In preparation for Halloween or Guy Fawkes Night (November 5th), how to make a Guy Fawkes mask, from Simple Toymaking, by Sheila Jackson (1966).
October 29th, 2010
DIY Guido Fawkes Costume
October 28th, 2010
Retro Potty Humor
My parents are coming to visit for a few days, and I’m super excited to see their reaction to my retro chalk toilet seat:
Stand close, its shorter than you think.
Complete with retro 70′s flowers. And only 75 cents!
PS Hubby, of course, says it only applies to company. *wink*
October 28th, 2010
Last Minute Space Costumes
From Simple Toymaking, by Sheila Jackson (1966), how to make a “Dalek mask (for imaginary space creature).”
(Missing instructions, from next page: Protect acetate with paper and spray mask with a silver paint aerosol.
Get yourself some tinfoil and a deep purple wig, modify the bangs with a scissors, and Voila! you’re a moonbase women of UFO.
October 28th, 2010
Vintage Three Little Indians
What? You were expecting vintage kids in costumes? You’ve got Halloween on the brain! Three vintage motorcyclists on Indian motorcycles, 1915.
October 26th, 2010
Coo Coo, A Pigeon That Won’t Poo-Poo
Stuffed hand-knit pigeon, for those times you need to give, say, a co-worker, the bird?
October 24th, 2010
Vincent Price Dancing With A Skeleton
Photo via Limerwrecks, where you can read the accompanying limerick, Tripping the Fright Fantastic. (FYI, you can read at my blog about Vincent Price and his art collection for Sears.)
October 22nd, 2010
Pee Wee Herman’s A Softy
Since I’m supposed to keep this blog PG-13, I’m not going to say anything else other than all this handmade soft Pee Wee Herman goodness is available right now at Etsy!
Pee Wee felt finger puppet, freestanding embroidered and appliqued figure, felt pin, handmade doll — and you can even crochet your own Pee Wee with this pattern.
October 22nd, 2010
Just Ethel’s Luck
She finally got to the show, finally got a photo of her in her pretty hat published, and there Ethel is – blowing her nose. …Looks like Johnny’s eating a booger too. Oh, everyone was so proud.
This is the back cover of “367 prize winning household hints” from The Armour Radio Show Hint Hunt, a booklet from the daily CBS radio show. (Some tips are better than others — or at least the prizes awarded would be different.)
According to the booklet, which looks to be from the 1940s, there was to be a series of Hint Hunt booklets; however, this is the only booklet I’ve seen, the dirty rotten liars.
October 22nd, 2010
Dames & Dogs #19
Natalie Wood posing with a poodle pup and the big-eyed art she apparently inspired.
Found at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats.
October 21st, 2010
New Look’s Take On The Old West
A vintage party dress, circa 1950s — with the typical New Look fashionable full skirt, in a fabulous old west novelty print, complete with cowboys and bucking broncs.
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