Messy Nessy Chic https://www.messynessychic.com/ Cabinet of Chic Curiosities Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:29:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Messy Nessy Chic https://www.messynessychic.com/ 32 32 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 578) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/11/18/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-578/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:22:37 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=496800 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 578) 1. An ode to Shopfronts (shot in the early 80s) Scans from the vintage book “Shopfronts”, 1981, found by Press SF. 2. Some thoughts on Personal Business that obviously resonated with me “In You’ve Got Mail, Kathleen Kelly is positioned as virtuous but naive, a hopeless romantic stuck in the old way of doing things.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 578)

1. An ode to Shopfronts (shot in the early 80s)

Scans from the vintage book “Shopfronts”, 1981, found by https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=496298 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 757) 1. The hidden worlds hiding inside Curtis Talwst Santiago’s jewelry boxes Canadian-Trinidadian artist Curtis Talwst Santiago uses reclaimed jewelry boxes as tiny stages for his elaborate miniature dioramas, which are part of his continuing “Infinity Series”. These meticulously built scenes—complete with lush plants, architectural details, and minuscule figures—are dense with narratives of home, intimacy, diasporic…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 757)

1. The hidden worlds hiding inside Curtis Talwst Santiago’s jewelry boxes

Canadian-Trinidadian artist Curtis Talwst Santiago uses reclaimed jewelry boxes as tiny stages for his elaborate miniature dioramas, which are part of his continuing “Infinity Series”.

These meticulously built scenes—complete with lush plants, architectural details, and minuscule figures—are dense with narratives of home, intimacy, diasporic identity, and memory.

In recent years, Santiago has focused on his personal history, as seen in his “Soca in the Suburbs” collection.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 756) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/10/29/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-756/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:16:10 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=495960 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 756) 1. Who is the countess living in the Port of Missing Men? On the edge of Scallop Pond in Southampton, an 85-year-old noble holds court in a hunting lodge dating to the Jazz Age that she is determined to protect. Photographs by Thomas Loof.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 756)

1. Who is the countess living in the Port of Missing Men?

On the edge of Scallop Pond in Southampton, an 85-year-old noble holds court in a hunting lodge dating to the Jazz Age that she is determined to protect. Photographs by Thomas Loof.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 755) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/10/19/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-755/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:51:39 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=495625 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 755) 1. Movie Posters as Embroideries by French artist Emily Beer Discover more of her work here. 2. A charming archive of church kneeling cushions It’s an instagram account you can follow.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 755)

1. Movie Posters as Embroideries by French artist Emily Beer

Discover more of her work here.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 754) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/10/10/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-754/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:49:40 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=495174 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 754) 1. A Collection of Antique Hold-To-Light Postcards: something to look out for at your next flea market Each of the cards have been intricately “carved” out and painted with bright colors allowing those areas to glow when held up to the light, the thicker parts of the paper don’t let any light through. All of…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 754)

1. A Collection of Antique Hold-To-Light Postcards: something to look out for at your next flea market

Each of the cards have been intricately “carved” out and painted with bright colors allowing those areas to glow when held up to the light, the thicker parts of the paper don’t let any light through.

All of the cards pictured are from the early 1900’s, most likely between 1903 and 1910.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 753) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/09/30/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-753/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:27:16 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=494657 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 753) 1. Kindred Spirits Found on Anonymous Works. 2. A most beautiful story about the Couple who Lives on the Last Ellis Island Ferry Boat 3.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 753)

1. Kindred Spirits

Found on https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=494311 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.752) 1. Forgotten Victorian hobby: seaweed herbariums bound in scallop shells View this post on Instagram A post shared by @templeofleaves Found one for sale here. 2.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.752)

1. Forgotten Victorian hobby: seaweed herbariums bound in scallop shells

https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=494289 Coins of Desire: The Erotic Currency of Parisian Brothels Not all antiques clink with noble history. Some carry a more risqué past, whispering of velvet curtains, candlelit parlors, and the secret economies of Paris by night. Among them are the curious “jetons de maison close” (brothel tokens) — currency that look at first like ordinary coins, stamped with imperial profiles or decorative motifs, but…]]> Coins of Desire: The Erotic Currency of Parisian Brothels
A satirical brothel token, early 20th century, kept inside a Napoleon III box at Messy Nessy’s Cabinet

