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    Show us what you've made!

    Ooh!Love the pearl charm braclet.That is gorgeous!
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    Take the "Time Travel Challenge!"

    I suppose as a lady there is the old 'meet a good man and marry him route'.Just would need to find a church that would accept 'my records were in flood X or earthquake Y'...No shortage of historical disasters in a country of wooden buildings placed squarely on the pacific ring of fire.Today we...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I am trying to get up the courage to dress up in public.I live in a small rural town and I get so annoyed when I see all the people in rubber boots,pajamas and the like going around the streets.Especially pajamas.I had severe postnatal depression and two small kids but I still put pants on to...
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    Show us what you've made!

    I just can't wait for the post to arrive.I won an online auction for a 1946 womans magazine with the original patterns intact and found in an op-shop some lovely burgundy matte crepe and a matching zipper. Fabric and zipper $2.50 NZ dollars(about $1 U.S) and magazine $20 including postage NZD($9...
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    Modern Vintage Products

    love lipcote.It is available here in New Zealand and without it I could never wear red lippy as I'm a grazer for snacks and terribly absent minded about touching my lips:)
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    Take the "Time Travel Challenge!"

    In 'between the wars' New Zealand you could just say you had come straight off the boats and lost your papers.I would avoid certain areas of New Zealand because that was a bad decade or two for quakes,so Auckland I guess as our biggest city.Temp agency apply for retail or cook-general...
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    Show us your vintage knitting and crochet!

    I wish I could crochet!most of the things I want to make don't come in a knitted version it seems. I have done the 30s '3 hour jersey' and liked it so much in the experimental cheap acrylic that I am doing it again in some lovely emerald green merino mix I thrifted:)
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    Modern Products with Vintage Style Packaging

    wish we got some of those products over here but I have noticed a whole bunch of New Zealand things are being relisted in retro packaging.Some soaps ,cereals etc haven't changed much anyway:)I will always take the retro pack,besides things like the coke retro bottle is a lovely little 6 ounce...
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    Show us what you've made!

    wow.This is non stop inspiration:)

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