1911-1920 Time Line: 1911: J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan flies through the air. 1912: The sinking of the Titanic. 1913: The Panama Canal is completed. 1914: World War I begins. 1915: Girl Scouts officially established (first meeting was in 1912). 1916: Norman Rockwell draws his first Saturday Evening Post cover. 1917: The Uncle Sam I Want You poster brings thousands of recruits to World War I. 1918: Daylight Savings Time to goes into effect on ...
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2014 Oufit of the Month Decade of Fashion
Welcome to January 2014! What an exciting year of outfits I have planned for you! This year we will celebrate: A Century of Fashion - See more at: https://www.lilyandthistle.com/blog/2013/12/07/re-post-from-last-year-st-lucia-bringer-of-light-free-doll-and-december-deals/ It was so fun to create outfits for each decade of the 20th Century (and into the 21st), I admit I got a little carried away and ended up doing TWO ...
St. Lucia Bringer of Light Paper Doll
St. Lucia Day and a Paper Doll Do you celebrate St. Lucia? I have always loved all things Scandinavian (and all things paper dolls too!). Probably because I have Scandinavian (specifically Swedish and Danish) blood flowing through my veins! Jeff does too. So this year I decided to honor our heritage and join with most of Scandinavia (and a lot of other places too) in celebration of St. Lucia Day! This, the 13th day of December is when ...
November Outfit of the Month and Printed Packages are BACK
Saludos! Our eleventh stop this year will be to Spain! We are celebrating the Flamenco folk dance/music Spain is known for. “Flamenco is a form of Spanish folk music and dance from the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. It includes Cante (singing), Toque (guitar playing), Baile (dance) and Palmas (handclaps). In recent years flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many ...
October 2013 Outfit of the Month
Hola!Our tenth stop this year will be to Guatemala!“Guatemalan womens' outfits consist mainly of Trajes. A blouse, a belt and a skirt of sorts. They’re always colorfully dressed. The colors in the Trajes, represent the villages where they live. Westerners are concerned with matching their clothes, not wearing certain colors after certain holidays, not wearing polka dots with stripes, etc. In ...
September 2013 Outfit of the Month
Our ninth destination this year is Russia! “Traditional Russian clothing was designed to empathize Russian woman's inner dignity and emotional restraint. Russian costumes are not only beautiful, they are also convenient in wearing because they were created for work without restricting freedom of movement. Festive clothes and everyday clothes, married woman's and young girl's clothes differed only for details,decoration, color ...
August Outfit of the Month 2013
Hallo! Our eighth stop this year will be to India! A Sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, worn by women, ranging from four to nine yards in length that is draped over the body in various styles which is native to the Indian Subcontinent. There are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a sari. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end of the drape to be worn over the shoulder, ...
July Outfit of the Month 2013
Howdy!For our seventh stop this year, we visit the Western United States and meet: The All American Cowgirl! “Cowboys have certainly gotten their due in movies and fiction over the years, but what about the cowgirl? As early as the 19th century, pioneering women learned their way around a lasso and horse on the American frontier."- Flavorwire.comPaper Doll Camps so far have been a blast! It's been so fun getting to know so many creative, ...
Just a Day in March -Scavenger Hunt Idea
"It was on of those March days, when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." - Charles Dickens Some drawing time... [mailerlite_form form_id=4] Time for a scavenger hunt! Ah, March! [mailerlite_form form_id=4] ...
All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos…
From The Archives: August 2012 Isn't parenthood one of the most humbling, tiring, exasperating, patience promoting experiences ever?! The other evening our sweet, little Laurel decided she would play hairdresser. And here are the results... Zap! Bam! Pow! I posted about it on my personal Facebook page feeling sheepish but needing support and I'm so glad I did. Within the day I received over 50 comments from friends and family ...
How To Whitelist Lily and Thistle Emails
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Dear Santa, Some Merry Elves and Free Printables
We are getting ready for our "Elfy" to come so I thought I'd re-post this from last year. It's already fun to look back at the girls' handwriting from a year ago. It's that time....time for a special letter to go to the Jolly Old Saint and all of his Elves in the North Pole! This is the first year that the twins remember a bit of the magic from last year and are aware of the concept of Santa and his elves. So far, so ...