Scraps Of Time

spring tags: birds, eggs and nests, dragonflies and butterflies

geesh, it's been a while, time flies doesn't it? i am now caught up with my special orders! yeah! and i'm looking forward to starting new spring projects. our weather here has been a trip, we had sun and 80 degrees on saturday and last night it snowed- go figure! yikes, were we surprised! it's now rainy and cold, good weather to scrap! i was able to partake of our local swap meet on saturday and found 2 really great ledger books from the 1800's! the larger one has lots of blank pages- too many for me alone to use and the smaller one was completely filled with business entries, it looks like the owners had a mill. i am offering these pages in large and small bundles in my etsy shop. they are so fun! the person who wrote in the smaller ledger book, which is filled from may to july 1888, actually used it as a scrapbook later, and glued clippings from the newspaper over the first 12 pages of entries,and tucked loose clippings from , it looks like the 1930's, between pages- wonderful history! the larger ledger has sporadic entries, not of business transactions, but alcoholic beverage "syrup" recipes, very funny.

i love this old stuff! they are like treasures to me. i ask myself why? my answer is- i don't know! lol. anyway, i will keep many pages for my journals and such, the rest i must release, i think i have mentioned, our home is a bungalow, very small, that is. i consider myself and especially my family fortunate, i have learned to keep it free of excess stuff, as hard as it has been, i mean now, i think "gee if only we had kept that toy or playhouse or blanket, our grandson would really enjoy it now" but, i transgress... lets face it, if i hadn't learned how to let go, we would be packed with my old treasures! lol.

here you will find a small bundle of these ledger papers, others may be found under "paper curiosites" at   

my store front.

here are some natural history and bird tags too, i love these images and they always remind me of spring!

 

         

i want to start a journal tonight, just to relax! lol! have a creative day! -rebecca

autumn tags, paper curiosities another storybook journal

hello again, thanks so much for all of your positive responses to my work! it's been keeping me busy, busy busy! what a wonderful feeling to be able to work at something that i love to do, actually, that is a very part of who i am! ever since i can remember, i have used my hands to create something- from sewing clothes, dolls and home decor, to building furniture and garden structures from wood and copper, stained glass windows, boxes, altered book pennants, to painting furniture, murals and ornaments and now creating albums, books and who knows what else, from papers and vintage relics of all sorts- so fun and somehow all connected to each other! life is good! thank you!

so on with this, oh one more thing, i had a rough time last week, very bad, very sad, then, very NEUTRAL. i was so taken aback last week when i received a neutral feedback from someone on etsy, it took all i had to keep a positive sense around me! there was no explanation with the mark, and i guess, that is the hard thing to deal with, along with the fact that i cannot respond on etsy. but really what would i say? the thing is, feedback is very important to an etsy or ebay seller, it is the only way for buyers to see what people say about the items bought. one wants all positive feedback so people can feel confident that the products are solid and true to discription when purchasing. i guess feedback is really the only thing people have to go by, it is all important for us as sellers! lots of people don't leave feedback, and it is almost like saying the items aren't worth leaving feedback about. anyway, it was a very weird experience, i did write to the person to see if there was something i could do to improve the product, but i received no response. geesh, i can only hope that, that won't happen again, how distressing! first i got angry, indignant, then hurt and upset. i can only say, if there is something that someone doesn't like, something that is missing from a kit, or a confusing or unfinished part of the instructions that you can't understand, contact me! i want everyone to enjoy each item i sell, if something isn't right, i want to hear. if you want a refund, i will gladly give one, upon return of the item in it's original state sent. to be honest, i don't create for money, per se, i create because that is what i do, ideas are running wild inside my head 24/7, it's always been that way. i have just been fortunate enough to be able to find a way to help me supply the habit and hopefully bring a smile to others with a fun and safe way to stash memories. i love what i do and if it weren't for you guys, it wouldn't be so fun or rewarding!

so with all that behind me, yikes!

here is what i have newly posted on etsy:

some autumn tags in pockets and some new paper curiosities:

and soon, another storybook journal, sneak peek:

so goes this post. have a great weekend everyone and thanks! -rebecca

more tags on etsy

well, i have added a few more tags on etsy and now really must get busy on the nursery walls and albums! here are some photos of the tags:

everyone have a great day! -rebecca

"chanter une chanson" tag series

so, i hope everyone had a great easter! of course, i ate too much and felt lazy the rest of the day. i actually went to bed around midnight which is really early for me! i am usually up 'til 4:00am, not on purpose, just concentrating on my project, not looking at the time. the house is quiet, outside is quiet, it is a good time to get things done! well, here is what i have put on etsy, so far today,

                             

i have more to list, it just takes some time to write the description, take pics, edit and post. this is 1 in a series of 5 of these ohsocute french children's songbook. aren't the images wonderful? well back to listing! hope you are all having a good, productive day