Folded Pot Holder, Recipe, Spatula Hostess Gift

Quiltex Expressions: Handmade Hostess Gift

I'm not handy in the sewing or quilt department, so when I come across an adorable handmade item that I wish I could make, the next best thing is to share it with my readers. I was poking around the internet on one of my secret missions when I discovered a super blog for quilters called Quiltex Expressions. Here is the link https://quiltexpressions.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/gift-inspiration-day-ten-folded-pot-holder/.

I fell in love with this tutorial on making a Folded Pot Holder, Recipe, Spatula Hostess Gift. You will find a very well done lesson on how to make your very own. Let me know if you try this.


C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com Dianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

C. Dianne Zweig Announces May 2016 Workshops on Contemporary Mixed Media-Collage at Dick Blick Art Materials, Plainville, CT

Let Loose With Collage and Mixed Media Classes This Spring: Four Exciting Workshops at Dick Blick in Plainville, Connecticut

Letting all my readers know that I will be giving a series of Workshops on Contemporary Mixed Media and Collage this May, 2016 at Dick Blick in Plainville, CT. Since I spend a good deal of time at Dick Blick buying the mother lode of art supplies,  I decided to share my process with others in the form of four Wednesday afternoon sessions:

Let Loose With Collage & Mixed Media Workshops: 

Leave your inner critic home and join others in the art of creating Mixed Media artwork and collages using painted papers, print making techniques, textures, mark making, dry and wet media. Emphasis on helping students "loosen up" and work more spontaneously with a variety of materials and products. All levels of students welcomed. Day/Time: 4 sessions on Wednesdays 1:00-3:00, May 4, 11, 18, 25. Fee $120.00  For more information visit http://www.cdiannezweig.com/workshops/



C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.comDianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

1950s Record Album Designer Saul Mandel

Abstract Design Dominates Advertising, Products and Design in the 1950s 

As a Contemporary Mixed Media artist inspired by Mid Century design, I have been studying designers of 1950s record albums. This 1950s Igor Stravinsky album cover designed by Saul Mandel is a great example of the growing interest in abstract design during the Atomic age and the use of   popular 1950s colors of turquoise, corals, aquas, turquoise and grays.

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com Dianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

Red and Yellow 1950s Plastic Household Kitsch on Pinterest.com

Plastic Housewares Adored  

                                       

If you were a 1950s housewife you had plenty of kitschy plastic housewares in your kitchen. Red and yellow were colors from the late 1940s through the early 1950s. Shortly after, pink and turquoise   took over in the Mid Century kitchen. Mail order catalogs and the neighborhood Dimestore were places to find lots of kitchenwares such as napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers. If you really want to see lots of plastic housewares, visit my 1950s  Plastic Kitchen Board on Pinterest.com   https://www.pinterest.com/kitschnstuff/1950s-plastic-kitchen/

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com Dianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists