Beautiful Modernist Wooden Sewing Box

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This is a thing of beauty. Unfortunately I can't sew, but I know a lot of innovative crafters follow my blog, so this may appeal to you.

I've seen quite a lot of these sewing boxes on eBay, but really can't fit one in our house, or justify it's necessity.

I'm really settling on the Eames/Spaceage/Mid-century era as my favourite. You can spot the shapes & designs easily as they are reminiscent of the stylings of the cartoon The Jetsons. Atomic Boomerangs, kidney shaped tables, bold graphic designs.

Childhood Sweeties, Drumstick Lipbalm

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I'm ten years too old to cross the threshold of a Claire's Accessories, but I spied these lip balms through the window.

Very quaint little tin of lip balm, I expected it to be in the colours of the original lollipop, but instead it has a lovely sheen on one side & glitz on the other.
I'm also pleased to confirm it tastes like Swizzels Matlow Drumsticks.

I love the kitschness of an object masquerading as something else, so although my realm deals with the ugly, rather than beauty blogging, I thought I'd include this treat.

World of Kitsch Tretchikoff Giveaway!

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As a thanks to my readers who voted for me in the Cosmo Blog Awards, I'm running a little competition.

You can win a set of three Tretchikoff print coasters. A little mini-slice of kitsch that will fit into even the most 'normal' home!

If you'd like to enter, please comment on this post before midnight on Tuesday. I will use an online random number generator to pick the winner, then announce it here on Wednesday, so I can arrange to send these to the winner!

I think I'd like to do competitions more regularly, as I've started to run out of room for things, and when I spot something good in a charity shop I'd rather I knew it had gone to one of you guys! So keep an eye on the blog.