I have a bound edition of Good Housekeeping with January to July issues from 1917. I bought it because each issue features a layout of Rose O'Neill Kewpies. And also for the other great images of fashions and housewares of the day. Here are a few of the pretty images from the edition.
Oh look, there's me working in my garden . . . .

You might remember my post from last April about the Old wardrobe trunk that I bought .
Recently I was going through a 1917 bound edition of Good Housekeeping and I found this ad for the exact style of trunk. Very cool.

Some little vintage pretties for me - found in my own house -
Digging through some old advertising items, my Dad found these two old paper items in the shape of seashells with sea fairy babies on them. He knows that I love mermaid fairy things, so he gave them to me.

Thanks for posting this on Facebook Becca! I've watched this about 10 times today and it's awesome everytime. Love Alison Moyet's voice. Lucky is the person who filmed this show, because they had a close up view of her happiness in singing. The joy really shows in her face.

Today I made a large vintage stock purchase for the website, and here are some goodies that I kept for myself!
In the background, you can see a section of Yo-Yos that was either the start of a quilt, or  a dresser scarf.I'm going to put in over the trunk at the bottom of my bed. I also snagged a large black tapestry purse, an old embroidered velvet box and a sachet.

I am giddy with new car love!

...Chained to my desk upgrading the Bowerbird site (Hope you like the new look) and photographing new stock (still trying to get descriptions up etc but check out some for the new vintage dresses and things we have amassed on a our recent treasure hunts around the country...)

I have a copy of American Hairdresser from May 1946. Last year I gave myself the 'Transitional Haircut' from this magazine, and I posted a small scan of the image here on the blog. Since then I've been trying to grow my hair out. An unrealistic dream, because long hair doesn't look good on my long, narrow face and my long nose just looks longer as my hair grows longer.