Quote of the Day

image from the Graphics Fairy

When April steps aside for May,

LIke diamonds all the raindrops glisten.

Fresh violets open every day,

To some new bird each hour we listen ~ Lucy Larcom

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Leatherwork - a Belt from 1938

This is the sort of "make do and mend" craft that was popular during the Depression and then later when people were enduring rationing.  Although nowadays you could certainly haunt thrift stores for old leather purses or ponchos, probably the most reasonably priced way to create this would be purchasing a bag of leather scraps online.  From Mechanics Illustrated, Deember 1938.

Happy National Tell A Story Day

 

image from Time magazine

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

 

Whoever makes a garden

Has never worked alone;

The rain has alway found it,

The sun has always known. ~ Douglas Malloch

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Home Trimmings - Knitted Laces from 1950

 

A treasure-trove of laces to trim your towels, pillowcases, and babyclothes.  From Woman's Day magazine, May of 1950.  Two additional pages of instructions can be found on my Flickr page.

VIntage Advertising - Campfire Marshmellows

 

From Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1929.  If you want to give that recipe a try, left-click to enlarge.  A black and white copy of the entire magazine is available to read at the Cornell University Library digital collection.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

A summer's morning gave one a beautiful feeling, like Christmas carols and dog's eyes. ~ Ruby Ferguson

Grrrsday

 

Sewing - Dolls' Dressmaking from 1950

From the May, 1950 issue of Woman's Day magazine, three pages on making dresses for two different doll sizes.  There are no patterns offered - p3 has instructions on how to cut pieces using the doll body as a guide.  Left-click to enlarge.

 

Happy Thomas Jefferson Day

 

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual." 

Culture Vulture

 

Spending the weekend in Chicago being all artsy-fartsy. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom tonight, the Matisse exhibit at the Art Institute and then Mme Butterfly tomorrow.

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Grrrsday

 

Welcome To The Midwest

 

Children's Crafts: Paper Animals for 1917

 From Handicrafts for the Handicapped, a set of paper animals for a sick or invalid child to cut out and play with - in the days when Mamma was not only cook, housekeeper, washerwoman and seamstress, but also nurse and occupational therapist.  The book can be found on the Internet Archive.  

Vintage Advertising - Crisco Shortening

 From the Pictorial Review, April 1933.