Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Vintage Lake Life


A few of our favorite things from the curated cabin tchotchke collection.


Never can have too many souvenirs of your own state. Big fish!


 From the mushroom decade. 1970s! Hull dripware fungus S or P needs S or P mate.


Frankoma made for the Oklahoma Golden Jubilee 1957. 
Who doesn't need a drink from a Cup O' Kindness every now and then?


We always pat down departing company and check their suitcases for this little gem that is the envy of many who have stayed in the vacation kitsch guestroom. 

Depending on the week or day you could score your own online without resorting to the old five-finger discount..


Ah yes, the grease canister. We have the entire set, but the coffee one is the most used and practical favorite followed by the grease pot as favorite in the curiosity factor category. 

Don't tell, but it is a very good place to hide things. No one suspects M and Ms to be in it and they are too afraid of finding old bacon fat to look.


Last, the vintage dish towel. Soft, absorbent, colorful, corny. Can't get enough of them. Products featured here: Frisco, Suz, 67 Sauce, and several with iconic label images or design, all cleverly avoiding copyright infringement. Perhaps the nascence of the knock-off phenomenon? 

One of these days we will actually move into this century with our decor, but the order of business at the cabin is lolling around, and even if change is going to happen, considering the pace of  lake life, don't be holding your breath unless it is because you are doing a cannonball off the dock.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Grandma, What Nice Mittens You Have On


This scene seen at Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville, Wisconsin 
reminded us of the one who freezes snowballs in January to throw with her Southern grandsons in July.


"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball." 
- Doug Larson


Once she helped us collect Zamboni shavings from behind the hockey arena for a fellow summer birthday child who didn't understand why he couldn't have a snowball fight as an activity for his June party. 

Yup, she's been in the business of making kids' dreams come true for four decades, and counting.


Here's hoping she has a chance to relax and enjoy her special day, which promises to be a beautiful Wisconsin one,


 but with the grand energy level currently at an all-time high she may just have to hold on for the ride for now and collapse later.


Ready. Aim. Enjoy!

Monday, July 13, 2015

Little Cabins in the Woods


Our earthy period left a lot of scraps.


Perfect for a woodsy version of "Surburbs" by Cluck Cluck Sew.


See how the cabins creep out to the edge of a birch woods?


Perfect for a lake retreat bed.



Expertly machine quilted by the talented J. Bauer.


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Sewn in Stone


Santa Maria in Trastevere is very fancy inside.You can look it up.

We found the patterns in these fragments from past versions of the church as beautiful as the gilded interior walls of the current edifice.











We see quilts. Do you?