Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Essence from Paris with Pearl Pins on Lace and Mirror Gold Card


Collage of Vintage France on Card with Hessian, Lace, Ribbon and handmade Embellishments.

Lilas Blanc de France, Card with Feathers and Flowers on Lace.


Pink flower detail on lace with white heart and baby blue feather details



Buterflies from Paris on Vintage Lace

 Butterflies de Paris on Lace



Top of card close up with feather and handmade flower embellishment.

Happy Birthday verse with roses


Closeup of lower with handmade Butterfly details


Belle Jardin Femme en Rose Birthday Greeting

Belle Jardin en Rose

Again a verse inside with Birthday wishes but I leave most cards blank for the sender to fill in.
Closeup of my handmade Rose and Ribbons 

French style shabby chic






Lavender Blue with lace, ribbon, real lavender sprigs and pins with beading.

Details of card
When sending or selling, I put more pins with pearls and beads and some real sprigs of Lavender from my garden

Some cards have inserts with Birthday Greetings, some cards have been left blank for the sender.




Lavender Blue Birthday Greetings


Simple Happy Birthday with Ribbons, Lace and Vintage Blue







Pearls and Lace, Girl in Silver Frame


Closeup



Pictorial Review Vintage Cards

I make all flowers, ribbons and embellishments for cards myself and plan to teach this craft to others in the future.


Bluebird Vintage Ribbons and Lace


Interior is quality pale blue insert left blank for the Sender



Vintage Cards, my new passion - Lady in Pink


Thursday, May 28, 2015

Magnolia White

Magnolia petals
beneath a March sky,
clouds ribboned with sunlight.


I sit on the balcony in Trier,
five floors high
above foreign trees
bursting with spring.


Rooftops, slate grey
undulate the city scape.
Distant hills breathing,
still winter brown
along the Moselle river.
It is early for boat trips
to lazy lunch in Saarburg.


Surrounded by apartments,
so many lives hidden
Behind concrete walls.
There is only the hum of trafic,
no birdsong here,
but the Cherry trees
are in full bloom.