HOUNDSTOOTH

HOUNDSTOOTH.  I LOVE IT.

IT IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTRY OF SCOTLAND & TYPICALLY MADE OF WOOL. 

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY OFFICIALLY LISTED THE WORD IN 1936. 

I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT IT IS AN ALABAMA MASCOT THANKS TO A FAMOUS FOOTBALL COACH THAT WORE A PATTERNED FEDORA.

ONE THING I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL NOW, IS THAT CAMEROS EVEN USED IT ON UPHOLSTERY & MODERN ENTHUSIASTS CAN PURCHASE SIMILAR KITS. 

EVERY 20-30 YEARS, HOUDSTOOTH RECLAIMS POPULARITY.  I KIND OF VIEW IT AS IMMORTAL.


I WEAR IT.
I EVEN ENCOURAGED MY SON TO COVER HIS GUITAR IN IT.

THERE IS EVEN A HOUNDSTOOTH HUT STORE! 

IF YOU LOVE HOUNDSTOOTH, MAYBE YOU'LL LIKE MY HALLOWEEN JUNKY CRAFT:


I BOUGHT SOME CHEAP WOODEN LETTERS AND PAINTED THEM ORANGE.  THEN I CUT STRIPS OF PATTERNED PAPER & GLUED IT TO THE EDGES.  THIS REALLY MADE THE LETTERS STAND OUT.  THEN, USING Unity Stamps AND STAZON INK, I STAMPED SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPOOKY IMAGES SCATTERED ACROSS EACH LETTER.  THE BEST PART WAS USING SOME RESCUED BARN WOOD FOR THE SIGN!

SINCE IT HANGS ABOVE MY TOILET, MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE SAID "POO".  HA HA HA!  SORRY, JUST HAD TO SAY THAT.

WHERE IS THE HOUNDSTOOTH, YOU ASK?

THANKS FOR LOOKING, I HOPE THIS IS A LITTLE TOUCH OF JUNKY HALLOWEEN INSPIRATION FOR YOU!

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