More Sensational '70s Shadowboxes!

Everning my little bon bons! I've found more great shadowboxes for great kitschy krafty inspiration! Enjoy!

These aren't nearly as kitschy as the ones above, but they're still pretty darn cute!...



Just a few more days until the Old Oak Festival! Keep tuning in for the rest of this week for more great '70s arts and crafts!

Fashion Painting, 1974

Here again, I must apologize for the lack of patterns...apparently my grandmother swiped these too!

Don't forget the reason I'm doing these crafty 1970's posts currently....it's to promote and lead up to the revival this coming weekend (April 19-22) of the Old Oak Festival at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee! The festival started in 1975 and ran for almost twenty years before being cancelled...and this will be the first festival since it was phased out twenty years ago! If you're in the area, stop by!

Ad of the Day: Artex Textile Painting 1974

Magical crafting...apparently brought to you by the horse from The NeverEnding Story....

This reminded me of the Good Morning Starshine scene in A Very Brady Sequel



And here's another Artex fashion painting ad from the same year....

I'm not sure what I think about this...although I DID enjoy the puff paint craze of the early '90s...of course, I also enjoyed Milli Vanilli.......HEY, I was too young to know better, ok??!!!

Batik, 1974

I've never tried Batik myself, but this article from 1974 makes it sound soooo easy!

Sozzels, my dears, but the pattern for the owl was NOT on page 49...actually, it may have been, but my copy of the magazine has no page 49! But us creative types don't need someone else to make a pattern for us, do we? "Heck no!", I hear you cry! "We'll make our own wise little owl!" Once you've done that, here's the instructions for making your very own batik!....

Ad of the Day: Temple Stuart, 1974

Where to begin???

There is sooooo much to look at here!!! How about that macrame wall hanging?? And the inside hammock? What about the Tiffany lamp above the dining table? The random letters hanging around? Or Donna-Lee, the Susan Dey clone wife? Or the husband, Dave, who is a frighteningly exact clone of one of my ex's...we won't go into that...

Ad of the Day: Shadowboxes, 1974

Remember these? We had one in my house when I was little as did most of my friends...a holdover from the previous decade! And I love them! In fact, I've been mulling over making one for a while now, beans, corn, wheat, dried flowers and all! So earthy! So crafty! So Seventies!!!

Here's a not so great photo of the one I remember as a kid hanging behind my nanny! (this pic was taken at my first birthday party...I'm the little baby!)...
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DollyBird

Rosey Grier Tackles Needlepoint, 1975

Alright you crafty mamas, the doll has a rare treat for you today!





When a man takes up needlepoint, there will always be a few chuckles...unless that man is Rosey Grier.








I mean, would YOU laugh at one quarter of the original 'Fearsome Foursome'?? I sure wouldn't!

Rosey, the defensive tackle, had a legendary career in football.
Rosey also had a music career that began in the early '60s...




He was also the man who 'tackled' Sirhan Sirhan after Sirhan shot and killed Senator Robert Kennedy...

But, in the '70s, he became almost as famous for his needlepoint as his tackles. And why not? The man was quite good at it! So good that, among other things, he wrote a book on the subject...
...and, in 1974, even had one of his designs featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post....

Here's a great little skit with Rosie and the members of Sha-Na-Na where he promotes his needlepoint patterns....too funny!!



He was featured in a 1975 issue of Decorating and Craft Ideas and it's a must read! What a sweet, good natured, and super talented man he is! Here's the article in its entirety:

Isn't he the living end?! Rosey's turns 80 in July, and is now a minister and inspirational speaker...and what an inspirational guy he is!!


Hope everyone has a 'Rosey' weekend! And if you're in the East Tennessee region, don't forget the reason I'm doing these crafty '70s posts!....next weekend is the revival of the much beloved Old Oak Festival at Tusculum College in Greeneville!!!