Tales From A Vintage Wardrobe

A SUMMER AT TIFFANY

"Be it a jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize." 
~ Owen Meredith (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton)

While true in many instances of life, this may be one exception to Sir Bulwer-Lytton's poetic quote.  A few weeks ago I learned of a Give~Away via Lily Lemontree.  The host was Sarah of My Little Boudoir, and she was generous enough to host a give~away to win a signed copy of this fabulous book:  

Summer at Tiffany
by Marjorie Hart. 

Having a rare spare minute or two, I entered the give~away and spent a few hours day dreaming (while ironing, that is)  about how great it would be if I actually won...just the cover photograph had sent me reeling into old~world New York...

Half awake, waiting for the coffee to finish perking just after 6:00 o'clock this morning, I opened my "mail" and found this:

Hi Michelle,

Good evening. I wanted to let you know that you were selected (using
random.org) as the winner of the signed copy of "Summer at Tiffany" on
www.MyLittleBoudoir.com!
If you'd like to send me your mailing address, I will get it sent off to you
this week.
Here is the link for the post as a reminder:
http://mylittleboudoir.com/2010/05/01/give-away-signed-copy-of-summer-at-tif
fany-by-marjorie-hart/
Congratulations and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Thanks for your
support...

Best regards,

Sarah
MyLittleBoudoir.com

 

Oh joy of joys!!  The prize giveth the joy! 
Thank you, My Little Boudoir, you made my day!

 

THE WINNER IS . . .

We are pleased to announce
the winner
for our Vintage Springtime Give~Away:

Julie Vician!

Congratulations, Julie!  I will bring it along to The Top Shelf Flea Market today so you can pick it up & hopefully find some Vintage Wonderful to take home with you!  See you there!

AND THE WINNER IS . . .

I'd like to start this post by saying that I was a bit apprehensive to host this give~away. . .it was sort of like throwing a party for people you don't know. . .Will they like it?  Will they enjoy themselves?  Will they be glad they came?  Will they ever come back?

But then, it began, and if you have hosted a give~away, you know what I mean. . .you think your FAVORITES PAGE is full but then you hear from these amazing people with these amazing blogs, boutiques, studios, ideas forums and you realize how very small your world of favorites was!!  "Meeting" so many new talented, interesting & just plain fun people has been your gift to me!

So now I am pleased to pass on a great gift to you. . .

(My daughter thought it would be fun to number animal crackers~~so here you all are!)

Oh the anticipation!!

THE HAPPY VINTAGE~GIVE~AWAY WINNER IS:

 COMMENTER 10~~ALSO KNOW AS "BECKY"!! 

(That would be the 10th comment from the bottom of the list!)

CONGRATULATIONS BECKY!!!!!  Just email me your mailing address and we'll get this out to you ASAP!

I really want to thank every one of you who took the time to enter my drawing and I especially want to say how really thrilling it was to hear from you and especially if you shared your affection for Vintage Treasures!   I have a lot of links to check out and some great new favorites to add to TALES FROM A VINTAGE WARDROBE.  If you have time check out some of the commenter's blogs and websites~~you are in for some real treats!

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING~~NOW I HAVE TO GET TO WORK!!!!!

MICHELLE

 

SORRY, THIS SHOW IS OVER

JUST A QUICK POST TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING MY VINTAGE GIVE AWAY. . .I HAVE "MET" SOME AMAZING NEW BLOG FRIENDS, FOUND SOME AMAZING NEW STORES AND SITES AND HAVE HAD A BLAST HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU!!

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN MY DRAWING AND BE SURE TO CHECK BACK IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO SEE WHO OUR HAPPY~VINTAGE~TREASURE~WINNER WILL BE!!

XX

MICHELLE

A GIFT FOR SOMEONE

This month is my one year anniversary in blogland and for my on~line Boutique The Red Velvet Shoe and I would like to send you all a great big THANK YOU by inviting you to participate in my first ( of hopefully many!)

                    VINTAGE BLOG GIVE~A~WAYS!!!

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in a drawing for this sweet little collection of Vintage Treasures:

It sort of adopted a Spring Bridal theme along the way~~but even if you are not among the "soon to be betrothed" you may know of a Spring Bride or perhaps have a beautiful daughter or neice who has an appreciation for Vintage Goodies who may someday walk down that long aisle. . .or if you are a sentimental romantic like me who still looks at Wedding Magazines you could treat yourself!   

