Vintage Camera Nightlights
These vintage cameras were repurposed, by a flickr user called jayfish, to create some fantastic nightlights. [via gizmodo]
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Hanging Wooden Display Shelf
LOVING this DIY thermos display shelf by Design Sponge. As a vintage lover and collector, I have a few vintage thermoses that would look so sweet on one of these.
Handpainted Octopus Shower Curtain
Look at this incredible hand-painted octopus on this shower curtain featured on Casa Sugar. What a rad way to anchor a room with a vintage nautical graphic. More: Nautical Lamp Re-vamp & Beachy Decor Octopus Chandeliers Octopus Skirt
How-To: Vintage Framed Pincushion
I’m loving this easy tutorial from Beach Vintage. The next time you find an ornate little frame at the thrift store, why not paint it and use it as the basis for an adorable pin cushion? What a beautiful way to use a piece of vintage embroidered doily!
Book Review + Project Excerpt: Vintage Craft Workshop, by Cathy Callahan
Cathy Callahan’s new book, Vintage Craft Workshop, is a celebration of both the crafts and the women who brought them to popularity. Try this project excerpt!
Collection A Day 2010
While not a collector of measure, I deeply enjoy seeing like objects grouped together. (Don’t you? It’s like a brain massage!) In any case, I was just turned on to San Francisco illustrator and Rare Device boutique/gallery owner Lisa Congdon‘s Collection A Day blog. Here we get to see a photograph or drawing posted each […]
Adorable Handcrafted Vintage Sewing Stool
Sometimes I think I should have been born in the “olden days.” I totally swoon over handcrafted furniture, especially vintage sewing benches with little pegs for spools of thread. This gem was outside at Mr. Ryder’s Antiques, a super sweet shop in Graton, California. The best part about this stool was that the drawer had […]
