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Each month we highlight a fellow Apronite for their own take on Vintage and Apron Revolutionary ideals. Please check them out. This Month, July, we are proud to Announce Jenny of Little Jenny Wren as our Apronite of the month. Click HERE to read her interview and learn more about our fellow Apronite. To view past month's APRONITES, simply click the month below: MARCH-Sanne APRIL-Cedar	My Blog started this movement for me. I still write almost every other day here recording my project of living in the 1950's. Last year, my project year, was 1955. This year I am trying to follow along with 1956. Why not check it out. I will update this with my blog with a few lines from the latest posting. Just follow the link below. 7 September 1956 "Picnic, Peyton Place, and To-Doing" I hope all of you, here in the USA, enjoyed Labor Day. Here is the song from the movie Picnic (starring Kim Novac and William Holden) played on a jukebox from 1954. This would be the way to enjoy music here at a bowling alley, bar, or possibly a soda shop that allowed dancing. The movie Picnic came out last year 1955 and I believe I discussed it then. It occurs on Labor Day culminating in, of course, a Picnic... .... (Click HERE to read entire post . Georgia Gibbs "Tra La La" 1956	Check out our collection of Vintage Living Items from Books to Girdles. Here we hope to grow the male counterpart to our Apron Revolution. Pipe & Grumble (my hubby) Man of the 50's The latest NEW additions to our little store. CLOTHESLINES & LAUNDRY:all the things you need to hang and dry inside or out and some good books on the subject! MUSIC: Golden Oldies and Classics
This Week's Guest Blogger is our good Friend and Past Apronite of the Month, Sanne. Café Stone Corner With the garden season just around the corner I think I will guest blog about our Café Stone Corner, which we made last Spring, and enjoy very much. I think you should have different spots in your garden; some with sunshine, some with shadow and some with shelter, some with a view and some that are just quiet for your mind. .. Click HERE to read Entire Article. Previous Guest Blogs CEDAR-Vintage Entertaining RUE-Living n the Present while Channeling the Past. Housewife07-Opera
PL's Month of Rationing. Read PL's Article on her month long Rationing HERE.	Here I shall try to show a video a day (sometimes a little longer) that we can watch and Discuss in the FORUM. Todays Video: Clothing of the future in the year 2000 (made in the 1930s) after watching discuss HERE. After these have been shown here they will end up on the Vintage Video page, so Visti theVINTAGE VIDEO PAGE


I have added a new button to the left MOVIES so, aftet the movie of the week has lived here, its permanent home will be on the MOVIES page so in time we shall have a nice database of old film to refer to. 24 June Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film, starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife. This is part 1 and the rest can be watched on YOUTUBE HERE.
Here we can highlight various topics going on today in the forum, just click the title and it will take you there. Or just go to the general Forums page right HERE.	Click on book to purchase. Good book around $7 with 150 recipes you can make from dishwashing detergent to your own swiffer cloths. With the second edition of this popular book comes a host of hard-working new recipes, including Rosemary-Geranium Floor Wipes for electrostatic floor mops, Thyme to Make Your Own Carpet Steamer, Weekend Warrior Wicker Wash, Telephone Dirty Talk Tamer, Clear the Air Room Spritzer, and Lavender Lift Automatic Dishwasher Soap.
On the first of January 2009 I decided to take a time travel voyage back to 1955. The initial project was to see what it would be like to live as a 1955 housewife for a year. I soon found that girdles and Jell-O were not all the 1950's were about. The decade that is so rich with evocative imagery and frought with misconceptions soon became a vast learning ground for me. What was once considered kitsch and repression was soon revealed as the most misunderstood decade of the 20th century. While residing there I learned so much in the way of skills and emotional well being, as well as really understanding our modern world. In many ways I have come to see it really as the "Gateway" to the 21st century. In its understanding and study I feel we can make a better today and tomorrow. During this past year along with all my skills and knowledge I also gained a fine group of followers, indeed friends. In our shared experience of 1955 we began to realize our longing for the old days was not merely a wish to wear pretty frocks and buy vintage items, but a real tangible way to regain that element of self-worth, personal pride, skills and knowledge once present in the past. The term Apron Revolution became coined during that voyage for we ladies (and gentleman) who felt through the skills of the home we could make a difference to our economy, our environment and of course to our lives and those around us. We strive to look to the past and sort through what was good and right and bring it back into today. Certainly there was bad in the past, such as there is today, but our revolution is not one of distruction but of construsction and rebirth. A renaissance of the home. My project this year, though now including this website, has been, by your advice, to continue on into 1956 rather than 2010. I see my work here on this site as committee work of a 1956 childless middleclass homemaker. And remember, this is OUR website and it shall grow with us, so recipes, design ideas, cleaning tips, questions, answers, advice, I shall take what you wish to give and put it here for all of us to use and enjoy and learn. The FORUMS is a great place to meet and greet, chat and share ideas. And it is a good place for you to tell me what you would like to see on the site. I do take all your ideas and will get to them as soon as possible, but I am the only one working on this site as present, so your patience is appreciated. I think it will be a fine thing to see how it changes over the year. You can always email me with ideas or questions. So, with all that said, come along with me and lets get to building a whole new world...APRONITES UNITE!

