This week, as I was digging around on my external hard drive, I found something I knew you all would adore. When calling cards cross my desk, they're usually in big batches—I have two little boxes FULL of them, for example—so I'm not sure how this one wound up separated from the pack! Disembodied hands show up quite often in old calling cards, as do florals. Each card would be left
6 Blank Postcards for Crafts & Collage
These 6 blank postcards are from my stash and are perfect for collaging. Download each, assemble as many as you want or need on a page, and print—or make digital collages. After all, mini-collages make great junk journal ephemera and are so easy to make. The first piece in this batch was printed by Bamforth & Co., Ltd., in England. It came from a lot of postcards that were up for sale in
Vintage Happy Birthday Card for Mom
Today's graphic is a vintage happy birthday card for mom, though it's way more formal than that. Reading it makes me feel like a small Victorian-era child. Why does presenting mom with a flower-filled water well feel a bit like a threat? Something might be wrong with me. It's certainly pretty. Since I'm not capable of leaving well enough alone, I knocked the center out and turned the
2 Antique Paper Textures
If I recall correctly (and there's a good chance that I don't), these two antique paper textures were from the backs of two large photographs. I thought the foxing and age spots were neat (especially if turned into multiply layers or used similarly), so they were the first files I scanned. Antique papers like this are great for making embellished shapes: They're also great as overlays
11 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bridal Shower Cards
Today's batch of mid-century modern bridal shower cards came to me in a plastic bag, and represented over 20 years in the life of a married couple. Not only were there cards like this from the 1940s, there were all sorts of Christmas and birthday cards from then until into the 1960s! The bride even scribbled down what gift each attendee brought, just on the inside of the card. That's one way to
Holy Bananas It’s Been a SUMMER.
Y'all. Some folks are likely wondering where the heck I went. I'm still around, but most of my time is tied up in a completely different project. You see, mom and I started running a brick-and-mortar store back in 2020. There was a business partner, but she had other plans and buggered off—leaving us in the lurch. This shop is on a back street in a small town and I'm working on getting
Old or Not? Dapper Young Men Pose at Niagara Falls
Although this Niagara Falls group shot, featuring three young men dressed in their best, looks and feels old—or is at least grungy as all hell in my hands—I'm not completely sure. It has this clarity that's extra-odd for any picture, let alone an old one, though I'm always remarking about how crisp antique cabinet cards look. In fact, this antique photograph reminds me of one of those
Check Out This Vintage Niagara Falls Souvenir Postcard Folio
This week I'm popping in with a vintage Niagara Falls souvenir postcard folio that you can use to make your own junk journal folios. Souvenir postcards have been a thing for many years now, and it was very common to find folios like this at shops in major tourist spots. Each one contained a bunch of photos or postcards area attractions, and the whole kit could be mailed to loved ones or kept
10 Adorable Antique Easter Postcards You’ll Love
Today's antique Easter postcards are beyond cute. Y'all, my collection has a ton of Easter in it, so I had lots of material to choose from for this week's post. There are fluffy bunnies, sweet ducklings, and round little chicks; in fact, there's so much cute that I don't know where to start. So I'll just begin with something silly. The only salvageable part of this card was its main
Breaking the Death Pile and Other Tidbits
My stash of antique ephemera takes up half of the back wall of my tiny office, which itself is very small, though I could condense it onto one shelving unit with the proper storage bins. I have two of these 4-tier shelving units that are holding everything from binders full of antique cards to unwieldy 1800s-era bibles. So far so good! Today, I'm scanning the contents of the pictured box,
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