Pretty things, pretty things!

Some of my favorite things to look at: pretty shoes, pretty pastry.

From visual bookmarking service we heart it.

Yum.

doG is God spelled backwards.

That Girl!

I saw Marlo Thomas on a TV talk show this week and she's still got that ingenue thing happening. Some people never seem to lose that youthful glow (though who can be sure how much of that is -- at the very least -- cosmecutical intervention?)

I have hazy memories of That Girl in (probably) syndication. She really stood out for me as a different kind of female character on TV. Even as a little girl, I knew that she was different, though I could not know then that she was quite modern for the times. A girl 'alone' in the city (though of course her boyfriend Ted was always there just in case). Looking back, I consider her the original Sex In The City girl (though you could argue that Doris Day had already locked that one in) ... in either case, there was definitely NO Sex happening in that city.

Although I have a terrible head for hats (too big), I am tickled by the whole hat and glove thing. Even in this era, to be well and properly dressed meant you had a hat and gloves. I like the crisp, simple elegance of that. Of course, you could also argue convincingly that she looked like a stewardess (in the days before they called them flight attendants), but what's so bad about looking like a stewardess? Nothing that I can see. It's sharp and on-the-ball. Gwyneth Paltrow demonstrated this quite ably in her all-too-ignored comedic flick "View From The Top", in which she goes from a spandex-clad, gum-chewing neophyte to a sophisticated professional in the course of less than two hours. And of course, in her final incarnation, she wore a hat.

Madame Alexander's version. Cute.

Do they even make paper dolls nowadays, or is it all just repros of old ones? Not that I don't love repro. I have a few Shirley Temple repro books and would love to have the Doris Day ones too. Did you ever notice that Bonnie Hunt has a Doris Day paper dolls book on her set?

That's so Bonnie. I adore Bonnie.

Love this!

I remember the distinctive plastic smell of a new Barbie case under the Christmas tree when I was young ... it was one of the most thrilling smells of the season.

This design would have been five to ten years before my time (I was a 70's kid) but I love the illustration, and I haven't seen too many cases in this blue color.

Check out that swinging babydoll dress! Psychedelic, kitty cat.

This post goes out to Twyla and Lindsey, my two favorite Barbie-crazy blogger gal pals.

More Ohio Art (more ebay window shopping).

I love silhouettes (and the little cameo silhouettes on the wall!)

Kittens ABC's

from a 1930's "Bo Peep" set

This would look great in my red and white kitchen.

art happy: John White Alexander

A Ray of Sunlight (The Cellist)

Woman Reclining in Black Dress

Althea Reading

Breathtaking!

Do you flickr?

I keep a flickr account under my name as well as my Daily Corgi "nom de plume".

Here is the one I have built first ... it's limited to a certain amount of photos before you have to buy a Pro account (I don't have one of those yet) but I have had fun putting stuff up there.

The first page or two is all Royal family with Corgis ... I really ought to put that over at the other account, but oh well.

Keep on paging through and you'll get to all of my fancy stuff.

Happy Saturday!