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How to make the Forties Happen!

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

If you’re going to have a party in a bombshelter, you gotta do it right!

*fanfare please*

*fanfare please*

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, Bargain, blitz, budget, cake, celebration, cheap, Creative, DIY, Do It Yourself, Dresses, event, events management, Freebies, Gifts, horrible histories, Inspiration, part plan, Party, Party Planning, Patriot, Patriotic, savings, style, terry deary, Theme, Thrifty, Unique, vintage, war, wartime

Anatomy of a Bargain basement costume

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Bogart | 3 comments

Long before Barack, there was Rosie

Long before Barack, there was Rosie

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, blitz, cheap, costume, ebay, fancy, Fancy Dress, farmers, headscarf, land army, land girls, rosie the riveter, wartime, Was

Inspiration from the past…

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

Three are ALL about Vintage, and what better place to start for inspiration than going back in time?!

: Welcome to St Fagans!

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, blitz, budget, celebrations, cheap, DIY, Do It Yourself, Heritage, History, Inspiration, Ivan radford, Museum, Party, Prefab, retro, savings, St Fagans, style, Theme, Thrifty, vintage, war, wartime

Party Prep: The Bunting!

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Bogart | 2 comments

There’s a war on you know – no time for fripparies like buying bunting! Got to make do and mend…

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, Bargain, birthday, Birthdays, blitz, budget, bunting, celebration, celebrations, cheap, craft, Creative, dday, DIY, Do It Yourself, Free, Freebies, Gifts, Inglourious Basterds, Inspiration, jack, paper, paper chain, Party, Patriot, Patriotic, style, Theme, Thrifty, union jack, Unique, VE day, war, wartime

Film Inspiration: Inglourious Basterds

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, Basterds, blitz, Bridgit Von Hammersmark, Inglorious Bastards, Inglourious Basterds, Inspiration, Party, Quentin Tarantino, Shosanna, style, Tarantino, Theme, Unique, war, wartime

The Original Forces Sweetheart rides again!

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

: Dame V, a Legend

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, 1940s Theme, Bargain, blitz, budget, celebration, celebrations, celebrity, Creative, Dame Vera, Dame Vera Lynn, DIY, Do It Yourself, Forces Sweetheart, Gifts, Goodnight Sweetheart, Inspiration, Lynn, Music, Party, style, Theme, Unique, Vera, Vera Lynn, vintage, war, wartime, Wartime music, We'll Meet Again

Cake of the Week #12 – Blitzcake!

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

We’re ridonkulously excited about our imminent 1940s party, and so here we go with some more themed posting!

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, 1940s fashion, 1940s Theme, 1940s wedding, America, American, Bargain, Birthdays, blitz, bride, cake, celebration, celebrations, cheap, chocolate, Creative, DIY, Do It Yourself, Dresses, Gifts, groom, Inspiration, Party, Present, savings, Theme, Thrifty, Unique, vintage, war, wartime, wedding, Weddings

The Invites…

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Bogart | Leave a comment

First thing’s first! Everyone gets an invite…

A little bit of photoshoppage...

Please ignore the childhood picture in the background...

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, Bargain, Basterds, blitz, blitz party, blitzkrieg, Brad Pitt, budget, celebrations, cheap, Creative, Diane Kruger, dig for victory, DIY, eli roth, France, Free, Inglourious Basterds, Inspiration, invitations, invite, nazi, retro, style, Tarantino, Theme, Thrifty, Unique, victory, vintage, war, wartime

Announcement!

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Kate | 1 comment

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We’re throwing a 1940’s Blitz Party!

Which means dressing up, dancing, games and partying like its your last – which it may very well be, there’s a war on dontcha know!

We’ll be documenting all preparations and money spent – we’re rationing our pounds – on the blog so keep clicking!

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Ballroom Blitz

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Bogart | 2 comments

We can’t ever forget the horrors of war on a home front, but nor should we ever forget the amazing sense of community that was bourne out of such hardship in 1940s Britain. Blighty without a party? Not bloody likely, Johnny Foreigner!

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Tagged 1940, 1940s, 1940s Theme, 1950s, austerity, Bargain, birthday, Birthdays, blackout, blighty, blitz, blitzkreig, Britain, budget, cake, carrot cake, celebrations, cheap, Creative, DIY, Dresses, historical, History, Inglourious Basterds, Invites, Party, Present, rationing, retro, style, Theme, Thrifty, Unique, vera lynne, vintage, vintage fashion, war, wartime

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