Vintage Valentine Finale

Here are the last vintage Valentines

that I have to show you.

I love this amusement park ride valentine

with the little planes!

A raccoon burglar? 

How cute!

This train locomotive reminds me of my grandpa,

because he was a train engineer.

I love that it has glitter!

Bye for now!

What I'm Working On

 I've been working on this fun project lately,

using calico fabrics, felt and assorted sewing trims.

I really love cuckoo clocks 

so this was my first design.

I made this as a wall hanging

and will keep this one myself.

But I'm making more designs that are brooches

and those will hopefully be for sale very soon!

Stay tuned!

Bye for now!

Around the House

 Lately I've been working on some 

fun projects in calico fabric. 

I will be showing the results very soon!

 And I moved my record player upstairs

to my dining area near the kitchen.

That way I can listen to music 

while I bake!

 Of course, as I took pix of my records,

Smoke showed up to supervise.

Hello there!

I think the top of his head is so pretty!

Bye for now!

February Jack and Jill from 1963

 Here are vintage illustrations 

from the Feb. 1963 Jack and Jill.

Art work on the first two pics: 

Lou Segal

 Paper Dolls art work: 

Audrey Walters

Bye for now!

Cake Pops

 Because a certain young lady is turning 12 very soon...

we made some pretty purple cake pops!

And I decorated the bulletin board 

with a paper collage. 

Bye for now!

Bunny Ball

 One morning I looked out to see a ball of fur in our yard,

a bunny ball!

 Could he get much rounder?

The better to stay warm 

while one chews on a twig?

Bye for now!

February Jack and Jills

 All these great vintage illustrations

are from my vintage Jack and Jill magazines.

First is this poem from Feb. 1972. 

Art by Jackie Lacy.

 The next two are from the same issue.

Art by Jackie Lacy.

 The last one is from Feb. 1973.

Art by Betsey.

Bye for now!

I Wore a New Coat

 New coat: Xmas gift (Old Navy)

dress, tights and boots: Target

jacket and purse: thrifted

Sorry about the blurriness of the second pic!

Bye for now!

Sweet Vintage Valentines

 This group of vintage valentines

features a card for teacher. 

Do they still make them for teachers nowadays?

I don't think so, which is too bad.

 I truly love this little panda bear!

 And anything with a bee is cute to me!

Bye for now!

Around the House

 I love wrapping gifts, 

especially for my girl's upcoming birthday!

Pretty things on my bedroom dresser.

Playing around with calico and vintage trims.

Bye for now!

Flower Loom Heart Tutorial

 This is a demonstration of how I make a heart

on a vintage flower loom.

First, it has to be a loom with adjustable pegs,

so you can form the shape of a heart.

You can see this shape in the pic below.

 Secondly, you need to know how to wind the yarn

around the pegs as you would for a flower.

Here is a good tutorial for that.

I started winding my heart

at the top and bottom points.

 Then worked my way around till 

I got back to the beginning.

Also, I wound twice for each time

to give a little thickness to the heart.

 After winding is done,

you need to finish the center

and tie off.

 Now you can remove the heart from the loom

and start to crochet around the edge.

I use a single crochet stitch,

and started at the top center of the heart.

I slip stitched onto those top loops and then chained 6,

single crochet onto the next set of loops

and chained 4.

 I just kept going around like this, 

adjusting the number of the chains in between

to keep the loops in a heart shape.

Once I got back to the start at the top, 

I slip stitched and tied off.

And here is the finished heart!

Bye for now!

Unbearably Cute Vintage Valentines

 Here are some more of my 

vintage valentines.

I think my favorite is the one below,

"wooden shoe" agree!

 They are all pretty sweet though!

Bye for now!

Estate Sale Finds

 Last Friday we went to a 

pretty great estate sale.

I found these fabulous vintage sheets!

 Plus, I'd been wanting a spool holder for ages,

and I found this cutie.

And a bag of sequins!

 But best of all was a box with flower looms

and a instruction booklet.

I can't get enough craft books!

Bye for now!