Do you remember the Mother Goose ~ nursery rhyme story of three little kittens who lost their mittens and didn't know where to find them?   Well, this post isn't about kittens loosing their mittens, but about dolly loosing her mitten.  Oh dear, she didn't know where to find the one.  She looked high and low and nary did it appear. So this one little mitten has languished tucked away...

The skill of entrepreneur of over 100 years ago, were no less a challenge, than from a person today, starting a home-based business.  A small business require many of same qualities and attributes, as defined to be successful, in the year 1904, as in the modern world of today.  The book Dainty Work For Pleasure and Profit, dated 1904, published by Thompon & Thomas, Chicago, ...

Through the years of the Victorian, Edwardian into the 1920's, Art Deco period,gorgeous laces, trims, add ons ~ just pretties, were produced,  Both by hand and machine for the embellishment of clothing, millinery and even household items.  The beautiful hand made textile pieces, as well as many machine made, can be now, one of a kind decorative ornamentation. Inspired in a new way,...