* It's 4 days until Halloween and I haven't done a thing except buy 2 magazines and some coasters. I used to love Halloween, love to decorate and dress up, love to talk about it. I still think it's pretty, but I've only been to Target once. This year I just don't care - actually, the past few years, each year I've cared less and less.
Haven't been scanning any book covers either. It all seems pointless, just clutter.

I'm off to watch Supernatural.

It's feast or famine when it comes to paperbacks. In the past month I've acquired a lovely bunch of books - Ellery Queen, Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner - with titles like "Home Sweet Homicide" and "While Murder Waits."
Keep checking my Flickr for fabulous painted covers!

* Panic stations! 
Due to Flickr's recent change, people are talking about leaving. One of my favourite contacts has already quit, and erased all of his photos. 
I am frantically going through my Favourite photos and saving the ones I want to keep forever (especially embroidery patterns).
People are moving to ipernity, which looks exactly like Flickr used to.

If you have a Flickr account, best be making back-ups.

okay, okay ...

* My new "having a bad day" video:



the poom kills me.

for the ladies

* More fun ads, this time for the ladies:

From Weekend Picture Magazine, December 1952

No price, not tons of words, just a picture that says "when a fella stares at the back of your head, you won't lose your cool."

From Screen Stories, October 1966

 The most demure Frederick's ad I have EVER seen.

From Teen magazine, August 1977

Taken from Teen magazine, which was aimed at "preteen and early teenage girls, 10 to 15."
Selling a shirt with "Caress" written in large letters on the boob to 10-year-olds. And here I thought Victoria's Secret and Juicy were responsible for putting words in inappropriate places on growing girls' bodies.

* Later gator.

hammocks and hats

Continuing our look at McCall's Needlework & Crafts, let's see some ads!
Most of the ads within the editorial pages are for what you'd expect: yarn, embroidery kits, knitting needles, etc. But the back of the magazine is loaded with tiny yet amazing ads -

Spring-Summer 1965

 What could be safer than a baby in a hammock over the back seat of your car? "For babies 1 day to 4 years" - eek!

Spring-Summer 1962

So it's a giant paint-by-numbers kit for your entire wall. And some murals available in black light! My favourite part is the floating hep cat head with the beret and goatee :)

Fall-Winter 1955-56

I just love her guitar-playin' outfit - a big hat, swimsuit, high heels and opera gloves. Sign me up!

Speaking of hats, 

Spring-Summer 1961

Internationally famous hat designer! Kits available in shocking pink! Elmer's Glue-All included! I'd love to get my hands on one of those kits.

that's all for today!

p.s. I think I'm going to redesign this thing, maybe change the colours too :)

ask and ye shall receive

* Last post? When I made a comment that at least the bone necklace wasn't in focus and in colour? I SPOKE TOO SOON ...

from McCall's Needlework & Crafts, Fall-Winter 1965-66

"Beads and turkey bones for a cowpuncher necklace. Trim the bone segments with fake pearls, string with wooden beads. Links of orange seed beads, gold beads."

From the same issue that brought you ski masks of doooooom!

* Stay tuned as I finally scan my way through one several stacks of vintage magazines.