Sunday, May 22, 2011

Grandma Lupe's Authentic Tamales

No yard sales today.


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Grandma Lupe's Facebook page

 
Grandma Lupe & Daughter Mary


 Rey did a write up of Grandma Lupe's tamales here: Rey's Tamale Page 










Wanted to share pictures of  Aunt Crispina's Back yard in lovely Jamul,CA.  The weather was beautiful. We celebrated Grandma Lupe's 80th Birthday. Grandma Lupe has been featured on the Food Network for her famous tamales. I have personally seen people wait hours  at the Indio Tamale Festival to purchase her legendary tamales.   Mary, one of Grandma's Lupe's daughters, is my Yard Sale partner in crime.
Here are some pictures I took before I left......

































Monday, May 16, 2011

Recycled Rubber Tire Purse???





Have you ever seen a purse made out of old tires? I didn't notice it until the seller mentioned it. My pictures don't give it justice. The purse is really cute.The logo states " Greater Good" El Salvador.
I googled when I arrived home and found there's all types of recycled rubber tire items.
Take a peek:

Monday, May 9, 2011

Fashion Sketching By Patricia L. Rowe

 I love old books on fashion so when I came across Patricia L. Rowe's
"Shorthand Fashion Sketching"
 ...I had to get it!

There's an Introduction written in 1959 from Rowe while living in Captiva,Florida. She explains how the pages of the book is designed to teach in the quickest possible time, by the shortest possible method, how to sketch fashions in the most practical way.
Lessons include The Basic Fashion Figure-Front, Three Quarter View and Smaller Size. Section II describes The Figure in Motion. Other sections include, Basic fashions from blouses and necklines ,collars,sleeves,basic skirts to hemlines,hats and coats. It concludes with fabrics,textures and patterns,techniques in pen,brush and pencil. I loves the historic costume section. Take a peek........