The Bee's Knees - Vintage Camper Gal Wisconsin Vlogger

I hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend. We were expecting a snow storm here in the north east but it looks like it will actually miss us. Yay! I wanted to mention a lovely vintage vlogger I have been following, she's in the cold state of Wisconsin. Her channel is Vintage Camper Gal Wisconsin. I love her style, her accent as well as her vintage hair dryers she uses to set her hair. There's a lot to love here.  I am really adoring her channel. She offers a great range of videos such as morning coffee in curlers, vintage glamping, vintage hair styling, vintage shopping & thrifting, homemaking tips and cruelty free make-up reviews.  She also includes us in her travels to car shows, vacations and most recently VLV 18. Woohoo! This lady makes me want to start my own youtube channel, but for now I will just love on her channel. She's the Bee Knees! Give her a watch and follow.

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Happy Housewifing!

I'm a stay-at-home mom. Go ahead ask me what I do all day. I dare you.

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I sit here contemplating life this morning and I am feeling a little perturbed. I was asked AGAIN last night by a nice, but well meaning new acquaintance that dreaded question "What do you do all day"? Really? Ugh! I went on to explain. It seem's like I need an explanation to not work outside the home these days.

Is it that strange to be home with my children and keep a home? Maybe? The fact is that if we live within our means there should not be an issue with being a homemaker. Wive's can be spend thrifts. My husband experienced being almost in financial ruin in his past marriage. Many husbands struggle with wive's over spending. One of the top things couple fight about is money.

Like I said I am a "modern vintage homemaker" which means I have experienced divorces, step family issues, financial strains from child support payments paid out and lack of child support payments coming in and much more. I believe it takes the right plan and mind set to be a stay at home wife. I give mom's who do work outside the home props for juggling that lifestyle too.

I'm not perfect by any means and it is a work in progress. My home is never perfectly spotless and I do feel a little guilt over that. Our family is happy and comfortable. That's what counts. We have healthcare through my husbands job and for that I am grateful. My husband has a good income but we are not rich by any means. I believe to be a homemaker in today's world there are things you will give up, but also gain different things in exchange. It's what you make of it.

My Top 5 Pet Peeves People Say To Homemakers:

1. What do you do all day?

2. Do you have to ask for money?

3. I wish I could watch T.V. all day.

4. You're so lucky to have all that free time.

5. I wish my husband was rich, so I wouldn't have to work either.

Ok, I feel better now. I'm heading back to my happy place. 

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Happy Housewifing!

How to Decorate with Vintage Plates and Serving Trays

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Throughout my vintage collecting years I have come across literally thousands of beautiful vintage plates. Most of those plates are missing their little tea cups and are sadly alone on those thrift store shelves. I have passed up so many beautiful pieces just for the fact that I had no where to display them. I also had trouble displaying my vintage trays. I also used this simple tutorial to hang those as well. Even though hanging plates on walls is not a new idea, I made my vintage plate wall a while back and wanted to share this easy DIY tutorial of how I did it.

Vintage plates  and trays can be found at almost all thrift stores, antique shops, yard sales and even Grandmother's house. This is a very affordable and easy way to decorate with vintage. It is sometimes called cottage decorating.

You may choose a theme such as blue willow plates.  Any shapes or sizes of plates can be used as long as they are not to thick; which equals heavy.  Vintage trays actually don't weigh very much and hang well with this a paper clip wall hook.

You may grow your plate wall from floor to ceiling if you like and I might end up filling my wall as well. I display my vintage serving trays in my kitchen and my vintage plates in my dining room.

If you own a simple glue gun, paper clips and have some plates or trays just waiting to be shown off then why not try this simple vintage plate/tray wall tutorial.


Things You Will Need For This Project:

• Paper Clips
• Glue Gun
• Glue Sticks
• Vintage Plates or Vintage Trays
• Small Nails or Hanging Hooks.

Step One:

Open Your Paper Clips Like This

Step Two:

Heat the Glue Gun Up and Glue "Open" V Part of Paper Clip to back of Plate or tray.

Step Three:

Voila! Hang your vintage plates and trays! 

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Happy Housewifing!

