Edwardian catalogues.

 I was browsing through my bookshelves the other day, and rediscovered this book that had been given to me by my Grandmother a year or so ago. Edwardian Shopping; A Selection of Army & Navy Stores Catalogues. 1898-1913. 

I thought I'd show you some of my personal highlights.

It has an array of items, from corsets and collars, to typewriters and trunks. And bicycles. And revolvers. And wedding cakes. Y'know. The usual.

Styles changed a fair bit in the time period this book covers, and it gives a little insight to the everyday of the Edwardian being.

Of course, the gentlemen aren't forgotten.

An entire page, for collars!

Spotted Jane Austen in the Novels section. I must give Lady Susan a read...

POCKET WATCHES.

More corsets... This is getting into the early 1900s, and you can see the silhouette has changed a little.

Typewriters. Lovely.

I believe I have a thing for trunks.

Corsets, this time from 1913. The silhouette has changed quite drastically now.

I shall be making good use of this book, now that I'm aware of its existence, and I'm sure it shall prove to be useful! Or just to look at. I don't mind.

Bags, bows, cards, and sock monsters.

Today, I had the opportunity to make a few little things to sell, and given that I had a matter of days to do so, a few little things it was.

Bags, bows, cards, and sock monsters, to be precise.

Look at them, the lil' gang. As for the design, I got the idea from Blue Peter many years ago, and over time it has evolved into what you see.

I quite liked this bag, actually. Out of everything, this is something I'd have wanted to keep, but alas, it sold.

I've always been a bit of a card maker, but only recently started trying out this 'style' of cards - pen and ink drawings.

And lastly, hair bows. These are very handy things to make for when you need emergency presents and the such. Here's the tutorial I based mine on.

Do let me know if you'd like some quick tutorials for anything! Everything here is fairly easy to make, and creating your own sock creature is actually rather fun.