No wonder he’s running away — look how horrible your stiching is!
Oh, it’s not so bad: this is the backside of this animated cross-stitched running dog by fabric artist Aubrey Longley-Cook.
Category: Kitschy Kitschy Craft
Pastry Puff Dress
Fashion designers take note: Charly Stember photographed in a mod little dress that looks like it was made from Jell-O molds; photo by John Stember for Jardin des Modes, December 1968.
Zebra With Antlers
At The Daily Telecraft, ideas for making use of all the little plastic animals you have laying about… Large animal ideas too. I like the idea of these pins — sort of like a plastic version of gaffe taxidermy!
Glove Squirrel
The arctic cold has hit us in the northern plains, which is exactly the time that a person goes to look for gloves, but only finds glove. Don’t toss out that solo glove (or just throw it back in the closet like we do) – get your scissors, some thread, and a needle, and turn your sad, lonely glove into a happy, fuzzy squrrel!
Full instructions are found here, via Etsy, and the original instructions come from the adorable book Happy Gloves: Charmingly Soft Friends Made From Gloves, by Miyako Kanamori.
The Circle Of Kitsch
Remember back, when the Internet was young, and the most fascinating thing was to search for the exotic… Finding pages published by people far away from you, on subjects and things you’d never heard of before. Now, one of the most important things is to find things right in your own backyard. Things you know about — enough to want, anyway. If the price is right. Things you want, and at the best price; thanks, Internet.
Sure, some of the exotic thrills are still a large part of our daily Internet use. But beyond the entertainment and educational value, so much of our time is now spent comparison shopping — and we seek the added bonus of supporting our local economies. Well, maybe it’s just the convenience of saving on shipping combined with the instant gratification of a local pickup. Tomato, tomatoe; the results are the same.
I was tooling about such a place, www.CentrSource.ca, “Things you love, where you live.” Unexpectedly, however, I found myself discovering the delightful Kitsch Hotel, a youth hostel in Lisbon, Portugal. It’s not near home, but it is a thrifty way to travel. And it’s loaded with kitsch!
Photos via The Kitsch Hostel Blog. A number of clever ideas seen here sent me back to CentrSource for project supplies. …Ah, the circle of kitsch.
Manliest Mustache Comb Ever
OK, so you’ve taken Movember by the short hairs and now you think you’ve got a fancy-pants manly mustache to show for it. There’s only one way to manly it up even further: get yourself one of Nick Offerman’s mustache combs, salvaged from the finest felled trees in California and shaped by the guy who plays Ron Swanson. Your mustache will look like Tom Selleck himself placed a curse on everyone else’s mustaches.
Hedgehog Con-Knit-ption
I’m having a conniption over the Hedgehog Mitts KnitKit! Via.
Craft Scan Friday: Bunny Booties
better hop to it and make dozens of pairs of these — everybunny will want a pair! Found in the March 1956 issue (Vol 21, No 6) of The Workbasket.
There Are Bullfighters In Madrid
And on your linens. Vintage Vogart Transfer Pattern Iron Ons.
Hey, Lazy American, Make Your Own Souvenir
Of course, since you are a lazy American, you’ll need a kit to do that… They knew that in the 1950s. Hence this vintage souvenir craft kit sold in Florida, for folks to make a necklace and bracelet from polished shells and beads. Some assembly required. Via Jones Antiques.
