{"id":42,"date":"2006-06-24T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.butterflyrocket.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2006-06-24T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2006-06-24T11:23:03","slug":"the-old-holly-hobbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"The *old* Holly Hobbie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has the birth of my daughter made me super sentimental? Am I trying to relive my childhood? I’ve always had a tiny collection going, but lately it’s been a Holly Hobbie<\/em> thrift store bonanza. (I’m talking original Holly Hobbie<\/em>, not the revamped modern Holly Hobbie<\/em> they’ve just introduced posing in the form of Holly’s Great Grand-daughter<\/a>.) Maybe a bunch of thirty-somethings are tossing nostalgia out the window and having a big cleanup (lucky me!)!?<\/p>\n

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My first introduction to Holly Hobbie<\/em> was when I was three. I ran through the dining room and a small Holly Hobbie <\/em>porcelain egg that I had been given as a first Easter gift from my Nanna and Papa fell from the hutch and chipped. My parents weren’t strict, but to this day I still remember being told not to run in the house after that incident. The egg still sits on my desk as a warm reminder of my childhood and the first house we lived in.<\/p>\n

I have seen a few Holly Hobbie<\/em> references out in blogland recently, so it’s nice to see I am not alone and that Holly Hobbie<\/em> holds a special place in many a seventies child’s heart.<\/p>\n

Amy at Inspireco<\/em><\/a> talks of a Holly Hobbiesque miniature garden {here}<\/a>. Oh to have had a Holly Hobbie<\/em> magazine!!! (Holly Hobbie<\/em> aside, you really should take a peek at Amy’s beautiful and inspiring blog. *sigh* it is all so so pretty!)<\/p>\n

I have a few Holly Hobbie<\/em> thrifted sheet sets that I am saving for some bags, patches and other sewing adventures with Eloise<\/a> in mind (that’s a pillow slip behind the doll in the photo above<\/em>). I recently came across some lovely totes over at Noodles and Doodles<\/a> that have combined similar fabric with bright girly colours. She’s done a gorgeous job. Very inspiring!<\/p>\n

And for some other thrifty Holly Hobbie<\/em> finds, over at Colorfool<\/a> she found some Holly Hobbie<\/em> buttons (check out all the other lovely buttons too!) and at Bella Dia <\/a>a 1977 tea towel!<\/p>\n

There’s so much out there and I’m finding at least a piece a week….so I think I’ll have to get selective…something I have never been very good at!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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