-07:002009-05-05T14:50:09.386-07:00Items of the week...Doin' it Gunne StyleThey say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and these dresses do just that-imitate. Gunne Sax by Jessica McClintock was an extremely popular line of dresses in the mid to late 70s. The style was imitated by other companies and by home seamstresses, as shown by these four dresses currently gracing our "Mid 70s to 80s" section. The hippie boho look is back...so get your Gunne on. Sort of.<br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2653-Cream-Lace-Bell-Slv/Vintage-70s-Maxi-Dress.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2653-Cream-Lace-Bell-Slv/Vintage-70s-Maxi-Dress-Gallery.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2698-Cream-Lace-Dress/Vintage-70s-Maxi-Dress.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2698-Cream-Lace-Dress/Vintage-70s-Lace-Dress-Gallery.jpg" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-59679564787622706182009-04-11T13:17:00.000-07:002009-04-11T14:03:42.997-07:00Out of hybernation...Vintage thoughts on gardening<a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/WebsiteLogosAssorted/GreenGirl.jpg" /></a> <br /><br />Spring is, well, springing up all around the Hatfeathers Vintage studio. The quince bush is in bloom, trees are budding, and the deer have done their annual beheading of the tulips that were planted long ago. There's still a threat of frost in our Midwest location, so the garden tasks are limited...or are they!?<br /><br />I was inspired by <a href="http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3097">this article from the National Gardening Association's</a> Maggie Oster. She talks about the old idea of a "victory garden". In the WW2 era, the victory garden was simply a family's household garden, planted to extend the family's available foods in time of rationing, and to free the items from farmers for the war effort.<br />A victory garden could also help families with lots of mouths to feed and little to buy food with. <br />My husband told the tale of how his Grandmother put tomatoes in everything. A mother of 12 (yes, 12 single-birth babies!), she had to make the family budget stretch 'till it screamed for mercy. How else do you feed 14 on the income of a carpenter? You grow as much as you can in the summer, can it, and feed the family all year on what you grew in those few summer months.<br />I can guarantee the veggies she grew tasted far and away better than the anemic lettuce and pink gritty tomatoes from the super market.<br /><br />So what can you be doing now to make your budget stretch? Here's some quick ideas:<br />1) Start building a garden bed. Clear off any size of yard that you can spare; pull up the sod (grass), amend it with compost, top soil, and shredded leaves. Till or spade-mix it in when the soil is dry enough to not clump, but moist enough to work with. Surround it with cedar or redwood timbers, rocks, plastic edging, or bricks, or just trench deeply around it and mulch heavily to keep grass at bay.<br /><br />2) Not a square of Earth to spare? Get a few 5 gallon buckets, an old wash tub, or any type of vessel that will hold a foot deep or more of potting soil. You can use old latex (not oil) paint buckets, but you will need to make an extra effort to scrub out ALL the paint, and wash them thoroughly before using. Make sure there are some drainage holes, either by drilling or hammering a nail through the bottom. Fill with quality potting soil-not top soil, as it will turn solid as a rock in a container. I grew more and better tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets than I ever have in the ground. Go figure.<br />Just put them somewhere that gets a good amount of sun, but won't bake the pots, so on a patch of ground is great, on a slab of cement is less than ideal. If a cement slab is all you have, make sure to perch the buckets on some bricks, so air can flow underneath and cool the soil in the bucket.<br /><br />3) Start a compost pile. Most city trash pick ups don't allow yard waste. A compost bin or pile is a great way to recycle your clippings and kitchen veggie waste. <a href="http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/G06957.htm">I highly recommend this site for</a> learning about composting options. I have the one in Figure 3, and regularly harvest several wheelbarrow loads of wonderful black soil for my garden out of it. I also have NEVER had to burn leaves, and NEVER have veggie peels or scraps in my trash. We have 6 100 year old massive maple trees (and several smaller ones) on our lot, which make a lot of leaves in the fall. With my compost bin and mulching mower, I make light work out of fall foliage. My neighbor with 4 trees is still regularly burning leaves even in the spring, and clears the neighborhood of playing kids with the stench. (yes, I am on a soapbox, why?)<br /><br />4) Install a rain barrel. Catching the water off your roof is a great way to recycle, or at least to keep your water bills down. There are oodles of commercial types available, and there's even a YouTube video on making your own. Rain water is loads better for plants, even if it's a week old, as it is not treated with the chemicals that municipal water supplies get. They don't have much for pressure, so watering far away isn't feasible, unless you like lugging buckets, but for filling the watering can to get to the potted plants around the house, or for the kitchen bed close by the barrel, gravity will give you plenty of help.<br /><br />You can easily plant spinach, radishes, and lettuces from seeds with little or no skill. Some other veggies require more thought for spacing and depth, but can be done. Every garden center around will soon have starts (pre-planted plants) of anything from tomatoes to cantaloupe, for you to put into your prepared beds or buckets. Even if you spend $3-$5 on a pack of plants, if you get 1 measly pound of veggies from it, you have made back your money. The opportunity to garden with your children is worth your time, as well. It is great to watch their eyes light up when they see the process in motion, and when they realize veggies don't start under fluorescent lights and cellophane. You might also be shocked by what they will try; my son, then age 6, ate the majority of our spinach crop last year, raw and right out of the washing bowl! We'll plant twice as much this year!Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-35262406191494059672009-03-28T15:08:00.000-07:002009-03-28T15:26:00.665-07:00Enjoying some vintage musicI've been a bit distracted from my vintage duties the last week or so...life does that some times!<br />I wanted to share some great music, though. I heard this great singer, June Christy, on the AOL Radio music plugin that came with the AOL Instant Messenger doo-hickey. (tech term much?) I've really loved the Big Band & Swing category of the jazz section on there.