Vintage Vacationing & 1968 Shasta Compact Travel Trailer

 

Happy Memorial Day Sweet Friends!!!

I've had a WONDERFUL Weekend filled with good

Food, Family, Friends & Yard Sales...PERFECT!

 

 

One of mine & my husbands true Passions are for

Buying, Restoring, Vacationing & Selling

Vintage Travel Trailers.

 

 

We see each & every one of them that find there way

into our lives, as diamond's in the rough...

 

 

just waiting for someone to bring them back to

life & their original beauty.  

 

 

This is one of our most recent finds,

a 10', 1968 Shasta Compact Travel Trailer

& she is sooooo darn cute!

 

 

She needs some real restoration done inside in

the dinette/bed area, but her joy is that she

is mainly all there & all original.

 

 

We just listed her on eBay today, which makes me sad...

but I know we can't keep them all.

 

 

This is probably our...I know, don't freak out,

60th or so Vintage Trailer that we've had over

the past 15 years...

 

 

we have 3 in the yard as we speak, but I love all

of them & each one for a different reason.

 

 

Why do I love this one, you may ask...

well, I'll tell you!

 

 

Her body is so straight & clean.

She is small & COMPACT, which means easy to tow.

She has one of the most original interiors that we've had in awhile...

 

 

the vent, sink, stove, frig, gas light, electric lights, back splash,

countertop, tabletop, handles & flooring are all ORIGINAL!

 

 

Did I say that is AWESOME & very RARE!!!

 

 

Sadly, the window in the back was broken out years ago,
letting the rain & snow come in, ruining the back
interior, but oh..she still has so much life left!

 

 

If you're interested in finding out more about Vintage Vacationing,

there are a lot of sites you can on the web now that will

give you information on restoration &

different kinds of Vintage Trailers.

 

 

There are also camping groups you can join where everyone

has a Vintage Trailer. It's so cool to go out & see what

everyone has done with their trailers. One of my

favorites was always SPAMBOREE...

AWESOME FUN!

 

 

And if you ever get a chance, I highly recommend going to

Bisbee, Arizona & staying at the SHADY DELL RV Park.

We loved it! You can spend the night in a Vintage Trailer,

eat at their little, old fashioned diner & wander the park

checking out all the nostalgic setups they have.

 

Happy Vintage Vacationing Friends &

HAPPY TRAILS!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



'Call The Midwife' & a Vintage Lace Book filled with Nuns & Holy Metals

 



 

 Greetings Friends!
Look what I've been doing...
I've been making another one of my fabulous, if I do say so
myself, Vintage Fabric & Lace Books.
 



 This book is filled with Nuns, Vintage Holy Metals,
Rosaries & Words of Inspiration...

 

 

 with my inspiration coming from one of my
favorite shows, 'Call The Midwife'.

 

 

 I absolutely ADORE the Sisters in this show!

Not being Catholic, I've never known a

nun except for those I've read about or

seen on TV or in the movies.

 

 

 They have always been a mystery to me...

 

 

but through the characters on the show, I've come to feel

they are my family, my friends. They are filled with

Grace & Kindness, but also Fragility & Strength.

 

 

 These characters are so beautifully written, that
I laugh & cry with them every Sunday...
LOVING each second of it.

 

 

In homage to my favorite Sister's at the Nonnatus House...

 

 

 I created a book that I hope will be worthy of them.

 

 

For Sister Julienne,

 

 

Sister Evangelina,

 

 

& Sister Monica Joan...

 

 

for Nurse Jenny,

 

 

Nurse Chummy

 

 

Nurse Trixie

 

 

& all the other fabulous characters that fill this series...

 

 

you have touched me & I ADORE you!

You can see this handmade, one of a kind book

for sale in my etsy shop.

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



A Vintage Mother's Day Wish

 

 

 “A mother is the truest friend we have,

when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us;

 

 

when adversity takes the place of prosperity;

when friends desert us;
 

when trouble thickens around us,

still will she cling to us,

 

and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels

to dissipate the clouds of darkness,

 

 

and cause peace to return to our hearts.”

 

...Washington Irving.

 

 

To all the Women of the world...

to those who are  Mother's & to those who've helped Mother,

 

 

for the Sweet shoulder's you've given us to cry on &

the Strong shoulder's you've given us to lean...

 

 

to Grandmother's, Aunt's, Sister's, Daughter's & Friends

who believe, "It Takes A Village"...

 

I wish for you a Joyous Mother's Day filled with Smiling Faces,

Gratitude & the Knowledge that your Contribution to

raising a child has truly Changed the World!!

 

Happy Mother's Day Sweet Friends & I hope your day is

Filled With LOVE!!!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



Sister's & Vintage Matching Dresses...LOVE

 

 

Greetings Friends...

I hope you all had a lovely Springtime Holiday, we most

certainly did! The end of April is always packed full

of events with Easter & birthdays, but I LOVE

all the Celebrations & it gave me a chance to

gather some lovely images of vintage

sister's in Matching Dresses.

 

 

I LOVE these sister's & their outfits. Look at the subtle

little differences between the older sister's dress & the

younger one's...a little more off the shoulders, a

little longer & a lovely necklace surrounds

her neck, Gorgeous!

 

 

How adorable are these sweet sisters? They're much

younger, but their dear little matching

dresses are sew perfect.

 

 

I love the little embellishment of zig-zagged fabric around

the shoulders, cuffs & hem. I would guess that most of

these dresses were made by Mommy's. When buying

fabric, it just makes sense that it would be less

expensive to make a couple in the same style

then two totally different designs.

 

 

The dresses, necklaces, bloomers, shoes & hair are all

matching on these girls...I imagine Mommy saying

"Take her hand Sissy", as the older one grabs the

hand of the smaller one, looking not all too

happy for having to do so.

 

 

These outfits are lovely, the jackets trimmed in velvet

on the collar & the cuffs & the beautiful full front

panel of velvet on the skirt. I wonder what color

they are, do you think they were black?

 

I don't...I picture them as being a deep, sapphire blue &

look how sweetly the younger one takes her

big sister's arm.

 

 

Aweeee...this one is sooooo cute. These girls are literally

less then a year apart, don't you think! I love her little

arm around her sister's shoulder, precious.

 

 

And of course, there are always the twins,

 

 

or triplets or a mother & her 2 daughters?

This picture confuses me. lol

 

 

But this is my very favorite...five little stair stepped daughters

all in matching dresses, all holding their hands together in

front of them, even the baby. How did Mama do that?

 

The older girls have a peek-a-boo sleeve, while the three younger

girls sleeves are edged in white. I ADORE them, their necklaces

& curls, their hands & dresses, oh & their faces too...perfect!

 

Hope you enjoyed this little post. Maybe you have a sister that you

wore matching dresses with. Maybe you have twin girls that you put

in matching dresses for their special pictures. Life has changed

so much, but it's lovely to think in many ways, in the ways

of Mother's & Daughter's, things are still very much

the same, that makes me smile!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie