Massive Insane Scanner

Got it. Tested it. It's HUGE and really, rather heavy. 4.5 kilos/10 lbs. Looks like it's from the 1990s even though it's new. But it can scan properly, at an insanely fab resolution. The only improvement I'd inflict on it would be platen size (the scannable area on, er, the glass bit where you put stuff). I have loads of bristol boards --~28 cm by 35.5 cm/11in by 14in--that would love to be scanned without Photoshop stitching (not really that much of a problem, just takes fiddling). To this day, however, such larger scanners run into the tens of thousands of... yes.

Really awesome, though, golly.

Here are some astonishingly lovely cards from 1911-1924, some of which have more correspondence than others.

Zoom on the bottom right card, the front, with the initial 'G'. See the nacre/mother-of-pearl? It's incredible. Another one to zoom in on: bottom left. Look at all of that coloured silk. The lacey detail about the edges! This is the one printed in Hebrew and German.

Backs of all cards as well as insides below.

FRONT:

INSIDES ONE:

INSIDES AND BACKS AND OTHER:

The other booklets--I'm gettin' there! :-)

Garden of Crepe Paper

Not quite three years ago I had the pleasure of seeing the fabulously lifelike and intricate paper flower bouquets by Helen Frances on a programme that featured a competition amoung a handful of crafters (it was a series, not sure if it's still on, called 'Handmade Revolution'). Ms Francis's work so moved me that I scanned in a book on paper flower making from 1948 and sent it to her. She is super gracious, really lovely girl.

I thought about all of this again recently and wondered if the scanned material was still on our server. Hooray!

 

 

LOVE ALERT!

The entire book in pdf format is here: How to Make Paper Flowers

May you enjoy! Yes, indeed, I'll still finish the needlecraft and Osterizer booklets.  :)

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More Fandom Plus Work (Mysteriously)

Max from the Dontnod Square Enix game 'Life is Strange'. Sorry. Not my best but... still worth posting because the game KICKS ARSE.

That red figure upper left is part of my own work work. Yes, the word 'work' was supposed to be typed twice.

Still getting to that scanner. Scanning scanning scanning.

I so very much want to get the rest of that needlework mag up as well as that most awesome Osterizer booklet.

Scanning... Scanning... Scanning

'What is this that I am feeling? I think that it is happiness!' - paraphrased from ShitBot, Dreamfall Chapters, Book 1.

He scans and (ecstatically) welds. I ecstatically scan.

New version of Photoshop now (Creative Cloud), though, that doesn't work with my scanner as in days past, hence the mystery vague silence and absence of new scans for you, beloved.

Will sort it out.

For now, enjoy Paul Drake (William DeWolf Hopper, Jr.) playing poker with some gentlemen friends in the Perry Mason ep 'The Case of the Restless Redhead'.

All the swellest to you and yours.

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More Smart Knitting Needlecraft pages! And then... some from the new Osterizer booklet.

And now, here are the Osterizer bits:

Source: That would be me, or rather, the ephemera and scanner.

New Booklet!

Which I trust will be much more swiftly published than the needlecraft/knitting book/magazine (still have pages for that--fear not!). And remember, all images are larger than they appear, so right click or just save. Sort of like your wing mirror, only with clicking, tapping, saving.

Deluxe Osterizer Recipes, 1955

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Ok! Four more lovely pages from the lovely booklet of smart knitting and needlecraft. I am finding someone to teach me these sweet skills... finding...! My embroidery is rather, erm, not scan-worthy just yet? And, well, my knitting is limited to the basic stitch, fingers (did an entire scarf with ten--no needles!), and recognising knitted things for my beau in shops. Crochet? The needles have a hook. Gorgeous stuff, all.

And then... some evidence of our (Mr Love and I) adoration of Civil Defence/Defense memorabilia, and my worship of doilies. Oh, right: evidence of my continued existence as well, even if I do look sleepy and weird.

 

Body Modification Early 1950s-Fashion

I reckon it's simply advertisement tactics making the large-busted girl appear the smallest. Wouldn't I love to have something like the 'Up and Out' feature for the lady with the 'little' ta-tas. I like mine, very much, but wouldn't mind a bit more bulk. Ok, they're up and out enough, just... barely filling an A-cup. A load of tops/shirts are not terribly flattering. That wasp's waist is pretty bitchin', too, I do, however, appreciate my organs being in their proper places. These images are from a 'Workbasket' magazine from the early 1950s (not sure which year; some totally rad housewife put all of her 'Workbaskets' into handmade books covered in 1950s shelf-paper. For some reason not every 'Workbasket' cover is included. All's swell, though! Lubs up the scans, please, and have a fabulous whatever-time-of-day-it-is-where-you-are. :)

Witch Stitching

In addition to 'ordinary' ephemera, I collect (and utilise, at times, though I'm in the market for a mold-casting kit so I don't have to use unique, antique buttons I'll never see again) old sewing stuff. And doilies. Love doilies. Seriously--I LOVE DOILIES, just ask my bewildered beau. Anyway, here are a few interesting things I thought some of you might enjoy.

Check out that fabulous spiderweb foil! They are very good needles, by the way.

This is one of my coolest, weirdest sewing items. I've never had trouble threading needles--but who could resist a WITCH Needle Threader? Odd that it says 'Printed in Germany' on the instructional sheet, when this was produced well-before The Cold War ended (see the box, which says 'Made in Western Germany'). Oh, er, yes. I'm also obsessed with Cold War stuff.

Now this spiffing little bit of kit is, as you can see, Victorian. I did not snip off that corner--what sort of philistine would do such a thing? They look mighty useful, though, don't they? I will probably take a pair and put them on a garment as a test.

Bitch Slappin', Kid Smackin', and Jet Settin'!

No, Rita Hayworth was probably a lovely woman, and violence is just not at all cool (sigh... even against children, I suppose), it was just a catchy title. I may change it as it is sort of offensive, isn't it? Erm, yes, anyway, onto the ephemera! Be sure to click for the full size; these are postcards (save the student photograph) and have a lot of fascinating details that may be missed in the 'thumbnails'.

1. From the 1946 film Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford.
2. A group of students, photographed in what appears to be the early- to mid-1920s.
3. El Sombrero Motel, Niagara Falls, New York
4. Hotel Sahara, Las Vegas.
5. Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas--nearly double-length postcard!
6. Monterey Court, St Augustine, Florida. (Front of postcard.)
7. Monterey Court, St Augustine, Florida. (Back of postcard.)

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And now... it's back. Smart Knitting Needlecraft! So very many apologies to you for neglecting to continue the scans. I'll do my best to keep it up, as well as chucking a number of other things in here and there for variety. Please enjoy! :)