• How To Make A Dress Without Sewing

    How To Make A Dress Without Sewing

    Now, you may know how to tie a sarong for a day at the beach, and you might even be a rockin’ seamstress capable of sewing impressive vintage frocks; Still, the Great Drapo can make a dress faster than anyone… without a sewing machine!

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  • Making a Cheery Fireglow Lamp

    Making a Cheery Fireglow Lamp

    The essential “makings” of a fire-glow lamp are a strip of lampshade parchment and rings, sheets of red and yellow cellophane, architect’s linen, milliner’s glue, a creamy tinted, semi-transparent glass lamp base, and a double fixture which provides a light in the bowl as well as on top…

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  • The Edge of Love and Other Stories

    The Edge of Love and Other Stories

    As soon as I saw the stills from the 2008 WWII era movie The Edge of Love starring Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley, I recognized this cardigan! It seems to be an almost identical match; This movie has been all over the fashion pages in many magazines for its amazing period styling…

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  • Color Scheme Parties: Introduction

    Color Scheme Parties: Introduction

    It is not by luck alone that a woman becomes a successfull hostess! Follow our series on Colour Scheme Parties and delight your guests with a new twist in decoration, novelty in menu ensemble, style and colour combination in food…

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  • Master The Half Twist Pin Curl

    Master The Half Twist Pin Curl

    Here’s a practical pin curl method which proves its versatility in various types of coiffure arrangement! The right sort of pin curl, in my opinion, is a basic to the modern hairstyle as are, say, the right sort of fork and knife to modern eating…

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  • It’s a WHAT??

    It’s a WHAT??

    Dontcha wish you were a kid growing up in the 60s? Perhaps you were, and you did, and for that my friend – we all envy you… But for those of us who have not had the pleasure – all that’s left is the undeniably stellar video to live through vicariously… Enjoy!!

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  • Are You Man Enough To Try It?

    Are You Man Enough To Try It?

    When I hear the word Brylcreem, I am immediately transposed to that dreamy, nostalgic place in the 1950s, which makes me sigh with regret and envy for never having experienced it. Ahhh… The 50s… Racial segregation, gender inequality and Joseph McCarthy aside…

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  • The Learn How Series: Introduction

    The Learn How Series: Introduction

    You, too, can learn to enjoy the arts of crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery and hairpin lace! Each Step in this series is clearly illustrated by photographs and sketches, so that with the instructions a beginner will have no difficulty…

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  • How To Be A Girl

    How To Be A Girl

    Jealous… This is a word that gets off far too lightly, in our estimation, in people’s minds. According to its definition, it means apprehensive, suspicious of being outdone by a rival in the matters of affection or favour, distrustful. Ha! Apprehensive is tepid for the way you feel toward the menace who cuts in on your guy…

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  • Home Repairs With Stan The Handy Man: Coming Soon!

    Home Repairs With Stan The Handy Man: Coming Soon!

    Stay tuned for a regular column from our very own Stan The Handy Man – Coming Soon!

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