Analogue Chic

Posts Tagged ‘Salvation Army’

Well, not really.  I’ve just been super busy and stressed out.  So it’s taken me a few weeks to post about my latest window design at the Salvation Army Store.

 [Gallery not found]

So, it’s a bird theme.  I was thinking of birdwatching in the springtime.  Oh, and the bird that was taking up residence in our dryer vent may have had something to do with it…

Read the rest of this entry »

My masterpiece is complete: I installed some lighting in the Salvation Army window display to kick it up a notch in conjunction with our local First Night events.

[Show as slideshow]

[View with PicLens]

I used these instructions from Martha’s now defunct (RIP) Bluelines magazine for the lights.  And I did it for much cheaper than the materials she lists– thank you, post-Christmas clearance lights.  The directions are a little vague, but trust me, just start doing it, and think about building a chic Lite Brite for grownups.

And hopefully you’ll notice that I balanced out the right side of the window with a teepee-tree made of store-bought birch limbs.  So for what it is, I’m quite happy with it.  And I’m also pleased to hear that the staff has been getting a lot of questions and compliments about it.

Now, I need to start brainstorming the next display for late January-February…

  And I LOVE my local Salvation Army Store– they have HUGE discounts on all clothes on Wednesdays, thereby enabling my fabric-stash-addiction and closet overcrowding problem, without hurting my wallet!  Mwah! The button-downs above are for conversion into tote bags/gift wrap for my homegirls, a la this project– whoops! just gave away 50% of my holiday gifts! Here are some more new members of my textile collection: Now, on the left there, that is a Man Shirt: it is big, wooly and warm, literally a working man’s shirt– that shirt does not mess around.  And there’s a cute, vintage, lamb’s wool and angora Lady Sweater with semi-batwing sleeves.  And a very cute, kid’s belt from LL Bean.  Lots of possibilities with these: not sure if I want to reconstruct the Man Shirt, it would make an awesome cape, or a felted bag, perhaps; I may wear the Lady Sweater as is, also possibly a felted something- beret?; belt is obviously too small, and it would be a pain to reclaim the hardware, it may become a handbag handle. And for dessert– too sweet!–   Again, a real toss-up between wearing it or felting it– what do you think?  Comments, suggestions? I’ve never actually felted anything (intentionally) before, I need to do more research on how to do it, and I’m not sure what I would make from the felt with any of these, but I would like to try it.  I’m just scared of committing a great garment to felting, and then wishing I hadn’t so I could do something else!  Oh, well, I’m sure it will come to me in the middle of one of the sleepless nights I seem to be having lots of …