“This Way To the Autumn Arts & Crafts Festival”

Saturday, October 27 2018 / Published in Antiques, Classics, Fall
Here’s your sign!  Everywhere I look lately, I see the signs and I know their message well! No, not those kind of signs…, the kind that really get my blood pumping this time of year! “FALL FESTIVAL”, “AUTUMN ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR”, “PUMPKIN FESTIVAL”, “OKTOBERFEST”’, and the list goes on and on. Every sign is

Spectacularly Spooky Table Settings

Saturday, October 20 2018 / Published in Fall, Halloween, Seasonal
SPECTACULARLY SPOOKY TABLE SETTINGS It was a dark and rainy night…as I walked down the dimly lit pathway that led to a large and intimidating front door. It was a thick and heavy door, with hammered, black iron hinges holding it to the door frame. An enormous skull was fasted high enough that I had

Halloween…How to Haunt It!

Sunday, October 07 2018 / Published in Halloween, Seasonal, Uncategorized
I saw a recipe the other day on how to make “Candy Corn Fudge”!  Like, I need another excuse to eat candy corn! I love seeing bags of candy corn on the candy aisles this time of year.  More so are the Halloween displays, which is doubly exciting!  Second only to Christmas, Halloween is the

A Girl & Her Shoes!

Tuesday, September 04 2018 / Published in Classics, Vintage
“Baby Shoes”… I have no memories of actually wearing them, but my mother has some old black and white photographs that proves I did.  I adore those wonderful old photos, the kind with white edges that appear to have been trimmed by a pair of pinking shears. I guess I was about a year old

In Love With Linen

Wednesday, August 22 2018 / Published in Uncategorized
“Linen” An ancient fabric made from flax, a tall, reed-like plant, with long fibers. The thread itself is spun from the cellulose fibers, that grow inside the stalk and is one of the first ever used to make cloth. The ancient Egyptians wore linen, over 5000 years ago. The fabric is both durable and wearable

Memorial Day… A Day To Remember, A day To Honor, A Day For Tradition

Monday, May 21 2018 / Published in Seasonal, Spring
Today we step away from our regular “Blog” topics and pay homage to all of the great men and women, who have given their lives, so we may live ours freely! From all of us at a A Vintage Address, our humblest  “Thank You”!  Marylee Jacobs Several years ago, when my kids were in their