1910s
How to make natural Easter egg dyes the old-fashioned way
Want to make natural Easter egg dyes the old-fashioned way? Find out how to use roots, berries, herbs and vegetables to color your eggs for a vintage Easter celebration.
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1960s
Crazy, colorful retro kitchens from the ’60s, with bright & bold decorator appliances
Colorful retro kitchens from the ’60s, when it was an exciting new trend in appliances – an idea that’s been growing ever since the first tame departure from clinical white to pale pastels and subdued browns.
1980s
How to make a classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake (1980s)
Even a white Christmas should have a rainbow, so here’s how to make a vintage holiday dessert: classic Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake!
1950s
A sweet collection of cute & very colorful classic Christmas cookies
Get colorful classic Christmas cookies for treats like stained glass cookies, Merry Maker cookies, peppermint pinwheels, Christmas bell and tree cookies, ribbon Christmas cookies, pastel pretties & more recipes.
1950s
Home decor, 1950s-style: Be generous with color
Color is everywhere around you. But nowhere is it more exciting or more important than in your home! Here’s how you can be soothingly subtle or bold and bright, how to get vibrant accents and how to be monochromatic. Ideas to make your whole house sing with color!
1970s
Space Fidgit – the cosmic color-changing disc toy from the ’70s and ’80s
Remember that little round toy from the seventies where you pressed on the back with your finger to squish stuff around and it changed colors? They were called Space Fidgits, and you can find out more about ’em here.
1970s
America gets in the mood: Mood rings seen everywhere as colorful new-age trend of the ’70s captures the minds of millions
Mood rings were incredibly popular pieces of jewelry in the mid-1970s. – call it a colorful fad. So do the rings actually work? What do the mood ring colors mean? Find out here!
1980s
Jell-O Rainbow poke cake recipe (1982)
What will you find at the end of the rainbow? More smiles than ever. Here’s an easy recipe for a fun and fruity rainbow poke cake you can make with your favorite Jell-o flavors!
1910s
Charming & classic All-American suburban houses from 1919
Early in the 20th century, there was an interesting development in American home life — people started moving from the city out to the suburban districts and small towns. See some classic All-American suburban houses from that era here!
1800s
Vintage home exteriors: 18 colorfully-painted Victorian houses (1886)
Bold, rich coloring for houses of the era The day when nearly every building was painted white, and window blinds green, has passed away. It
1960s
Rainbow cake of whipped Jello: Five layers of fluffy flavors make one impressive-looking dessert (1962)
Five flavors of whipped gelatin form this colorful, spectacular dessert: a rainbow cake – an eye-catching red, pink, orange, green and purple layered dessert recipe!
1960s
Jelly bean carousel cake recipe (1965)
Here is a junior spectacular for such a world-shattering occasion as a child’s birthday party. Anyone who loves jelly beans (doesn’t everyone?) will love it.
1960s
Multi-Stripe Delight Jell-O with frosted grapes (1960s)
Layers of Jell-O Gelatin form a color spectrum that delights eye as well as palate. Prepare several fruit flavors of jello as will fill your finest crystal bowl or stemmed glasses.
1910s
Choosing colors & patterns for your home (1910)
The most important things that make home decorating successful are beauty of color, color in relation to light, color in gradation and masses, appropriateness, and harmony between wall coverings and furnishings.
1960s
Colorful Christmas lights from GE (1966 & 1968)
Your holiday decorations can have a new look 15 Merry Bright Light Set — Constant see-thru brilliance! 20 Tinsel-Lights — Halos of sparkle! 35 Merry
2000s
Make some colorful lollipop cookies (2002)
Lollipop cookie recipe This begins the season for family, friends and the irresistible taste of Challenge Butter. The kind that comes from only the purest
1950s
Bathroom colors become brighter and more varied (1957 & 1958)
More color in the bathroom From the Sheboygan Press – April 29, 1957 Pink and yellow bathroom fixture sales increased sharply last year, reports the
1800s
Shades of the past: Victorian house paint color sample cards
The harmony of color (1893) From Sherwin-Williams Paint We often hear the remark “There goes a well-dressed lady,” but we do not always think of
1940s
A retro restroom rainbow: Colorful modern bathrooms (1949)
Here’s some bright and bold bathroom decor, straight out of the late forties.
