sick days

I have been sick all this week. I have been staying home, resting and drinking lots of liquids. If I were currently attending bible school, I'm sure I would have gotten this postcard. It's such a lovely picture. The dress, the phone, the vase - I love it all.

The only thing I have really accomplished this week, besides keeping the Ocean Spray and Kleenex companies in business, is that I finally created the Vintage Color Palettes I have been thinking about doing for a couple of months. I am posting them on the other blog PonyBoy Press and they are all pinned on Pinterest, so you can follow them there, too. They are so fun to do! If you aren't quite sure what it's about, you can see the first post here.

Today is Postcard Friendship Friday. You can visit other postcard blogs by visiting The Best Hearts are Crunchy blog and clicking on the blogs listed after the entry. Thanks to TBHC blog for hosting!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This card is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. I only wish it could scan as pretty as it is. The silver metallic background and the bright pink dress and dappled trees are getting lost a bit in the translation, but the sentiment is crystal clear and so lovely.

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

just my type

Happy almost Valentine's Day to you all. I got this vintage valentine last month and adore it. It's a keeper. The paper in the typewriter moves up and down (it's connected to her feet below). I guess it was where people were supposed to write. This one is not written on and I'm guessing it's from the 1930's.

When I was a kid in 3rd or 4th grade, this rich girl in my class gave out these deluxe valentines to everyone and they moved like this one. Mine was a typewriter and it said "You're just my type" and the paper moved up and down. I thought it was the most awesome valentine ever. I was especially loved that it was a typewriter and loved that she chose that for me. 

This one that was made 40 years earlier and is a way fancier version, but my memory of that childhood one makes it even more special.

Speaking of "just my type". The blog The Copycat Collector blog recently profiled The Cedar Chest. What fun that was and how neat to discover a new blog. Take a look and see all the wonderful collections she has of Valentine themed things. Here are a few of my favorite images.

And I love this collection of Valentine hankies! 

His Mustache had Become a Problem

I have been looking forward to sharing this with you all. This is such a great portrait. 

It's also for sale on the Etsy shop.

in the midst of winter

We're almost halfway through winter now. How is it treating you? Winter has been very mild here and it may never get truly wintery. Most people are thrilled with this. But, I like winter. I'm still enjoying it and I do especially like cold sunny days. But, it mostly feels like spring has already begun. Hopefully we will get some proper winter days before it's over.

I recently got this neat old photo of some turn of the century girls making a snowman in their backyard. How neat to see! This is something I haven't seen that much of, snow pictures this casual from this time period. Neat to see the backyard, too.

And here are a couple more pictures of snow to welcome February.

 

heart shaped paper

I have been spending a lot of time with Valentines lately. There were a lot of great ones at the Postcard Club meeting on Saturday and I got a good hunk of them. Valentines are just so charming and sweet. It's hard to pass them by. I don't think of myself as a collector of Valentines and yet, I seem to do it.

Here are two I am keeping for myself.

I will be posting more Valentines this week, but please visit the shop to see what's all ready there. 

Victorian Photocollage Exhibit

I found out about the wonderful exhibit of Victorian Photocollages that is at The Art Institute of Chicago via the website Retronuat. So exciting that this is the first exhibit of this kind of thing and the books that accompany it are the first scholarly look at photocollage in the Victorian era.

Sixty years ahead of the avant-garde—and more than a century before Photoshop—aristocratic Victorian women were already experimenting with photocollage. This world-premiere exhibition is the first to comprehensively examine this little-known phenomenon, presenting many eye-opening works that have rarely—and in many cases never—before been displayed or reproduced. (from the AIC website)

You can see more collages here. Hope all you folks near Chicago can go.