Author Archives: Dame Toadstool

About Dame Toadstool

From her humble Midwestern beginnings, Dame Toadstool has developed into a lady of fine taste (as long as you are flexible with the definition of "fine"). She enjoys sarcasm, knitting, subversive cross-stitching, and will never stop using the Oxford comma.

What’s your Perfect Date in Utah County?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

Our famed local newspaper, The Daily Herald, wants to know about your favorite date spot/activity in Utah County and why you love it. Here are the details. Submission window ends February 3. I wonder what percentage of those submissions will be … Continue reading →

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Vintage Happy Valley: Frilly crochet collars look very special

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

Here’s another vintage crochet pattern advertisement for you from the Springville Herald. I’m glad I missed 1941 and its frilly, feminine neckwear. Then again, when I think about what’s making fashion news this season…. scroll down to what I’m talking about. New Collars … Continue reading →

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Vintage Happy Valley: Discontended

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

While my modern sensibilities may question the charm of such vintage postcard finds (another from Liz‘s collection), I find them intriguing. The captions are sometimes weird and don’t seem to fit… like trying to make sense of poor translations on … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Utah, where Thou Shalt Not Commit Adulthood

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

Dame Toadstool here with an official response to the Hullabaloo that came out of the woodwork after The Cotton Floozy’s December post about Creative Dating in Utah County. I went out of town a couple hours after it was posted … Continue reading →

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Lucky Birds for a Lucky New Year

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

To Bring You a Lucky New Year I’m sending you “The Lucky Bird”— He’s just good luck all over,— His daddy was a horse-shoe And his ma a four-leaf clover. [signed “1923 Fritz Marsh”] We hit a bit of a … Continue reading →

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