Lots of Vintage Magazines

I love the fifties and the best way to get in the right mood is to sit in my lovely library corner with a ladies' magazine from the fifties, while an LP plays fifties music. I have read my little collection of vintage ALT for Damerne (ALL for the Ladies) several times, so I searched the internet and found a few great collections for sale. Here is the first one landed:

The seller was a young guy who had bought a house, and he found the magazines in a closet on the loft. He thought it would be a pity to trash them, which I thank him for. And look how nice they are sorted with notes about useful stuff:

I hardly couldn't trash the notes either.

Here they are all sorted in years and marked in my archiving system:

I have adopted the system from Johanna Öst. I have made the paper tabels in Word and not by hand: 

It looks nice and is very clear and easy:

So a great THANKS to Johanna for her brilliant idea.

So count on regular posts with scans from my vintage magazines.

Monroe Monday

Latest Nails

But doesn't she wear nail polish any more, you ask? Yes I do, but I have been reported sick from serious stress for some months now. And besides trying to relax, I have cleaned a lot, since it is my way to get rid of my frustrations. And cleaning and nice nails is not a great combination. I do have a few nails to show you. I made the Danish flag nails for a girl friends fiftieth birthsday:

I have first painted two layers with a white Depend, let it dry completely, put nail tape on and lastly painted the lovely glitter red Ruby Slippers from Color Club. Everybody loved it.

For my birthday last year, I wished for Leading Lady from Essie, but I was lucky to get a box of three mini Essies, and I loved all of them. I could not decide which one to try first Leading Lady or Beyond Cosy, therefore I tried both at the same time using nail tape:

This diagonal design is super easy and always looking great, so I got a lot of compliments and my photo, which is taken in my bathroom, does not do the lovely colours justice.

Monroe Monday

Little Book of Earrings

I have bought a really brilliant thing! The Little Book of Earrings:

I bought the green one and I found it cheapest at Amazon UK.

It has several advantages:

Order! If you love system and order, like I do, and love to have a great overview when choosing, then it is really brilliant, just look:

And if you are afraid of burglary, you can place it in your book shelves where it will blend in with all your other books. And if you are going on a holiday, it is easy to bring with you. There is room for about 40 pairs of earrings.

Monroe Monday

Caviar versus Micro Beads

You can buy Ciaté's expensive nail Caviar:

Or you can go to etsy.com and buy 18 mini bottles of so called Micro Beads, which is exactly the same, for just 7 dollars:

Guess what I did!?! ;)

I'm not sure what to think about this trend. It is a bit like what-are-we-going-to-come-up-with-now. I will only make an accent nail with the beads or perhaps french tips for special occasions. Eva from Coewless has made a bead-manicure, which I think is really nice.