Monday's Postcard: Happy New Year

I will end this year the way I began it with some Happy New Year's Greetings cards from the early 1900's. I hope you all have enjoyed viewing my postcard collection this past year!

Monday's Postcard: Christmas

One of my most prized postcards, this is an image of Cranmere Pool in Dartmoor National Park in England. It shows the very first letterbox and a lovely Holiday Greeting as well. Also as a side note, I am already thinking about the postcards I will be posting next year, for 2014. I want to post cards that I have received from friends and family over the years. If you would like to see a postcard that you have sent me, all it takes is a stamp!! My address is Amanda Arkebauer PO BOX 16131, Seattle, WA 98116

Monday's Postcard: Happy Christmas

More of the landscape peek cards, these cards are from around 1910 according to their postmarks.

Also as a side note, I am already thinking about the postcards I will be posting next year, for 2014. I want to post cards that I have received from friends and family over the years. If you would like to see a postcard that you have sent me, all it takes is a stamp!! My address is Amanda Arkebauer PO BOX 16131, Seattle, WA 98116

Christmas Ornaments: Handmade is Best!

Wreaths

Last year I blogged about my Christmas ornaments and it was so popular, that I am going to do it again this year.

White Wreath shows up better on Green Tree

Crocheted wreaths with shells

I have so many ornaments, there are too many for one tree. And I only have one small tree! So each year, I rotate my ornaments and put up different ones. So this year, I picked some ornaments that were not on the tree last year.

Wooden Mice

My Mom took a class in smocking and made this ornament

My Granny made these little baby Jesus ornaments in Ceramics

This Angel is made from an Antique Handkerchief

Stained Glass

These colors show up really nicely on a Green Tree

This Crawfish and Iguana are made from straw and come from Central America

Gourd Santa

Wooden Leaf from Vermont

As I was going through my ornaments, I realized that the majority are handmade. They are either made by myself and my family and friends or I tend to purchase handmade ornaments. I guess I like them better than the mass-produced ones. I love the originality and the diversity that the hand crafted ornaments represent.

Monday's Postcard: Season's Greetings

I love these holiday cards with a little peek of a landscape. They were used wonderfully in the opening credits of the movie, The Family Stone, with the landscapes coming to life to the tune of "Let it Snow"...these are dated 1914 and 1917 according to their postmarks.
 Also as a side note, I am already thinking about the postcards I will be posting next year, for 2014. I want to post cards that I have received from friends and family over the years. If you would like to see a postcard that you have sent me, all it takes is a stamp!! My address is Amanda Arkebauer PO BOX 16131, Seattle, WA 98116

Monday's Postcard: Boston 1920's

This Trio of Postcards are all of Boston, MA and they range in age (according to their postmarks) from 1919 to 1922. You can see the 1920's era cars on the cards. I have visited Faneuil Hall in Boston many times, from childhood vacations to layovers this year for work.
Also as a side note, I am already thinking about the postcards I will be posting next year, for 2014. I want to post cards that I have received from friends and family over the years. If you would like to see a postcard that you have sent me, all it takes is a stamp!! My address is Amanda Arkebauer PO BOX 16131, Seattle, WA 98116