LIST 163) The catalog game*: Herrschners Fall 2009

If you are familiar with the Herrschners catalog, then you are familiar with their perennially saccharine offerings: kits for latch hook rugs featuring eagles and puppies, cross-stitched ballerinas and lighthouses, grandmotherly acrylic afghans, and things like "Dolphin Sequin Art Wall Hangings." So, I challenged myself to play the catalog game with the most recent Herrschners catalog, and it was surprisingly easy to find ten items I would happily own.

1. Easels are great for displaying stuff when not in use. This one is portable and looks great on a shelf.

2. Basically another easel, but for needlework.



3. You know how much I love an assortment of colors. How about 454 colors of embroidery floss?



4. I know I complained about saccharine imagery, but these 50's kitties are just sweet enough...



5. to embroider on these kitchen towels.

6. I also like to crochet dishtowels out of this yarn. I'm trying to achieve a white, yellow, and orange color scheme in the kitchen.

7. I've been covering one of our kitchen walls in decoupage and I could use more Mod Podge. I love looking at the Mod Podge label too.

8. My godfather's mom used to make these ornaments and send them to us every year. They remain my favorite ornaments on the tree. These seem so 1960's ecclesiastical / Good Housekeeping... in the best way possible.

9. Quilling reminds me very much of that 1960's craft / church bazaar era. I don't know how to describe it, but I also liked when I used to get greeting cards emblazoned with photo-realistic graphics of crafts like embroidery and quilling.

10. I can say without a doubt that this is the best quilled chess set I've ever seen.




*see LIST 154 for an explanation of the catalog game.