Visit the Vintage Ephemera Society!

I have been happily reading many articles on the Vintage Ephemera Society’s website.  This is a wonderful resource and has great little articles of collector’s just like me and their collections of different ephemera.  I highly recommend a visit to this site, just make sure you have some time and a nice cup of coffee.  There’s lots to see and read - the vintage images alone is well worth the visit!

Here’s the direct link:  http://www.ephemerasociety.org/index.html

I especially liked reading the following articles:

The Secret Life of Victorian Cards - http://www.ephemerasociety.org/articles/victoriancards.html

My World of Ephemera and Welcome to It - http://www.ephemerasociety.org/articles/dew.html

Goldfish: An Initial Victorian Trade Card Perspective - http://www.ephemerasociety.org/articles/finley.html

Valentines — The Language of Love - http://www.ephemerasociety.org/articles/rosin.html

Enjoy your visit! 

Shoppe is now open!

I have finally gotten my vintage image shoppe up and running.  You’ll now be able to find lots of images pre-1923 available for download for a very reasonable cost.  These images are all 300 dpi and ready for your digital collages!  I have over 250 images out there right now and have many more to come, check back often as I will be adding to them frequently. 

 If you’ve found my shoppe by stopping by and reading this blog, enter the code “blog15″ and save 15% on your shoppe order (coupon code valid through 9/15/06)!

Going Postal Chunky book swap complete

The chunky book swap with the theme “going postal” has been completed and all the packages have been mailed out to the players!  Check out the amazing artwork in the gallery section of the website.  Kelly Parsons won the “best in swap” prize with her artwork, congratulations Kelly!