The Archival Kid in Me

Can you believe I saved this sheet of Hallmark stickers since 1979?? I was quite an archival 9 year old! These big-headed baby animal stickers were just too darn cute to stick them on my lunch pail, so i just saved them ever so flatly in a neat little envelope (to this very day!). Old habits die hard :O)

Thanks Linda of "Original Felted Folksies" for sending these Littlest Pet Shop stickers by Hasbro, circa 2006 :) The trend continues!

Lovely Vintage

Here's a few items I picked up to add to my vintage sewing supplies stash. Sometimes I'm lucky to find 'new old stock' (meaning vintage that is unused or new in package) such as these, but I also love old n' worn vintage fabrics & trims; the fun is in the combining of it all to make my unique Sock Monkey outfits :O)

Bear Paths Spring Invitational Internet show

*Five* New Peng Peng Bears will be part of Bear Paths Spring Invitational Show, May 23-June 3, 2007
http://plumclub.com/spring

Enjoy the show!

Little Old Buttons

I love using vintage sewing notions and fabrics for my creations... stuff was just made better in the olde days. The antique buttons are so fascinating, I always wonder about the person who originally bought them new from the store, carefully selecting it off the display rack and then taking it home in a little bag... perhaps for a sewing project or replace missing buttons on a dress back in the 1920's-30's. One can't help but think of the era and how life was then.
The buttons I acquire sometimes are still on the original crumpled & worn card after all this time, saved or forgotten, somehow spared from the dustbin, perhaps even traveled around the globe! So I always feel I owe it to the buttons to put them to good use :O)

What I'd do for a Bargain!

This picture brings back ol' memories of my days in Philly (working at Tower Books for $5.50/ hr) when my thrifting trips were at the height of scoring. No obstacle too great or SEPTA commute too hazardous to reach the best thrifts. which of course are always located in the dankest, darkest, drippiest subterranean corners of the city. But they were some fun times indeed. that's me on the left.

Sock Monkey Greetings from Netherlands

Anjo Noija of Bearable Bears, Netherlands, with her Peng Peng sock monkey girl writes:

"Hi Peng Peng!
Greetings from me and my sweet monkey."
~July 2006