WorkBasket Magazine for Rednesday

(Please visit Sue at It's A Very Cherry World for more Rednesday fun!)

This Rednesday, I'm sharing a craft magazine that belonged to my Mom, the December 1966 issue of WorkBasket Magazine. The cover is pretty beat up but the inside is intact and in pretty good shape.

Here's the instructions for the sweater on the cover,
love the project title, "Loveliest Ornament of All...
You, in Christmas Red".

For your little Elves ...

A "red" ad for Rednesday ...

A fun reindeer bookmark for book lovers


sweet embroidery transfer sheet
which for some reason, includes a Cherry Tree, with ax
... thinking ahead to February I guess???


whisper whisper I'm slipping in a little holiday green
with these vintage recipes
Enjoy!





and back to red, with readers recipes


LOL - pierce your own ears while you sleep
and then learn seat weaving in your waking hours!

Happy Rednesday to everyone!

Inspired Ideas Christmas Issue

Once you catch your breath from all of the excitement (!!!), run on over and be prepared to be awed, dazzled, and inspired. (and have an uncontrollable urge to belt out Christmas songs!) Amy and her beloved group of mega talented artful friends have outdone themselves with this one. So much fun! And amazingly it's free, a most wonderful gift to all of us.

Also, grab a note pad and start writing out a grocery list of provisions because you're going to be home for a very long time making all these goodies.

Here it is.

Also, darling Amy's blog is here.


Enjoy! Happy early crafty Christmas!

Floral Autograph Album Vintage Thingie Thursday

(Please visit Suzanne at Colorado Lady for more Vintage Thingie Thursday fun!)

I picked up this yummy vintage autograph album at the Long Beach Outdoor Antique Market this past weekend. It's hanging on by it's last stitch but I love it so! There are only a few pages with messages entered but they are heartbreakingly sweet, at least to this sentimental goofball they are. One sends "many wishes" for the owners "future welfare" - how different we used to use words, huh?! And every so often inside, there are some gorgeous vintage graphics. (I am including all of the graphics but just a few of the messages.) This album belonged to a young man (of an undetermined age) named Arthur and the dates inside range from 1883 to 1901.

It's nearly Christmas Rednesday

(Anyone else out there dipping into their leftover Halloween candy while they type their Rednesday post?)

(Please visit Sue at It's A Very Cherry World for more Rednesday fun!)

ACK! How did that happen?! How is it already November 2nd?! The good news is that means I can share holiday stuff on Rednesday without guilt hehe!

I got these super cute ornament hangers (bought them for the boxes!) at the Long Beach Outdoor Antique Market on Sunday. I don't know how vintage they are??? Definitely not from recent decades but I don't have a clue how old they are. I especially love the name "Time Saver" - hmmmm wonder what their time saving features are teehee!

I'm also sharing this "Christmas Helper, No. 8" booklet, published in 1920 and used in Sunday School classes. Isn't the cover adorable?! Sorry, I'm only sharing selected pages, thirty some pages to scan was just too much for me.

(Copyright 1920, fifteen cents)

Monday blog love

and eerie evidence of a night spent spookily ...

Guess what I was doing at five o'clock yesterday?! Making these paper candle wrappers/luminaries! ARGH! What a cuckoo head I am! Anyway, FYI for next year, you can find these darling printables here, at Not Just Decorating. Our Halloween table needed some ooomph and these really did the trick. Printer cranking them out, scissors flying, stuck onto former honey jars with scotch tape, felt circles cut to protect the table and VOILA!

Besides getting ready for all the goblins and ghosties, we also went to the Long Beach Outdoor Antique Market yesterday morning and one of the things I found was this book, The Tale of Old Mr. Crow. It's pretty beat up but it's from 1917 - won't it be fun to add to our Halloweenie next year?!

(pom pom crow ornament found at Zinnia last weekend)

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

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