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Getting Your Vintage Craft On – Some Free Online Resources

Getting Your Vintage Craft On – Some Free Online Resources

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By Andrea I love shopping for vintage patterns and crafting magazines to add to my collection – but I also love freebies as well! It’s fantastic how the Internet has made sharing crafting resources so easy, and I’ve got some of my faves to share with you. First off, FreeVintageKnitting.com…

Kool Kitsch For Sale on eBay

Kool Kitsch For Sale on eBay

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By Sara In AZ No, it is not Saturday yet y’all! For the next few weeks I will be running ‘Kool Kitsch’ on Thursday and Saturday! I thought with Christmas just a few weeks away you might just see the perfect gift here for your loved ones or for yourself.…

Some Recent Finds!

Some Recent Finds!

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By Andrea A lot of the pre-Christmas antique shows and sales have been occurring around these parts, and I’ve made some great scores I am eager to share with you all! I am a sucker for vintage notions – especially when I can get them for cheap! I got these…

Refinishing Our Heywood Wakefield M328 Desk Bookcase…….The Definitive Post on Refinishing!

Refinishing Our Heywood Wakefield M328 Desk Bookcase…….The Definitive Post on Refinishing!

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By Sara In AZ Sooooooo, as many of you have already figured out by now I am a sucker for Heywood Wakefield blonde furniture. I am SUCH a sucker for H-W that I always seem to get myself involved in these crazy refinishing projects so I can buy the furniture…

Sara’s Horrendously Long ‘Retro’ House Hunt Continues……..With Some Crazy Results!

Sara’s Horrendously Long ‘Retro’ House Hunt Continues……..With Some Crazy Results!

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By Sara In AZ Yep, that’s right………Mike and I are still looking for our dream time capsule house! STILL!!! I tell you what, it’s hard here in Phoenix…..where apparently the lovers of time capsule homes are few and far between. It is also hard because we are searching for a…

Restoration of a Vintage 1950s/1960s Perforated Wall Sconce

Restoration of a Vintage 1950s/1960s Perforated Wall Sconce

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By Sara In AZ Ok, so y’all have probably figured out that I am some kind of crazy project nut by now! I see a vintage ‘pretty’ all messed up……I want to make it all better again. I think I need help! hee! I came across this old wall sconce…

Sara’s Pink Atomic Shadowbox Goes From a Little Drab To Super Fab!

Sara’s Pink Atomic Shadowbox Goes From a Little Drab To Super Fab!

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By Sara In AZ I’m sure y’all remember my pink atomic shadowbox from my ‘Kitschy Vintage Finds’ post last week. I super LOVE my new shadowbox, but I could tell one thing was missing. I could tell there used to be some kind of backer on there. I had no…

My Vintage Volkswagen Westfalia – Tutorial For Upholstering Strange Shapes

My Vintage Volkswagen Westfalia – Tutorial For Upholstering Strange Shapes

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By Andrea Things are going fantastically with our Volkswagen (with the exception of some wrong trim that I ordered – ooops!), but instead of just bringing you a progress report, I thought I would bring a tutorial instead – upholstering strange shapes.  This doesn’t just apply to auto upholstery, but…

Removing The Musty Smell From Vintage Magazines – An Experiment

Removing The Musty Smell From Vintage Magazines – An Experiment

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By RetroRuth Recently I bought a bunch of vintage magazines off of eBay. Cheap. I am sure you already know where this story is going, right?  Gullible girl sees cheap mags, buys cheap mags, then sadly finds out why mags were so cheap. But I didn’t let my previous life…

My Vintage Volkswagen Westfalia – Progress Report #2

My Vintage Volkswagen Westfalia – Progress Report #2

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By Andrea We’ve made tons of progress on our Westfalia, and I am excited to show you all!  First, the body: Believe it or not, this is an improvement!  The paint job that was done on this van previously was not the best, and there were a lot of areas…

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