Our Dad left Cuba with his parents and sister, escaping Castro, in 1961. That means that our grandparents have always had lots of memories of "old Cuba" and the places they left behind. One place that always makes for fascinating stories are the memories of their trips to El Encanto, the unique department store in Havana. This was a classy place and nowhere else like it in the world, according to Grampa. All of the clerks in every department wore strict formal wear --- fancy suits, fancy dresses . . . the whole nine yards. I've always wished that there were some really good histories of the store, but you kind of have to dig around for facts here and there and the few surviving photos (the store burnt down in 1961). So, this morning, I thought it would be really fun to make a shopping bag for our Gene Marshall dolls with the El Encanto logo on it. And I was actually even able to find a scan that someone had of the logo used on one of the real store bags! Couldn't beat that, so I spent a few hours and ended up with five Gene-sized bags, featuring rust-colored handles, gold-brown tissue and a miniature version of the store Guide (or map). Here are some pictures of Gene with her haul. Click on the photos below to see them at full size. |
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Juli Riedl
4/10/2018 03:02:11 pm
These shopping bags you created are exquisite! If you decide to sell them I'd love to buy one, or two! BGHs! Juli DC :)
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Karen
4/10/2018 07:02:33 pm
I would also love to purchase one of these... please advise price with shipping to 78239 2144 Texas.
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My "favorite" member of the Clapham Sect. Not very much is known about him, but what is preserved keeps a beautiful memory alive of an exemplary Christian man. William Wilberforce Quote:
May I look to Him for wisdom and strength and the power of persuasion, and may I surrender myself to Him as to the event with perfect submission, and ascribe to Him all the praise if I succeed, and if I fail say from the heart thy will be done. For you Jesus Christ came into the world. For you he lived and showed God’s love. For you he suffered the darkness of Calvary and cried at the last, ‘It is accomplished.’ For you he triumphed over death and rose to new life. For you he reigns at God’s right hand. All this he did for you, though you do not know it yet.
Where there is one, there is a majority of one; and when the rights of the majority take away from the rights of the one, then the many will themselves suffer.
~Henry David Thoreau~ I often think of Bag End. I miss my books, and my armchair, and my garden. You see, that's where I belong. That's home. That's why I came back, because you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can.
~ Bilbo Baggins ~ FAVORITE BOOKS & FILMS
Gone With the Wind (Mitchell) Genesis of a Legacy (K. Ham) Prisoner of Zenda (Hope) Scaramouche (Sabatini) Amazing Grace (2007) Bertie & Elizabeth (2002) Farmer's Daughter (1947) Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) Secondhand Lions (2003) Sweethearts (1938) SCARAMOUCHE QUOTES
He was born with a gift of laughter & a sense that the world was mad. The future is to be read with certainty only in the past. Man never changes. PRIDE & PREJUDICE:
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment. PRIDE & PREJUDICE:
Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. WINSTON CHURCHILL ON
KING GEORGE VI "His conduct on the Throne may well be a model & a guide to constitutional sovereigns throughout the world today & also in future generations." "For 15 years George VI was King. Never at any moment in all the perplexities at home & abroad, in public or in private, did he fail in his duties." |