Carving pumpkins

Advanced designs from The Pumpkin Wizard

Simple designs from Swan's Pumpkin Farm

Paper Doll Chain Template

From the
Tempting Templates archive at Stampington & Company

This paper doll chain template

Halloween Delights at RavensBlight

"RavensBlight... odd name for a town, but then... it's an odd town. Here you'll find over 200 paintings and photographs on display, free paper toys,free music, free PC games, and a few other dark goodies, all created by Ray O'Bannon. So have a look around, the attractions are always open..."

I like the paper toys in the Toyshop.
"Here you'll find a variety of rather unusual paper toys, all free for you to print out and enjoy. The toys include a hearse playset, coffin gift boxes (with occupants), a little cemetery, several unusual board games, a gloomy little haunted house, a rusty old-style robot, and quite a few other dark delights. So pick out some toys, print out the pattern pages, and with a few common supplies like scissors and glue you're ready to create all these strange little curiosities."

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Bitty Bead tutorial

I followed this tutorial for making beaded beads sometime last year. I formed some of the beads around a jelly bracelet. It's comfortable but ugly. The tiny beaded beads are nicer but I call them "go blind beads" because they are so small.

Shrinky Dink sewing pins

Update: the pictures seem to be gone but the written instructions are still there.
Tutorial from wee wonderfuls. Love these! What a great girlfriend gift.

Beeton's Book of Needlework

Beeton's Book of Needlework
Facsimile edition at Project Gutenberg
Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published
in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler.

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Minature Blue Willow printables

From the makers of The Stokesay Ware range of dolls house china.

Thank you

Awwwwww.....thanks for all the hugs, love and support. Never, ever did I think that this blog would have any visitors and that you would become friends has been an amazing gift. I'm truly blessed.

The real Meggiecat

You've probably noticed that I've been MIA for much of the summer. One of the reasons is that this blog's namesake, Meggie, has been very ill. She's in renal failure but is getting some intensive nursing care here at home that included giving her IV fluids under her skin twice a day. She has improved quite a bit and now only has to have the fluids every other day. Poor Megs; no more snacks and treats including her favorite, ice cream.

She and I have been together for nearly 19 years of perfect companionship. She's taken good care of me and I'll do the same for her for the time we have left together.
Our veterinarian is very compassionate and will tell me when it's time to let her go.

So, I thought you might want to see the cat who chose me.


I'll get back to normal soon. I'm about a month behind responding to e-mail and hope that everyone will understand. Thanks for letting me share.

Vintage Sewing Postcards

Kewpie Doll Pattern

The familiar and pleasing legacy of ROSE CECIL O'NEILL (WILSON) is the Kewpie doll. The dolls were patterned after her drawings of Kewpies - fanciful, elf-like babies who solved all sorts of problems in a bumbling, good natured way. Her drawings and stories were immensely popular for over two decades, appearing as a special feature in Good Housekeeping magazine and The Ladies' Home Journal.
KEWPIE PATENT DRAWINGS

Free Illuminated Manuscripts Graphics

High quality art samples from AlfredoM Graphic Arts Studio.

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