Hat, Tie, & Apron

Found this image of a few pieces I built at the beginning of 2009.... Wow to think we only 3 1/2 months left. I wonder how I am doing on my goals for the year. A little here and a little there, just keep moving, right.

Cheers.

Mr. Glover & His Ford.

My good friend Mr. Glover has been working on re-building himself an ol' Ford shoebox. It is coming along and starting to look awesome! Nice stance, Nice Chop, and Nice body work. It really is the little things that make all of the difference.
He keeps a running tab of the work that has been done over on his Blog. Check it out here.
Super stoked for him and the progress.

Cheers.

My Collection: Mr. Lauren Hang Tags

It is funny some of the things that we as individuals collect...
Recently while on my little joint back down to LA I picked up a few new hang tags from Ralph Lauren and his collections of goods to add to my own collection. This is one of my random interests, collecting his hang tags.

These things are work of art just by themselves, a great example of mass produced throwaway art. He, and his team of artist and designers, do things like no one else and have such a strong focus on the full package of the look and lifestyle or RL. It is the small details that really set his goods apart from others. No one else is willing to place such expensive details on their clothing that the consumer is going to just throw away. They all are so different, just look at the detail... there is so much to discover that a scanned image do not do it justice. My collection is small but each piece has so much detail. Like the animators at Pixar when they get in a rut and need inspiration they go and watch anything from Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli and are re-inspired to push on! It is the same with me and these tags. I go to these and just spend a few minutes and ideas just start to flow.

Here are a few more scans of my little collection.Enjoy!

Just like his clothing, these items are well made and something I enjoy collecting and hope to continue to gather in the future.
Cheers.

The Steam is Rising.

First off to all the American folks I do wish you all a nice Labor Day, a closing to the summer days. I have many good memories of this weekend while growing up. One of my favorites was when I went up here for the weekend when I was a junior in HS. Also, there was always good sales for ski equipment and the color on the trees up in the hills start to slowly drift to orange red and gold. A sign that snow is soon on it's way! I am so excited for the crispness in the air that has fallen upon us here in the Great Pacific Northwest. Had me a cup of hot chocolate and sum toast... A delicious treat for the days ahead.

My last post I was headed down to LA. Upon my return I found that all of the sudden I was just keeping myself very busy with projects and life that I did not make the time to sit down and do any posts. I hope to post heaps in the next few days of my travels and works, but no promises.

With that said I have posted up some goods found on my intro-net cruising of the last few days over on the weekenders site. Go on over and have a look here.

Now go get busy building something fun for yourself.
Cheers.

Going South.

It has been a while since I have been on the ol' intro-net because I have just been to busy working on building a bunch of projects... more on that later.

On Monday I will be heading south to my 'home' away from home for a quick 3 day shop'n trip.
I never thought I would say this but I actually miss LA. There is something about it that you just have to love. What that is I just don't know but I am looking forward to the trip.

Have a super weekend & build something fun.

Cheers.

First Round: REDCROW Denim.

A little while back I posted about the building of the first few pairs of REDCROW Denim that I have been working on. R4001 & R4002. Well, it took forever and a day but I am finally posting the updated images of some of the finished goods.The above is the R4002, 'The Jonny' It is built to be more of a workwear kind of fit with double needle stitching through out.The front pocket bags are made with a nice small grid plaid. The inside waist band is also trimmed with the plaid along the bottom edge. The inside side seam has a nice gold and red overlock stitch. The front closure is a button fly with brass 4 hole buttons.

I am not 100% on them just yet so I am going back to the pattern and making a few more tweaks mostly in the back rise area.... but all in all I think they are good for a first go. More to come soon including posting the images of the R4001, 'Salt City'. Till then...
Cheers.

Rummage & You May Find.

The last two weekends I spent a few hours digging around a local rummage sale and thrift store and came away with a few treasures all under $30! So I have to share my finds.

Wooden Rocking "Dog" $2


Child's Rocking Chair $3


Child's wooden Chair $2


Old Story Books $.50 each. I plan to do a little deeper overview of these book finds in a coming post. So check back soon.


Old Toy Cars 'n Trucks $2 for the lot.


An Old Woolrich Coat $1... Now this was an awesome find! Yes a $1. I know a real 'steal' if you ask me.


And do not forget the $10 grill!

Had to do a little clean up work by scrubbing the inside with a wire brush and giving it a nice new coat of High Heat Paint but now she is as good as new! And she fired right up with the first go.....

I love the hunt for awesome treasures. The key is going out and just seeing what you can find with no pre-set plan. It is so much fun to see what you come home with.

Go out and see what you can find at your local thrift or charity shop. And good hunting.

Cheers.

Don't Forget The Phone.

Last week I went down to Salt Lake City for work to hit up the Outdoor Retailer Show and while I was there I had a chance to try out the camera on my new mobile phone. I am super stoked on the quality of the images. Really the whole reason I got the phone was because of the camera options. I look forward to messing around with it a lot more. Though I do not think I will ever be at the level that Nick rocks with his phone camera nor does it have the features he uses but I still like it. In fact I just love having a camera with me at all times cause you never know when something is going to catch the eye and being hooked on collecting images I find that sometimes I would rather just take a picture of things than buy it.

Here are a few pics that I took with the Samsung Rant mobile phone while in SLC.






Hope to post better images in the future. Till then go out and mess with what you got and remember that it is up to you to make it fun!

Cheers.

Foto Test'n.

Bundaberg Root Beer, originally uploaded by redcrowgoods.

Testing out the posting from Flickr option....

