Great Aunt Adelaide's Attic & Pink Saturday

Once in a garden my Great Aunt Adelaide played with my Grandmother in their country home visiting Great Aunt Mart.



I fell in love with this photo a long long time ago. I originally designed this Great Aunt Adelaide Thank You Card to hold collections of ephemera.



Then one night I had a dream about her and thought about designing a card with Great Aunt Adelaide on the front of the card. I had this card printed professionally on dreamy white watercolor paper.



Then I added just a touch of glitter to remind one of those old fashioned Vintage cards.



Then I added a pocket inside, which I covered with Great Aunt Adelaide’s photo.





Inside the pocket are old letters, postcards, Vintage ribbon binding, old tags, stamps and a bit of Antique prints.



Inside the card opposite the pocket is a blank card to write a note. I am sure anyone who loves ephemera will enjoy this gift.



The matching envelope is lined with a print of old sheet music "Dear Old Days."



When I was finished creating this labor of love, I decided to wrap it like an old fashioned parcel.



I gave the first package to my mother, she loved it. As she felt the package tied in twine, she said that it brought back floods of memories of when she was little. My mom and Great Aunt Adelaide used to listen to the radio show "Let's Pretend." I was able to give her the CD, and the look on her face when she listened to it was priceless.



My mom said that Great Aunt Adelaide is smiling in heaven.



Angel inspired, I am creating numerous packets from stashes of old letters, Antique and Vintage postcards, Vintage shoelaces, bits of ephemera and stamps. The prices will vary depending on the ephemera inside. I have many resources here in historical New England to find the most incredible finds.



I have just added the first GREAT AUNT ADELAIDE'S ATTIC CARD packet on my little etsy shop. I will continue to add these packets to my etsy shop. I have a category now on my etsy shop called Aunt Adelaide’s Attic.



The song for this post is Once in a Garden.



Today is Pink Saturday, so please visit Bev from How Sweet The Sound and see all of the Pink Saturday posts this week.

Speaking of fun posts, my friend Judy of JuJuz Beads has created a special post today to share her surprise collection. Be sure to stop by and see them HERE.



What are you going to be for Halloween? Cocoa is going to be a Fairy Princess.

The Keeper of The Memories

alking through one of those glorious little shops that sell Vintage and Antique treasures, I am transported back in time. I pass by familiar objects that I remember seeing at my Grandmother's home growing up.



Sweet memories dance through my mind as I continue to journey passed old photos, books and vintage things. Treasures that I have never seen before, but I cherish them all the same.



Wondering who once owned them, and what stories they might tell. Somewhere in time the owners cherished them too.



I love collecting timeless works of art that stand the test of time. I wonder, was it the love that was poured into these objects that gave them life even now?



A lovely lady who might have practiced her penmanship in hopes of securing a job. A child playing with dominos and wishing upon nursery rhyme dreams.



Were these time pieces marking the chapters of their lives as they readied themselves to go to school for the first time, walk down the aisle, have their first child, or wait silently in their August years?



As I look at each little treasure, and hold it’s wonder in my hand, I am filled with such lovely inspiration.



To me walking through one of these glorious little shops and taking home a small piece of someone’s history touches my heart.



It’s a funny thing, I seem to cherish these objects even more than my own. Yet someday treasures of mine will remind some young woman of how dearly I loved each one.



Sometimes I thought that perhaps I was frequenting these kinds of stores, reaching back in time to touch a sweeter more gentle time.



The joy I feel when I stroll through one of these special places always connects me to a time that I ran home when the street lights came on, and rushed to sit at the supper table with so many of my loved ones, who have now gone home to be with the Lord.



The people who own and love these shops are the “keepers of the memories.” In charge of minding each beautiful object until it finds it’s way back home to someone’s heart. I am thankful that there are these people, these keepers of the memories who feed my soul every now and again.



This is a photo of my Great Aunt Adelaide. The song for this post is Somewhere in Time.