Thursday, August 29, 2019

Thrifty Beauty: Vintage Thermos Drawing


Here's another fun idea that I made the same day as my front door update! When we went to Mackinac Island this summer, the girls and I were in an adorable little campy store that was full of vintage thermoses and lodge + campy feel. It was so inspiring and cute!

One of the things we saw in there was a vintage thermos tea towel and I thought it was adorable. It was black and white line drawings of vintage thermoses all over the towel. But you guys, it was over $20. For one kitchen towel. I mean, I just couldn't do it.

Initially I wondered if I could make one and then just sort of forgot all about it. But when I was buying the flour sack towels for something else - it triggered my memory of this adorable towel.

So I pulled out my handy Sharpie and my own vintage thermoses and decided to see if I could have a go at making my own. The towels were 75 cents each when bought in a package of ten.


So on a cozy, gray Saturday - I had a little crafting session with myself and drew these thermoses across the bottom of the towel. I did heat-set the Sharpie by running through the dryer on high heat for fifteen minutes. We'll see how it holds up - so far I've washed it once and it still looks great!


I'm always hesitant to post ideas like this because I'm admitting it is not my original idea and also I know it was someone else's original idea. But I'm also not selling it or using it for personal gain other than to stay on budget. I love supporting other artists when I can and I also love making my own sometimes.

It was a fun project because I absolutely love my vintage thermos collection and how fun they look in a group. And, drawing them was not as hard as I thought it would be when I put them right in front of me to look at the design details.

Now I also have a Pinterest board of vintage thermos ideas/photos for my inspirational pleasure - you might enjoy it as well!


3 comments:

Mom said...

Love it!!

Mary Ann said...

How fun is that!?! It could be used as an outline for embroidery too. I’ve seen some cute towels via Pinterest that I thought could be made with a Sharpie but I didn’t know how they would wash. Will have to try this.

*carrie* said...

That turned out so cute, Monica! Great job. Yours is a one of a kind!