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wood shape necklaces

Wearable Wood

November 5, 2018 Mary Kelly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 15 comments

Easy Wearable Projects for Wood Shapes Seelig 1986 I should probably admit some bias here. Decorated sweatshirts are only for kindergarten teachers and children’s librarians. Think of it as a uniform. No one should be out clubbing in these monstrosities

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The Fashionable Mature Man

October 1, 2018 Mary Kelly Guy Stuff, Looking Good 11 comments

The Mature Man’s Guide to Style Diet, Exercise, Fashion, and Grooming for a Man’s Best Years Gale 1980 Finally! A comprehensive book on diet, fashion, and grooming for the more mature man. It’s time to embrace your golden years! There

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Hot Tips for that 80’s Professional

August 3, 2018 Mary Kelly Looking Good 21 comments

Hot Tips 1000 Fashion & Beauty Tricks Stein 1981 Aside from the fact the fashion is way out of date, and the illustrations are not great, this kind of book is a great idea. Dressing professionally was a big deal

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Let it Go

July 19, 2018 Holly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 9 comments

The Disney Book of Knitting Coss and Robinson 1987 Submitter: Found this gem going through the knitting books. It was hard not to scan the entire book as everything is cringe worthy. My favorite has to be the back of

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Forever Cool

April 26, 2018 Holly Looking Good 8 comments

Forever Cool Mathieson 2006 Submitter: We found this book in our university library and consider it to be ‘awful’ for a few different reasons. The book’s title suggests timeless fashion and style advice but we found the fashions in the

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Ultimate Man

March 27, 2018 Mary Kelly Guy Stuff, Looking Good 16 comments

The Man’s Complete Guide to Looking Great The Ultimate Man Post 1978 Guys, you can perfect that oh-so-cool look with help from this book. This book has everything from fashion advice, skin care, diet, exercise, and even plastic surgery. (It

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Some 70s Man Candy

March 7, 2018 Mary Kelly Guy Stuff, Looking Good 15 comments

Dressing Right Hix 1978 Lots of male eye candy in this lovely book from the fashionable 1970s. Even without looking at the pub date, I can tell from the picture it is late 1970s, because of the “Annie Hall” type

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cat knits cover

Flattering Feline Fashions

January 16, 2018 Mary Kelly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 12 comments

Cat Knits Coss 1988 I am going to guess every librarian knitter/cat lover will be rushing to the stacks to grab this book with their knitting needles locked and loaded! Who wouldn’t love to get their needles going on a

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