Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

classicfilmheroines:

Edith Head and Gloria Swanson during the filming of Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Image Source: Silver Screen Modiste

EDITHHHHH HEAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD!

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the-dark-city

I’ve been researching birth certificates lately for a personal design project and came across this one. Jeepers! The horizontal design is so stunning and eye-catching. Who’d have thought the UK would have used such a unique and attractive layout for its birth certificates over a hundred years ago.

This is one of the best things I’ve seen in a while. Fun to imagine these goats wandering around in the Darnielles’ yard.

Fact: on the website I made to log my tea-drinking, I used to have “nunc est bibendum” as a motto. As with most Latin sayings, it’s cute and pithy.

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valerie2776

Yellow seersucker from Jo-Ann Fabrics. Cheap stuff; annoyingly thin. I imagine that’ll be good for . I made a bunch of corrections to last week’s terrible, awful draft, and it is dramatically improved. However, the neck is still about 1” too big. As you can see, I have yet to sew on the buttons… but I will do that soon. I’m actually going to wear this one. And I’m taking what I learned and applying it to next week’s shirt! Onwards!