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More ways to write a Virginia Woolf note

Posted in Virginia Woolf, Woolf as Commodity, Woolf sightings, tagged , on Monday 9 January 2012| Leave a Comment »


Virginia Woolf Is My Pen Pal note card

Last week, when Alice Lowe wrote a piece about finding a note card featuring a Virginia Woolf quote at a Trader Joe’s checkout, I felt the urge to look for more Woolf cards.

A Google search later, I had found these cards:

Woolf is one author featured in the card game.

Oh, and don’t forget the Notable Novelist Card Game with artwork by Andy Ward. Woolf included.

This shaped card comes with a sticker sheet of Woolf quotes.

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Attention, TJ shoppers: Woolf sighted at checkout

Posted in Virginia Woolf, Woolf as Commodity, Woolf sightings, tagged , , on Wednesday 4 January 2012| 3 Comments »

Sabrina Card uses the phrase "Whatever pieces" and cites Woolf's quote on her redbubble page.

I was working my way through a backed-up express line at Trader Joe’s one day over the holidays, glazing over at the impulse buys displayed near the checkstands. I glanced at a rack of greeting cards on the wall, and my eye stopped at the words: “Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”

The image on the card is catchy and colorful, with cartoonish grass, trees and mountains, and a figure juggling puzzle pieces in the sky. Virginia Woolf’s name is in small print underneath the caption.

It’s a blank card, so you can buy them in quantity and use them for all purposes. I bought one and have taped it to the wall next to my desk.

What an appropriate sentiment for the new year! Along with $5 dark roast coffee, decent cheap wines and a great selection of dark chocolate, the Trader has done it again.

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Woolf on New Yorker cover

Posted in Virginia Woolf, Woolf as Commodity, Woolf sightings, tagged , on Tuesday 6 December 2011| Leave a Comment »

It doesn’t rank up there with the 1937 cover of Time magazine, but Virginia Woolf appears on the cover of the Dec. 5 issue of The New Yorker—if you look carefully.

Titled “Black Friday,” the cover by Daniel Clowes shows a middle-aged bespectacled man entering a book store, apparently looking for . . . books. Hmm, go figure.

But all that meets the eye are sundry gadgets and tchotchkes, literary accessories and images: e-readers and reading lamps, t-shirts and lunchboxes. (I think that’s Emily Dickinson gracing the most visible one).

Bobblehead dolls of Shakespeare and Mark Twain sit on top of a bookcase. On a shelf below them, baseball caps are displayed, featuring Tolstoy, Kerouac, Poe and Bronte. And hanging on the wall above them are three tote bags, emblazoned with images of Hemingway, Joyce and Woolf.

The sales clerk assists the bemused customer by pointing to a narrow bottom shelf holding what appear to be the store’s selection of books.

Shop till you drop, right?

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Woolf eye candy: An homage

Posted in Woolf as Commodity, Woolf online, Woolf sightings, tagged on Thursday 10 November 2011| 1 Comment »

Take a look at this “Homage to Virginia Woolf” posted on Etsy. Items listed range from a doll dressed to look more like Jane Austen than Woolf to a vinyl wall quote.

Some items, such as the “Virginia Woolf Quote” leather journal and the “Famous Last Words” necklace, are already sold, but the site is still worth a look.

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Bag a Bloomsbury textile and vote for your favorite

Posted in Bloomsbury, Charleston Farmhouse, Woolf as Commodity, tagged , on Saturday 23 April 2011| 2 Comments »

Pillows and bags stitched from textiles designed by Duncan Grant (1885-1978) can be had for a price. And you can vote for your favorite in the Blogging Woolf poll.

Bags in Charleston West Wind and Charleston Queen Mary prints

Three of Grant’s 1930s textile prints were recently re-launched by the Charleston Trust. The 140-cm-wide fabric itself is available only at the Charleston Trust Shop. The cotton/linen/nylon blend is priced at £27.50 per half metre.

The pillows and bags are available in a limited edition at Ancient Industries.

The pillows and bags are available in three patterns:

  1. Charleston Grapes, designed by Grant in 1931 and used at both Charleston and Monk’s House
  2. Charleston West Wind, designed by Grant in 1931
  3. Charleston Queen Mary, designed by Grant in 1936 for the first class lounge of the Queen Mary

Pillows are 20-inch square and include a hidden zipper. Inserts are not included. The price is $55.

Bag in Charleston Grapes print

Bags, described as “shopping bags,” measure 16″ x 18″. Each has three inside pockets and is fully lined. The price is $85. Brooklyn illustrator Wayne Pate is the bag designer.

News of this find came to Blogging Woolf via Lauren Bufferd, facilities manager at the Parthenon Museum in Nashville, Tenn.

You can read a bit more about the pillows and bags on the Ancient Industries blog. Scroll down to the April 14 post.


					
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