Archive for July, 2008

love in the lino forest

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

sometimes i find things i love and need to have them. that happened when i stumbled into betty jo’s lino forest. one day i want to own one of everything. i think i’m well on my way…

babushkas and cute critters!

liz’s brooches, necklaces and clocks are all made from recycled vintage linoleum and decorated with cute bits of embroidery and buttons. her things are right up my alley, featuring matryoshkas, cuckoo clocks and cute critters. i’m dying over this working lino cuckoo clock, but for now i’ve satisfied myself with these two newest additions to my collection, an adorable cuckoo clock necklace and an apple tree brooch.

cute cuckoo clock and ducky under an apple tree!

get some cuteness for yourself here and here!

hey, that looks familiar…

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

i always get really excited when i have a piece of vintage fabric, and then while stumbling around on the internet or in a thrift store, i see the same fabric in action. it doesn’t take much to get me excited! today, while i should have been working, i was looking at bathing suits on etsy and i saw this really cute girls swimsuit

vintage girls swimsuit

and i thought…hey, haven’t i seen that fabric somewhere before? so i looked under the pile of stuff on my cutting table and sure enough…

cute fabric!

i’d like to dig out my vintage bathing suit patterns and see if i can recreate a similar one for myself. so cute! did i mention it doesn’t take much to get me excited?