A continuation...

Surprise...I actually made it back the NEXT day as promised!  Shockers I know.  I am posting the final 6 pages of the baby book for your artistic endeavors.

hmmmmm, interesting page that I haven't noticed in any recent baby books in like....EVER!!

I appreciate this adorable page.  It could be used alone in so many different ways. 

I hope you enjoy these goodies and I'd love to see what you can create with them. 

I will soon post pics of a redo of my porch lamps.  HUGE change there and I have been enjoying painters freshening up the exterior of my home.  I love fresh paint!  Everything looks so fresh and new.  The front door color isn't perfect yet, but I intend to do some custom color mixology tomorrow and get the yellow school bus color toned down a bit.

Next week the roofers will install a new metal roof on my studio.  Recent monsoonal rains left me with a leaky roof and falling sheet rock.  Terrible mess and tons of water damage lead to a happy ending.  I get the new roof I prefer and my 'studio' will finally become just that....A STUDIO and not a total storage building.  WOOHOO!!

Pages in Time

This summer has been slow for garage sales around here, but the few I have attended were a total score.  I love, love, love old magazines and paper anything actually.  Over a month ago I purchased an armload of old magazines and have just now sat down to go through the stack.  What was I thinking??  Stashed among the stacks of Progressive Farmer and LOOK and POST were a couple of early 1800 printings.  There is no cover left on them and no hints on the pages...whatever those publication tags are called....they just aren't there.  The pages are so extremely fragile that I touch and turn each one with great care.  I have a couple that are 1825 also in the group that are identifiable and I am sure the mystery pages pre-date those easily.  The artwork and information is priceless. 
I have scanned a few of the pages for your use.  I kept the resolution high so you can capture the beautiful detail so expect a slower download.  I hope you love them as much as I do and can use them in your art soon.

This page is especially informative about the proper flirtations with your gloves.  There was also information about flirtations with one's handkerchief, parasol, fan, hat and eyes. 

Another publication was the Iowa Seed company catalog from January 1910.  Within it's scrumptious pages were the order forms, return envelopes and special promotional coupons.  It is like a little mini time capsule that has survived beautifully these past 100 years.

I hope you enjoy all these goodies.  I hope to scan more of these beautiful pages soon and perhaps we can all practice our flirtations with our parasols.

Dusting

Today, I grabbed the ole keyboard and am doing some dusting. You say...Keyboard?, she's crazy? Of course, but I have so neglected this posting spot of insanities. I will lay some blame on having severe difficulties on posting pics. Blogger is fighting me on every pic! Ugh! Or could it be the Vista that I am not used to on the new computer? Yeeeaahhhh, that's the ticket! I miss XP, mainly because I am an old dog that isn't so adept at learning a new trick. I digress from my complaining to share some cool things I uncovered out of an old box. It has been stashed in storage and never cleaned up to see what I had, until now. I found a lot of old movie star photos with signatures. Someone really had a hobby going here collecting these promotion pics. I can't believe how well preserved they have remained under the layers of dust! That now validates why I DON'T dust my house. I am saving my furniture for posterity. haha, we'll see how long that excuse plays.

And then we have the tiered serving cart. I picked it up at an estate sale and it is in mint condition. I would have loved to load up the building that it was stored in also because it was extremely well organized. Alas, my car has a limit to what I can stuff in it. I just love this cart for it's lovely pale yellow. I know it will be a workhorse for me holding supplies. The large cookie tins on the bottom will be painted and probably monogrammed. I think that is project #2,357, just in case you're counting.

I hope to see y'all SOONER than later.