<br />Anyway, in times of topsy turvy-ness, uncertainty, and bleak news, a bit of vintage-style lighthearted happiness is in order:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c5DHNy9B0l0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c5DHNy9B0l0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And my all time fave, and who I'd like to be when I grow up...if I can somehow transform into a perky, petite blond, Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/19uSnQRalpA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/19uSnQRalpA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-53611901066491331312009-03-18T13:40:00.000-07:002009-03-18T13:51:52.317-07:00Items of the week...A Gaggle of GlovesI'm working away at the massive pile of gloves that has grown in the studio. They are now organized (hooray!) and photographed (hooray!) and all but these need to be written up and listed (sigh...). <br />Buy a dress and gloves together...with no extra cost to ship the gloves! (hooray!)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2958-White-Eyelet-Gloves/Vintage-White-Formal-Glove.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2958-White-Eyelet-Gloves/Vintage-Eyelet-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2939-Vintage-Salmon-Pink-Gloves/Vintage-Pink-Dress-Gloves.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2939-Vintage-Salmon-Pink-Gloves/Vintage-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2944-Vintage-White-Mod-Gloves/Vintage-Mod-Dress-Gloves.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2944-Vintage-White-Mod-Gloves/Vintage-Mod-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2942-Vintage-Teal-Gloves/Vintage-50s-Teal-Gloves.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2942-Vintage-Teal-Gloves/Vintage-Teal-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2959-Vintage-White-Gloves/Vintage-White-Dress-Gloves.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2959-Vintage-White-Gloves/Vintage-Mod-Gloves-Gallery.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2940-Vintage-Lavender-Gloves/Vintage-Lavender-Dress-Gloves.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2940-Vintage-Lavender-Gloves/Vintage-50s-Dress-Gloves-Gallery.JPG" /></a>Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-89202932947785220192009-03-04T12:49:00.000-08:002009-03-14T19:05:15.558-07:00Items of the week...My favorite prom dress so far<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/BlogImages/Vintage-Red-Prom-Dress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 579px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/BlogImages/Vintage-Red-Prom-Dress.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I've been in the vintage game for seven years now, so I've seen a lot of prom dresses, and each gives me just a little bit of giddy, girly glee. This one, though, well, gives me the full-on squeel-like-a-schoolgirl, dance-like-Snoopy, wave-my-arms-like-Kermit-the-Frog happiness.<br />The red is velvet, the white is flocked and glittered tulle, all over white taffeta. Yum. Add the strapless styling with angled wings off the bust, and the full skirt that can accommodate a mountain of crinolines. Wow.<br /><br />Find this and other great vintage dresses at <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com">HatfeathersVintage.com</a> in our Womenswear section.Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-45615309135719437342009-03-04T12:22:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:40:02.477-08:00Aprons...so much more than clothing<a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/WebsiteLogosAssorted/Aprons.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/BlogImages/FeedsackAprons.jpg" /></a><br />This commentary has made its way around the internet a few times. It was forwarded to me by my Grandpa, who no doubt remembers his Mother and Grandmothers wearing an apron. I, myself, cannot particularly remember either of my fore-mothers in an apron, but this does bring back memories of house dresses, home cooking, gathering in the garden, and Grandmotherly love. It was warm, soft, and smelled of fresh biscuits and rose scented perfume.<br />The vintage aprons in the images above are made from feed sack fabric from the 40s. It is soft, pretty, and unlike any fabric we have these days.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I don't think our kids know what an apron is.</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Author unknown</span><br />The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.<br /><br />It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.<br /><br />From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.<br /><br />When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.<br /><br />And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.<br /><br />Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.<br /><br />Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.<br /><br />From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.<br /><br />In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.<br /><br />When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.<br /><br />When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.<br /><br />It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.<br /><br />Send this to those who would know, and love, the story about Grandma's aprons. Or it can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.<br /><br />REMEMBER:<br />Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. <br /><br />They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. <br />I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron ..... but Love !!<br /><br />Find this and other vintage aprons at <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com">HatfeathersVintage.com</a> in our Apron Shop.Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434971820498566326.post-11172459507529604682009-03-04T12:05:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:27:18.184-08:00Something Saucy From the Kitchen!<a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/2597-Vintage-50s-Pink-Apron/Vintage-50s-Novelty-Apron.html"><img src="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com/BlogImages/PeekabooApron.jpg" /></a><br />What's cookin' sweetheart?<br />This fun vintage apron has a little something extra! The well dressed lady embroidered on the front is wearing a fun vintage circle skirt, stitched to stand out from the apron. Lift it, and see that our fair lady is wearing delightful lace ruffled tap pants in a matching pattern! Surprise!! Find this and other vintage aprons at <a href="http://www.hatfeathersvintage.com">HatfeathersVintage.com</a> in our Apron Shop.Hatfeathers Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783971439733518717noreply@blogger.com1