I Am Still Here!! I Have Broken LapTop Blues! :(

Hay everyone!! I feel terrible about not keeping my promise and updating my blog every week... My computer broke a while back and the only access I have to the internet at the moment is on public computers :( and to top everything off my dang camera broke too!! :( ugh! I hope everyone doesn't think I forgot about this place haha! I am excited to fill everyone in on what has been happening with me lately! :) I have been on allot of thrift-store hunts and I have found some wonderful things! one of those things being a wonderful pair of long evening gloves!!! :) (If I had a camera I would show you! :(
 
On another subject, my contortion is still going wonderful! :) progress has slowed a bit because of the cold weather and holiday season, but I am still very happy with my progress! :) I am excited to share with everyone that along with my contortion I have added a few new acts to my sideshow act, I have added fire preforming (fire eating, fire breathing, fire poi, fire fans, fire hoop, etc..), I am training in sword swallowing right now!, block head (not the most dainty thing in the world, but thats that haha), and I am hopping to start cyr wheel sometime very soon when I can afford one, knife throwing and target girl, and blade box! haha those are just some of my newly added acts to my forever growing act!
 
Now since I have started sword swallowing training I have been just a bit obsessed haha :P I found some wonderfully amazing vintage pictures of female sword swallowers that I am beyond excited to share! here they are!
                   The photo below is of lady Margurite

                                    The photo below is of Edith Clifford swallowing 10 swords

                            The photo below is of lady vivian 1920-1930

This photo below is of Lady Vivian and Mimi Garneau

                                  This photo below is of Mimi Garneau and another unknown male sword swallower

                             This photo below is of Mimi Garneau swallowing a saw

              This photo below is of Mimi Garneau swallowing an early neon light up tube, she was the first   person to ever swallow a neon tube!

haha I love sword swallowing! I find it a wonderful and amazing art!

 Now for the last thing I would like to show is this incredible video of a female knife thrower who uses her two young daughters ages 5 and 2 1/2 as target girls! their act was very popular in the 1950's

I hope everyone enjoys!!

Vintage Contortion Photoshoot!! :)

Hay everyone!! :) Well as you know my new blog is up and running, and I am happy to day I have posted my first group of pictures on it today, and I wanted to share it with you all!! :) so please go take look! :)

http://theflexiflapper.blogspot.com/2012/09/outdoor-contortion-photo-shoot.html

I hope everyone likes them!! :)

New Flexi Blog Is Complete!

Hello everyone!!! :) I am proud to announce I have just written my first post on my new contortion blog!! :) Please check it out! :) http://theflexiflapper.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-am-flexi-flapper.html
Now in celebration of this wonderful feat this post I am posting today on this blog is all about my best friend and fellow amateur contortionist Kimberly Coffey!! :) I met Kimberly on contortionistsunite! she is my best friend in the whole world and she is an extremely talented person!! Not only does she do contortion, but she can sing, write, and draw among many other things!! :)
Her being such a wonderful friend surprised me with this wonderful picture she had made! :)

I love this picture so much!! :) It means allot to me that she would do that :)

 Now what kind of best friend would I be if I didn't show off some of her wonderful contortion pictures!! :) so without further a due, Kimberly Coffey Contortion!!

she is just a doll!! :) check out her facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/KHCoffey/273867542710173 
also check out her YouTube Kimb3rly96 and her contortionistsunite page http://contortionistsunite.ning.com/profile/KimberlyCoffey

I hope everyone loved these pictures!! :)  

The Fun Flexi Flapper!

Hello everyone! :) As you may have noticed I have been kinda of absent lately... :( Well I don't fret because I'm still here, your Ritzy Flapper has just been very busy! :) Is anyone wondering what iv been busy with...? Oh well I am telling you anyways! :) I am happy to say about 3 months ago, I got back into my lifelong passion, and that passion  is contortion! :) I am proud to say I  have been training very hard, I stretch 3-4 hours a day and I am so happy with the progress I have been making! :) As you already know, I am a vintage fanatic! :) my soul era being the 1920s! :) and I'm so happy that my two passions vintage and contortion mix so beautifully! :)
  Well I bet your all wondering why the heck I am telling you this haha! But trust me these is a reason behind my babbling haha! :) I am proud to announce I am in the process of starting a second blog to keep up with my contortion progress! :) now don't worry because this blog is still going to be updated just the same as it always has been! :) I am just started a blog so all my vintage blogger friends and all my contortion friend and fans can stay updated on my progress, I am happy to say the contortion blog I am in the process of starting still spotlights my love for everything 1920s! So I hope everyone is excited as I am for this new blog to be up! :)
Being a huge fan of vintage contortion I am also so excited to show you some vintage contortion picture I found, Enjoy!

 These women were an inspiration!! :)  now this next picture I am proud to show you is of me doing a simple foot to head pose!! :) I hope everyone likes it! :)

 I hope everyone enjoyed these pictures, and is excited as I am for the new blog! :)


 

Celebrating 3 Years Together! :)

Hello everyone! :) I'm am very excited to announce that on Augest 4th 2012 my boyfriend and I celebrated our 3rd year together! To celebrate we decided to go to the Ventura County Fair, it was a beyond amazing day, we were able to walk to the beach from the fair and go back and forth and we pleased. We ate our weight in funnel cake and fair food and i got to watch a goat get milked! :) I couldn't have asked for a better day! :) I'm so excited to share these pictures with you all so I hope you enjoy! :)

The beach was beautiful although all of this part was rocks haha

The sun was in our eyes haha this picture was originally a mess up picture but when I looked at it latter I loved it hahaha

Yummmy deep fried fair food! :) if you look closely we got our faces painted my boyfriend got a picture of a corn cob on his face and it said "I corn Alicia" hahahaha and mine said his name but with an actual heart hahaha

There was the cutest old-fashioned candy shop and they pulled the taffy right in-front of you! you can see the taffy being pulled if you look closely behind me! :) oh and I got the best fudge on a stick (which is what I'm holding)

I just adored this cute little truck! :)

And here is the beautiful view of the fair from the top of the Ferris wheel! :) the fair is much larger then what you can see on this picture hahaha we just tried to capture as much lights in the frame as we could :) there is allot more back there that is unlit haha :)

I hope everyone enjoyed these pictures! :)



 

Healthy Homemade Beggin' Strips

Hello everyone! :) I Apologize for my lack of posting, My boyfriend has been going through some medical problems lately, and iv been taking care of him, he has stomach ulcers and now he is limited to what foods he can eat. No acids or greasy, fatty foods, so bacon was out of the picture and he wasn't happy about that to say the least. Well I had the genius idea to buy him a few different brands of turkey bacon to see which one he preferred. Well JennieO lost with the end results resembling the dog treat brand Beggin' Strips, which are just full of junk and fillers. We only feed out dogs high quality dog food and care about their health. I would never feed my dogs Beggin' Strips, so my boyfriend said JennieO is fit for pet consumption, so we had the idea to make them treats with the JennieO bacon. And they worked great! :) they look, smell, and have a very close resemblance without all the junk fillers. I found some time today to put together this tutorial for everyone. I hope you all enjoy it! :)

We fried it in a pan, but you can bake them as well
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JennieO Extra Lean Turkey Bacon 95% Fat Free

Cut in half with knife or scissors

Lay in a pan and fry (remember you can bake them too!)

Flip and cook on other side

Allow to cool for a quick minute and DONE!!!! Perfect, healthy, lean, dog treats.

Place into a Mason jar while still warm, to create a vacuum pressure on the lid when sealing. Then store in fridge to retain freshness. And the best part is, it only cost me $3 for 2 packs of JennieO on sale! :) that $1.50 a pack for these Beggin' Strips! :)


I hope everyone enjoyed this tutorial :)

A Flapper At Play

Hello everyone!! :) i just went through my camera and found some pictures i somehow forgot to post for you! hahaha these pictures i took about 2 months ago with my boyfriend and my brother my hair isnt as long as in these pictures anymore, i cut it into a bob and i adore it, but i cant decide weather i should just take the plunge and get bangs hahaha i got side bangs with my most recent haircut (not in these pictures) but the side bangs are so short i cant keep them out of my eyes so i'm thinking i should have just went for the bangs hahahaha :) i hope you enjoy these pictures!! :)

If you fallow me on pinterest you may recognize this as my profile picture :)

I hope you enjoyed these pictures, as i was so excited to find them and be able to show them to you! :) now that i look back i remember taking these pictures and i remember having allot of fun, my boyfriend and i were out almost all day taking pictures hahahaha :) one of my favorite things to do is take fashion pictures, and i hope you enjoy looking at them as much as i enjoy taking them! :) 

Playing Dress-Up!

hello everyone!! :) last-night my good friend slept over and she allowed me to dress her up and take pictures! :)  she doesn't do the whole vintage thing like me, so i couldn't wait to see how she looked! :) I knew she does like the look of the 40's so i dressed her up like a cute little 40s dame and she just looked amazing! :) I'm so excited to share these pictures with all of you!

I was so proud of her for letting me dress her up and take these pictures that faux fringe was very bold for her! :)

she looks just adorable with the head-scarf on! :)

I hope you all enjoyed these pictures of my wonderful friend and i cant wait to hear what you think! :)