Other Crafts - A Cat Footstool from 1938

From Mechanics and Handicraft magazine, May 1938.  Not sure I'd want this in my living room but scaled down for a vintage dollhouse, maybe? For a look at more projects (and issues), visit the blog, here.

Quote Of The Day

If my husband asks
One more time if we have mail.
I may sneeze on him. ~ Tisha Matthews VanHorn

(the above was one of the entries in the Bloomington Public Library haiku contest last week).

Grrrsday

Crochet - Some "Trimmings" from WWI

Five different crocheted "trimmings" from the October 1918 Needlecraft magazine.  If right-clicking on this image does not enlarge the text to usable size, the entire magazine is online at the Antique Pattern Library.

Vintage Images - The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tra-La

Although there is no guarantee that the snows of winter have passed here in central Illinois, there is hope of the blooms to come.  This poster is a free downloadable from Picture Box Blue.

"Bleeding Like A Stuck Pig" Doesn't Begin To Cover It

Little Miss Innocent trying to hide under my knitting

Little Man trapped Sheba in the upstairs bathroom and Brian gallantly went to her rescue.

Wood Crafts - Mission Dollhouse Furniture

How To Make Toys For Girls And Boys, with a variety of Craftsman-influenced dolls' house furniture "to be made of cigar boxes." Free download from Project Gutenberg.

Vintage Images - Hummingbirds

My cohorts in the Midwest Backyard Birders FB Group report that hummers are already showing up at the southern end of the state, so here's something from The Graphics Fairy to celebrate.

Caturday!

Quote Of The Day

He who does something at the head of one regiment will eclipse he who does nothing at the head of a hundred. ~ A. Lincoln.

Grrrsday

Fit As A Fiddle And Ready For Love

It was so balmy yesterday that we slept with the windows open last night.

At 0200 the vixen who lives in our alley began announcing her availability to the local swains.

Wood Crafts - A Dollhouse from Popular Mechanics, 1962

Since you're going to be in lockdown for another three weeks anyway - a dollhouse from Popular Mechanics magazine, November 1962.  The entire run of the magazine is available here. 

Well Played, Sir

Seen on FB yesterday.

Caturday!

Quote of the Day

One of the worst things about growing up is that people stop bribing you for doing unpleasant things. ~ Anonymous

Grrrsday