"Spark Plugging" Valentine's Day

Vintage romance just in time for Valentine's Day. I love the title at the bottom "The Sparking Plug" I hope this inspires you to copy and use in your handmade paper arts projects. Please share your work with us?

♥ ♥ ♥ Happy Valentine's Day ♥ ♥ ♥

Hats, Bonnets and Easter

I decided to double up on the vintage ephemera this month... so many beautiful images with ladies and their hats. I heard a commentary on VPR this morning about the criticism hurled at Aretha Franklin regarding her now famous inaugural finery: "Gerzina: Easter bonnets and Aretha's hat", By Gretchen Gerzina. It is worth reading and gives a new perspective on ladies wearing hats as a show of R-E-S-P-E-C-T. http://www.vpr.net/episode/45802/ .

I love to provide monthly ephemera "freebies". All I ask is that you share what you make with the rest of us. Thanks.

"Little Darling - the snow is finally melting..."

Here comes the sun ~ finally. The signs of spring take their time in the Green Mountains. The chicadees are whistling their happy song - the sky has transformed from grey to blue, and the mud ruts in the road could suck the tire off your car. Aaahhh the 5th season in Vermont - Mud Season.

No matter - I'm so happy to see spring - I've decided to post a bonus freebie this month - hope you like it. It is from my private collection - put on the Beatles and sing along with the birds.......and enjoy it.

vintage imagery

Real women mow the lawn..... Wear men's hats.....
Make fishing fashionable...

While looking glamorous no matter what......

Vermont is the perfect playground for scavenger hunters, pack rats, antique lovers, and ephemera addicts - a never ending supply of cool old stuff in shops, yard sales and attics. A few favorite finds from my ephemeramania..... I'm always on the hunt for old books with etchings and beautiful illustrations, antique postcards and old magazines and sheet music.

Freebies - please share your work if you choose to copy and use them - I'd love to see anything you might do - I have more time to scavenge lately than to stamp - and keep finding new things as I catch up on cleaning before the snow flies.......enjoy♥

mqhdiva - I found the original piano book for "Hair" and the beloved "Chicago Gold" - I know you could knock off the entire book. ♥