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One of the things that makes Project Runway for me, other than sewing of course, is Tim Gunn's fantastic vocabulary.
Examples:
mitigating
circuitous
Sturm und Drang
faux bois
scuttlebutt
Hearing him speak is like a soft wave cleansing my mind of all the Spanglish and text speak that makes up my life of teaching English Lit to ESL students.
But nothing....nothing will ever top the shock and, for some reason, delight of hearing Tim say,
"Jackie Kennedy would not have cameltoe."
Oh Tim......
I love the sewing and vintage blog community. I should add a blog roll, I know Iknow.
I try to comment on several a day, even if the jealousy is hard to get through. Many blogs do giveaways in order to promote their blog and thank their blog community. Sometimes you must become their follower or repost their giveaway, often it's just commenting on the blog or answering a question that enters you to win some pretty amazing gifts.
Vintage Vixen, the owner of the Etsy store Fab Gabs has been running a great series of giveaways, each themed with a specific time era. I...yes me, Stella, won the 1940's giveaway. When I saw my name I didn't really beleive it, I mean I cannot be the only Stella out there in sewing blog land. But it was....and look at the goodies I'll be receiving!!!
Today there is a great 1950's giveaway you should totally check out.
It feels good to be a winner. I already have my 50$ gift certificate spent in my head, let's hope the things I want don't get snatched up before I get my chance, so as to my choices on that I'm keeping mum. So have you ever won through one of these giveaways?
