JUST IN! Chalkboard Vinyl Chalk Ink Markers Chalkstock Paper These great products are perfect for the DIYer. Chalkboard Vinyl • 12" x 48" Rolls ($12.95 per roll) Chalkboard vinyl is so much easier to use than chalkboard paint for smaller projects. It is easy to use, durable and cleanable. We checked out a few brands and chose our favorite for our shop. Susan has made chalkboards out of old frames, placing it right over the glass. Chalk/magnet boards can be made by covering sheet metal. Cover a board - masonite and flat plywood are best - and you have a great noteboard for you kitchen, entry or craft room. The chalkboard vinyl can be easily cut with scissors, die-cut punches or a Cricut or similar flatbed cutting tool. This way you can make labels for bottles and tins, lunch boxes or ornaments. Jar Labels made from chalkboard vinyl Vanity Mirrors made into chalkboards. (from poppiesandposies.com) Heart shaped bottle labels made fro...

  Fashion prints over the years tell a lot about society. Women's skirts, hair and necklines have raised and lowered as a result of and sometimes in reaction to local and societal mores. The fashion magazine, Le Petit Echo de la Mode , chronicled those trends and faux pas for over a century, from 1879 to 1983.  Published weekly over most of that time, the tableau sized magazine featured articles and images about the current fashions, modes and designs. The covers are iconic. A complete collection of these would clearly portray the styles of women in clothing and accessories.  There were numerous articles covering not only off the rack fashion, but tips and designs for sewing and making your own personal fashion statement.  We are lucky enough to have a small selection of these magazines available from the 1923 to 1932 period.