Tag Archives: Retro

SO SWEET

By Julie | Published: June 13, 2012
Way, way back when when I was a few feet shorter and a few years younger with buck teeth, pigtails and one teacher all day long, I had a friend who would choose a seat next to me every day in the big, noisy lunchroom and every day after I ate my peanut butter or [...]
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SLIDE SHOW

By Julie | Published: November 25, 2011
Last night after the food had been thoroughly enjoyed (twice) and before we headed back through the woods and over the river, Ma pulled out the slide projector and we went for a stroll down memory lane. With some sweet Christmas landmarks along the way… One of my first holidays, in New Jersey. I love [...]
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DREAM CAMPING

By Julie | Published: October 10, 2011
Last night I dreamed I was in the cutest, smallest, coziest vintage camp trailer ever. Just me and R-kids, snug as three bugs in a rug. It was heaven. H E A V E N. And it looked something like this. That little sweetie belongs to R-kids’ grandparents, and when it’s not parked in the little [...]
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TOTALLY SWELL

By Julie | Published: February 17, 2011
Look what I found in my kitchen having an after-school snack today: This is the kind of day when I’m glad I buy things like poodle skirts at garage sales even when I have no logical reason to do so. And I’m even more glad I have a sweet, lovely daughter who digs things like [...]
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FIND OF THE DAY

By Julie | Published: November 2, 2010
Sometimes it’s the little things, huh? Like finding a land-line office phone—in exactly the style I wanted—for just $3.99 at the thrift store. And it works. Today that makes me smile. Tomorrow, or another day, I’ll plunge into the depths beneath my desk and attack the cord-hurricane to unplug the current phone and replace it [...]
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BECAUSE I CAN

By Julie | Published: October 24, 2010
So last week I got tagged. And this is my response…. __ Today I bought a second-hand, retro-pink Sunbeam Mixmaster for $9.99 at the ARC thrift store. Because I can. Oh. And it goes kinda perfectly with the retro-pink kitchen I happen to have… Also because I can. (!!) What? I didn’t mention the kitchen before? [...]
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SOLD

By Julie | Published: October 2, 2010
*nope* You’re not imagining things. *yep* It’s another pink couch. *nope* It’s not in my living room. ***sigh*** I came across this perfectly pink pair (are you seeing that couch and that chair, people?!) today while out shopping with the girls. We were doing the St. Paul Retro Loop for our first time ever when I [...]
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ORGANIZED OFFICE: FINALLY

By Julie | Published: September 28, 2010
It’s been a dream for a long time, and I may have finally arrived. Yes I realize it might only last a week or two, but it’s still worth celebrating, I say! But before we go here… . Let’s go here. Because, I’m not sure about you, but sometimes looking back at how far I’ve come [...]
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I GOT TAGGED: OFFICE CLEANUP

By Julie | Published: September 24, 2010
Wow did I need that challenge, Em. This is where I’ve been spending 10-12 hours a day lately: . The hardest part of the clean-up? The decision pile. Other than that big, empty cardboard box that somehow ended up in my “in” box, every piece of paper in there is a decision to make, a [...]
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NOW THAT’S SHARP

By Julie | Published: August 8, 2010
I finally installed my retro/vintage Boston pencil sharpener and I now have the sharpest pencils in town!
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