{scissor variations}

inner necessity

 

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity.

The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

        -Carl Jung

 

 

 

bowerbird box

little boxes + drawers. boxes within drawers. i have many. tucked away in various locations. collections of smalls--clothing tags, loose buttons, clips, imported soda bottle caps, a monogram. little messy piles of pure delight.

 

i had an uncle call me a "packrat". i was 7 years old. 

i had a small purse filled to the brim with treasures. i was sitting by a thicket of raspberry bushes on a small quilt and was carefully removing everything from the purse and arranging my collection on the quilt. that was the first time i heard a person described as a packrat. although only 7 i was able to discern that it was not meant as a compliment.

Sibella Court's new book "Bowerbird" releases October 9th --oh how i wish i had that beautiful word in my vocabulary at 7 years old, so i could have proudly proclaimed that "i was a bowerbird".

 

peek at some of the gorgeous pages from the book here on Sibella's blog.

 

fascinated with fasteners

 

 
 

 + the boxes they come in

 

 

n  n  n  n  n

 

 

{vintage office} big + small

 

i have a particular fondness for industrial office type furniture + finishes.

you too?

 

last week this beauty came home with me from the thrift store.

the unit was made up of 4 drawers that stack on top of one another with an end cap for the top unit--i moved it a bit so you could see for yourself in the above photo.

 

i could not stop running my fingers over the embossed logo situated above the card holders.

i left the thrift store without the cabinet. but could not stop thinking about the 4 embossed logos.

so i went back.

as usual i have been having that recurring sandblasting dream for certain pieces in my collection.

although the cabinet is not that brushed steel surface that i prefer i would be okay with this grey for the time being.

so many projects. you know how it goes.

 

i also l-o-v-e black bull dog clips with embossed handles.

much easier to carry home from the thrift store

+ no second guessing if i should buy them or not.

 

i have a few ideas for the card holder inserts--i'll keep you posted.

 

faded peeps

 

 

 

Happy Collections

Sometimes collecting is a happy accident and other times collecting is pursued with a frenzied passion.

Sometimes a collection is one. Sometimes a collection is two hundred and one.

{A few} of my favorites to collect:

1. vintage school supplies
2. vintage numbers & letters
3. button cards in multiples
4. vintage notions {number related}
5. old jars for storage
6. vintage office supplies
7. cursive writing samples
8. books {new + old}