Today was a very busy day. I wrapped up about 95% of the development on a client site, answered a bunch of emails, and worked on a few personal projects.
I also set up my spinning wheel, which I’m hoping to have time to use again very soon.
My wheel is an Ashford Kiwi. I purchased it unfinished from The Woolery and stained it myself.
Here it is in action, the last time I used it (before I moved and it got put into storage) …
I have a feeling it’s going to take a while re-learning to get back up to that speed again!
While others are out scouring the stores for Black Friday deals today, I’m at home admiring the vintage treasures that I brought home last night. I made an off-hand mention at Thanksgiving dinner, saying I had been keeping my eye out for some vintage Pyrex. Leave it to my mother — she hopped up, went to the garage, and started pulling these beautiful pieces out of a metal cabinet. Turns out, they all belonged to my great grandmother. Clearly, she had fantastic taste!
First, my favorite: black snowflake Pyrex. I had seen the pale blue snowflake pattern, but never the matte black. I did a little reading online and it appears the color was actually called “charcoal” and the pattern is from 1957. I’m already trying to come up with a good casserole recipe for Christmas so I have an excuse to put this dish to use and on display!
But that’s not all …
There was also this assortment of Fire King pieces, in two patterns. The pink flowered pieces on the right are from the “Peach Blossom” line of Fire King, which was produced by Anchor Hocking in the mid 1950s, I believe (if someone can help me with the years for this pattern, I’d appreciate it) and painted by Gay Fad Studio.
[EDIT: Thanks to @julieanneknits, I found out that the Peach Blossom pattern was produced 1954-1955. Thank you!!]
The other pattern is called Primrose and according to this site (her collection is amazing!), this particular pattern is from 1960-1962.
I love how Great Gram kept the label from the Primrose pieces — it was tucked inside one of the casserole dishes for safekeeping. Little details like that make it all the more special to me.
If anyone can share more information about these particular patterns/pieces with me, I’d love to learn more!
What’s Thanksgiving without a hand-print turkey hanging on the fridge?
Ben and I made this one the other day. Actually, we made several because he was pretty impressed after I showed him how it was done. (I love that about kids — everything old is new again in their eyes!)
Anyhoo … Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful day surrounded by the people you love … and that you’re recovering from your turkey-induced coma.
Have you heard of Fiverr.com? It was completely new to me till an ad agency we’re working with brought it to my attention at work.
Essentially, it’s a site where you can hire people to do “gigs” for $5. People will sing songs, write poetry, make videos, create works of art … you name it.
I got this digital portrait of Gracie-dog on Fiverr the other day … for 5-bucks! I thought it turned out super cute and you really can’t beat the price!