Each month we highlight a fellow Apronite for their own take on Vintage and Apron Revolutionary ideals. Please check them out.

This Month, July, we are proud to Announce Jenny of Little Jenny Wren as our Apronite of the month. Click HERE to read her interview and learn more about our fellow Apronite.

To view past month's APRONITES, simply click the month below:

MARCH-Sanne

APRIL-Cedar

My Blog started this movement for me. I still write almost every other day here recording my project of living in the 1950's. Last year, my project year, was 1955. This year I am trying to follow along with 1956. Why not check it out. I will update this with my blog with a few lines from the latest posting. Just follow the link below.

7 September 1956 "Picnic, Peyton Place, and To-Doing"

I hope all of you, here in the USA, enjoyed Labor Day.

Here is the song from the movie Picnic (starring Kim Novac and William Holden) played on a jukebox from 1954. This would be the way to enjoy music here at a bowling alley, bar, or possibly a soda shop that allowed dancing.

The movie Picnic came out last year 1955 and I believe I discussed it then. It occurs on Labor Day culminating in, of course, a Picnic...

....

(Click HERE to read entire post .

Georgia Gibbs "Tra La La" 1956

Check out our collection of Vintage Living Items from Books to Girdles.

Here we hope to grow the male counterpart to our Apron Revolution.

*Pipe & Grumble (my

hubby)

*Man of the 50's

The latest NEW additions to our little store.

CLOTHESLINES & LAUNDRY:all the things you need to hang and dry inside or out and some good books on the subject!

MUSIC: Golden Oldies and Classics

This Week's Guest Blogger is our good Friend and Past Apronite of the Month, Sanne.

Café Stone Corner

With the garden season just around the corner I think I will guest blog about our Café Stone Corner, which we made last Spring, and enjoy very much.

I think you should have different spots in your garden; some with sunshine, some with shadow and some with shelter, some with a view and some that are just quiet for your mind. ..

Click HERE to read Entire Article.

Previous Guest Blogs

CEDAR-Vintage Entertaining

RUE-Living n the Present while Channeling the Past.

Housewife07-Opera

PL's Month of Rationing.

Read PL's Article on her month long Rationing HERE.

Here I shall try to show a video a day (sometimes a little longer) that we can watch and Discuss in the FORUM.

Todays Video: Clothing of the future in the year 2000 (made in the 1930s)

after watching discuss HERE.

After these have been shown here they will end up on the Vintage Video page, so Visti theVINTAGE VIDEO PAGE

I have added a new button to the left MOVIES so, aftet the movie of the week has lived here, its permanent home will be on the MOVIES page so in time we shall have a nice database of old film to refer to.

24 June

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film, starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife.

This is part 1 and the rest can be watched on YOUTUBE HERE.

Here we can highlight various topics going on today in the forum, just click the title and it will take you there. Or just go to the general Forums page right HERE.

Click on book to purchase.

Good book around $7 with 150 recipes you can make from dishwashing detergent to your own swiffer cloths.

With the second edition of this popular book comes a host of hard-working new recipes, including Rosemary-Geranium Floor Wipes for electrostatic floor mops, Thyme to Make Your Own Carpet Steamer, Weekend Warrior Wicker Wash, Telephone Dirty Talk Tamer, Clear the Air Room Spritzer, and Lavender Lift Automatic Dishwasher Soap.

On the first of January 2009 I decided to take a time travel voyage back to 1955. The initial project was to see what it would be like to live as a 1955 housewife for a year. I soon found that girdles and Jell-O were not all the 1950's were about. The decade that is so rich with evocative imagery and frought with misconceptions soon became a vast learning ground for me. What was once considered kitsch and repression was soon revealed as the most misunderstood decade of the 20th century. While residing there I learned so much in the way of skills and emotional well being, as well as really understanding our modern world. In many ways I have come to see it really as the "Gateway" to the 21st century. In its understanding and study I feel we can make a better today and tomorrow.

During this past year along with all my skills and knowledge I also gained a fine group of followers, indeed friends. In our shared experience of 1955 we began to realize our longing for the old days was not merely a wish to wear pretty frocks and buy vintage items, but a real tangible way to regain that element of self-worth, personal pride, skills and knowledge once present in the past. The term Apron Revolution became coined during that voyage for we ladies (and gentleman) who felt through the skills of the home we could make a difference to our economy, our environment and of course to our lives and those around us. We strive to look to the past and sort through what was good and right and bring it back into today. Certainly there was bad in the past, such as there is today, but our revolution is not one of distruction but of construsction and rebirth. A renaissance of the home.

My project this year, though now including this website, has been, by your advice, to continue on into 1956 rather than 2010. I see my work here on this site as committee work of a 1956 childless middleclass homemaker.

And remember, this is OUR website and it shall grow with us, so recipes, design ideas, cleaning tips, questions, answers, advice, I shall take what you wish to give and put it here for all of us to use and enjoy and learn.

The FORUMS is a great place to meet and greet, chat and share ideas. And it is a good place for you to tell me what you would like to see on the site. I do take all your ideas and will get to them as soon as possible, but I am the only one working on this site as present, so your patience is appreciated. I think it will be a fine thing to see how it changes over the year.

You can always email me with ideas or questions.

So, with all that said, come along with me and lets get to building a whole new world...APRONITES UNITE!