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Vintage on Tap is dedicated to 1940s and 1950s vintage, leaning into the beautiful fashion and culture which we get to enjoy and recreate today. This blog takes a fun and modern approach in highlighting Vintage Fashion not Vintage Values, leaning into all things from the era as well as sharing a candid, behind-the-scenes perspective on building the Vintage on Tap YouTube channel.
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If There’s No Story, There’s No Video
I’ve made tutorials online for years. But after all that time, I’m finally confronting my YouTube kryptonite: storytelling.
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Adventures in Film Photography
The author reflects on their film photography journey. They appreciate film’s slow, deliberate process, surprises, and challenges. Despite these, the desire to continue experimentation is exciting, and there may be more photography along the way.
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Observations on Truman Capote’s Swans
Exploring mid-20th century media portrayals, the author delves into “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” and reads about Truman Capote and his social circle. Capote’s work often exposed upper-class women’s internal struggles and societal pressures, leading to his social downfall. Both Capote and these women masked their personal turmoil with outward appearances.
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![Recently listened to an @andyjpizza podcast, Ep 443 “Which of the 4 Inspiration Types do you Need Right Now?” and I absolutely felt it IN MY BONES.
Navigating burn out, hearing the podcast was like holy cow 🤯 . The realization that I haven’t been showing up for myself, filling my creative cup, haven’t been sharing how my creative projects are actually coming together, and been straight up burning the candle from both ends was… a lot. While the podcast doesn’t *specifically* go into burn out, it does talk about how to rediscover inspiration in a way that you can creatively show up for yourself, day in and day out (For my artist friends, I recommend [ @dana.kohlmann @pepperraccoon @hectorgomez @tillman.trevor ])
So, I’ve been doing the things I know are the foundation of having a creative sewing and YouTuber practice:
✨ Looking at and admiring vintage fashion again, my true love (besides Jose!) I filmed a little video about this not too long ago and it was actually way more cup-filling than I thought it would be, for as simple as it was. Just flipping the pages was enough to make me happy. (But also, shooting that thumbnail image and being silly was a lot of fun LOL)
✨ Reading! Been super interested in Truman Capote’s social self sabotage after watching The Feud: Capote vs The Swans and I had to go to the source! If you haven’t read “Answered Prayers,” it’s a whirlwind of delicious prose, even if the book was never finished. The cliffhanger of it all! Just started “Capote’s Women” and looking forward to devouring that.
✨ Knitting, because it’s been too long since I’ve made something for myself. Feeling a similar sort of ennui that @sleepless_in_bavaria spoke about sewing a while back— I’m still in it but taking baby steps before I cut into a new piece of fabric.
✨ Meditating and journaling. Because they’re practices that I know work for me, when I create space for them.
Anyway, burn out sucks. I know I’ll figure it out, but purposefully leaning on those foundational pieces I haven’t been spending time on that actually help make me feel fulfilled.
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