Over the River and Through the (vintage paper) Woods

If you have cookie cutters, you have holiday table decorations! Just trace your favorite onto sheet music or wonderfully aged text paper, cut and sprinkle with glitter, and your table will sparkle in a way that my camera just can't pick up. My trees and little Thanksgiving song squares are dusted with vintage German glass glitter, which is coarse and brilliant, purchased from this great etsy shop, ChristopherPines.etsy.com
And just a side note here- these (of course!) took longer to make than I would have thought, which is why I only have two sets for sale in my shop :0 But they sure make the table look great!

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Vintage on etsy.com

In the middle of my PVDD sufferings this morning (Post Vacation Distress Disorder) I was so excited to see my little vintage paper doll dress collage on etsy's front page! Drop in on etsy sometime and browse through their vintage offerings. Just go to etsy.com's home page, and click the Vintage catagory located on the lower left side. It's quite fun!

In a Word...

cake

spools

ballroom

Paris

pink

A Vintage Hello for Mom

One of my favorite finds ever was a 1890's scrapbook filled with advertising art! So I copied some of the fragile images to use in making collage Mother's Day Cards. They are pictured here, along with a 1940's cereal ad card, and a journal crafted from The Farmer's Wife graphic. Very fun for a mom!

Craft a Vintage storybook Paper Wreath

Time consuming but worth it, give new life to a falling apart book by using its pages in a hand rolled wreath! Remove the pages- easy if the spine is missing or broken, roll and secure with tape or glue, and fasten the pages to a circle of heavy cardstock or card board. This one was made from a children's book and 1950's UNC dorm directory pages, and was featured on etsy.com's front page, which was very exciting :)

Vintage Garlands

A beautiful way to display your favorites in your ephemera collections! Fluttering on vintage seam binding, these garlands crafted from postcards, text pages, French wine labels, calendar pages, photographs, and dress pattern covers, are all available at VintageScraps.etsy.com

Share the Love Valentine Sale!

I could also call this the "Help I need to buy a new printer" sale, but thought a Valentine sale would match my blog background better :)
You can see my shop for details, but basically I'm selling all journals and cards at wholesale prices. Happy Shopping!!
VintageScraps.etsy.com

Vintage Valentines

Unlike Halloween Ephemera, vintage Valentines and post cards are pretty easy to find, and inexpensive too. Check ebay and etsy as well as antique shops, and collage your findings into notes and decorations. Or, if you're out of time, buy them from me! VintageScraps.etsy.com

Birthday Give Away!

It may be my birthday today, but you get the present! Just go to my store by way of the etsy side bar on the right, pick out your favorite journal, and comment here by Tuesday Jan. 27th, and you may get chosen to recieve it for free! The winner will be chosen at random, as soon as I get back from Charleston- my husband and I are running away from home; his birthday is this week too :)