Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Walls, Tweets, and Autograph Books

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We all clearly know life has changed dramatically in the last 100 years, but do we really know how profound those changes are to future gen...
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Sunflower Splendor

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The hail we got in our area this summer pretty well obliterated our tomatoes and vegetable garden, but the sunflowers have been amazing. I...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Recycling Vintage Handkerchiefs

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I have been de-cluttering my sewing space so I have more room for creating. When I came across a dozen vintage handkerchiefs I had cut in ha...
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Monday, August 6, 2007

Grandmother's Garden

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Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers over the past week. They are deeply appreciated. I just got back from a quick trip to Ka...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Let the Flowers Speak!

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I have been busy transferring vintage botanical prints and great poems onto fabric for my newest altered fabric book -- and as often happens...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Wildflower Garden Inspiration

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I've been grooming the back yard for some time now in preparation for my son's wedding rehearsal dinner this Thursday evening. I am ...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Poetry in Spring!

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I promised I would share the vintage poem I have incorporated in my latest miniature altered crazy quilt book. The book is now finished! I a...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Bird's Picnic

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We have two bird feeders in our yard. I think all the birds for miles around have been talking to one another, shouting the news that they c...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Sewing Room

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For well over seven years I wrote a column in the voice of a woman from 1898 by the name of "Abigail Bradshaw" for newspapers that...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

How do you display ACEOs?

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As an artist and creator of fiber art altered ACEOs (Art Cards Editions and Originals), I know there are a number of collectors of these min...
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Friday, May 18, 2007

Flower Day!

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I ran across something in my 1899 book, Excelsior Writer and Speaker, I thought was intriguing. There is a section in the book entitled, ...
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Monday, May 14, 2007

An Answer for Discontentment

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I love pansies . . . and I love their little-known name, "Heartsease." There is a wonderful poetic fable by M.R.P. I discovered in...
Saturday, May 12, 2007

I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard

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My maternal grandmother was a jewel. She was an artist -- and I know I owe a lot of my artistic/creative genes to her. I'm posting a sma...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Fairy Bubbles

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My little granddaughter, Chloe, was the flowergirl for my son's wedding this last week. A typical 3-year-old, Chloe is constantly using ...
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Bicycle Etiquette from 1896

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Along with posting my newest artwork -- a miniature 2.5" x 3.5" piece of altered Crazy Quilt Vintage Advertising Art entitled ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A Mother's Legacy

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I'm a mother of 6 sons. Tell me where they give out awards for perseverance as a mother? I would love to apply! Actually, I do believe I...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Don't you just wish sometimes. . .

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. . .You could climb into your mother or grandmother's lap and be rocked to sleep again as you were in your childhood? You know, on thos...
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