free downloads of charming, vintage ephamera...
including these enchanting paper dolls!!
A wonderful Frugal Luxury tm ...
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To live content with small means...to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion...to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich...to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly...to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart...to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, never hurry...in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious...grow up through the common...this is to be my symphony.
---William Henry Channing
Note: Words to live by. This poignant quote touches me more now than when I used it in my first book, Frugal Luxuries, Bantam Books, NY, NY, in 1997.
7 comments:
Thanks Tracy...Love paper dolls...not only for mixed-media ...the little fingers that come to visit love them too, xoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings...
You are most welcome Kathy! I had a feeling the little ones would enjoy a treat like these paper dollies!!
Also, congratulations to you on having your work published in Stampingtons Stamper's Sampler (Feb/Mar 2010)!! It is much deserved, you do lovely work!
Love and good thoughts from...
Tracey.x0x
P.S. Please known our continued prayers and good thoughts are being sent out to you and your husband for his perfect healing.xxx000xxx
This brought back so many wonderful memories. When C & J were little, we played paper dolls for hours on end. Hubby even made them a card board house. We had so much fun. Hugs
Hi Carol!! Isn't it amazing how the power of a frugal luxury like paper dolls can evoke such happy memories! Just looking at these gives me "memory butterflies"!
Love,
Tracey
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Paper dolls bring back such memories..I loved them so much..Betsy McCall and would cut and hold them for hours on end..Thank you dear lady..
BettyAnn, me too!! It seems that while the actual clothes and accessories for my real dolls were not in the family budget (or my dad's consciousness ;) during my childhood, the paper dolls, with wardrobe accessories and, sometimes, houses w/furniture, were often an affordable packet. As well, since we moved so much (my dad was in the service) these were easily packed/replaced/stored/carried along with me on travels.
Thanks so much for the note and for the great post on kicking the hibernating and eating habits!! LOL.
Warmly,
Tracey
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What wonderful memories Audra, and so funny that BettyAnn mentioned Betsy McCall too!! I LOVED Betsy McCall and culled her from any McCall's magazine I could beg from family friends. I hear she's highly collectible now, thanks to all of us little girls from the 70's wearing her out!!
Good luck with adjusting to the lack of a microwave! If it's any consalation, I've heard that using a microwave too much isn't that good for us...but don't know if it's true or not. Just start collecting those little tiny sauce pans at yard sales and thrift shops...they're wonderful for reheating those chilled cups of tea and coffee. Surprisingly, it doesn't take much more time to actually heat it on the stove than in a microwave (the small batches,that is).
Warmly,
Tracey
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P.S. Love your mom's idea of backing the paper dolls with cardboard!!
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