Vintage Calling Cards

Almost a year ago, I bought a bundle of vintage calling cards at one of my local antique shows. They aren’t in the greatest condition and some are missing their die-cut decoration, but I still

think they’re lovely to look at.

 

 

 

Remains of the Day Signature 2

A landmark day – this is my second post of the day and I made a video of my second signature!

A couple of notes. I forgot to turn the TV volume down so you will hear mumblings from the Oprah show in the background. 

My pages are not sewn in yet so they move around a bit.  I will probably re-arrange them before the sewing in

.    Here we go:

Remains of the Day Signature 2 from Lorraine Peltier on Vimeo.

Remains of the Day Signature

Finally getting around to photographing one of the signatures from my Remains of the Day Journal.

 

 

The process of assembling  and auditioning the elements, adding, deleting, constantly assessing the balance and flow between the rounds of sewing is a journey in itself – a fun one.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

White Wednesday

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a knitted white cotton sweater at my local thrift store. I thought I would wear it but my daughter informed me that it was shapeless and looked like a guy’s sweater. 

So I started unravelling it and rolled it into balls and now I’m knitting it up into yet another scarf.

Today, I photographed it up to post for a White Wednesday contribution. –hosted by Faded Charm

I am so thrilled – a bunch of lovely white cotton for less than $10.00!

Cabinet Card Ladies

I found these lades at the Sunday Antique Market last week. Sure wish I knew who they were and their history. If you happen to have any insight into their possible stories (real or imagined) please leave a comment.

Here’s a charming couple that I couldn’t resist bringing home. Feel free to download either of these photos and use in your artwork or whatever.

Getting ready to go ….

My first Remains of the Day journal cover here took on a life of its own and became much more elegant than was my original intent.  So for my second one, I went for a primitive, casual style shown here.

I revised the first one a bit from the original because it had a kind of Marie Antoinette era about it and reminded me of France. It’s on the left in the photo below.

Have you figured out that this year I’ll be making a trip to Spain and to France? 

Am I excited? 

Just a bit ;-)  ! 

My friends and I will be leaving in May for a week in Barcelona followed by a train trip into the south of France. I’m starting now to nail down the details which is almost as much fun as making the trip!

If any of you readers have been to any place that is a must-see near Barcelona or in the southwest area of France, please leave a comment or email me. I would love to hear your suggestions for accommodation, dining, flea markets etc.

And now I really have to begin on the inside pages of the journals!