As the weather was gorgeous and as I'm having some trouble with my right hand I decided to give myself a day off and read books. Another temptation was to produce a spread for the Vintage Gluebook class.
My hand problem stems from the fact that several days ago I tried to catch a cactus plant before it fell (don't try this at home, or anywhere else for that matter!), then this morning I pulled out some weeds and among them was a huge stinging nettle. Despite applying dog leaves asap, and holding my hand under very cold running water, there is still a distinct tingle there which does not combine well with the cactus needles. To prove bad things (as well as good ones) come in threes I received a parcel from Amazon today and I duely did what it told me (bad idea, and not something I do often!) and pulled the tab to open. It never did but the tab burned my hand instead. I stamped on the text (yep, I'm that childish occasionally) and then noticed it looked kind of vintagey and was just the thing I needed for this spread.
The ladies are copies (from a 1908 French Femina magazine) but most everything else on this page is original vintage. It was only afterwards that it came to me that I had introduced a distinctive catty theme!
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Yowch! If things come in threes as my grandmother believed, you are now free of the curse that binds you!
Those glamorous ladies (wish hats were still de rigueur), look somewhat smug - are they the source of the hex?
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