July 16, 2012
A Note in the Garden
I could just picture a turn of the century lady sitting in her garden with a cup of tea and her postcard from a dear friend, as I put together this collage, “A Note in the Garden”. I combined a number of vintage elements, a turn of the century postcard, an old deed, a vintage flower image, the etching of a wreath and the etching of roses in PSE6.
I enjoy the digital collage work almost as much as collecting the vintage elements. Swap meets, used book stores and antique stores are my obsession these days and I have found some wonderful things. I was up in the local mountains for a friends birthday and visited a used book store. I found a copy of Ben Hur from 1881. Each page of the 845 page book set included at least one black and white etching. It was a fabulous find. The etching of the flower ring and the rose etching are just two of the images.
This turn of the century post card is the image I want to share with you today.
I think the card dates from around 1900 but it’s hard to read so I can’t be sure. The fact that it only allows for an address on the front and no additional writing dates it from the that period as well.
Snips and Bits from Shelley's Studio 
Lesley Moss said,
October 31, 2012 at 3:22 AM
Hi Shelley,
I love your vintage needle cases using old envelopes. What technique do you use for printing out your designs onto frabic?
Kind Regards,
Lesley
Shelley Swanland said,
October 31, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Hi Lesley,
I scanned in the Vintage Envelope, edited and embellished it in Photoshop Elements and printed it on cotton fabric using an Epson Inkjet with Pigment ink.