Vintage Scarves

This very moment, I'm longing for a clothesline.

I'm hand washing a bunch of vintage scarves (like vintage hankies, only much larger) and I'd love to hang them on the line! And take a picture!

I collect them. And I wear them on my head all the time - just not as much when it's summer and HOT out. Except when I'm workin' out at our property; they're great for keeping the sweat out of your eyes. :) I love vintage scarves.

And, well, to be honest...I'm kinda lazy about doing my hair. Ok. I'm very lazy about doing my hair. That's where the scarves come in pretty handy. ;) It's mighty convenient when I barely have to comb my hair until Sunday rolls around each week; and it's time for church. ;) Oh shucks. Even days I don't wear a scarf, I rarely bother combing my hair. Who am I kidding? I'm a mom. lol! ;) Who has time for combing their hair when there's so much else going on?! (And just between you and me, I keep one handy, right next to the door, should anyone happen to drop by). ;)

I picked up three more of them, yesterday, at the mission house for 50 cents a piece. And I love every one of them! I will post a picture another time...when they're all washed and dried.

Self Portrait - Vintage Scarf

Dottie Angel - Blog

Random picture from vintage children's book.

Is it fair to pick favorites? With craft blogs? Of course, how could you even begin to pick a favorite?! I've found so many favorites!

So I'll just say that my favorite of the week, is by far Dottie Angel. I've been reading her (Tif's) archives during every spare minute that I can find make these past few days. I love it! Her style is so similar to what I want to do. It's so incredibly inspiring. She sews bags/purses, pillows (she calls them cushions :), and slips. The slips are vintage slips that she dies and then embellishes. They're very pretty. (She was even published in the newspaper! I'm only in the May archives - still have June and July to catch up on but I'm really enjoying it)!

When I say that her style is similar, I mean that she uses similar materials (vintage lace, linens, buttons) that I plan to use. Although, I have no plans in the near future to make bags (purses) or embellish slips. I do have many other ideas floating through my head as far as using similar materials.

And her posts are sprinkled with the perfect amount of humor! She's a good read.

You know it's funny, they always say, Don't judge a book by it's cover., but that's exactly what I do with blogs. The pictures have to grab my attention first in order to peak my interest. Her vintage sewing notions are what first caught my eye. (I recently posted about them here). But going back to pictures, I think of that when I take my own pictures (which nowhere near meet my expectations. :) I'm not complaining there or fishing for compliments. They just don't, most of the time. :) But I'm so focused on this whole house thing, this summer, that pictures have been pushed to the wayside. Along with everything else. I'd love to take pictures of different vintage finds more often and post them but there just isn't time for that yet. I plan to change that this winter as I slowly begin to unpack and settle into our home.

Swap?

I often come across "swaps" while I'm blog surfing on all of the fun craft blogs out there. I'm very interested in them, in participating and in doing one myself.

But.

There's one problem.

I don't know what they are. Lol. I've only gotten that people get or give away really fun stuff. Can someone tell me what a "swap" is? Here is an example. I would appreciate any info. :)

Small Vintage Tablecloths

This picture was suppose to be under the one below...

This is Carter's little porta-crib (this is not a full-size crib), so you can get an idea of the small size of these tablecloths.

These are Nikayda & Aapo's summer covers (sheets).

I love vintage tablecloths - especially the small ones (as pictured above). They measure about 43 or 44 inches square (that's about 3 feet 7 or 8 inches). I added the measurement by feet because that's what I'm more familiar with myself. Anyway, they're a-dime-a-dozen at garage sales. (Believe it or not, I just had to go back and retype that. I wrote "rummage sales". Picking up on the habits of the north! They're listed in the paper under Rummage Sales in this area).

I came up with the idea after realizing, a couple of years ago, that my kids didn't have any thin blankets for covers in the summer and regular sheets were far too big for toddler beds and cribs. The tablcloths are perfect not to mention nice and soft too!

Note: I took the two that were the most worn and used them for sheets. These two even have a couple of little holes in them.