1960s
Jell-O Crown Jewel/Window Glass desserts (1960s)
Also known as Broken Window Glass Cake, this is a spectacular dessert that fits busy schedules — the gelatin for cubes may be made one day, remainder of dessert can wait until the next day.
1970s
America, show your colors! (1976)
America… show your colors! Pick paint as your best color buy When the budget doesn’t allow new furniture or even upholstery for the old sofa,
1960s
Colorful m&m cookie recipes (1963)
Easy color cookie recipe with m&m’s! Happiest new cookie idea in years! Only Crisco and m&m’s Plain Chocolate Candies offer you this delicious new cookie. Kids
1950s
Vintage Terraflex vinyl asbestos tile in terrazzo colors (1957)
Now! Terraflex vinyl asbestos in beautiful Terrazzo colors! Terraflex Tile and this new J-M Design Book are all you need to create a beautiful floor
1960s
Colored pastel sugar cookies (1962)
Pastel sugar cookies take just four ingredients — and one dough makes five different flavors. Refrigerate, slice, and bake anytime!
1970s
Purple Jell-O poke cake recipe (1978)
This zesty purple Jell-o poke cake has stripes of flavor from a tangy blackberry gelatin! Not feeling so purple? You can swap in any other flavor of Jello to make this cake recipe all your own.
1910s
Movie star says having color in moving pictures is ‘spooky’ (1913)
‘The picture was thrown on the screen, and there was the exact shade of hair and eyes, the true flesh tints it was almost spooky, even a little string of pink beads about my neck, why, there they were just as pink as could be!’
1960s
Warm colors best for the living room (1966)
Warm colors are best for living room by Lynn Elson Fashions in color change every year on the home decorating scene, but personal tastes remain
1970s
How to create super-colorful powder rooms (1972)
Great powder room ideas begin with Kohler The “All-American” look Colors to cheer about. Oval Farmington lavatory in Antique Red; Flair fittings with white acrylic
1970s
Bewitching, colorful & lush shag carpets (1972)
Out: Blah colors. In: Bold, exciting colors. Better still, two or three exciting colors mixed together. Mixed, here, in a carpet Lees calls “Bewitching.” Lees has
1970s
Say it with a Cookiegram: Cake Mate decorator icing (1971)
Say it with a Cookiegram Cake Mate gives you all the tips you need to put your thoughts in icing. Campaign cookies, exam cookies, apology cookies,
1970s
Scotch colored tape: Like a can of paint on a roll (1972)
Scotch Plastic Tape: It’s like a can of paint on a roll It’s like a can of paint on a roll! The glossy clear color
1970s
4 vibrant new sheets & towels from Cannon (1973)
Malibu Stripe Striking stripes in smashing colors that can change your bedroom into a beauty room. Malibu Stripe is one of our new Decorator Fashions.
1970s
Create a whole rainbow of frosty pies! (1972)
Create a whole rainbow of frosty pies! It’s easy — a no-cook, one bowl recipe, and oven ready pie shells from Pet-Ritz. Use your favorite
1980s
Brighten it up! Retro colored pantyhose & tights
Color yourself in Hanes The fashion advantage: Hanes women have it New L’eggs colors (Radio City Music Hall) Silk reflections Reflections on Amy
1980s
Point to color: Nail polish ads of the ’80s (1981-1985)
Maybelline Long-Wearing Nail Color ad (1985) Revlon Nail Enamel (1981) Cutex Nail Blush magazine advertisement (1982) Now Cutex invents Nail Blush. It’s a super-gleamy
1960s
Colorful Kohler bathroom suites (1967 & 1975)
Kohler Originals Lavatories in a bold array of flower garden colors. Kohler Endurables There are products designed to wear out. And there is that which
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