{"id":627,"date":"2009-08-27T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T21:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2009-08-27T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T21:16:45","slug":"these-are-just-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/27\/these-are-just-things\/","title":{"rendered":"things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> I can&#8217;t even begin to say how thrilled I am about this weeks treasure hunting! I found a  Davis sewing machine.  And the very charming machine still purrs like a kitten!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI am in the midst of researching how to oil her. And the bobbin is very strange&#8230;it&#8217;s in a bullet-shaped casing. And the base of the machine is a wooden box covered in faux alligator paper. How completely charming everything was made back then. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThen I found all these vintage dresses and things (which I am in the process of hemming and fixing on my <i>other<\/i> machine). And a pair of black corset lace oxfords which I have been searching for <i>forever.<\/i> They fit. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd her&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI didn&#8217;t realize till later that she is a lamp! The cord is antique, it has cotton-wrapping around it so I don&#8217;t dare plug her in. I am trying to decide how to replace the peachy silk, if at all. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nIllustrations by Philip Henry Gosse <i>A History of British Sea Anemones and Corals<\/i> in the found book <i>Victorian Delights<\/i><br \/>\nBeautiful and inspiring use of color.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/090827_7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThank you all so much for your words about my necklace! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t even begin to say how thrilled I am about this weeks treasure hunting! I found a Davis sewing machine. And the very charming machine still purrs like a kitten! I am in the midst of researching how to oil her. And the bobbin is very strange&#8230;it&#8217;s in a bullet-shaped casing. And the base &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/27\/these-are-just-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiques","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}