All of this came from my "stock" at THE RED VELVET SHOE!  Just another example of goodies I have waiting to find their way to new Vintage homes & wardrobes!

Here is the box of treasures our happy winner can expect in the mail:

A)  A vintage powder blue jammy jacket with lace frills and ribbon ties. . .

B)  The sweetest vintage "For The Bride" album~~the drawings seem to be from the 1960's. . .

C)  A vintage 1967 McCall's pattern for bridal head pieces~~very mod & retro. . .

D)  One darling floral chintz vintage apron with two pockets and lots of cabbage patch roses. . .

E)  A lovely piece of decorative beaded trim. . .

F)  A beautiful pair of white Vintage gloves. . .

G)  A dainty silver necklace with matching earrings and crystal  embellishments. . .

H)  A pair of vintage glass travel toiletry holders. . .

I)  A book of poetry for the Bride. . .BRIDAL BOUQUET~~Penhaligon's Scented Treasury of Verse and Prose. . .

J)  A roll of beautiful Bridal Ribbon with images of the classic 1920's Flapper bride. . .

K)  A blush pink vintage silk purse. . .

L)  A pretty vintage paper theme sewing box for the new bride!

If you click on the photo above I think you can get a closer view~~and here are a few more close~up shots:

Thank you to whoever stops by~~be sure to leave a comment! 

The only reserve on this is that I can only ship to the continental US due to high shipping costs, but if you do happen by here please say hello, I would love to hear from you!

THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST OF JUNE!!  BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL!

MICHELLE

It's May, It's May! Time for a Give~A~Way!

Good Morning Everyone!  It's a lovely spring day here in Massachusetts and although I awoke to find no cream in the fridge for my beloved morning coffee I refuse to let that dampen my spirits!  Why so chipper?  Well, for one thing, it's May.

I love the month of May.  I think it's Vanessa Redgrave's fault.  What?  You have never heard the song entitled:  "The Lusty Month of May" ??? 

If you have not, then you also have never seen "Camelot" have you?  Well,  May is the perfect month to do so!  If the play is not running anywhere near you, then I highly recommend renting the movie starring Sir Richard Harris and Ms. Vanessa Redgrave.  They are absolutely amazing together in this three hour epic drama~~so make sure you have the entire afternoon to do nothing but travel back in time to the days of Chivalry!

It was filmed in 1967 (which also happens to be the year I was born so maybe another reason I love it so much!)  over a period of three years.  It was quite the production in it's day~~the costume budget was over $2.5 million~~quite a chunk of change 40 years ago.  And it was worth every penny.  The medieval dresses and the knights in shining armor are a treat for any romantic!  The musical score is just beautiful (a favorite of JFK's when he lived in the White house).  There is a beautiful scene when Ms. Redgrave sings "the May song" as I call it and once you hear it I guarantee that every time the month of May rolls around you will find yourself humming this little tune!

I actually had the once in a lifetime experience of meeting Mr. Richard Harris!   As a gift to my friend Lisa for her high school graduation I took her to see "Camelot" on stage starring Richard Harris.  I will admit this was probably more of a gift to myself since I don't really think she had quite the Camelot obsession I had acquired by then.  Not only did we have amazing seats (I think we were in the 8th row!) but after the performance while we were waiting to get out of our blocked parking space he came out of the rear door of the Performing Arts Center and we actually met him and chatted for a bit!  Look:

He signed my program!

Twice!!

He was quite the gentleman~~I remember he had on a polka dot scarf and I just thought that was the coolest thing ever! (That is probably when I started wearing scarves, come to think of it!)  Can you make out the date on the program?  June 1987!   It was one of the last times he played King Arthur on stage and I am so thrilled I had the honor of seeing it!!

So on my rather short list of celebrities I have met, he is at the top of my list!!

Here is my album and cassette~~I just found the album at the thrift store last week~~but it is not the movie soundtrack so I am still on the treasure hunt for the one with Mr. Harris & Ms. Redgrave.

Oh, and another reason May is exciting is that one year ago this month I took the big cyber step and began my on~line boutique The Red Velvet Shoe using TypePad as my host.  So to celebrate I will be hosting my First Blog Give~A~Way Vintage Style!  here at Tales From a Vintage Wardrobe!

Check back soon for more details!!

Michelle