Edith Wharton is a favorite author of mine and I saved this stamp ages ago ... 15 cents for a first class stamp!! A lovely stamp and a lovely woman!
A whimsical look at a lifetime of personal ephemera collected with no particular aim in mind except it was either too interesting, too funny, too sentimental or too pretty to part with! Welcome and enjoy!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Happy Birthday to Someone Nice
This very sweet birthday card was sent back in the 1970s by my cousin Teresa. She was about 3 years younger than me and we would see each other when I'd stay with family at the beach each summer. She writes "How ya doin'? I really hope you have a happy birthday!!!!! Are you going to the mountains? I hope so. Guess who I met ... Martin Sheen, Kirk Douglas, all of them. Did you hear that I was in the hospital? So how are things up there, are you alright? Is everybody? I hope you like this card. I thought this was real cute. Have a perfect birthday! Love always, Teresa."
We haven't stayed in touch as is often the way but I always ask after her when I see distant family. She was a very sweet girl!
The card is "Hampshire Art" brand and I was unable to find any information on that company via Google.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Me - mid 1960s
I think that coat was so new and stiff that I couldn't move! The hat had a white puff ball in the back, you can see a little of it in the photo. All dressed up for somewhere but I have no idea where!
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Savory Turkey Bake
This recipe & artwork came from a 1990 calendar that I loved so I saved a few of the months! I did that with numerous calendars over the years, not keeping the entire 12 months but select ones. I wasn't sure what I wanted them for, I think in the back of my mind I was considering framing my favorites but never got around to that. Who knew I would add them to a blog? In 1990 I never knew what a blog was primarily because they didn't exist! You never know!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
What Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Are You? I'm Hello Kitty!
You Are Hello Kitty |
 You love Thanksgiving because it's a time to catch up with the people you don't see very often during the year. And while you love Thanksgiving dinner, you really look forward to the sweets and pies that follow the main meal. You are friendly and loving. You can always find someone to be thankful for during Thanksgiving. You are sweet and a natural peacemaker. You are close to your family and happy to spend this special day with them. |
If wishes were turkeys ...
"It's Thanksgiving and - if wishes were turkeys, you'd sure get a shock 'cause instead of just ONE ... here's a whole noisy flock!"
A great fold-out card from my grandmother sent in the the early 1980s! Love the little mouse's teeth!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Tom the Turkey
My step-grandmother Mildred sent this card in either the late 1970s or early 1980s and as always, I'm sure it was accompanied by a "goodie box"! This card is huge!! The design is on both sides and there's a slot & flap at the bottom that allows you to set the card up as a display. Tom Turkey's feathers are made of felt so I keep rubbing my fingers over it!!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
So True!
Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Signs of the Season
I took these photos yesterday in front of a local business in Farmville. Fun & very seasonal!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
What is your witch name? Mine's Esmerelda!
Your Witch Name is Esmerelda |
 Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. |
Friday, October 28, 2011
Halloween is such a horrible, ghastly, frightening time of year!
"I have no idea what made me think of you!" My sister sent me this card when I was in college ... it still has dried tape on it from being taped to the wall. Poor Lucy! She looks pretty stricken! :)
Sunday, October 23, 2011
What's your monster name?
Your Monster Name is Basilisk Destroyer |
 You Feast On: Fried Twinkies You Lurk Around In: Swamps You Especially Like to Torment: Blondes |
Wanda the Witch
This colorful Halloween card was sent in either the late 1970s or early 1980s by Mildred (my step-grandmother) and no doubt it was accompanied by a large box of treats! She loved sending these goodie packages while I was in college and for some reason the boxes of petit fours stick out the most in my memory. Those little square, pastel colored confections were so delicious! Thank you, Mildred! It was all so wonderful and so very much appreciated! Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Lily has been Warholized!
This site lets you upload a photo and have it turned into an Andy Worhol worthy piece of art! I tried it with Lily's photo ... she's having her 15 minutes of fame!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
October Cross Stitch
This picture came from a 1990 wall calendar of "Country Classics" from the Vanessa-Ann Collection. The monthly pictures are all seasonal cross-stitch designs and the patterns are included as well. Cross stitching was so popular back then and I'm sure it still is but I don't see entire shops dedicated to it like we did at the time. Books and books of patterns used to line shop walls and it was soooo hard to decide on the next project! Here's the featured October 1990 scene!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
So True!
