RetroBabs Vintage

The RetroBabs shop will be having a sale for St Patrick's Day.  Hope you can take advantage of it.  10% off items from March 1st to March 17th at midnight. http://www.etsyonsale.com/sellers?referralCode=DQTTWBU7IF sale I don't know about you all but I cannot wait for SPRING to arrive. Morning Glory vine from my garden.  Don't you love that sky blue color?? Here are a few photos to get you in the spirit of spring. Have a great day! Blessings Babs

My son-in-law told me he thought "Cursive" writing was a dying art.  (CURSIVE-You know the handwriting we learned in elementary school, the Palmer Method for penmanship. ) Kids are now allowed to print their homework and handwriting is a personal choice. (I think I am showing my age!!)  He is a Graphic Designer who specializes in fonts and has created a few unique ones of his own so he must know what he is talking about. ( Check out Digital Kitchen, a graphic design firm in Chicago and the title font for the HBO series TRUE BLOOD, which is his work.) If this is truly the case then this typewriter will be fabulous for the collector. It is from the 1970's, an Escort 55 by Montgomery Ward, a vintage manual typewriter with cursive font. with a dual ribbon it types in red and black It was made in Spain and it is a CURSIVE font typewriter!!! Too bad I do not know how to spell Etsy!! They are calling it script type on this sticker which is still attach

Happy New Year and Happy Superbowl day!  We were scheduled to have a party today but a foot of snow fell in Chicago so people kept cancelling. I cannot blame my guests but what am I to do with 5 lbs of spicy wings and a 20 inch pizza??  Hubby and I ate a few pieces and we froze the rest.  I thought you might like to see my latest project.  My mother graciously  gave me a chandelier that I believe came from my grandmother.  It is an antique and has beautiful hanging crystals.  I have always liked it and would never give it up because of the wonderful memories BUT....... it didn't really fit into my decor.  So I asked my hubby if he had anything we could put "around" it.  He has made other items for the yard as art- globes, obelisk type ornaments etc. Here is what he came up with once I described I wanted to do a Pottery Barn hack. He said the metal was from a snake  (a long ,thin piece of metal you put down a drain to unplug a clog).  I am not sure I needed t