Hankies Your Granny Wouldn’t Use


I went Brown Owling last night. We had a bit of fun embellishing/improving store bought hankies. The Gocco was out and Pip and the Owls were printing their little hearts out, but I decided embroidery was more my style. ‘Bless you’. Short, sweet, to the point.

But then Leah and I decided on a much more Alice in Wonderland sentiment. I tried to resist. I did. But I couldn’t. Sorry :giggle:

On a related note… I am actually surprised how few people use handkerchiefs. I always have. There’s nothing nicer to blow your nose on, I think! We very rarely buy a box of tissues (sometimes if the whole family is laid up with the sneezles and wheezles). Amanda at Soulemama has a lovely idea for storing your hankies, on this post.

14 responses to “Hankies Your Granny Wouldn’t Use

  1. katepickle says:

    Oh these are gorgeous … the ‘blow me’ one gave me a good giggle!!!
    We are a hankie family here too!

  2. The girls both got hankies for their birthday’s this August – could that be because everyone in the house has been ill for the last month?
    I think so.

  3. CurlyPops says:

    Those are so cute! The Blow Me hankie really tickles my fancy…hee hee

  4. Nicole says:

    What a great idea, the delicate “blow me” hankie is hilarious ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Bless you is appropriate. Blow me is perfect!

  6. Cindy says:

    Both are too cute ๐Ÿ™‚

    The first one reminds me of my little niece. She’s a few months shy of 2, and doesn’t have a huge vocabulary *yet*. I just spent a week with her…it didn’t matter if you coughed, sneezed, or cleared your throat…she was always there with a loud and clear “Uh oh…BLESS YOU”!

  7. Marita says:

    They are so pretty and hankies are so versatile, they can clean your nose or be a dolls blanket or a bandage on a very serious pretend injury.

  8. Cindy says:

    I have never used a hankie in my life, I will have to now though. Your embroidery is just beautiful – as always

  9. Bec says:

    ooh! Love the “blow me” one lol. We don’t use hankies either, but then we rarely use tissues so…

  10. faith says:

    how gorgeous, what beautiful work! we don’t use hankies, but don’t use tissues either. I suspect we’re veteran sniffers and the little one uses his sleeves. maybe I should do something about that…………

  11. Leah says:

    ๐Ÿ˜† Dob me in why dont you! I will have to make one now! Cause its just so right but wrong! ๐Ÿ˜›

  12. They are so cute. I used to use hankies all the time and then for some reason I stopped. Makes me want to hunt them out and use them again!

  13. sherrin says:

    love it!! especially with ‘blow me’ written so sweetly!!

  14. Julianne says:

    Ha Ha, love the Blow Me hanky! Very cool. I might have to steal that idea!

    You know, I never carry hankies, tho I do use them – DH always has one in his pocket.