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Rabbit Rabbit! It's the first

I hope your December starts out happy and bright!  Rabbit, rabbit.

Image credit: filmresearch - Flickr creative commons

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LED Christmas Lights Story

Last year my family decided to make the switch from our colorful, vintage Christmas lights to new LED lights because the LED lights are more energy efficient. It was a good switch since our home runs on solar power. But, there were some issues with the purchase of the LED lights.

The story begins at the CVS store near our home. I went with my husband to the store to pick up packages of the new LED light strands. On the first trip they had plenty in stock. We picked up 6 packages and began the decorating. We got into the project to find that 2 out of the 6 packages didn’t work! We went back to the store the next day to pick up replacements and to get 2 additional strands. On the end of one aisle we unplugged a stereo to test the packages right in the store. We found that many of the brand new packages did not work!  Finally we left with enough LED lights to finish our project. So beware when you are out there shopping. You might want to test the lights in store. I have this feeling that the store helpers simply put damaged merchandise back on the shelves. Quality control on the LED lighting products was an issue and we were paying regular price. It’s a great idea to go green and switch to LED but you don’t want to waste gas going back and forth to the store when the product is faulty.

I hope everyone enjoys the lights this year.  It’s the last day of November and I already see nice holiday light displays all around my neighborhood!

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Vintage Glam 1980's Power Dress Pattern on eBay

Here is a great example of that 1980's silhouette known as a power dress. The deep dolman sleeve and asymmetrical button front bodice give the dress an edge. The style has sex appeal with it's straight narrow fitted skirt and low v neckline. It looks perfect with some chunky gold jewelry and big hair.  This another vintage sewing pattern I have for sale on eBay. This is a Very Easy Vogue dress pattern.

It is ebay item #: 290639168968

Happy Thanksgiving, Winter is Here!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and a happy and bright holiday season.  Cheers!

image is from a vintage French flash card I have for sale on eBay: item 300627930945

ElegantKB's Wordless Wednesday Look out the Window

Image credit: John Leslie - Flickr Humble-bee

Set a Pretty and Colorful Thanksgiving Table

I came across a nice video from Williams Sonoma. I love how this holiday table looks.  The narrator is really proud to demonstrate her use of pretty table linens, plates and stemware. I'm inspired to start collecting linens and things. This style is nice because it is classic.  She does a good job explaining color and texture.  Enjoy the video here.

http://youtu.be/Zeow8zujkmg

 

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ElegantKB recommends Photos from the Creative Common Flickr Group

I found this beautiful photo for Fall inspiration in the Creative Common group on Flickr. Credit: photo is copyright by glasseyes and can be found here on Flickr.

If you blog and enjoy photography this is the best group to visit. I regularly find great images to share and inspire. Please check out the rules of the group. They encourage you to share and use photos with the Creative Commons license.  There are all safe and have minor restrictions for use. I hope you like my recommendation.

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