Stamps that don’t exist

In case the collage in my last post was a little too saccharine for some, allow me to temper that glorious technicolour landscape by sharing another, slightly moodier (and unintentionally darker!) collage…

All fingers & stamps!

I met the lovely Victoria Wilcox, a professional photographer, at my last craft fair in Derby, about a month ago.  She was very intrigued by my stampy crafts and asked if she could take some pics (to which I of course agreed!).  We arranged a mini ‘photo shoot’ for Monday, and had a lot of fun spreading my stamps around my workspace & pulling silly faces!

Spot the difference!

The same basic pattern, but how many of the stamps on the left made it into the final notenook design on the right? (Answer at bottom of post!)

This new pocket notebook is the perfect example of how much a collage composition can continue to evolve

Excessive?

My husband just came into my work room and laughed when he spotted this packet of stamps which I had labelled ‘excess’.  Can’t imagine why, can you?

Creative & Curious about postage stamps?

I would have normally held off mentioning this for another few weeks, but as this news comes with a time-sensitive special offer I’m ringing it in early…

Old news & new news

Lots to catch you up on – but where, oh where to begin…? Let’s eschew chronology for now

Evolution

So, it’s been a busy few months…!  

The Cuban Collage Crisis

A couple of weeks ago, two of my collaged notebooks were removed from sale in my Etsy store by Etsy admin. Why? Because within the hundreds of stamps collaged onto each cover, was a single, used, vintage postage stamp from Cuba.

Put Your Stamps in their Proper Place – Part 2

I have something of a conundrum to consider. Having (very) recently acquired both of my parents’ childhood stamp albums (see previous post), what do I do with them?

Put Your Stamps in their Proper Place – Part 1

First, I’ll tell you a little bit about the stamp albums I inherited from my parents, just a couple of days ago. Well, I was actually originally given the albums when I was much younger and still living at home, but they weren’t an essential to pack when I left home for university, and in the years since have been buried by more and more junk in what used to be my bedroom. I’d actually completely forgotten about them, despite my recent stamp-collaging activities. My mum re-discovered the albums just recently, when trying to return my old room to a use-able state and brought them with her when she came to visit this week. Lovely to see her, of course, but the albums made me very happy indeed! 🙂