Spring Issue of Vintage Life Magazine

The new Vintage Life Magazine is out and this time it's all about spring. As usual there are great clothes on display. I wish I had the money to buy some of them.

Baking Raspberry Cake

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

 I got this book by my Mom and was at first not sure if I really wanted to read it. But I am really glad I did, because this was really entertaining.

The main character of the book is Molly, who lives in a little English town in the 1830s. It is the story of her growing up to a young woman with all the challenges life has to offer, first love, broken heart and the loss of a loved one. The book is mostly about the characters, their habits and development, not about the story. There is not so much that happens, but you get a good insight at the character's feelings. I really enjoyed the book, despite it being very long. Molly is very a likeable person. She is a nice and loveable character, but not perfect. I hate characters which are all good and clever and pretty and so on. Molly is nice and she is clever, but she is no super-human. She has her flaws and so is a very real character.

I would give this book 5/5 stars.

Pink Things

Bomb Girls Season 2

I finally got my hands on the second season of Bomb Girls and I loved it. The second season really didn't disappoint. The story was very good and the characters developed in many interesting ways. Maybe the story was a bit more drama than in the first season, but that did not hurt. And of course the costumes were amazing. I love that this show has a lot of everyday clothes displayed.

Unfortunately this was the last season and it has no real ending. There are rumors there will be a movie, so I hope for the best.

Painting

Yesterday I visited a friend and her daughter gave me this cute painting. Isn't it a great fox?

My favorites from the Simplicity Spring Collection

Simplicity have released their new patterns for Spring and I have to admit there is not much to thrill me. Only two patterns are on my wishlist. But okay, good for my purse.

This Lisette pattern has a vintage feel and I simply fell for the cute Peter Pan collar. It is nothing special, but I think, I would wear such a dress often.

The only vintage pattern in this collection. I have already some other bikini top patterns, but I think this would be very cute for summer.

Do you have any favorites from this spring collection?