To celebrate Easter, a candy coloured assortment of antique French Ephemera: gorgeous handwritten and printed documents, letters, and delightful postcards.
Receive an entry for each item purchased from our Etsy shop between now and next Sunday. Winner will be announced April 4th - Bonne Chance!
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Tidying up antique French button box labels.
Qualité Garantie, indeed.
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When a dear friend texts to ask if you'd like to split a ridiculously expensive set of books, sight unseen, say yes.
Always say yes.
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p.s. Prepping the August Giveaway ... blue labels included!
Years of searching, and the antique French Blues are becoming a nice little collection.
Some of these are headed to the shop as soon as the summer cloud of inertia lifts ...
We're also overdue for a giveaway ...
Perhaps labels this month, rather than documents?
Soon, dear friends, soon.
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I've missed you, my friends.
Shall we go to the ball?
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This paper seal is from an 1853 Doctorate of Law degree certificate, printed on calfskin vellum.
It is the finest paper embossing I have ever seen, with every detail sharp, crisp, and clear.
The seal is attached to the certificate with a silk ribbon.
As tempted as I am to remove the seal and hang it around my crow's neck or pin it to a mannequin, I have resisted ... so far.
It's in the shop, for a few days at least.
No guarantees it will stay there!
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I'm sorry it's been so long.
Stress and sadness have been the constant companions, but today I took a break to fill the dusty shelves.
Beautiful vellum from the 1600s and 1700s on Etsy.
Some lovely old paper documents too.
A few new treasures in the blog shop as well, including a precious old calcaire.
I hope you are well, and that you find some treasures to call your own.
We are overdue for a giveaway as well, so please check back soon.
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French Beauties in the shop today - enjoy!
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Packets of letters are in the mail (with tiny ephemera gifts enclosed!) ...
Today's offering is antique Eiffel Tower postcards, sold in sets of three - a lovely addition to your French ephemera collection.
View available sets in the shop.
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The wrinkles have been ironed out, and there are some lovely little bundles of letters in the shop - enjoy!
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