Amy’s Blog
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One more thought on cherries…
The other day, I posted an excerpt from Vintage Notions called "The Secrets of a Perfect Pie." In that post, many of us recounted fond memories of cherry picking for our mom's, aunt's and...
Michigan Cherries
Summertime is cherry time in Michigan. Everywhere I looked during my visit I saw gorgeous red fruit. I had to take photograph them, they are visually stunning - not to mention delicious! Do you...
A Special Thank You
I am so proud of my book, Vintage Notions. Through the research and its writing, I found my voice and my muse in Mary Brooks Picken. Over the past week, however, in this blog, I've found something...
Day 7 Winners
Congratulations go out to our Day 7 Winners in the Vintage Notions Book-a-Day Give-a-Way: From the blog: Mary J. From Facebook: Jennifer Gouldsmith Remember, if you won because you were drawn from...
VN Excerpt: Making Merry on Halloween
No other party time of all the year holds quite the possibilities of Halloween. It is "fun time" pure and simple. Decorations and games, weird and ghostly, and refreshments of an informal nature are...
Day 6 Winners
It's the end of our sixth day of the Vintage Notions Book-a-Day Give-a-Way and our winners are: From the blog: Robin Critenden From Facebook: Eileen Murray Mulcare And, if you still can't recite...
VN Excerpt: An Inexhaustible, Rich Store of Vitality
Nothing in the world has ever been beautiful merely on the surface. Beautiful women hold their preeminence through a single unchanging possession an inexhaustible, rich store of vitality. * * * This...
It’s Day 5 and We Have Winners
You all have made some of the most wonderful comments on my blog over the past 5 days. I am touched that you would, not only take the time to post, but also take the time to make such lovely, funny...
VN Excerpt: Words of Wisdom
Disguising Generous Proportions Inspiration, 1923 But good, firm flesh, rightly distributed, makes a woman look younger after she has passed thirty-five. Instead of regarding it as a calamity, then,...
Day 4 Vintage Notions Winners
Another day and we have two more winners. The winner drawn from blog commenters is Jackie Clauson. The winner drawn from those that "Like" my Facebook Page is Rebecca Everett Thank you all, again,...
VN Excerpt: Cross-Stitch
[Inspiration. 1927] The quaint charm of cross-stitch is unsurpassed by any other type of needlework, for about it there lingers the romance of its association with the old-time samplers, which had...