random stuffs mostly vintage and found
This recipe for Mexican Twelfth Night Bread is another classic recipe from “Meet the Millers“. In a poor decision the recipe was released 4 days afterthe traditional celebration of Twelfth Night (released Tuesday January 9, 1958; Twelfth Night is traditionally celebrated January 5th). They tried though.
The thrift store. the funky smells, the Bible verse screaming woman, the men in dog collars… err wait not that sort of post today. One of the fun things to do when at the thrift is to look for old store tags. If you are lucky the store separates the “New with Tag” clothing from […]
I love finding old carded buttons (and other sewing supplies) at the thrifts. The packaging alone is usually a work of art & they often are examples of our old retail landscape. In today’s finds I found old Twin Fair and Hens & Kelly tags- along with a cursive Sears logo. Who else […]
Victorian Thistles- Musgrave Designs counted cross stitch **blah blah blah there are some advertising links here** I’ve caught the damn cross stitching bug that has gone around. In full disclosure I did do some cross stitching when I was much younger but gave it up because all the designs that were out in the late […]
Kasymilon yarn from Sears- the finest in 100% Acrylic yarn. It includes the handy 7 reasons why you should buy yarn at Sears. Each yarn goes through 18 different inspections to give uniformity of weight, color, strength & quality. Sears yarn is pull-skeins for instant knitting (apparently not meant for crochet) Each dye lot is […]