Nice try, but…

In love with these gift tags from papersnitch, featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper today.

Just begging to be journal-fied…

Vintage and decorative holiday papers, ready to be compiled into a holiday journal. Maybe even YOURS.

More images here: WordsAndEggs on Etsy.

Holiday Items!

or some reason, I have only just now discovered how to make photo collages (via Picasa). I feel extremely slow. This whole time, I’ve felt like I’ve been uninvited to some exclusive photography party. Anyway, I’m excited. So, I just made a few collages of pages from my newly listed Holiday Paper Clips Journal on Etsy. I had way too much fun making this, and I’d love to have a ton of fun making more, so please order!

Lots of pages to keep track of gifts you’re giving, gifts you want to receive, gifts that totally elude you…whatever! And I make sure to include lots of usable gift tags, decorative pages, stickers, envelopes, and some vintage items too (including an addressed/stamped Christmas postcard from the 1910s! I have a handful of them, and they’re so fun to look at!).

Each holiday journal will also include one of my hand-sewn, hand-stamped “fa la la” button gift tags.

Check out my entire collection of holiday items and their descriptions in my Etsy shop HERE. And stay tuned for more! I’m planning on creating a couple kid-centric holiday listings soon…

Holiday gift tags

I’ve been busy the past couple of days getting some gift tags made for holiday listings in my Etsy shop. So far, I’ve been focusing on buttons, baker’s twine, ephemera, and stamped greetings. Soon I’ll be making more tags that involve vintage international stamps in holiday colors. What do you think?

Check out more images in my Etsy shop HERE.

Red & green international stamps, ready to go to town on some new gift tags…

Stay tuned!

Quotes & Notes

I just discovered the exquisitely lovely Quotes & Notes via Craftgawker. The mix of printed basswood, creamy fabrics, and unique quotations (some even in French, HELLO?!?) make me kind of swoon. And get me excited for Christmas. (Yes, I know it’s not Halloween yet, but just look at the images below! You’ll see what I mean, I swear.)

Every item in the Quotes & Notes Etsy shop is available for customizing! Visit this lovely little shop HERE.

French Friday (on Saturday. Again.)

For this, the first installment of French Friday 2009, I thought it appropriate to post some vintage French Christmas and New Year’s images. But not just any old holiday images. No no. I’ve decided to offer you some vintage shots of elegantly lettered/typed, holiday restaurant menus. (*Note: I am now on a handwriting-advocator kick ever since I encountered Anne Trubek’s article, which I freaked out about discussed yesterday on my other blog)

Oh, one more thing before I introduce the images to you: if you haven’t yet eaten dinner, you might wish to wait a bit before checking out the following images. See how I look out for you? You’re welcome.

(Image above & the “Jour de l’An” menu below found ICI)

(Image above found ICI)

(Image above found ICI)

And then a couple non-holiday vintage French menus:

(Image above found ICI)

(Image above found ICI)

(Image above found ICI)

(Image above, from the Siege of Paris, found ICI)

Christmas stills…

I went to Ohio to spend Christmas with my mom in her new house in a new town. Because Santa is brilliant and magical, He still found me. And He gave me these:

I made a family tree for my grandmother for Christmas (with a little help from Paper Source and my Scotch Craft Stick!):

And then my mom put Becky-dog in a dress. Humiliation ensued, and Becky refused to look anyone in the eye. 

Here ’s a mixture of things I made and purchased for my mom (note: NOT a doggy dress):

My mom lives a town over from where Thomas Edison was born (Milan, OH), so of course I was a nerd and had to go:

Edison wrote these really sweet/artful notes to his daughter, Madeleine:

The Edison’s kitchen was lovely and located in the basement of the house:

Meanwhile, back at Mom’s…Christmas ornaments:

Becky and I played Hide ‘n Seek . I won:

Although it’s been said many times, many ways…

(Image: Currier & Ives, 1876)

The end of another semester + the birth of my insanely cute niece & nephew + the holidays = an unfortunate-but-necessary break from the blogging action. I’m kind of suffering from Blog Withdrawal (BW). Cold sweats, twitching… it isn’t pretty.

 But I’ll be back soon… and I absolutely cannot wait to flaunt some of the wordsy&eggsy treasures I received from Santa! Santa RULES!!!

I hope you’re all enjoying the loveliest of holidays (and the yummiest of foods — especially cookies)!