maker’s dozen . Valentine

Hello, friends! I’ve been on hiatus from the Field Guide through Covid recuperation, end of year holidays and adjusting to new school and work routines to start 2021. Valentines week seems like a fitting time to share some blog love! Maker’s Dozen highlights my love of vintage, oddities, and general silliness found around the studio. I’ve gathered a few artifacts of love for today’s post to get you in the mood. Love stamps, Pez, my vintage Hallmark heart pin, heart hole-punch (because why use only circles), and an elementary school book of poems from the Scholastic “Weekly Reader”.

I don’t know about you, but the Scholastic “Weekly Reader” was the highlight of my elementary school week — fun stories, puzzles, codes, and of course, the opportunity to order books that would be delivered right to your classroom. I remember excitedly waiting for my Scholastic book order to arrive, books and maybe stickers bundled up in a plastic bag to take home.

For some bonus fun, check out another Scholastic find — Things to Make and Do for Valentine’s Day — copyright 1976! Not hard to understand why this one would appeal to me! I love the seventies illustrations. Take a look at some of the craft ideas and you’ll enjoy a chuckle at the Valentine joke on the back.

Thanks for indulging my trip through memory lane. Wishing you love today!

Each Maker’s Dozen is 13 curated bits of studio nostalgia and ephemera centered around a theme. Vintage trinkets, slips of paper, tools and toys — Chosen to delight, it’s the Field Guide version of the prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box (when those were a thing!)