tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post6091326931029834514..comments2024-03-23T18:12:39.782-07:00Comments on wacky tacky: Glam Fam or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate My SweatpantsMr. Tinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-90773869887568834042013-03-25T18:53:07.142-07:002013-03-25T18:53:07.142-07:00Hahahahaha!!!! I wouldn't mind somebody else&...Hahahahaha!!!! I wouldn't mind somebody else's artistic nudes show up. But there is something about seeing your Aunt Velma naked that causes irreparable harm to a young man's psyche!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-43152214725899245592013-03-25T11:42:56.850-07:002013-03-25T11:42:56.850-07:00I hope my artistic nudes show up in the family pho...I hope my artistic nudes show up in the family photos someday! I'm going to get old and saggy, might as well show everyone how fabulous you can be. Go Aunt Velma! hahahaMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793295526771577222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-11976286618999789732013-03-25T08:53:13.394-07:002013-03-25T08:53:13.394-07:00Hahahahaha!!! Yes she had some pretty strong gene...Hahahahaha!!! Yes she had some pretty strong genes on her side of the family!!! Especially in the round face/big cheek department!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-22744377245454228392013-03-25T08:52:11.306-07:002013-03-25T08:52:11.306-07:00You have just made my day!!! If the novel ever ha...You have just made my day!!! If the novel ever happens, don't be surprised if the dedication reads, "To Eartha."Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-63024907469289484992013-03-25T08:50:40.967-07:002013-03-25T08:50:40.967-07:00Wowee, I would love to see pics of your Mississipp...Wowee, I would love to see pics of your Mississippi grandmother looking like one Mildred Pierce! All my current kin are pretty working-class and grubby, so it never occurred to me that just a couple of generations back we would be so glamorous! Hahahaha!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-49983315105323716532013-03-25T08:46:54.964-07:002013-03-25T08:46:54.964-07:00I love connecting the dots through family history....I love connecting the dots through family history. Fortunately, I have some real family historians in our clan, so I just get to do the fun part and look at all the great pictures. You have a great-aunt Veronica with an unknown man on a tire; I have a great-great-aunt Velma with an unknown man on a running board...I think we might be related!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-54992793061872828322013-03-25T08:43:00.629-07:002013-03-25T08:43:00.629-07:00Thanks! It is one of my favorite pastimes to go t...Thanks! It is one of my favorite pastimes to go through old family photos when I come across fancy ones like these, I've just got to share them.<br />Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-79663584552338766372013-03-25T08:40:18.350-07:002013-03-25T08:40:18.350-07:00This is such good information. I get so panicky i...This is such good information. I get so panicky in front of the camera and always end up looking like a complete weirdo!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-20063510910609798092013-03-25T08:39:22.028-07:002013-03-25T08:39:22.028-07:00Hostessing sounds like a perfect job; I think all ...Hostessing sounds like a perfect job; I think all you really have to do is look cute. I think we need to recreate Topper's photo shoot with you as the star of the show!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-73767048645527829932013-03-24T12:29:45.965-07:002013-03-24T12:29:45.965-07:00OMG! You guys look so much like your Grandmother! ...OMG! You guys look so much like your Grandmother! I love genetics. Thanks for sharing these great photos!Technicolor Cutiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843519430748749299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-38047297613751688422013-03-23T11:25:33.306-07:002013-03-23T11:25:33.306-07:00Wow! It's a shame that Velma wasn't a nice...Wow! It's a shame that Velma wasn't a nice lady because she was FABULOUS. And maybe a little kinky. I love the thought of your grandmother methodically cutting out her photographed naughty bits with tiny scissors. Topper was really beautiful too! <br /><br />"In the end, no matter how glamorous people in my family may have been, we all end up wrapping up the remnants of our biscuits-and-gravy breakfast in paper napkins and putting the leftovers in our big, white purse so the cats can enjoy them later - or at least that was the precedent set by Velma in her waning years. " - Hon, that could totally be the first line of a novel. Make. It. Happen.<br /><br />Eartha Kitschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189308677139650882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-80107166760366357232013-03-23T08:22:03.938-07:002013-03-23T08:22:03.938-07:00How fantastic!! A glam fam indeed!! Velma was fier...How fantastic!! A glam fam indeed!! Velma was fierce, and Topper reminds me of a sultrier Audrey Hepburn.<br /><br />My ancestors were mostly working-class and grubby, and not exactly style icons, hehe, although my grandmother from Mississippi was a secretary in the '40s and had some great early-Joan Crawford working-girl looks. (Shoulder pads out to THERE and a ubiquitous cigarette!)Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955329474063496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-7975860463881977112013-03-23T07:33:06.822-07:002013-03-23T07:33:06.822-07:00Julia Sugarbaker had a wonderful quote about sitti...Julia Sugarbaker had a wonderful quote about sitting next to the hairy legs of people who wore shorts on planes. I also believed she was not a fan of rubber thongs!Jerryccthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152956966746719982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-42611133056852491392013-03-23T05:31:36.154-07:002013-03-23T05:31:36.154-07:00Those are some lovely photos and history of famili...Those are some lovely photos and history of families can be so fun. the little picture appearing next to this post is of my great aunt Veronica standing on a tire with some unknown gentleman taken sometime in the 30's. She too was always hamming it up for the camera. Keep in mind our ancestors had a lot less clothing choices than we do they wore nicer clothes because that was all they had.Living Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707910115390904845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-44565743023267606342013-03-23T03:48:55.595-07:002013-03-23T03:48:55.595-07:00Wowzers! What stunners!!! How lovely to find those...Wowzers! What stunners!!! How lovely to find those photos. Topper was a total honey! xZoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893813529679767893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-1584801622598048772013-03-22T21:15:40.960-07:002013-03-22T21:15:40.960-07:00Here's a tip from my aunt who was a high-fashi...Here's a tip from my aunt who was a high-fashion model in the Fifties: when about to have one's pic taken,stand up straight and pull your shoulders down as far as they will go comfortably. This will make you feel like you are stretching your neck upwards, (which is what you DON'T want to do) so it is important to keep the gesture confined to the shoulders. This will prevent that awful stumpy "no-neck look" frequently seen in photos, and if you avoid stretching your neck it looks perfectly natural and much more flattering!. <br /><br />Plus, never stare directly at the camera lens. You will then look slightly cross-eyed (and often RED-eyed) as a result; always a charming look! (not!) Direct your gaze PAST the camera, just over the photographer's head, if you must look "at" the camera". <br /><br /> Oh, and another thing: the reason most people dislike their photos and say "that doesn't look like me!' is because they are accustomed to their reflection the way it looks in a mirror, which shows you your face in REVERSE! Just about everyone has two differing sides to their face, (Claudette Colbert was completely obsessed with ONLY being filmed from her 'best" side) and a photo shows us our faces the way they REALLY look, as opposed to what one sees in the mirror! I used to get super ticked off with my pics until I realized it was the fact of the side parting of my hair being on the "wrong side" that was bugging me! I tried switching it, but after wearing it parted one way for 30 years, it's not an easy thing to change!Sufiyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-67221987205685763232013-03-22T19:05:32.430-07:002013-03-22T19:05:32.430-07:00WOW! Topper was quite a dame. I wanna be a hostess...WOW! Topper was quite a dame. I wanna be a hostess at a supper club...I'm not sure what that entails entirely...but it means you get headshots...and that I am ALL ABOUT!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170910814856328134noreply@blogger.com