Collection Boxes, Shadow Boxes, Glass Frames, Butterflies, I’m in Heaven
I’ve been meaning to post about this “collector’s box” from Pottery Barn as another way to display collections — of matchbooks, toy cars, stamps, stones, vintage office supplies, marbles, 1950s costume jewelry. I could see this as the top of a coffee table or side table, covered with glass. And actually, I could even see moss displayed in here (after some waterproofing).
Martha Stewart’s Craft line has been getting a lot of press in the blogosphere and I’d been stupidly ignoring it (why?) until I read this post over at Wise Craft (my favorite blog at this moment) and finally checked it out. It lives up to the hype, of course. I’m going to order this glass frame kit because it will be perfect (the little brown one is my favorite) for framing various paper ebay purchases of late (like these butterfly cigarette cards).
August 14th, 2007 13:13
I love that shadowbox- I think I have a new project for my woodworker husband
August 28th, 2007 22:40
[...] I bought the gold frog at Swallow the first year I lived in NY and hadn’t figured out how to merge my work life and my creative life. The stamp T. gave me when we decided that my taking the job in NY was the right thing, even it meant living apart. The dish with clips was my great grandmother’s and the paperweight next to it was my grandmother’s. The tiny “stamps” box was given to me by my mother in-law after I blogged it here. And the tiny red chair I bought at an antiques store on the cape last week. I was inspired over vacation to finish a project that has been on the back burner for years: framing my favorite vintage bits in tiny frames. Here they are! I’m really pleased with how they came out. The top two are vintage 6 cent US postal stamps, the second two are vintage Wills cigarette cards from the 1930s from New Zealand and the last row is another vintage stamp and my personal favorite, two elephant chromos from the Paris flea market! They are all up for sale on Etsy so tell your friends and start your own desk-scape! Tag: Design Scout [...]