Showing posts with label brooch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brooch. Show all posts
Catalog Sunday: Chicago Mail Order 1939
Oops. Sorry for the gap in Catalog Sundays last month. I thought I had a slate saved in the cue.
January vintage haul: Lucite edition
Happy New Year lovely people!
With the new year and spending nearly 70% less on rent than I did at my old place, I have a bit of extra cash to spend on myself. It's been a while. After bills (which all seem to happen on the first of the month) and food, I sometimes want those lovely little goodies that I see if I can afford a gentle splurge.
My goal this year is to ramp up my brooch collection. When I moved, I overhauled my jewelry, utilizing the case I have them in to the fullest.
On Christmas Eve, I spent the evening with a beer and organized. It was fun.
I'm really into carved lucite brooches and want to expand my collection. I did add a few this holiday, and thought you all would like to see some.
December Showcase: brooch edition
Good morning everyone.
It's raining this morning so I had to cut Brian's walkies short. He's just had breakfast and now is chewing on a bone. I love having a dog in the house again.
I got pretties!!
Good happy Friday everyone. Whew. I know it seems redundant, but I am still recovering from the last couple of weekends. From work to dance class to extra sewing projects to cooking (made pesto for the first time) to build up of a lot of stuff, to cleaning...geeze. It just kept going and going.
BUT NOW!!!! I feel things have slowed down a bit and
I can get back on track to my normal creative schedule. Yay!
First things first. I bought myself some pretties.
Thread!!!
I wanted to get a decent spectrum of thread for my serger and
I decided to invest in some spools.
I love stocking up.
Catalog Sunday
This Sunday I have an assortment of accessories from the era. Enjoy!!
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| Chicago Mail Order 41 |
Day Project: Linen Chrysanthemums
Well, not a whole day. Well, perhaps if you include the prep of the fabric.
I'd wanted to make this flower (flower G) from my repro pattern for a while. I thought a cluster of mums would be a great brooch for the two-tone dress I just made.
I painted some tan linen a deep maroon with the glue solution I used for the roses.
The pattern for the mums is fairly simple, just two of the circle pieces cut and folder over on themselves. They came together rather quickly and I do like the end result.
I even got to get out my glue gun when I added the leaves.
Once I put a pin clasp on the bottom of this puppy, she will be ready for wear.
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