A party hat tutorial and treasure hunting

First of all, thank you thank you thank you to Ohdeedoh for featuring my little blog this week. I got all sweaty and panicky when I saw the interview go up, hoping like the dickens I didn't say anything stupid. So far no one has pointed out any major blunders--and if you see any, keep it to yourself, will ya? I love the way Alex from the Ohdeedoh team put the photos together. Makes me feel like this is a real blog or something.

Anyhow, welcome, welcome to those of you who are visiting Penny Carnival for the first time. Make yourselves at home.

Now for a new, old tutorial.

I'd made fabric-covered party hats for Bo's rainbow birthday two years ago and written up a quick tutorial then, but my directions were kind of lame and not illustrated with photos.

So, here you go, a new and shiny tutorial for making party hats over on my Kids' Parties site to replace the old one.

Those hats are for my dad's 70th birthday, which we'll be celebrating next weekend. The fabric (purchased at Jo-Ann's) reminded me of the neckties he used to wear to work in the '80s.

I keep forgetting to mention that last weekend, the girls and I attended the Funky Junk Antique Show, one of several wonderful vintage-goods sales in the Spokane area. You can see a few shots of the event here. It felt like the kickoff to our treasure-hunting season, and what better way to get the scavenging rolling than with this beauty:

Do you like how, out of habit, I'm treating it like a laptop there?

I am old enough to remember typing up homework on a typewriter. I'm pretty sure ours was electric, though. I remember having to use the eraser tape a lot, to correct all my goofs. 

This baby is fully operational. And for this price, how could I have walked away?

 

This was the view out my living room window tonight as I tested out the typewriter:

Happy weekend. 
   

Update: I swear that within the last few days someone either e-mailed me or left a comment looking for something from the blog's archives but now I can't find that message. I can't for the life of me remember who it was or what they were looking for. If that was you, please either leave a comment or send another e-mail. I'm happy to help.

Comments

[sharon]

i found your blog for the first time via ohdeeoh this week - so hello:)

[twirling betty]

Gorgeous hats. LOVE covering things in fabric. I'd cover my kids if they would sit still long enough. Thanks so much for the tutorial. And for the Henny Penny apron one too. I really needed one of those aprons last weekend when we were collecting olives.
xx
PS: If this 'aint a real blog I don't know what is! Congrats on the Ohdeedoh interview.

[Fielding]

That typewriter is great. I saw it at the show and just loved it, especially the fun 50's color. Glad you are enjoying using it. Love the party hats too-they really do look like necktie material. They would also be fun for father's day!
Fielding
Two Women Art & Antiques

[Megan]

That's how I found you, too, Sharon! I love that garden coloring page you created. Thanks for stopping by.
Me, too, T.B. I love to fabric-ify (hmm?) my world. If you end up collecting olives in a henny penny apron one day, you must send pictures. That sounds heavenly.
Hi, Fielding! Isn't that typewriter great?! I felt lucky to snag it before anyone else could. Your show must be coming up soon, right?