Hello from the A La Modern trenches! Sometimes it can get a little weary listing item after item on our main site and Etsy store. When that happens, we often take a break and do something site-related but fun. All work and play, you know…

In this case, we decided to take some photos of the two half-aprons we picked up last weekend. But Linda decided to get all decked out in a dress so it’d look a little more authentic. Even though this is a decidedly “un-Modern” look, the aprons were going to go in our Etsy store anyhow so we weren’t worried they wouldn’t fit in with the site. We actually think the pics turned out pretty nice, so we decided to put them up in the blog.

The apron above is a Parisian Prints featuring various different fruits – it has a sort of Orla Kiely vibe to it. Bowl being held is a spare Pyrex “New Dots” yellow 402 that we’ve been using for product shots occasionally.

The second apron is a green gingham half apron which was (and still is) a really popular style. It appears to actually have been handmade, but we’ve seen quite a few other different aprons with similar decorative stitching. We think that perhaps it was a common type of pattern in sewing magazines in the 60s and that a lot of women may have made them from that pattern.

We also decided to try and take an picture of some cookware along with the aprons. We’ve been keeping this Cathrineholm casserole that we found in our earlier June Gloom extravaganza all to ourselves. But we thought that we’d try take a picture of it in this setting – looks quite nice actually. And yes, this Cathrineholm casserole will appear in our Etsy store soon!