Ziggy Goes to America: An Embroidery of Two Davids

Aladdin Sane Era Bowie

Embroidery

via Sister Twisty

Great example of embroidery by blogger, Sister Twister; a self-proclaimed lover "of crafting, cats, shiny things and biscuits." She and I have a lot in common only my loves are crafting, ghoulish things and cupcakes.

I foolishly know very little Bowie Lore and was confused by Ziggy Stardust Era Bowie with Aladdin Sane Era Bowie, but a simple trip to wiki cleared that right up. Apparently, to make a long story short, Bowie referred to Aladdin Sane as "Ziggy Goes to America."

Here is the inspiration behind Sister Twisty's Bowie:

Via Deviant Art



.....and just for fun, here he is in cat form (also by Sister Twisty):

David Meowi

Even further, here's my favorite Bowie:

David Bowie as Goblin King Jareth

in Labyrinth

1986

But I'll save that for another post :)

Hey Girl: Buy My Book

The man knows his needle crafts!

Ryan Gosling is a ridiculously good looking film star....but did you know he has an alter ego? Duh! It's save to say that almost everyone is well aware of Feminist Ryan Gosling by now. What started as a way for blogger Danielle Henderson and her classmates to keep track of feminist theorists they were learning about in class, quickly went viral. Now Ryan is synonymous with pictures featuring "Hey girl" in the corner and some sort of feminist or, in this case, crafty quip.

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy Feminist Ryan Gosling In Book Form; which is kinda the same thing.....

Just look at that face....
((insert Ooooh's and Ahhhh's here))

Happy Father's Day! Meanwhile, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away

.... Seriously, Happy Father's Day to all the Un-Evil Dads out there! Personally, my husband will be receiving some kick ass brownies today (made by yours truly) along with some hand made art from our little minion :)

Image via George Takei

Pinups Do It!

Knitting Pinup



Scantily clad knitter, depicted by Chicago based artist Harry Ekman..... Isn't this how we all look when we knit? Maybe not, but who's to say that all Knitters and Crocheters are old spinsterly types? Besides, how else would you know if your sweater was going to fit..... unless you tried it on?

via We Heart Vintage

The Never Ending Sweater....

Ahhh, Such is life! I take this very literally. Life can be like a never ending frog fest sometimes. A mistake is made and you don't notice it for a lonnnnnng time until you're several rows in and it can't be ignored.... I guess I'm having a bit of a Peewee moment (minus the subsequent freak out) So I made this little graphic to cheer myself up.

It's a quote from Peewee's Big Adventure:

Breakfast at Tiffinay's: Audrey Does it....

image via We Heart it

The Addams Family: Morticia Does It....

Today was a very lazy Sunday... So lazy in fact, that I decided to do some research on ugly sweaters and came across Morticia Addams (Carolyn Jones), of The Addams Family, knitting a three armed sweater instead. Curiouser and Curiouser....

Cousin Imar's 3 armed sweater