HJournal wishes Girl Scouts a HAPPY 100th ANNIVERSARY ;-) (3/12) These illustrations are from the Girl Scout Handbook, circa 1949 and Cadette Girl Scout Handbook, circa 1963. I was hoping this post might be of interest to fellow Girl Scouts enthusiasts. It's kind of a collection of my favorite Girl Scout Memoirs. I also like to collect old Girl Scout and Boy Scout books and memorabilia. Parades I was in charge of the t-shirts for our local Girl Scouts. They might be plain, but they hadn't made t-shirts in a few years and I really didn't have anything to go by. We had them in time for the Peanut Festival Parade, Dothan, Alabama (fall 2000). Our first parade was the Peanut Festival Parade in the fall of 1998. Shown with Mrs. Alabama and in the second photo--our troop leaders: me and Mrs. Lolley. Then we moved north to Ozark and my troop and a sister troop sponge painted sweatshirts (a badge requirement of course!) for the Christmas Parade '01. Thinking Day My husband helped us by cutting the Eiffel Tower out of cardboard. Then he lit it up with Christmas tree lights. It was a sight to behold in the dark. I had my girls make the display for a homeschool project. I found striped fabric with France's flag colors. I helped with one Thinking Day '01 and made these "passports" for the girls to get stamped at each troop's booth. Every troop had a different country. I remember we did Ireland and France. We actually had a girl from Ireland in our troop. She was my daughter's best friend. We gave a Bon Bon candy to each "visitor" to our France booth (Feb. 2002). Patches and Badges My co-leader, J. Lolley, came up with this cute idea for our Daisies' and Brownies for a simple uniform. We decided not to use the Daisy smocks. That's why I put all of Elise's patches on a banner (shown above). One of the girls from our troop, actually won the G.S. card design contest for our district. Woo Hoo :0) Uniforms I worked real hard with the parents to make sure the Try-its and official insignia were properly placed. With kids, it's real important to receive badges as soon as possible. It's not practical to have a full-blown ceremony every single meeting so we would announce at least two ceremonies a year and lock in the date. Badges earned in between those dates would be recognized as part of a regular meeting and the girls could go ahead and get them on their sashes. I really wanted the girls to learn to sew on their own badges once they became Juniors. Occasionally we would use meetings to go over this. The girls were given needles and corresponding thread and we would sit in a circle on the floor while I went around to show each girl how to sew them on and give them help if needed. If there were a lot of badges to put on, I would sew them on myself rather than let them get lost. I rarely had to reorder badges because of this. Activities Every year we asked the girls what they wanted to use their cookie money for and the number one answer was, "Go to the Beach!!!" We never did do that, (except when we lived in Port St. Lucie-2000!) but we did use the money for practical things like going to Girl Scout Camps as a troop to earn badges. And of course we had parties. We went on a trip to Florida Caverns State Park, Mariana, FL which is close to Dothan. Our troop did a lot of activities at Landmark Park in Dothan, Alabama. My Daisies and I were actually asked to be in a Girl Scout commercial for Alabama and it was filmed at Landmark Park! This was taken at Girl Scout Day at Landmark. Little Brother was a tagalong to many Girl Scout functions. We also gave service to Landmark Park '02 when we showed guests how to make Cornhusk Dolls. In 1998, the Dothan troop planted daylillies at the elementary school's garden (shown on bridge). Making Corn Husk Dolls Meetings Meetings were usually held at a church or a leader's home. Most of the ones in Ozark were held at my home 2001-2002, but when we needed more room to make quilts for the children's hospital we held meetings at the local library's meeting room. Swaps Collection Swaps are small crafts that G.S. give as gifts or trade with other scouts. They are sometimes referred to as potlatch. Their origin is Native American. POTLATCH is the ceremonial exchange of gifts practiced by Native Americans of Northwest Coast tribes. The custom stems from the legend explaining why birds have colored feathers. As the story goes, two Indian girls plucked feathers of a magic bird and distributed the multicolored plumage to the colorless birds living in the forest. From that time on, birds have had brightly colored feathers, and those gifts were remembered at potlatch ceremonies. Swaps can be simple or complex, cheap or expensive, whatever the maker desires. Each girl needs to decide how many swaps she wants to make. This is the same number she will receive. Larger troops may want to make several kinds of swaps so that the girls will have more opportunities to trade. Probably 10-15 per girl is a good number to aim for. Swaps can be made during a troop meeting, during a special meeting called for the express purpose of making swaps, or examples shown at the meeting, with the swaps to be made at home. One suggestion,which might be helpful for younger gilrs, is to have a mother/daughter evening to mass produce the swaps in one night. You can demonstrate some of the ideas listed below, or just provide an assortment of beads, ribbons, felt, pipe cleaners, etc. and let their imaginations run wild. Or you may want to have your group plan a swap and then consider the cost, materials needed, how