I’m excited to have a new product to the store this week — a post-bound photo album covered with our signature vintage maps. It’s a large book measuring 8″ x 12″ and holds up to 80 standard sized 4″ x 6″ photographs. Like all my journals and albums, it is made with the highest quality […]
I’ve noticed more and more brides using plants in addition to cut flowers in their weddings and, in particular, succulents. I love these hardy indoor/outdoor plants – their unique textures, colors and shapes add visual interest, especially to a winter wedding. Here are some 5 ways to incorporate them into your wedding day: 1. Bridal […]
If you’re a vintage-loving bride-to-be, then you’re going to love the premier edition of Weddings Flea Market Style. Hundreds of beautiful photographs and vintage ideas fill this 145 page magazine. The first thing that caught my eye was the vintage map bouquet on the cover. Instead of saying “You had me at hello” a la […]
I’ve been busy in the store creating gifts for people to give their sweethearts on Valentine’s Day. One of my favorite stories is a lady named Jessica who asked me to create one my mini accordion journals for her sweetie. ‘Why so small?”, you ask. There’s a clue in the map that she requested – […]
This week I finished filling my handmade Christmas journal with photographs, journaling and bits and pieces to remind me of this season. You can see the blank journal in this post, and here are some pictures of it filled with memories. I attached a piece of recycled gift bag to the front of the […]
This past weekend I worked with the youth group at my church to make holiday cards for elderly and sick members of the congregation. I wasn’t sure how many of them had used rubber stamps before, especially the teen boys, so I made a few simple cards to give them some ideas. And came up […]
Here’s a peek at this year’s holiday journal. It’s a super simple binder ring construction that measures 6″ x 9″. The covers are book board covered with patterned paper and the inside pages are a mixture of patterned paper, tags, envelopes and plain pages. The opening page contains one of my favorite quotes by Rainer […]
We put our little Christmas tree up this weekend. And I played with Instagram on my early Christmas present to myself a new iphone. Happy holidays!
I’ve recently come across some adorable gifts for my fellow vintage book lovers – enjoy! Beautiful photographic print from f2images called In The Study ($8). Rustic Word Earrings ($22), created by Paper Memoirs. Vintage Book iPhone Charger ($68), designed by Rich Neeley and sold at Anthropologie. Vintage Book Snowman ($22), made by HiButterfly.
I was cleaning out the spare bedroom last week and came across an old travel journal from 2005 documenting a family vacation in Vermont. All the wonderful memories from that trip came flooding back to me when I read it – it was such a gift stumbling across it unexpectedly. The Double Dip In a […]