Circus Clowns....

I haven't been to a circus since I was a kid, but recently I acquired a set of victorian die cuts for our etsy shop, allen and patty, that brought back so many memories.  It makes me happy just looking at it and thinking of my trip to the circus when I was 10 years old!  After that visit, my dad made me a trapeze suspended from the clothesline pole in the backyard and I spent hours practicing for a life in the circus as a trapeze artist!  Mmmm....I hadn't thought about that in years until I saw these die cuts...

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Allen and Patty.....

Sorry that I have been away so long, but I've been working on a new project that has kept me busy.   I've just gone into business with my youngest son, Allen, to set up a new Etsy shop, allenandpatty, to sell digital collage sheets based on ephemera he sources from his home in France, and from what I find in my searches here in Australia.  We both love scouring antique shops and flea markets in search of vintage paper items, so this should be a fun adventure for us.


Please stop by for a visit as I will be adding new items every day.  It's been a slow start getting the scans made and images cleaned up, but I should be listing regularly from now on.  Here's a sample of what we've been finding for all you arts and crafts friends out there.  These are just a few of the vintage French flower seed labels dating from 1920 which I have started listing in the shop:

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