long it will take, etc. Swaps are usually only an inch or two in size and attach with a safety pin. Traditionally they are pinned on a swap hat. This hat could be part of your troop identificationNall a certain color, with troop number decorated on with fabric paints. On the day of the swap, each girl will come with a shoebox (or something) with her swaps in it, and will mingle with other girls, trading her swaps for others that interest her. Hopefully, the swaps will have small safety pins attached and can be pinned to a swap hat or jacket. Leaders may want to come prepared with a few extra swaps for girls who were absent when they were made. Why swap? To promote friendship. To learn to talk to other people. To have mementos of a good time. To share our handiwork with other scouts. Girls on wider opportunities and adults at national meetings swap patches and handmade items. These often reflect the area the scout lives in. Camp swapping is a great background for this. (This was found on the internet many moons ago!) I have a few more Swaps shown at my post: Some Favorite Campy Things. First Aid Kit Autograph Book Bed Roll Buddy Burner Caterpillar Clover American Flag Friendship Knot Mess Kit Peppermint Peanut Baby Pretzel Scottish Bonnet Warm Fuzzy S'more
Our Free Printables for this week are 3 cute Retro “Pin up Girls” Note Pads that we worked on this past weekend. Feel free to use them in your craft projects or to write little messages at home as post it notes in your refrigerator, by the phone, in your scrapbooking art or whatever your inspiration dictates. Here below are the ones in blank to download. I particularly have printed a good pack of them and will be using them as post its for my daily calendar, and my recipe's shopping list. They are cute right? For Inspirations, Ideas & Tutorials on how to use Vintage Graphics don’t forget to visit our Vintage Inspired Decor Blog: Boulevard de L’antique. We feature new projects all the time. Every week we have the great opportunity to participate and share our projects in awesome parties, please visit them and see what talented artists and crafters are creating. They are not in any particular order, just from the oldest till the most recent one I started on participating: Monday: Newbie Graduates Party @ Debbiedoo's Monday Funday @ C.R.A.F.T. 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Our Free Printables for this week are 3 cute Retro “ Pin up Girls ” Note Pads that we worked on this past weekend. Feel fre...
Hit reset with a mini fridge makeover. Refresh your college staple with this easy DIY of a retro color palette and new accents.
Hey planner friends! I’m back again to show you how I am using some of the goodies from The Reset Girl and Posh Collection in my Robin’s Egg Carpe Diem planner. For the monthly pages, I like to keep them functional with lots of space, but still have some decorative stickers and ephemera to dress up the pages. Most of the stickers here come from the Planner Basics Stickers pack from The Reset Girl and I love how this set is full of mini page flags, ring reinforcers, and box stickers that coo
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING-July 1948
This graphic was on the first page of a Panama's local phonebook back in 1978, a resume of the important phone numbers in the city, like police, hospital, fire station, etc. I altered it a little bit by adding the words also in English and made a close up of the lady on the phone. You can print it on cardstock, write the numbers for your city and put it in the wall next to the table where you keep the phone. I also imagine it as a nice cover for a phone address book or agenda. Enjoy them & thank you for reading us, Erika
Originally from McCall's, both Style A (long version with shaped facings in the skirt - 17 pieces) and Style B are sold together in this listing. The short version (Style B - 7-pieces) is sold separately here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1081913017/1954-evening-short-length-halter-dress The long skirt of Style A has deep scallops at each gore in the hem. This pattern fits 32 to 38" bust, 26 to 32" waist and 35 to 41" hip, BUT only the bodice is multi-sized. I included a diagram and text instructions on how to re-size the skirt pieces. I issued the pattern in this format in response to customers asking as for how to grade (re-size) vintage patterns. 5/8" seams are given. (The finished red dress is for demonstration from this pattern only, it is not a piece for sale.) All of my patterns are full size on 18-lb translucent bond paper and in stock as I print them on demand. This bond paper is sturdy enough that it doesn't tear like pattern tissue, yet it is light enough to see and cut through easily enough. Celebrating OVER 20 years of bringing you accurately reproduced and multi-size vintage patterns! See me at www.EvaDress.com for hundreds (yes, HUNDREDS) more! PATTERN NOT IN YOUR SIZE? Upon request, I am happy to furnish an additional schematic showing where to adjust the pattern pieces with instructions on how to re-size the pattern.
FREE Retro Images Here are some retro ladies that you might be able to use for Digital or Collage Art... Or even your Blog Banner!!! The possibilities are endless! {Click on png images to download/save...} 300 dpi printables! PNG format with transparent backgrounds... This one is fun! Add your favorite caption... Love the gloves! I hope you are loving these images! FREEBIE images everyday! Be sure to stop again! xo
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