I'm Still Alive- I Swear!

My cat Nigel Bunster is embarassed for me

Hey there readers,

I have been absolutely terrible about updating my blog lately. I actually should have been better because last week was Spring Break from Graduate school, but I decided to take a few days to really relax and not write anything while I could.

I was also taking some time to concentrate on my hot jazz vocal trio Bootless Betties and set up some potentially amazing gigs. One of the gigs I am getting together is a fundraiser for our local PBS station MPTV in July. We will be performing with another local group called Wisconsin Hybrid Theater (Radio WHT) that does old-timey radio show adaptations and original plays. It is going to be a wonderful interactive show, so if you are in town make sure and sign up for our newsletter so we can let you know how to get tickets. We also have a dieselpunk & steampunk show coming up in June.



Back to blog stuff, I know a lot of you are on the verge of Viva Las Vegas 14. I envy you, really. I wasn't able to make the 350 followers I hoped for to have a mega-giveaway. But I am so close to 300 that I am starting to put together some vintage goodies for a giveaway then.

Thinning Out My Stash

Hello lovelies! Just to let you know, I am going through my personal stash of vintage items sell in my Etsy store Tart`Deco over the next week or so. I just listed 5 pairs of vintage cat eye glasses (see above) and 2 pairs of shoe trees and will be adding some lovely rhinestone pieces on Tuesday and Wednesday. I am pricing this stuff to sell so make sure to visit often over the next 2 weeks to get some great deals! Still in time for Viva too ;)

Retro Butterick Pattern $3 this week

For those of you vintage bloggers that sew, you can get Butterick pattern 5605 is on sale this week for $2.99 online. The sale goes to March 20th.

BTW, they are also hiring a patternmaker in N.Y.

Viva 14 Sold Out

pic from billpresing.blogspot.com

According to my sources, Viva Las Vegas #14 is officially sold out. Hopefully those of you who planned on going got your tickies early. Those of us who can't go will wait for your after VLV posts to live vicariously through you until next year.

Also, I am still working on a Getting Ready for VLV Playlist, but I am having some issues with Java so I can't upload my more obscure rockabilly tunes to my usual site Grooveshark. If anyone has any suggestions of decent online playlist bulding sites that allow you to upload, please let me know.

PS If you like the pic from this post, make sure to check out the artists blog at billpresing.blogspot.com. I just love his work! He also has a few pinup books for sale: BOOK PLATE BETTIES, and BELLE DU JOUR: Cheesecake but be aware that they are out of print so aren't always available.

Train Cases Part 2

So I got to thinking about the tray issue with vintage train cases and how they are often missing. I took a peek at a few modern train cases and found some really cute ones with lots of compartments and neat lifting trays. So if you aren't set on going vintage, take a look at these beauties: