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Handwritten French Document 1799

May 25, 2022 / by Kelly

This is a handwritten legal document called an acte notaire. It consists of eight pages (16 front and back) of a heavy laid paper that has an almost bluish tinge. It seems to regard some kind of accounting. On the front page it is dated “An 10” which means “Year 10” in French and indicates that it is from 1799, as during the French revolution the calendar was restarted in 1789 as Year 1. Please note it has some damage commiserate with its age: small tears, water spots, and a light fold mark across the back page but overall it is in remarkable shape. Please scroll down for further photos and click on any image to see a larger resolution.

Measures 39cm x 25cm (15″ x 10″). Cost is £45 with worldwide shipping of £11 (approximately $57 + $14 USD but please use this currency converter for exact exchange rate).

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Altered Book Turned Into Homemade Prayer Book

March 11, 2022 / by Kelly

This book was commissioned for collector Gene Marcos. I took a book from 1936 and added original vintage ephemera in collage layout, then added lots of pockets to create an altered prayer book. Click on any image to see a larger [read more]

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SOLD: The New Dawn: Altered Book

February 18, 2022 / by Kelly

SOLD:

My latest altered book is adorably small but packed with vintage paper ephemera. It started as a book of poetry The New Dawn, from 1936. Inside are original photos, tintypes, cards as well as collage layouts made with original old images. To see a larger view, just click on any image below.

This piece measures 5.5″ x 3.5″ (14.5cm x 9.5cm). Cost is $145 USD with $12 worldwide shipping. To buy, go to my Etsy store here or contact me directly at [read more]

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Rural France 1765: Downloadables of French Rural Life

February 13, 2022 / by Kelly

These scans are engravings from a folio I bought in France at an open-air market of book stalls called Economie Rustique. Turns out it is from 1765 and was part of a kind of guide to rural farm life, including beekeeping, silk farming, chicken hatching, butter churning, and so on. To use these, click on any image to get a larger resolution, then right click and copy into an editing [read more]

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Altered Book Cover: Some Birds

February 4, 2022 / by Kelly

This is an altered book cover. I used original ephemera to make this mixed-media collage using a vintage book cover as the canvas. (Scroll all the way down to see video of the making of this piece.) Elements in include (click on image for full resolution):

  • Vintage book cover, 1880s
  • Tintype of two women, 1860s
  • French envelope with mourning border, 1906
  • French postcard with gorgeous handwriting
  • Border of French ledger page 1912
  • Bird from Swiss bird guide, 1911

The piece measures 8.25″ x 11″ (21cm x 28cm). It can be framed or wired for hanging as is. Cost is £95 GBP with £7 worldwide shipping (this is approximately $128 USD plus $10) but please use this currency converter for exact exchange rate. Please use the Buy It Now button below or contact me at: [read more]

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Altered Book Cover Kit: Free Scans

February 4, 2022 / by Kelly

These scans go with a Youtube video I made where I altered a vintage book cover. You can scroll down to see the video and then you can use these scans to do something similar. Just click on any image for a larger resolution then copy then paste into an editing program such as Paint. (I use Word. It’s not really a visual app but it’s what I’m used to from when I learned by doing it wrong.😁)

The book cover is for sale here.

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French Receipts and Invoices: Free Scans

January 8, 2022 / by Kelly

And here you go, some handwritten invoices on super charming letterheads from the 1900s. These make great backgrounds for collage or additions to art journal pages. Click on any image for a larger resolution then right click and copy then paste into an editing program such as Paint. You may want to resize. Happy [read more]

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The Book of You: How to Keep and Make an Illustrated Journal

January 10, 2022 / by Kelly

Have you ever thought your story deserves a book but didn’t know where to start? In my latest online course The Book of You you will learn about techniques and strategies for making and keeping a visual diary: a place to illustrate your memories and record your present, making a book that is a witness to you and your life, both the adventurous and the everyday. (Click here to see the course!)

If you have any doubts about whether you need to be making a book of you, imagine if your grandmother had kept a book like this, full of  visual notes about her shoes, the food she enjoyed, who she met, her home – its rooms and furniture, where she enjoyed walking and why, the music she liked, adding her to-do lists and her thoughts. Can you imagine what a treasure this would be? Well now you are going to make one for yourself.

Inside this course are ideas, prompts, and practical instruction on how to start your book and make pages that are fun and interesting: a visual library of your experiences and memories. We will cover:

  • Choosing and preparing a book
  • Suggested supplies
  • What’s in a portable [read more]
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Scans: Vintage Butterflies & Moths: 1895

December 27, 2021 / by Kelly

These plates are from Our Country’s Butterflies & Moths by W.J. Gordon circa 1895. “Our Country” was a popular series in Great Britain about this time, a field guide to nature of all kind. While these illustrations shimmer with colour they also have enough patina (as you would if you were 125 years old!) to give them depth and mystery. Besides, who doesn’t love a good page with wings?

To use, click on any image to enlarge then right click, copy, then paste into your favourite editing program such as Paint. (I use Word which is not usually used for images but I find it easy to use and it does what it says on the tin). Please note you may want to resize for your particular style and [read more]

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Vintage Paper and Text Scans for Collage Layouts

November 28, 2021 / by Kelly

These high-res scans of vintage printed and handwritten text can be used in a wide variety of mixed-media projects: put them down for backgrounds or rough tear for embellishing and that ripped wallpaper look that is so evocative. Please note that you may want to resize these images. (I like them quite a bit smaller. You may also need to print some images in landscape rather than portrait mode.) They include:

  • French handwritten doc 1831
  • Welsh text 1848
  • Swiss German textbook page 1912
  • Latin 1854
  • French dictionary 1842
  • Maths table (Warnes) [read more]
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