Saturday, January 9, 2010

shrinking lady







my beau and hazel have been busy.

Friday, January 8, 2010

oh la la




a good pair of nails and a better pair of socks.
(from my good pal Hal!)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

three good finds



u s e f u l and l o v e l y!

from Faulty Diction:
whack, what, which, etc
Pronounced hwac, hwat, hwich, etc.: not wac, wat, wich, etc.
The English are especially lax in the pronunciation of such words as these, almost uniformly dropping the initial h sound, while many Americans err by making the aspirate too sharply prominent.

Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1909 – 1915.





I spotted and stalked this perfect club house in a fancy minneapolis neighborhood this fall. I could live here!
++
This is the first house I ever lived in——it was tiny! And get a load of these homemade stickers—YIKES—I made hundreds when I was six! Now that I've shared some of my graphic prowess, it's time to get rid of them.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Friday, January 1, 2010

a new year


Wishing you all a happy happy happy 2010!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

hasty tasty



This piece of correspondence makes me very curious!

++ Hope all of you had a merry christmas.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

le petit chien











Another sweet find from the MCAD library. Flip the book over and you get the english version. By the same authors.

by Denise and Alain Trez. World Publishing Company. 1961.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

mom+winter




That snowsuit is c r a z y, huh?!!
My mom is holiday c r a z y!!!! I am loving the mini scarves.

Monday, December 7, 2009

on ice




Just look at this! from a Holiday on Ice program. Those Continental Clowns, S'cool Days and Kanine Kulture were some of the other skating themes of 1961.

Our local pond appears to be frozen——we'll all be iceskating soon.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Thursday, December 3, 2009

uncanny


A year ago.
F + H in their jumpsuits—up to no good.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

uncut matchbox labels





Someday I'll get a flickr site up and going——I have thousands of these Czechoslovakian gems to share.

I'm sure you've seen maraid's great collections. Her museum set is one of my favorites.

Monday, November 23, 2009

a perfectly timed note


I've been madly preparing for a presentation—which I gave tonight. Done, what a huge relief!! Amongst the flurry of paper and chaos; I found this hilarious note. It totally cracked me up and made me miss my friend—Satchel. The note was well worth saving for fifteen years.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

wallpaper




A few fruitful patterns made during my summer vacation.

Handcut orgami paper and security envelopes.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A to Z: a few of my favorite things

---- C, D and E ----


---- H, I and J ----


---- T, U and V ----


---- the A — Z compilation ----


C: Cats + Cheetahs
D:Dogs + Daisies
E: Eagles + Echidea + Egret + Elephants
H: the oak, Hercules of the forest + Hailey's comet + Hedgehogs of the vegetable world
I: Ivy + Illusions
J: Justification + (queer looking tenants of the) Jungle + a Jumping gibbon
T: Tortoise + Table + Tableware
U: Unwholesome American Fungi
V: Vanishing race + Virtue


Reorganized using my 1941 Books of Knowledge.

Monday, November 16, 2009