LIFE BEATS DOWN AND CRUSHES THE SOUL AND ART REMINDS YOU THAT YOU HAVE ONE. STELLA ADLER

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

PRETTY ITEMS

Some people really do get what I love to do.
My friend Betsy and her husbands family have been busy cleaning out a family home.
Betsy knows I love to use pretty doilies, linens, trims and such in the items I create.
Here is only a few of the items she gave to me the other day.

 Betsy gives me a lot of Holiday and every day greeting cards for I use these as well.
Once in awhile there will be a few vintage ones in the pile, some I really do hate to part with for I love just looking at them time and time again (I have a large dresser drawer full and love to sit quietly and admire them all, makes me happy)

Some linens and special materials are hard to part with as well.  One of these hankies has her mother-in-laws name tag sewed right into the hankie.  I have not ever seen this before, have you?

I so love the vivid colors of vintage greeting cards, it is as if the ink would never fade.
Greeting cards are great for making tags for just about anything.  They are also great for using in collage projects and much more.
Do you collect vintage greeting cards, what do you create with them?
Thanks for stopping by.
Michele

2 comments:

JoAnne said...

That Betsy is a darn good friend! I collect everything...lol.

Marsha @ Tattered Chick said...

My girlfriend, Doreta, gave me boxes and boxes of goodies last year!!

I have seen hankies with names engraved in them before. I found one last year at a local shop with the name of the person I was doing a swap with, kismet!!!

If I ever find one with your name on it, I'll get it for you!

xoxo