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Something new: 'Effin Card Collection - Combo Pack.
Get 3 Thanks, 3 Birthdays, 2 Holidays and 2 Congrats cards (10 cards total) with all the cursing you will ever need to show your love.
I'm taking a little blogging break until mid-January. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year.
(Painting on right is by Dillon Yothers)
Cool Projects from Kiddley
Gumdrop wreath
paper bird garland
holiday piñatas
Keen Things
The cupcake courier. Transport up to 32 cupcakes without frosting catastrophes (you can also use it for cakes).
Cute ABCs chart by the small object.
Homemade vanilla marshmallows by Martha Stewart.
Today is the day I would be making the last installment of the Vintage Style posts, but unfortunately my life has once again been overrun by grad school. I'm currently in the process of gearing up & preparing for next quarter, which doesn't leave time for much else. Expect the last section of Vintage Style to be posted sometime in January.
Please excuse the dust as I try to clean the cobwebs from my head.
While doing a little relaxing yesterday I finished the Calorimetry pattern from the Winter Knitty. I used the left over yarn from my clapotis. It only took a few hours, so I'm going to make some for friends.
Today is a good day to take a listen to the online rebroadcast of David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries, compliments of NPR. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!
I'm digging the shape of this neck thingy, but not the colors. I'm thinking of trying to reproduce it in a solid colors. From here.
Elsewhere
Very cute free gift tags for you to download and print by Lilly Piri.
Due to my pending graduate review and exams next quarter my winter break has been an endless stream of studying and writing with tiny breaks of knitting. While I wish I was doing more knitting that school work, the clapotis for my mother is going by much faster than the one I did for myself.
The beads I am wearing on my wrist are called Ghost Beads and were given to me while in Arizona. They are juniper seed beads that are made by the Native Americans of the Southwest and are believed to possess the power to protect the wearer from negative energy. I have yet to determine if they work.
So you have your dress, your shoes, accessories and foundation garments. Now it's time to add the cherry on top: hair and make-up. There are a lot of styles you can do depending on what era you are working with. I have a set of high resolutions scans from vintage hair magazine of several types of sets. Check them out here. Feel free to print them for your own use.
The key with any vintage hair style is using a setting lotion. This is what will keep all those curls set and keep them from falling out. I use Lotta Body, which is a liquid concentrate that you can get from Sally Beauty Supply. You will need to practice your pincurls, as this is what is the foundation for most vintage hairstyles. A great place for step-by-step hair styles is Nocturne. If you can't get the hang of pincurls or are too lazy, have no fear, there are other techniques. You can recreate vintage waves with hot curlers or my personal favorite, a triple barrel curling iron.
Each era has it's own idea of beauty in make-up. You can view color, eyebrow and even nailpolish preferences from the 20s, 30s and 40s at Return to Style. The one common theme always tends to be a wonderfully red lipstick, of which I highly suggests MAC's Russian Red. A great place for all your vintage make-up is Besame Cosmetics. The Vermont Country Store also comes in handy for vintage toiletries.
Great resource for head-to-toe vintage: joeri.net.
Next week, the little vintage extras.
I'm back from my short Arizona trip full of knitting, relaxing and a wee bit of hiking. While I get back into the groove of the "real world" why don't you take a gander at...
Some of the patterns I'm eyeing form Winter Knitty:
Sling Shot
Piggle
Twinkle Toes
Elsewhere:
Tutorial of juju loves polkadots poppy flower.
angrychicken's holiday cookie wrapping
port2port's recipe for Pizzelles
