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| "My Grandmother", Margaret Ford... I know most of my Friends here have already met this Sweet Lady, But this post is especially meaningful to me as Her Granddaughter and heir to Victorian Ways... She was born in 1885 which means she was 5years old when "This" Ladies Home Journal was printed... and today we must share in the "Elegance and Everlasting Beauty this magazine Lends to Our Life"... My Grandmother will be joining me throughout this post, she is always with me and who better to guild me than "This most Beautiful Victorian Women that lives in my Heart"... |
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| "This is the "Ladies Home Journal CHRISTMAS 1890" edition... To me this is a Rare Art Form that you must ALL indulge in... If you don't own a copy "You MUST"!!! It is still available to us today and I acquired my from one of my Dearest Friends Pat. She gave this to me, Knowing my Grandmother would have been 5years old when it was published..."Love you Pat"! Every article, story, letters, etc will bring you back in time to an era we all seem to share such great affection for... |
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| A Woman's Crown...by Madeline S. Bridges ... "Roses and thorns together grow; Yet, with a woman's art, I bind the roses--crimson glow-- About my brow; and who shall I know... The thorns hide in my heart"? "Roses and thorns! Life's daily grace... Covers life's daily pain... We give our joy the wider space-- But deep, deep, deep is that hidden place... Where thorns and tears have lain! |
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| "I am using my Shelley cups & saucers today with a dessert plate of V&B German Burgenland... a local made antique spoon and little silver heart bowl... Definitely a few of my Favorite Things... |
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| Frosted creamy white Peonies shelter a Special wee Irish Lass. She is my Grandmothers Angel Margaret, she has raven hair and deep blue eyes... |
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| "Is this not the face of an Angel"??? |
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| The artwork and printing of this magazine is magnificent... It looks as though it were hand painted and typed on an old typewriter(LOVE THOSE!) |
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| This is truly one of my Favorite Treasures... I cannot begin to tell you the dept of the stories within... |
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| "Priceless"... I tried to photograph the pages BUT "Although" my copy is "Mint Condition", the type is very hard to photograph and I am recommending that you try to get a copy... Of course if you would like to see something closer, "Just Ask" and I'll be happy to!!! |
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| The Christmas Garland is a form of letters to the editor AND the Journal was SO excited that one of the letters came from "Harriet Beecher Stowe"... This is also an exciting letter for me considering Ms Stowe is a Connecticut Native, Born in Litchfield... My Grandmother assures me that their carriages had passed many times although they never had tea together! "How exciting is that"??? |
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| This is one of my FAVORITE Cloths... It's a German Antique with extensive details done by hand... It is a piece of Art I LOVE to sit and examine and picture all the Lovely Ladies before me that share in " It's Love "... I wish to know all the tea's and coffee it has served, and maybe it "Knows a Secret or two"!!! Shh, I will never tell!!! I'm LINKING to http://silkenpurse.blogspot.com/2010/12/33rd-teapot-and-tea-things-tuesday.html  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2010/12/43rd-table-top-tuesday.html  http://theplumedpen.blogspot.com/  |
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