Saturday, June 23, 2007

Friends Of Miss Potter

 I took my kids to the theater to see the movie about the illustrator of P. Rabbit and friends and we all loved it to pieces. We don't go to the theater often at all, but I felt this was worthy of the price and big screen experience.
We were not disappointed.

This is the cover of a nice book I bought more than 10 years ago,on clearance. It is filled with wonderful things, info and photos and illustrations. We have always been true Beatrix fans here at my house.

This is a picture of Beatrix inside the book walking the real Benjamin. This is how my E. came to do the same with her bunnies. Our neighbors don't think a thing of her being out in the yard like this ....minus the vintage clothing, of course. 


A Vintage Stitch In Time

As I am scanning these I am holding A's bunny named "Kitty" while she cleans Kitty's cage. I can report that today Kitty needs a manicure and pedicure (or is it a pedicure and pedicure?!! LOL) because her nails are long and sharp!! Boy oh boy, is she shedding too! A asked Kitty if she likes to blog with her Kitty Grandma.


These are part of my sewing ephemera collection of old paper booklet catalogs and how-to books. I have a booklet about tatting from about 1909 and I hope to teach myself -- maybe in my next life time.
I have a fascination about tatting as I know the Tsaritsa Alexandra Romanov did it with her daughters. I am absolutely CRAZY about the Romanov family. Sometime I will share with you some of my pages from my altered book I did about the last Tsar Nicholas and his family. I should have chosen a book with a larger binding because it stays open like a fan it so fat. I couldn't stop myself once I started. It includes articles, pictures, art, bits of tatting and antique buttons, bits of broken jewelry, etc... you altered art friends will understand!
I still have lots more stuff. I am starting a NEW altered book!