Happy Vintage Etsy Society Father's Day
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Happy Vintage Etsy Society Father's Day
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Get the Look: Cottage Garden
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| An American cottage garden, Sunset.com's test plot in Menlo Park, CA |
Cottage gardens are low(er) maintenance. You might find yourself deadheading and snipping back the unruly outliers, but the hallmark method of overplanting cuts down the weeding between plants because, once established, there is no "between plants."
Cottage gardens are often tasty as well as beautiful, since those of us who are drawn to that style of gardening are very open minded about what belongs in a flower bed. This year, I have a zucchini vine snuggled under my heirloom rose bush and purple cabbage plants next to the hydrangea. In previous years there's been corn in the cosmos and peppers mixed in with the salvia.
The inspiration for a cottage garden will always be the quintessential English plot with matching thatched roof cottage. But what you do with that inspiration is up to you. Once you have your flowers, what do you add in for interest? A bit of vintage galvanized something, a shabby old toolbox full of impatiens, a trusty Schwinn with a basket full of petunias...I found lots of inspiration for a Vesties and friends cottage garden...
'Get the Look: Cottage Garden' by RecentHistory
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Friday Night Movie: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Every week the Vesties team spotlights a favorite vintage movie. This week's guest blogger, Ms. Jeannie Ology, highlights the 1958 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Here's what she has to say:
I chose Cat on a Hot Tin Roof because we are now into the smoldering months of summer in the South and no other movie emphasizes the "heat" quite like this one. It is my most favorite Paul Newman movie and of course, Elizabeth Taylor is stunning.
It centers around troubled Brick (Paul Newman) who finds solace in drinking his past away while his wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) yearns for the affection of her complex husband.
It centers around troubled Brick (Paul Newman) who finds solace in drinking his past away while his wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) yearns for the affection of her complex husband.
'cat on a hot tin roof' by msjeannieology
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Vintage Rust
Compiled by Chantal Loves Vintage
This Vesties grid is in honour of Patti and her friends who had some sad news this week. We are all thinking of you and your friends.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tastes Like Vintage: Funny Cake
This week's Tastes Like Vintage guest blogger is Karen from Vintage Station.
When the call went out for vintage recipes, I snapped up the slot before Father's Day because I immediately thought of how much my father loved this cake.
My grandmother would make it for him, then the recipe was passed to my other grandmother who would make it for her favorite son-in-law. It was then that it was decided to make extra chocolate sauce (Part 1) because that's the way he liked it best. Now, I have the recipe and still make it with the extra sauce because that's the way I like it, too.
In this day and age, the only thing I do differently is buy store bought pre-made pie crusts and they are perfect. AND, I highly recommend Imperial margarine, I've tried others and they aren't the same. Don't forget, make some extra chocolate sauce.
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What is Funny Cake? It's part cake and part pie. It's a light cake but it's baked in a pie crust. You pour the batter into the pie crust, cover with a chocolate sauce, when it's done baking, the chocolate sauce is on the bottom, with just a few swirls of the chocolate throughout the cake.
I don't bake much, but this is one recipe from my Grandmother that I can do. It took me a few tries but I finally got it right.
Part 1:
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup hot water
Part 2:
1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup milk
1/2 cup margarine 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs 1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
2 9" ready-made pie crusts
Mix ingredients from Part 1 over low heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
From Part 2, mix together sugar, margarine and 2 eggs and add flour and milk, alternating the flour and milk. Add baking powder and baking soda. Mix until well blended.
Pour Part 2 equally into the two pie crusts, pour part 1 over that. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 mins. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 to 35 minutes.
My grandmother would make it for him, then the recipe was passed to my other grandmother who would make it for her favorite son-in-law. It was then that it was decided to make extra chocolate sauce (Part 1) because that's the way he liked it best. Now, I have the recipe and still make it with the extra sauce because that's the way I like it, too.
In this day and age, the only thing I do differently is buy store bought pre-made pie crusts and they are perfect. AND, I highly recommend Imperial margarine, I've tried others and they aren't the same. Don't forget, make some extra chocolate sauce.
What is Funny Cake? It's part cake and part pie. It's a light cake but it's baked in a pie crust. You pour the batter into the pie crust, cover with a chocolate sauce, when it's done baking, the chocolate sauce is on the bottom, with just a few swirls of the chocolate throughout the cake.
I don't bake much, but this is one recipe from my Grandmother that I can do. It took me a few tries but I finally got it right.
Funny Cake
(makes two pies)Part 1:
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup hot water
Part 2:
1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup milk
1/2 cup margarine 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs 1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
2 9" ready-made pie crusts
Mix ingredients from Part 1 over low heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
From Part 2, mix together sugar, margarine and 2 eggs and add flour and milk, alternating the flour and milk. Add baking powder and baking soda. Mix until well blended.
Pour Part 2 equally into the two pie crusts, pour part 1 over that. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 mins. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 to 35 minutes.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Get the Look: Paris Apartment Chic
This week's Get the Look guest blogger is Andrea from SorryThankYou79.
Who doesn't dream of a small, but gorgeously appointed Parisian Apartment? I know I do! I love this look--because it's fun, and easy to add your own personality! Anything goes...hey--it's your apartment, right? But I like the classic black and white take on the look! It's a good neutral backdrop if you do decide to add some muted splashes of color. And if you have a good imagination, you can really make the Parisian Apartment dream come to life (even if you live in a California Suburbia)
I'm always dreaming of the things I'd put in my apartment, and one of these days--I may actually have a little spot--just for me, that I can out fit just the way I like! Until then--a girl can dream!
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Who doesn't dream of a small, but gorgeously appointed Parisian Apartment? I know I do! I love this look--because it's fun, and easy to add your own personality! Anything goes...hey--it's your apartment, right? But I like the classic black and white take on the look! It's a good neutral backdrop if you do decide to add some muted splashes of color. And if you have a good imagination, you can really make the Parisian Apartment dream come to life (even if you live in a California Suburbia)
I'm always dreaming of the things I'd put in my apartment, and one of these days--I may actually have a little spot--just for me, that I can out fit just the way I like! Until then--a girl can dream!
'Get the Look! Parisian Apartment Chic' by sorrythankyou79
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