Entries from March 1, 2007 - April 1, 2007
Happy Birthday to my L'il Sis!
April
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EmailVintage measures
The drawers at my grandparents homes were always filled with a hodgepodge collection of tools, letters, rubber bands, eyeglasses--you name it. In particular, I remember wooden folding rulers, used to measure the height of ever-growing grandkids. At RE, you can buy all sorts of vintage rulers, dents in the soft wood guaranteed. And at Viva Terra, a completely charming chair made out of vintage rulers.
Taxidermy: the new centerpiece?
I've seen a couple of mentions of taxidermy in fashionable places lately, and it's wholly intriguing to me. It's very Victorian, very macabre--sort of Edgar Allen Poe and Norman Bates sharing a flat. Would you put a dead animal in your home? In my fantasy world I would, but real life? I'm not sold.
On Decor8, Deyrolle Paris is mentioned as a source for scientific/botanical illustrations ... and also stuffed animals, large and small. These things don't come cheap, let me tell you:
The March issue of Elle Decor (UK) featured the work of Polly Morgan, a serious British taxidermist with a flair for darkness:
I love this ... cloches have come back into fashion as decorative objects, and I see them popping up all over the place. Morgan frequently employs bell jars/cloches in her still lifes, but quite differently than Martha Stewart does! I love the one on the right; it's very Hitchcockian.
Nancy Drew is immortal
June 15, 2007: Nancy Drew movie drops.
Why didn't someone tell me about this? And why didn't I do it first? Nancy Drew Review Book Club at Fred Flare.
Also at Fred Flare: Nancy Drew's Guide To Life, Nancy Drew mini notepad set, Nancy Drew address book, Nancy Drew note cards. You never saw me whip out my credit card so fast.