Vintage-ness Archives - Starlight and Saucepans

The Memory Nest Tag

A little while ago Cecilia invited me to fill out the very fun Memory Nest tag! Here are the rules: 1. Thank the person who tagged you. (Thank you, Cecilia! :))2. List five things that start with "when I grow up…

By Lizzie Hexam May 9, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness7 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

I Crocheted a Vintage Belt!

As you are likely aware, Easter Sunday occurred not long ago. Inspired by Cecilia's sewing project for Easter, I thought it would be rather nice to make something new for Easter myself. I didn't need any new clothes, though, and…

By Lizzie Hexam April 25, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness21 Comments

Homemaking Vintage-ness

I Lived Like a 1950s Housewife for a Day

There is a schedule floating around on the Internet that is supposedly that of the average 1950s housewife. (I'm not sure where it came from...I expect that it's probably more the ideal schedule a housewife would aim to follow than…

By Lizzie Hexam January 15, 2025Homemaking, Vintage-ness20 Comments

Period Dramas Spiritual Life Vintage-ness

2024 Year in Review: Movies

I hope you're been having a marvelous 2025! Here I am to make it even better by blabbing about movies to you. You're welcome. This seems to have been The Year of the Animated Movie for me, since towards the…

By Lizzie Hexam January 4, 2025Period Dramas, Spiritual Life, Vintage-ness4 Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas Vintage-ness

10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer

Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…

By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

Oldies Music Vintage-ness

Vintage Fashion with Judith Durham

What's one thing I love above all else? ...not vintage fashion, actually, if we want to get technical. But I am quite fond of vintage fashion. I'm also quite fond of Judith Durham, lead singer of the Australian '60s band…

By Lizzie Hexam January 19, 2024Oldies Music, Vintage-ness7 Comments

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Prince of Egypt, Jane Eyre, Pickpocket, Babette's Feast, Great Expectations, The Kid Brother, Arthur Christmas movie posters

Period Dramas Vintage-ness

2023 Year in Review: Filmish Edition

Last week I put up the bookish edition of my 2023 year in review. That was so long that I thought it made more sense to talk about my films of 2023 in a separate post. So, here is that…

By Lizzie Hexam January 5, 2024Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas Vintage-ness

My Top 7 Christmas Movies

First things first: I'm one of Those People who tries to do very little in the way of Christmas-y things until it is actually Christmas. Seeing how it is not actually Christmas yet, but plumb spang in the middle of…

By Lizzie Hexam December 21, 2023Miscellaneous, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

Man tipping his hat to a lady on the street

Miscellaneous Vintage-ness

10 Useful Pieces of Victorian Etiquette

I very much enjoy reading Victorian etiquette books. Although, naturally, I don't agree with everything, and although some of it is not applicable for most of us today (the majority of us really don't need to know how you should…

By Lizzie Hexam July 18, 2023Miscellaneous, Vintage-ness2 Comments

Oldies Music Vintage-ness

Tuneful Tuesday: Don’t Sleep in the Subway by Petula Clark

I'd like to share a song with you by Petula Clark, called (as you'll never guess, since it's not as though it's explicitly mentioned in the post title or anything) Don't Sleep in the Subway. "You wander around On your…

By Lizzie Hexam May 23, 2023Oldies Music, Vintage-nessNo Comments