A Busy Monday for this Homemaker and Blog Updates

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Hello all! I hope everyone is having a great start to their week. It's a Monday. Monday's are always busy for me. I tend to have to recover from the kids and my husband being home for the weekend. This is a three day weekend for the kids due to the Martin Luther King holiday. The kids are home lounging around in their PJ's and I've got to get going on my housework list. I have laundry, decluttering , bathroom/shower, vacuuming, mopping the kitchen, and baking some treats for the family

Monday's are also blogging days. I have been playing around with my blog and trying to clean it up for a neater appearance. I believe less is more when it comes to blogging now. Long gone are the day's where blinking and scrolling text is acceptable.  I am not a professional designer by any means. My header is a little fuzzy as I just whipped it up in my basic paint program. I will be browsing etsy for some buttons for this blog and there are some really talented sellers with beautiful designs.

I have also been working on monetizing my blog. I know a lot of you have blogs of your own. It's no secret that I have ad's on my blog. We write about what we love so why not get paid to do it as well. I recently joined Share-A-Sale. See how I did that? I placed an affiliate link there.

Share-A-Sale..see I did it again. Ok, now back to what I was explaining. Share-A-Sale is just one of many affiliate marketing websites. People like us bloggers can join for free and select products that we like or that match what we blog about. We earn a portion of the merchants sale for the visit. There are other way's to make money with affiliate marketing. There is pay-per-click, pay-per-sale etc.

For instance if you blog about vintage style dresses and fashion, you would put that search term in the search box. I searched for "vintage dress". A couple of merchants that came up in my search were: Sammy Dress and Vintage Trend's.

Sammy Dress sell's great vintage themed dresses as well as jewelry, maternity, plus size clothing and gifts. Vintage Trends sell's true vintage clothing as well as vintage military clothing.

Some programs take a day or two for approval when you apply. Vintage Trends has 100% approval rate so you could apply today, get accepted and place your chosen text, banner or coupon on your blog.

I have also joined the Ebay Partner Network and this happens to be my FAVORITE as I can choose from millions of items to promote.  I love browsing Ebay for vintage everything and that's what I choose to promote.

While being part of the Ebay Partner Network I have access to the Half.com affiliate program as well. Amazon does not offer an affiliate program to my state due to tax reasons. I have chosen Half.com as a source of finding great cookbooks and books to review.

I have found a book on on half.com about affiliate marketing

Quick Start Guide to Affiliate Marketing : Answers to the Questions You Should Be Asking by Evgenii Prussakov (2014, Paperback)

If you don't know much about affiliate marketing there are many more books about it on half.com. I personally like a "printed" book to read while I sit and have tea.


Whew...there is quite a lot to blogging. I hope I haven't overwhelmed or bored you. I will say that I have been playing it safe with my blog posts and I will be writing "meatier" postsin the future. I am pretty candid and now feel that I can be more open in my posts. Subjects like remarriage, being a stay at home wife, mother, self esteem, anxiety, and basically most topics I have stayed away from. I'm also excited to announce that I will be having monthly or weekly giveaways. I haven't decided just yet. Stay tuned!

I must get going on my housework as I am way behind already.

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Happy Housewifing!

Vintage Kitsch Weekend Favorites

I wish I could buy everything vintage bobble I see. I love finding vintage deals online and while I'm out thrifting. Today we are having a snowstorm and I've taken some time to sit and have a cup of tea and browse online. Ebay is my favorite site for finding vintage kitsch.

I'm in love with a seller I found while searching for vintage potholders on ebay. This seller happens to live in my state and is called Mainely Vintage Linens. Here are just a few items they have in their store. If your kitchen is looking a little bare these would do a wonderful job of brightening up a vintage themed kitchen.

Super Cute Kitsch Chrocheted Pot Holders

1950's Vintage Lot of PotHolders

Below are also some great vintage decorations I found this morning while browsing. I love spaghetti poodles. I have seen these same poodles selling for up $100 in my area. The poodles on ebay are very affordable and too adorable! My collection...begins..

Vintage Spaghetti Poodle from 

Ebay Seller: SweetRepeats4All

Sweet Spaghetti Poodle with Pink Bow- 

Ebay Seller :BakesVinyl