Food Advertisements (part 2)

I didn't know they had ready made biscuit dough in the 40s!

Food Advertisements (part 1)

Here is another installment of ads from Woman's Home Companion. I have so many advertisements of food, tomorrow I will be posting more! I love the reciepes that go with them!

Little Women 1949

I didn't even remember there was a 1949 version of Little Women. I know I have seen it, it has just been a long time. The ad is from one of my new magazines! That is what brought it back to mind. How can a version of Little Women not be fun? It is kinda like watching the many versions of Pride & Prejudice. I good story never gets old! Plus you can't go wrong will June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brian, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Vintage Ads

I recently pick up two Woman's Home Companion magazines from the late 40s. The advertisements are marvelous! I will be posting quite a few in the next week. Today's ads feature aprons! What else?!

Cute little mom and me half aprons. Didn't know they were in to saving water then too.

Love the kitchen! Look at that wallpaper!

They loved ruffles in the 40s.

Isn't the fabric cute on this apron?

Mystery Plant

Among the plants we bought last weekend is this mystery plant. It was only a dollar and had no label. At first I thought it was a black-eyed susan, now I am now sure. It really doesn't look like the black-eyed susan I already have. A different variety? Or maybe the same family? Maybe it is a daisy? If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

Busy Weekend

This weekend was a whirl of activity. It was also very exciting as we got a lot done. But the most exciting part was getting a new stove!! Not just a new stove, a convection oven! I didn't know if getting a convection oven was a good thing at first, but after a bit of research what wasn't there to like? 1.) It cooks more evenly then regular stoves. 2.) You can put more in the oven at one time without having to constantly watch for burning. 3.) Cooks quicker. 4.) It bakes better! Really, it just makes everything turn out better! Probably because our old oven was on the fritz and wasn't cooking. 

So Friday night we started the testing. Whipped out pizza for dinner and a batch of Chocolate Zucchini Muffins for dessert. What a difference! The pizza crust was light and crusty without being soggy in the middle. The muffins were tall and fluffy. I could go on all day, how amazing this oven is! We had more plans for baking on Saturday and Sunday but we got distracted by a bit of gardening. My sister and I ended up giving all the flower beds and garden a good weeding, which it desperately needed. Then we re-arranged a few plants and planted a few more flowers. All in all a fun weekend, but busy. Especially after we helped side our brothers house on Sunday.

This week I am looking forward to trying bread and cake in the convection oven. Anyone ever baked with a convection oven before?

Knitted Dishcloths



I love the beige with the aqua. So cool looking.



Here is one of my lastest projects, hot off the needles! Knitted dishcloths! It such a fun simple project. They are so simple to make, but it took me awhile to remember how to make them as I kept over thinking it!

Here are the directions for knitting Simple Dishcloths.

Cast on 3 stitches. Increase in first stitch (I used the knit front and back of stitch increase), knit rest of stitches. Continue knitting back and forth increasing in first stitch until there are 45 stitches. Now decrease second stitch of every row (knit two together). When there are 6 stitches left knit one, decrease twice, knit last stitch. Bind off last 4 stitches.

Sometimes it is nice to knit something mindless. (for watching Doris Day,  reading, traveling)