By: Paintgranny,
on 4/16/2014
By: Paintgranny,
on 7/28/2011
By: Paintgranny,
on 2/5/2011
Oooh...ahhh...look! What is this assortment of loveliness I see before me? It is an elegantly wrapped packet from Betty and Violet, a vintage sewing and collectibles shop full of irresistible delights, whose exquisite blog I follow.
By: Paintgranny,
on 9/27/2010
Back to some kind of normality at last and a final deadline to clear; this year's order for Teddy Bears of Witney. Sadly, due to the silly amount of work I had on, I was unable to do as many editions as I did last year and only just managed to get these two sets ready in time for the 2011 catalogue. 
Thankfully I spotted what looked to be a better match on the Tigerlily Makes blog and after a few emails, a sample was winging it's way to me in the post. It was, happily, almost identical to the original pink and I was able to order enough to finish the two remaining models - thank you Lisa for such super service and good luck with your new online felt making boutique. 
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By: Paintgranny,
on 10/31/2009
Twenty three hours of work...
I think we both need a beer! Happy - whatever you choose to celebrate tonight.
By: Paintgranny,
on 9/12/2008
By: Paintgranny,
on 7/29/2008
By: Paintgranny,
on 5/31/2008
By: Paintgranny,
on 4/3/2008
A Little Bit on Little Golden Books
In 1942 Simon and Schuster published the first dozen titles in Little Golden Books (LGB) series. They were priced at about 25 cents, marketed to department stores, and as an alternative to the more expensive children’s books, which at the time cost 2 to 3 dollars, were immediately popular.
There are collectors that passionately collect LGB, and I’ve discovered to my disappointment that the Little Golden Book collectors, like series book collectors, are not really interested in collecting outside of their area of interest. However there are some authors and even more illustrators that were published by Little Golden Books that went on to gain more mainstream popularity. There are non LGB collectors that are looking for the LGB publications by their favorite author or illustrator.
So no matter whether it is an out of print bookstore or a booth at an antique mall, I always take the time to go through the stacks of LGB to look for the following authors and illustrators:
This checklist is by no means complete and is most definitely not definitive; there are collected authors and illustrators that I know I’ve missed. Also not included are the illustrators, most notably Eloise Wilkin, who did primarily LGB illustrations. This is just a quick list generally made up of illustrators or authors that I have non LGB collectors looking for.
by Dana Richardson of Windy Hill Books| more of Dana’s articles can be seen here
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By: Paintgranny,
on 2/22/2008
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 11/9/2007
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 11/1/2007
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 10/19/2007
The Art of the Bookmark
The bookmark above is designed by The Paper Pirates -- a team of two young illustrators from Stuttgart, Germany: Karolin Kornelsen and Nena Dietz.
thanks to ephemera
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 9/27/2007
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 7/5/2007
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 5/26/2007
Evaline Ness Antonio Frasconi, Helen Borten, William Wondriska
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 5/11/2007
12 Comments on A Couple of Swells, last added: 7/30/2011
You made me smile!
They are both wonderful! How did you get him so smoothe looking? I really love the lavender colour!
Useless trivia moment for the day: did you know Gene Kelly was originally meant to star in Easter Parade? Since he'd just broken his ankle, however, he wasn't available for any dancing roles, so Fred Astaire got the part.
Mr. Lavender is a lovely gent (and much better dressed than Garland or Astaire, to boot).
Dear Gretel,
I have been bedridden for the last few days and feeling quite unwell with a nasty chest cold.
This is just what I needed to bring a huge smile to my face and make me feel just a tad better....thank you for that.
The Lavender boys are beautiful as are all your creations.
your friend,
Janet xox
PS......I am also a big MGM musical and Judy Garland fan, so that clip made my smile extra big
;->
...whoops! -bet they could do a decent Wilson and Keppel dance, too! Very nice. My needle-felted creatures always manage to look louche and unkempt, as do I.
Your creativity amazes me again! M x
content for a new book here...Mr Lavender Meets His Doppelganger!
Love them both- it always amazes me how handmades gain a little character all of their own
x
The two Mr Lavenders are wonderful!
Two of your Puddletown Tales are wrapped up and awaiting my granddaughter`s third birthday :-)
Hi Gretel, I'm not even sure how found your blog but I am so glad I did! I adore your work!
Thank you also for following my blog. That was very sweet of you.
They make a lovely couple, one with his waistcoast and the other with a rose.
Your felt creatures always look so very smooth, as if they would feel like suede.
Oh how lovely, you have set me singing and even dancing a little on my osteoperic pins. Are you sure that those gents can't dance? Perhaps they do when you aren't looking!
Oh no - now I'm going to have the song stuck in my head for the rest of the evening!!