Design Rocket: Picking a Bunch of Valentine's Wishes for You!

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VINTAGE EYEWEAR
Well, you can go get glasses at the local Lenscrafters, OR you can hunt down some spectacular vintage hand cut frames at your local antique shop and have them fitted with your prescription lenses. Or maybe---do both. I have some very normal, "don'-t-cause trouble" frames, and some "in-your-face" frames I like to wear when I am feeling "con cohones" and have had a drink or two. Better to buy "new old stock", if you are going to invest much in the lenses. It is not good to throw money into old frames in bad shape that will fall off your head or lose an arm and need that proverbial piece of masking tape to keep them together. Unless that is the look you crave--the look of half the boys in my nerdy seventh grade class circa 1965. If so, I have an old briefcase and a pocket pen holder I would like to sell you. I'll throw in the slide rule.
Lawn art and ashtrays
Back when guys stayed home more, listened to the radio and do other things at the same time, they probably labored over homemade lawn art, standing ashtray holders, and door stops. Usually they were made out of plywood, then painted. Look for slightly crackled paint. Many of the best of these were old comic strip characters like Jiggs and Maggie, or the ocasional Disney character. Black cats are plentiful. Also Butlers. You do not have to smoke to appreciate them.
old silhouettes
Many of these come from the 20's and 30's. You can often guess the age of the piece by the dress of the person whose portrait it is. Hung together on a wall, they have a wonderful impact.
Old cookbooks by local groups: i.e. Grange cookbooks, church cookbooks, college cookbooks, etc.
Tacky Souvenirs from old site seeing locales

Picking a Bunch of Valentine's Wishes for You!

I am taking a few short moments to hope that everyone takes a moment to hug their loved ones and enjoy Valentine's Day! I have nothing but fond memories of this day from my Elementary School days, when the class would decorate a big box in red and pink and hearts and doilies and we would each "mail" valentine's to each other.

The gal above is from my "Magic Garden Girls" collection, and she is just one of the many Garden Gals I have created an entire world for. She has picked a bunch of hugs from her garden!

I am also happy to be participating in a Valentine's Day Blog Hop with some wonderfully talented people from around the globe, so please take a moment and visit their blogs and see what wonderful and loved-inspired art thay have for you!

February 14, 2012 at 12:56 AM in Color!, Creativity to the MAX, Imaginations Running Wild, Weblogs | Permalink