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more treasures

Hello. Vintage trimmings, bought from the same antique fair as before and another card album..

I like to use flowers in some of my embroidered paper collage pieces so it'll be good inspiration for me (that's my excuse anyway)..

I'd also like to learn the names of some of the wild flowers I'm seeing on my walks with Sparky - I love some of the common names for them, like 'Lady's Smock' and 'Tufted Vetch' - I haven't quite got to grips with the latin names yet - for wildflowers or for the plants in my garden! Iain and I spent ages searching the garden centre for a Lilac when we should have been looking for 'Syringa'! we found it in the end, that's one name I've learnt anyway.

treasures

Hello.Thought you might like to see some vintage treasures I bought recently from an antique fair.  This lovely album of 'bird' cigarette cards...

and I got another card album of wild flower pictures. I love poking round antique fairs and flea markets, it's my favourite kind of shopping, you can get a lot of pleasure from spending a few pounds..

..also bought a bunch of old photographs that will be finding their way onto my cards and artwork.They are so evocative aren't they... I think the one below is my favourite.