New York Library spotlights Steampunk
Petriglass
The Fall of October Rain
Making fabric covered buttons
Tutorial: Steampunk Surveillance Arthropod
How to write a telegram properly
For those who think good clothes these days are cheap, you should read this article, including the price conversions. And to think girls were expected to have different outfits everyday in the 1920s!
This:
I have definitely seen biscuit boxes that would work for this, it doesn't have to be that particular brand!
And I love this quote, shared on Facebook: "It may be possible to do without dancing
entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many
months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and
no material injury accrue either to body or mind;--but when a beginning
is made--when the felicities of rapid motion have once been, though
slightly, felt--it must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more." From Emma by Jane Austen.
This is a very handy roundup!
ReplyDeleteLove the article on the price of clothing throughout the eras-- I've always felt indignation that handmade is "too expensive".
Wow! I love these links :) The googles are a perfect DIY project, and cheap!
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