Wherever you go,
no matter what the weather,
always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony D'Angelo
Friday, October 14, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
What color apple are you?
You Are a Green Apple |
 You're a pretty traditional person. You believe that if something has lasted, then it's probably good. You think that living the good life is pretty simple. If you behave responsibly and ethically, good things will come to you. You are a loner and prefer to keep to yourself. You love solitude. You are super productive. People are amazed by how much you are able to get done. |
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
It's Halloween!
This card from the late 1970s / early 1980s is so adorable! Those are some pretty cute mice ... love the candy corn perched on the top one's head!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
The Autumn Leaves Color Test
You Are Bright and Brilliant |
 You tend to fall in love easily and stick with the one you've chosen. You were born to love. You are a natural writer of all sorts. You are equally suited writing essays, journals, and fiction. You are a comfort to those around you. You make others feel at ease simply by being you. You have an active imagination and intuition. You have a very fluid way of thinking. |
Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
So True!
Apples so red hang overhead
and nuts, ripe-brown, come showering down
in the bountiful days of September!
Mary Howitt
Saturday, September 24, 2011
A belated graduation wish
This belated graduation card sent by a family friend definitely has a more autumn feel to it rather than the usual spring/summer theme of most graduation cards. It's a very pretty scene!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Slow and steady does the trick ...
This is a get well card sent to me in the early 1970s by my math teacher at the time. I hated math but I still love turtles ... especially psychedelic ones!!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
United Kingdom, World Showcase
I think my mother brought this postcard back from a visit to Epcot Center in the early 1980s. Looks like fun!
For you, daughter on your birthday
This very pretty and very cheerful birthday card was sent to me in 1981 by my parents. I would have been in summer session in college and if I were lucky, the card would have had cash enclosed with it!!
Friday, September 9, 2011
Dad - early 1960s
I enjoyed seeing this old snapshot not just because my father is in it but it's been fun to take a look at the kitchen of my childhood again! I see cookies cooling on the baking sheet on the oven top, the electric frying pan that my mother used to cook in back then ... I wonder how many of those are still around? She used to bake swiss steak in it quite often ... I can almost smell and taste the steak bubbling in the tomato sauce. Yum! The electric frying pan is empty in the picture and I'm not sure if my father is preparing some ingredient for it or what.
For a sweet girl at graduation
This high school graduation card was sent by an uncle & aunt that live in Virginia Beach. They note inside "Hope to see you this summer." ... You bet! This is the 3rd graduation card I've noticed since putting the blog together that has daisies on it.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
So True!
A road like brown ribbon, a sky that is blue,
A forest of green, with the sky peeping through,
Asters, deep purple, a grasshopper's call,
Today it is summer, tomorrow is fall.
Edwina Fallis
Monday, September 5, 2011
I'm Bert! Which Sesame Street character are you?
You Are Bert |
 Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you lovable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others |
I'm wishin', wishin', wishin' ...
My grandmother sent this adorable card in the early 1970s. I wish I had kept the envelopes to these cards but at the time it never dawned on me to do that. Think back to the early 1970s and imagine if someone had told you about the internet to come ... it would have seemed like science fiction to me!
My grandmother writes "I hear through the grapevine that you are sitting up & have your stitches out - wonderful! Wonderful!! You will make it yet kiddo! Just think, you will soon be going home so make every effort to help your self. Keep your chin up. Be good. Love, Grandma"
Sunday, September 4, 2011
At this happy time of your graduation
This card was sent to me in 1978 by "Helen & Emery" and I racked my brain this morning but could not remember them ... how awful!! I had to email my mother to see if she could remember them and she informed me that Emery worked with my father for years. She couldn't remember their last name at first but emailed me after an hour to fill me in after she finally remembered it. THEN I remembered ... my father always called him by his last name, never by Emery so that explains my memory loss.
This card folds out into 3 sections and is made by "Drawing Board Greeting Card Co". I'm not familiar with them so I did a quick search online and it seems they were acquired by American Greetings at some point and later became Carlton Cards.
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