Scissor Quirk

Nothing Needlepoint Can't Fix.

My head is kind of a whirlwind of deadlines and when-to-do-what to get her all done, as usual. I need to finish two essays this week, a visual response to literature, 20 identical woodcut prints, group project meetings, and prep for a massive drawing project. Bah! On top of deadline week at le fulltime job.

Sometimes when all that whirls through my brain on a continuous cycle, I just want to look at something cute and pretend my brain is...empty. Like so:

Like, woulda-had-this-in-my-childhood-'80's-room, cute.

I found a whole pile of these colored small needlepoints thrifting last year, and I have no idea what to do with them, yet. Most are warped. Most are weird square shapes too small for any frame I've ever seen! But they sure are cute...

Found This Weekend: Vintage Needlecraft

Cutest little stitched mushrooms, ever!

I have a feeling this little thrift find of mine has been a work in progress, since it's barely hooped and dated 1980 (I don't feel so bad about my year-long incomplete projects, now...) - but I had to nab it for the steeper-than-I-normally-pay-for-tiny-things price it was going for. I have fond memories of one of these puffy embroidery pieces hanging in my room that I think my mom made when I was tiny.

I can't for the life of me find what this kind of craft is called, though! Puffy embroidery?? I forgot to ask my mom, tonight - lol. Do you know?

Anyhoo - it's sweet, isn't it? I would love to learn how to do this, one day - it's officially added to my list of vintage projects to do one day: alongside macrame, crewel, and paint by numbers (from a genuine old kit) top that list.

PS - I love going thrift shopping with mister husband lately because he always gets more than me! lol. Really. Boy came home with a suede coat, two pans, a knife, and various other things. I have to say, it makes me feel good only adding this to the pile, for once. :) And to have convinced him to come with!

Reason number 517,784...

That I need to learn how to knit:

Any chance this is a beginner's project?? hah.

Kidding, kidding.
But really...how perfect is this vintage sweater pattern? I love it to bits!
I've been searching for my own vintage horse sweater to no avail.

And, oh, to just sit and craft! (sigh). lol. I'm sorely missing crafty time - granted, one of my projects is a needle felted/crocheted bowl that I get to stitch a pattern into this week (yay!), but it's different having to do it...you know?

Anyhoo - it's been quite the week and I'm starting to feel frazzled. On the upside, I haven't had to pull an all nighter to finish homework, yet (nor have I been sick - thank you, Emergen-C!), but I'm sorely in need of a day off to sleep in. Work is crazy busy. School is crazy busy. Why are they always busy at the same time, I always wonder? Always. lol. I was hoping for Wednesday night off after my art history final (which I'm just starting to study for - ack!) to hang out with mister husband, am juggling a crazy hard research essay, I have to build a unicorn chair in two weeks (does this girl woodwork? no!), alongside two sensory/media projects...and I'm already running out of steam. Yikes!! Anyhoo - it's almost over. Though everyday I add a 'reward' to my 'when-I'm-done-school-and-work' list...he he. So if it's quiet around here, that's what I'll be doing...

...when I'm not dreaming of making this here sweater. :)

Love: Tom Lovell

My University has an insanely cool library - I'd be lying if I said I didn't spend nearly every free school moment, there. lol. (insert nerdy snort/laugh, here). But seriously, it's got stacks of recent awesome art & design maagzines, too (I was psyched to see my favorite Uppercase in the archives, there!)

Anyhoo, I came across Tom Lovell's illustration work in the most recent Illustration magazine, and I immediatley fell in love with it:

Gorgeous work, no? Don't they look like photos, almost?
He captured such a lovely era.

You can check out 'Illustration' here & see this issue all online here.
All images above, from the magazine.

Secret of mine: I've had aspirations to launch a magazine as my thesis project. Yes, I'm in first year. I've seriously been thinking about it for so long and would one dya love to try to make it happen.

 

Found:

- The sweetest thrifted yellow knit long skirt from Value Village
- Moustache shirt + Blue skirt from Urban Outfitters
- 'Blue Olave' patch thrifted from Used
- Cute blue binders thrifted from Value Village

I started back-to-school shopping, yesterday.

Truth be told, it was meant to be a thrift-only trip, as I'm transitioning from full-time income to the next 4 years of student budget. lol. But the thrifting was disappointing at all of the places I went, which is unusual (and never makes a girl feel good after all that digging!), so I had to scoop up the cute moustache shirt from the men's section at UO after scoping out the sales. Otherwise known as my favorite section to get shirts, anywhere. I have a slight addiction to graphic tees, and boys' always have better prints. :)