It pays to be a saver... over the weekend I was cleaning in the basement again (Amvets is picking up in our neighborhood this week so I've been super-motivated to sort through things) and I found some treasures! I think I'm way too young to have this ephemera from my own life that would count as vintage!!
I wonder how collectible the ticket to the Observation deck of the World Trade Center is? How about the plane ticket... can you imagine them being hand-written today? I love the boarding pass... choosing smoking or non-smoking? Sometimes people long for the "good old days" but not for something like this!!
I'm enjoying seeing all the sneak peeks of new scrapbook products that are coming along these days. I especially LOVE the new 7gypsies peek we got this week! They did a preview "webinar"... I was lucky to win a prize during the preview! I won one of their new "ticket holders" and a whole set of the darling new tickets that will go with them. They won't be available until March... can't wait to get them! (I already placed an order for new things that I'm going to be using in one of the mini workshops I'm going to be teaching at Donna Downey's Inspired event in May. So excited to be teaching there for the first time! I'm super-excited to be teaching one of my regular classes at Donna's new studio shop the night before too!) Here's a couple pictures I took of my computer screen during the 7gypsies preview. I love the new tags and mini library drawer!!
My days are filled with prepping class kits, designing presentations, writing directions, creating step outs, making reservations, placing and checking orders... not very exciting but all good things for the crazy months ahead! Check out my schedule... There are new dates and places... I hope I'll see you somewhere this year! My stomach does flip-flops thinking of the adventure ahead!
In my cleaning and sorting and getting ready for all the boxes that are arriving everyday, I was able to take the last of my supplies and put a few more kits together for the classes from 2010. The last ever of the Anthropologie Album: Voyages, Tiny Tales, and N is for Nest class kits are available in my online store here. I have just a few more Pennies from Heaven and Autographs class kits but I don't have them in the store yet because I had to order a couple pieces to complete them. I also STUFFED a few Priority Mail boxes with past kit products and samples and put those in the store too. There are some treasures there!!
The sun is shining and the snow is sparkly! It's a good day...
I love what you found!!! I remember smoking on an airplane back in the day!! I'll be at Donna's event too, my second year, and very excited you'll be there Deb.
Posted by: Kip | January 17, 2011 at 06:54 AM
What neat ephemera. I remember some of that stuff. Just went out to your store and ordered a box of goodies. I like mystery boxes when I know the person putting it together. Can't wait to see what's in there. Fun. I will have to check out Donna's event.
Posted by: Deb J | January 17, 2011 at 07:16 AM
It's always good when you find your own saved Ephemera!!! Love the previews of what's to come...just finished my 7Gypsies library drawer...looks like the mini will be next!
Posted by: Martha Richardson | January 17, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Love that vintage ephemera! I woul hold onto it for history's sake! Awesome you still have it! My only memory of being in the World Trade Center was brushing my long hair in the mirror, not seeing the sign clearly stated on the wall " No brushing hair over sinks". Oh yes, it was quickly pointed out to me by someone in the bathroom. I felt so dumb for not observing. But in my defense, I wad chaperoning a group of ten year Boy Scouts as there leader. That time in the bathroom was a well needed break to regroup!
Posted by: Donna Sullivan | January 17, 2011 at 09:01 AM
very inspiring! what fun!
Posted by: elena Lai Etcheverry | January 17, 2011 at 10:39 AM
love that little library drawer...thanks for the sneak peek!
Posted by: nonnie | January 17, 2011 at 07:29 PM
I love the tags being stored in the library drawer!! Cute :)
Posted by: Ally White | January 18, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Oh my gosh! I am so glad a ventured onto your blog and saw the library drawer. I have been simplifying and have boxes and boxes of "stuff" in my garage to go to auction. I have an old drawer. I think it might be from a sewing machine that I was going to put in the auction. After seeing your drawer, I dug through my boxes before they were picked up and saved it for putting my creations in. THANKS for your inspiration.
Posted by: LaNell | January 19, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Hi Debby-I am thrilled with my STUFFED goodie box that arrived today. Oh my word I couldn't believe how much you got into one medium sized box. I had never seen that Chatterbox artsy.licious line and just fell in love with it and would definitely have bought it for myself. There was way more value in it than I had expected and then I was so pleased to have items that were chosen from your collection. I hope to be able to take more of your classes one of these days. All the best and God bless you in all you do.
Norma Avchin
Posted by: Norma | January 21, 2011 at 08:37 PM