Tales of a shoe hoarder, Espisode Ten~ Let's go to the hop!

Girls... is there anyone out there that doesn't have or once had a pair of Keds? Hmmm??

I recently found these beauties~ looked like they had never been worn. Leather Keds for only $2.99 at the consignment shop. Just in time for a sock hop!

My client/friend invited us to a sock hop in honor of her 56th birthday. It was fun! The sad part is that we only got 2 pictures there, when my batteries died. Yep. I know. Blogger's worst nightmare. But had you been tagging along you would've seen all the great food and lots of twistin' goin' on! Everyone was in costume. I really enjoyed seeing the kids dressed up.

So, unfortunately we have no pics from the party action, or the birthday girl! But we do have some black and whites taken in a photo booth there, and a few from when we got home.

Here's the only pic from the party, Nova's first ice cream soda!

Here's what my little rebel wore~

Here's our black and white picture booth shots. I look like a total goof in some of these, but you know how those photo booth pics can be, lol!

Kevin wore a 50's style "bowling shirt" and jacket, rolled up jeans, and saddle shoes.

I'm all for poodle skirts, but I prefer pussy cats! My skirt and blouse are vintage 50's. I tacked on the kitty. The skirt is made of a fine wale courduroy, I love the texture... you can see it in the shoe pics. Thank goodness for wide 50's belts because after gaining my Thanksgiving/Christmas seven, this skirt was not zipping up all the way, lol!

I'm sporting faux bangs, black liquid eyeliner, and vintagey lips in Revlon's Cherries In the Snow. (which by the time these pics were taken it had probably worn off a bit!)

Musn't forget the high curled ponytail, complete with ribbon!

Closeup of eyelet blouse~
And lastly, here I am with Elvis and a friend at a work party back in 2005. Had to show you my pink crinoline! And look.... there's my saddle shoes!

Happy Birthday Andrea!

Time Warp Wives on Youtube!

They're finally on youtube folks! Here is the show in three parts~

Joann is to be depicting the 50's but she has a ton of 40's garb that I love. I like her fashion dolls too, Gene is a favorite of mine. My Gene doll is currently wearing Scarlett's velvet dress from Ashley's Birthday Party. She's been in it quite a while, probably getting sick of it.

She probably wants me to change her hairstyle too. She was originally a Savannah Gene. Alas, I shall have to leave her in this gown till I get MY velvet gown finished so we can get our photo taken together, *snort*~

I was really surprised that most of them do not want children. I can see them being afraid of bringing up a child in "this era", I have the same fears.
I can't believe the last gal bluntly saying "she'd get rid of it" if she were to become pregnant. There's a more delicate way to put it at least!


The young gal with the rolled pomp bang and chignon has some great blouses! Her makeup is pristine, and she even sports the half moon polished nails! She reminds me of the Madra doll~

What did you do all day?

Speaking of housewives, if you have not yet seen The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio you must. It is based the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Her daughter wrote a book about her and their lives... how she raised 10 children on "25 words or less".

Of course, having 1 or 2 kids is nothing compared to 10. Especially in those days without modern conveniences. Just to get a glimpse back in time to see she always did her hair, wore a girdle and dress every day, etc.... meanwhile running a huge household makes you realize how much things have changed.

After seeing the clips of the Time Warp Wives and how happy and perfect they seemed to be, we just have to remember that life is not always so perfect. This movie certainly proves it.

I'd like to read the book too, hint-hint... (Christmas!!)

Talking about hair made me think of Evelyn and this photo of her, where she says she forgot to comb out her hair.... lol... but it looks gorgeous!