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My goodness! I have such lovely friends, who’ve been giving me all kinds of vintage crafty bounty. I’m going to feature each of these in a separate post. Let’s start with this beauty:
Pam brought me this – a 1965 publication of Craft Course Publishers. Pam has that eye, and seems to always find excellent things. This is one of the coolest shell-craft books I’ve ever seen. Look at that crazy spray of flowers hanging in the net!
The interior pages are all these pastel-candy colors, with the black-and-white photos reversed out, which is totally charming. Aren’t these purses cute?
I adore these candy dishes! Doll bodies with frilly shells? Oh, good lord!
This is referred to in the book as a TV Lamp. I’ve seen these at thrift stores from time to time – they have a little light in the back, which glows off the inside of the big abalone shell.
I love this little author page, too. Makes me want to cook up some new web photos, where my head floats in front of a lovely scalloped shell. Very glamorous.
Thank you, Pam!
the question is, if this is the coolest one; how many craft books about shells have you read??? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, though I’m not a fan of crafting with shells. I think they are most beautiful on the beach – but the kitch images in your book are great though! :-)
Send me a photo of you and I’ll photoshop you a shell hat! ;-)
the question is, if this is the coolest one; how many craft books about shells have you read??? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, though I’m not a fan of crafting with shells. I think they are most beautiful on the beach – but the kitch images in your book are great though! :-)
Send me a photo of you and I’ll photoshop you a shell hat! ;-)
OMG! We had one of those Virgin Mary in a Sea Shells. : D Thanks for the memories.
OMG! We had one of those Virgin Mary in a Sea Shells. : D Thanks for the memories.
Shell art has intrigued me since I found a large collection of shells at a school I taught once. Hmmmm….I bet you could do some great hair bobs kinds of like you would with buttons…….Thanks for posting the intro for the author……oh that is classic….
Shell art has intrigued me since I found a large collection of shells at a school I taught once. Hmmmm….I bet you could do some great hair bobs kinds of like you would with buttons…….Thanks for posting the intro for the author……oh that is classic….
Hi diane!! Love the shell book. i was just in Mexico where sea shell shrines were everywhere – so I came home and made one and loved every second. I used watercolors on the outsides of the shells to give them color. Now I want to make more!
Hi diane!! Love the shell book. i was just in Mexico where sea shell shrines were everywhere – so I came home and made one and loved every second. I used watercolors on the outsides of the shells to give them color. Now I want to make more!
Haven’t seen that one in ages! Got really fascinated with shell crafts when I was a kid and now I have all sorts of shell collages to hang up. Even have my graduation picture with one in the background–about 30 years ago! My father gave me a can of little shells he picked up in Panama and that started me on my love of shells. Now I have beach pickings from here in Washington state and some beautiful ones I’ve bought to display.
Haven’t seen that one in ages! Got really fascinated with shell crafts when I was a kid and now I have all sorts of shell collages to hang up. Even have my graduation picture with one in the background–about 30 years ago! My father gave me a can of little shells he picked up in Panama and that started me on my love of shells. Now I have beach pickings from here in Washington state and some beautiful ones I’ve bought to display.
Now, those are fun. I looked up Ms. Gayle Pearson on the Wiki to see if we really had heard more about her, and I just hadn’t noticed, but apparently not. Or maybe the shellcraft enthusiasts just haven’t got their act together yet.
The look and mood reminds me of the “Joy of Jello” cookbook I liberated from my grandmother’s collection many years ago. Mmm…. Ring Around the Tuna….
Now, those are fun. I looked up Ms. Gayle Pearson on the Wiki to see if we really had heard more about her, and I just hadn’t noticed, but apparently not. Or maybe the shellcraft enthusiasts just haven’t got their act together yet.
The look and mood reminds me of the “Joy of Jello” cookbook I liberated from my grandmother’s collection many years ago. Mmm…. Ring Around the Tuna….
Dear Hobbyist of the New Millenium,
When I wrote this book back in the sixties, I had a mission: to inspire seaside crafters for generations to come. Clearly I have succeeded.
Yours Truly,
Miss Gayle Pearson
(a la Cami)
Dear Hobbyist of the New Millenium,
When I wrote this book back in the sixties, I had a mission: to inspire seaside crafters for generations to come. Clearly I have succeeded.
Yours Truly,
Miss Gayle Pearson
(a la Cami)
Get yourself a sweet madonna
Dressed in rhinestone, sittin’ on a
Pedestal of abalone shell…
Get yourself a sweet madonna
Dressed in rhinestone, sittin’ on a
Pedestal of abalone shell…
I heart Our Lady of the Abalone!
I heart Our Lady of the Abalone!
I heart the 5 cent sticker on the front of the book! And the Lady of the Abalone, of course!
I heart the 5 cent sticker on the front of the book! And the Lady of the Abalone, of course!
I love the books! My daughters (now ages 36 & 34) learned to knit using the book showing on top “Let’s Learn to Knit”. They learned in 4-H and the book shown comes for the Extension center. They were in their early teens ;). What a blast from the past…
I love the books! My daughters (now ages 36 & 34) learned to knit using the book showing on top “Let’s Learn to Knit”. They learned in 4-H and the book shown comes for the Extension center. They were in their early teens ;). What a blast from the past…