Category: cute

cute, fashion

A forgotten trend – the pocket handkerchief

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Those who know me will know that I love hankies.  I always have at least one in my pocket, one in my bag, and occasionally one in my bra strap when I don’t have pockets.  I keep one under my pillow, and when I change my bed sheets I find a whole cache of them where they’ve multiplied.
I’ve had these since I was a little girl.  My parents use hankies so of course I did too!  I never understood why other kids always had runny noses, or why you’d use a tissue only once.  Other kids thought that hankies were only for old people.  But I think that old people are just more experienced humans who are just as young as me at heart, and they probably know a lot more about the world than I do – so – we young’uns should also use hankies 🙂
They are not only useful (you can use them for a whole range of things – not just nose blowing), but they can also be really cute.  Here’s a few of my favourite hankies that I own.
I can’t remember ever not having this one, so it must be nearly as old as me.  I’d put it at around 1991.  The bear family out for an outing.  It’s so raggedy it’s not usable, but I just can’t get rid of it!  It’s precious!
Pretty flowers
This lovely rabbit has a scroll above his head that reads “Thinking of you”.  I wonder who was thinking of me.  This one I probably got at around age 9.
I’d put this at around 1992.  Whales!
Same vintage as above.  All sorts of things on this cute hanky!
I love how retro this one looks with its bold colours.  I also have this one in a pale green and a blue.
This is a hanky from Japan.  They sell a LOT of them in Japan, but I’ve never seen anyone blow their nose in Japan.  They use them to dry their hands in public bathrooms apparently.  But it works for noses too.  Cute bunnies!
All my hankies together, plus some I didn’t show you.
So where can you get a cute hanky to show off that you mean business?  I’ve found an Australian shop that sells gorgeous printed hankies online (as well as a whole lot of other cute accessories).  This one is called the “Cute things” print – can you see why?
Click on the picture to go to the website.
Here are some other cuties:
I hope this has inspired you to get out your Nana’s hankies and save the environment one tissue at a time!
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Day 37

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My mum was all “Chrissy we’ve got to get rid of some of your old stuff” because my old dolls and teddies are sitting in the other room, not being played with.

These two dolls used to have luscious blonde hair. But when I picked them up, it perished in my fingers. Big Doll used to have short wavy hair, very manageable. Little Doll’s long straight hair had always looked a bit stupid – I could never seem to comb it so it would sit nicely.

I decided that I would remove it all and give them new hair.

I could remove all their hair just by rubbing it. I bought some curly doll hair from Spotlight. But now there is a problem – it looks really hard to use, and I’m not sure whether it will look good. There are several ways of applying doll hair, and they’re all really tedious and difficult, and it looks like they all hurt fingers.

Also, I think they look awesome and punk.

So what should I do? Knit them hats? Suggestions welcome.

craft, cute

Blow Keyboard with foot pump!

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Yesterday I bought this ridiculously cute blow keyboard.


But this morning when I tried to play my favourite tunes, I found myself running out of breath and getting dizzy. I kept forgetting to breathe and then realising that there was no sound. It took a lot more air to keep it going than I expected. Then I remembered bagpipes. These are all the things I used:


My bag is an empty wine cask with the rubber valve taken off. Then I’ve got my blow keyboard, a cork that fits the hole in the wine cask, a bit of tube, and a foot pump. Here’s a closer look at the cork after my excellent dad and I finished messing with it:


We cut two holes right through the cork with a very thin, very sharp knife. The round hole fits the piece of tubing, and the rectangular hole fits the mouthpiece of the blow keyboard. This is how the bits fit together:


So, foot pump into tubing, tube and mouthpiece into cork, cork into wine cask. Now all I have to do is pump up the bag, and squeeze with my knees while I play and pump! Now I can even sing along! Another option is to blow into the tube rather than use a foot pump.