Vintage Photos of Twins

(Vintage family photos, Amy Crehore)

(Vintage family photos, Amy Crehore)

I found these two photos in my box of old stuff. Twins make great subjects for photos especially when wearing the same outfts. Perhaps the ladies in the top photo are mama and auntie of the kids in the bottom photo. I think it's around 1910 Italy because I found a postcard with those same kids on the front (dressed in the same outfits) and it had a postmark. It was addressed to one of my relatives who lived in Florence, Italy at the time (signed "love from Filippo"). People liked to have postcards made of their personal photos back then and send them to all their friends.

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P.S. The people shown above are not my relatives. They are just friends of relatives.

My Demon Ukulele

Back of the Demon Uke

"Demon", A painted vintage ukulele by Amy Crehore
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Recently, I have had a few inquiries about my "Demon" ukulele. So, I thought I would blog it again. It has racked up a few thousand hits on my flickr account, thanks to stumbleupon. Not sure why everyone is fascinated by it, but maybe it's because this uke is a near mint Stella with an art deco "duco" finish from the 1930's. You can see the back of this uke in the top photo. It has an almost pinkish color in the light areas. It's a very natural-looking textured design. Absolutely beautiful. Here's an example of a rare National tenor guitar with a duco finish: LINK . Nice, eh?

I painted an original design of a girl struggling with a demon over flames on the body of my uke. And, on the headstock, I did a little logo of a demon's face and some hand-lettering.
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See more of my painted ukes here with links to close-ups: FLICKR

Juggling in Brazil and Florida

Nice scenery. Watch for the shot of the juggler on the cliff with the raccoon.

Cat Mummy

Brooklyn Museum

blog has some fascinating cat mummy pictures (above).

I brought a "cat mummy" to an art party once. I guess it was more of a petrified cat "sculpture" - in a special box with leopard fabric lining titled "Eartha Kitt". Long time ago.

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Beautiful Art Rugs

"Nathalie Lete lives and works in Paris. She works in many ways, mixing different techniques and mediums, illustration, ceramics, textile and painting."

I like these rugs, but you should see the rest of her output, including books and plates:
Nathalie Lete

(Thanks, Janet)

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Cloudy Collection, Set Number 3!

This is a teaser preview. There are seven new letterpress prints that will be available for purchase on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 9:09 AM Pacific Time.
“The Scarlet Lettering” edition of the Cloudy Collection is made up of wonderful lettering art by Marian Bantjes, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Ray Fenwick, Ray Frenden, Linzie Hunter, Nate Williams, and David Huyck.
They have done something a little different this time: they are printed with a “blind deboss” (see above, photo by Boxcar press). This should appeal to designers and illustrators alike...and regular people who appreciate fine things like letterpress prints.

CLOUDY COLLECTION

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By the way, I was honored to be part of the first Cloudy Collection Set!

"Jesus Loves Me" Banner is Sold

The "Jesus Loves Me" Banner has sold, but there are many other fun things you can buy from Supermarket Sarah. Just go to her website, move your mouse over an item and click for a close-up view. She is located in West London and must ship from the UK. But, isn't this clever? A wall of wonderful flea market items.

Supermarket Sarah

(seen on swiss-miss)

P.S. I just got word that there are more "Jesus Loves Me" banners available!