The image is of a fine root beer from Australia, Bundaberg. It has a nice taste since they user real sassafras root and cane sugar. The head was super flat so that was a disappointment so over all taste out of 5 would be 3.5 head out of 5 would be a 1. Overall out of 10 it would be a 4.5.

Cheers.

A few New Littlecrow Neckwear Pieces.

This past weekend busted out a few new neckwear pieces for the boys. Check out the build here.

Cheers.

40 year ago.

40 years ago the first man walked on the moon!


Now Go build something awesome and don't forget to look up into the sky tonight and see that sliver of a moon and raise a glass to the men who did it first.

Cheers.

West of Here.

This past weekend I finally made it out to Ballard to do a little shopping and exploring. My main focus was to get to BlackBird. I have been a fan of their blog, web site and the goods that they carry for a very long time and have been wanting to go to the actual shop forever! So I finally did it. They were having a nice end of season sale, but alas nothing caught my eye or tickled my fancy so no exchange of funds passed hands. But I really enjoyed being there and will definitely drop in again, sooner than later, for sure.
I then spent a few hours just wandering the streets and getting a feel of the place. Below is a few images that I thought might be nice to share. Enjoy.



Super stoked on this record shop. But here again no purchases, mostly because I do not currently own a record playing device so it would do me absolutely no good to make any transactions... yet. But I was filled with great excitement with the digging over historical pressed memories and sounds. This place is just filled with history.
If you ever make it up north make sure to have it in your plans to drop in on the city of Ballard, WA.

Cheers.

Put a SPiN on It.

One of the biggest things I miss the most about my former place of employment, besides the awesome people I worked with there, was the daily 'Paddle Battles' between me and a group of co workers. I miss it man, I miss it a lot.

Over a year and a half ago I built my first table tennis 'bat' and shortly there after built a case to carry my weapons of choice. Since finding myself in the PNW I have not had any opportunities to play. Though this past weekend I almost brought home a very worn out table, but alas I passed for I know that there are better 'fish' in the sea. I have found a few local clubs here but they are little pricey. So I need to find someone that has a table so I can play! That is the biggest down side to this sport is you can not do it on your own you need a Challenger.

Recently there has been some hype about this beloved sport of Table Tennis since some dude up in a big white house on the east cost of this here USA decided to get a table for him and the family to play on.
Also the opening up of SPiN New York, a club/bar/Table Tennis Mecha, has got a bit of media attention with the support of Susan Sarandon and Fred Perry.
Rub elbows with the pretty people while getting hammered on by Pros from around the world! Sure why not! My next opportunity out to NYC I most definitely plan to hit up this place.
The concept of the place is also part of the brain child of a Jonathan Bricklin and crew,a few film kids from NYC that make, Um 'yoga' videos. They also have been working to make the 2012 us Olympic table tennis team. Not sure how they are doing but from a few web edits out there it seams like they are getting much better than when they started. If you live in the NYC area and have a chance to go, please do, and let me know how it is. It looks a little too 'hip & Cool' for me but still would be fun to check out.

If interested here a few links about Table Tennis.
Paddle Palace
ITTF
USATT

Now go do something fun!
Cheers.

Mr. Robbins.

There are certain things in life that come and go, and then there is music...
When I was in my grade school days my dad use to wake us up for school by blasting the sound track of "Oklahoma", Ya I know... But the song of choice was 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

At about the same age that I was rocked from my nightly slumbers with Oklahoma I discovered in my dads records and tape collection his Marty Robbins "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" and I fell in love with the songs and stories that Mr. Robbins shared. I played that thing over and over and over again. There is just something great about guys running around with a 'big Iron' strapped to his waist and a song to go with it. Something you just don't hear from modern bands.


My favorite song from this album had to be 'Cool Water'. I don't really know why, there was something about it that just got to me. I remember hiking around up in Alta UT looking for old silver mines with my Dad and just singing this song as we climbed around in the rocks and tree line.

Enter the high school days and of course this music 'sucks' for no other reason than it was not what my friends listened to or what the cool kids played. So following the herd I all but had forgotten about such great tunes as this.


High School mentality is so funny! Who cares what music you listen to as long it gets you stoked or whatever... Come to today and my long forgotten friend is back with me. I have been wearing out my copy of this and his other albums and like I said up top things come and go but then there is music. It just stays with you and like an old friend it will be there for the good and the bad and will wait for your return. I have returned. I know there is great new bands and music out there but as I listen to this stuff I just long for more. Do they make stuff this good now? I don't know, but for me Mr. Robbins sure gets me stoked. And maybe the reason that I like this style of music is that it brings with it nostalgia of a different time, an older time, and a simpler time were boys dreamed of becoming real cowboys.

My favorite song right now has to be this one. Enjoy.



Cheers

Light It Up.

Just want to wish all a Happy Independence Day on this Forth Of July. Hope you have a fun and safe holiday.

Cheers.

Keep the Mill Turning.

Stumbled upon a denim company today that caught my attention Anytime you mix the past with a new product you have my attention. Well enter Amoskeag XX Coveralls. Apparently in the 18th century there was one of the first denim mills in America called Amoskeag mill that used the power of the river to drive its weaving machines. Got me interest. Well during the great depression the mill slowly shut down. Enter today and the name is brought back to life in a modern denim and apparel company. I like that they offer in their knit shirts a clean version and a well worn version. I am still wondering when someone will figure out a way to build a good quality "heritage" denim and put it up for a reasonable price... Well if you have the $ and want to check em out go here. And for more info go on some of what they are up to go here.





Cheers.