Not all antiques clink with noble history.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 751) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/09/09/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-751/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:30:59 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=493694 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 751) 1. Truth Windows A traditional feature of strawbale houses is the truth window – a small section of a wall that is left unplastered on the interior, and a frame is used to show the walls are actually made from straw bales for insulation. Truth windows often take on the role of an altar, bringing gratitude for the…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 751)

1. Truth Windows

A traditional feature of strawbale houses is the truth window – a small section of a wall that is left unplastered on the interior, and a frame is used to show the walls are actually made from straw bales for insulation. Truth windows often take on the role of an altar, bringing gratitude for the sources of our materials and reminding us of the reasons for the choices we have made.  

Found on https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=493375 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 750) 1. These incredibly vibrant portraits of 1930s High Society by Madame Yevonde A forgotten master of her trade: Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers; 5 January 1893, Streatham – 22 December 1975, London), English photographer, a pioneer in the use of color in portrait photography. She used the professional name Madame Yevonde or simply Yevonde in…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 750)

1. These incredibly vibrant portraits of 1930s High Society by Madame Yevonde

A forgotten master of her trade:

A self-protrait

Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers; 5 January 1893, Streatham – 22 December 1975, London), English photographer, a pioneer in the use of color in portrait photography. She used the professional name Madame Yevonde or simply Yevonde in a career lasting over sixty years.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 749) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/08/14/13-things-11/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:37:01 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=492584 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 749) 1. Trees for dancing in Tanzlinden are trees designed for dancing in. Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 749)

1. Trees for dancing in

Tanzlinden are trees designed for dancing in. Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 748) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/07/29/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-748/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:56:49 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=491935 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 748) 1. Captivating pre-war Still Life works of this lesser-known French photographer Louis-Victor-Emmanuel Sougez (1889 – 1972) was a French photographer born in Bordeaux, who enrolled at age 15 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, where he studied art, but soon abandoned that to concentrate on photography. After the First World War, became a freelance photographer, based…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 748)

1. Captivating pre-war Still Life works of this lesser-known French photographer

Eperlans, 1935.
Satin et plumes, 1933.
La poire coupée, 1930.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 747) https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/07/22/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-747/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:57:30 +0000 https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=491578 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 747) 1. This is Japan’s Answer to Playboy magazine: weekly animal themed erotica! Find more on the Casual Archivist, found via Present & Correct.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 747)

1. This is Japan’s Answer to Playboy magazine: weekly animal themed erotica!

Find more on the https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=491073 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 746) Celebrating all things French and Parisian for our special Bastille Day edition of weekly distractions… 1. Paris Is A Woman’s Town, 1929 Cover art for Paris is a Woman’s Town, by Helen Josephy and Mary Margaret McBride (1929), published as a guidebook aimed at American women traveling to Paris. A chapter on daytime fun starts with 5 pages…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 746)

Celebrating all things French and Parisian for our special Bastille Day edition of weekly distractions…

1. Paris Is A Woman’s Town, 1929

Cover art for https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=490881 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 745) 1. Word of the day: Xylarium – Library of Wood This one is in Canberra, it has 47000 samples. Found on Present & Correct.]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 745)

1. Word of the day: Xylarium – Library of Wood

https://www.messynessychic.com/?p=490423 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 744) 1. Summer restaurant goals Chef Dean Baldwin Lew was looking to host a dinner of an invasive species. The Ministry of Natural Resources told him that it was illegal to carry the Rusty Crawfish over land as a single pregnant animal could extend the population to another watershed. His only option to cook & serve…]]> 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 744)

1. Summer restaurant goals

Chef Dean Baldwin Lew was looking to host a dinner of an invasive species. The Ministry of Natural Resources told him that it was illegal to carry the Rusty Crawfish over land as a single pregnant animal could extend the population to another watershed. His only option to cook & serve was to do the whole thing in the actual river where they are caught.]]>