Date and Time

Two wonderful little treasures! A little battered but for me that's their charm :) And they work!

The West Clox Baby Ben is a mechanical wind-up alarm clock circa 1930's - 1940's.

The brass desktop perpetual scroll calendar is probably circa 1950's - 1960's.
 

Bohemian Notepad

I constructed this little Bohemian Styled Notepad using a downloaded digital from Heart and Soulful and used it as my cover. I toned it down and printed it on thin linen fabric to make my cover and designed my version of this little notepad. The papers I used were handmade ivory paper with Aster flowers with deckled edges which are printable. Great for a little pen and ink! The little notepad measures 4.5" x 5".

Mini Rope Bowl

I've been wanting to try my hand at making a rope bowl...finally!

I used some synthetic cording I had for my trial run. Wish I had used some cotton cording that I have instead. Will have to make more! Wasn't as daunting as I thought!

Definitely plenty tutorials online for this project!
 

Art Deco Glass Inkwell

Another great find and an amazing piece for my desk! The inkwell was a small reservoir for ink. It has a lid to preserve the ink from contamination, evaporation or accidental spillage.

Earliest forms of inkwells date back to the times of Ancient Egypt. These early inkwells were stones with round holes that held the ink. The writer dips the pen or quill into the inkwell as needed.

Machine Embroidered Line Art Note Cards...few more

Here are several more machine embroidered line art note cards I made.  I did a post on 12/9/2022 explaining my process in creating these if you are interested. 

 

Japanese Knot Bag

Had fun sewing this adorable 'knot' bag. A small open tote bag with a twist. A tote with asymmetrical handles. It's designed so that the longer handle slips into the smaller handle to close the bag and form the 'knot'. An easy to sew pattern from 'Motif Studio Patterns' available on Etsy.

More Accidental Dried Roses

More of my lucky happenstance...more dried roses.

Few years ago I received these when they were lovely fresh roses. They sat in the vase, water evaporated and voila! Lovely dried roses! They now have a spot on my windowsill.