"Step Ever So Light, On Hallowe'en Night..."

 

Children's Crafts - Hallowe'en Disguises from 1953

 

Sneaky disguises to cut out and wear, from the McCall's Golden Book, 1953 edition.  This, alas, is not one of the ones you can download for free from the Internet Archive, but you can check it out to read online it in one-hour increments.

Vintage Holidays - Hallowe'en

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

The big doors of the country barn stand open and ready
The dried grass of the harvest time loads the slow-drawn wagon,
The clear light plays on the brown gray and green intertinged,
The armfuls are packed to the sagging mow. ~ Walt Whitman

Grrrsday

 

Bearing Bunnies, by Maggie Vandewalle

Vintage Crochet - Potholders from 1949

Green and white potholders (or "panholders") from the August, 1949 issue of Workbasket magazine.  Made in a t-shirt yarn, these would make nice hotpads, as well.  A copy of this issue can be downloaded from the Antique Pattern Library.

Happy Wolf Awareness Week, October 20-26

 

Caturday!

 

I warned Brian about leaving that bag of apples on the counter.

Grrrsday

 

Children's Crafts: A Dog Bookmark from 1964

 

From the February, 1964 issue of Workbasket magazine, a bookmark to cut out of felt.  I would use ribbon for the tail.

This was trimmed out of a 8x5.5 inch magazine, so you will need to enlarge it a bit.

This issue of Workbasket can be found on the Internet Archive, which unfortunately is currently suffering from a prolonged and vicious DOS attack.  I'll post the link when things are back to normal.

Happy National Book Month.

 

Best Laid Plans

 

We decided that Blitzen would be strictly an indoor cat. You can see how well that's working out.

Quote Of The Day

photo by Armand Oliveros

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. ~ Basil Rathbone.

Grrrsday

Tatting - and Edging from Workbasket, 1983

A trickly looking, intricate edging from the old Workbasket magazine, September of 1983.

Vintage Advertising - Congoleum Flooring

Advertisement for Congoleum, McCall's, March 1937.  I swear this was the pattern about four layers down when we were refinishing the floors in our kitchen.

And in other news, posting may be sketchy for a while - since I am not currently able to deploy with the Red Cross, I'm going to be working two days and one evening each week at the chapter office until November, replacing a woman who is currently out supporting reunification services (a job I would not take in a million years.  Too hard on the heart).

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

You can't fix stupid, but you can sell it a red hat. ~ Anonymous 

Grrrsday

 

Woodcrafting - Puppy Bookends from 1954

 Intended as a project for kids, not adults, this comes from Things for Boys and Girls to Make, 1954, by William Hennessey.

Another downloadable treasure from the Internet Archive.