The Best Hearts Are Crunchy: Wishing You Happiness

Friday, August 28, 2009

Wishing You Happiness - Postcard Friendship Friday

This postcard is especially for you, Marie. I am SO glad to see you are back, up and running!

YOU'VE BEEN MISSED! God bless you and your boys, dear Marie. Thank you for all the joy you've given to so many of us.

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

11 comments:

Lois said...: Those flowers are so delicate!; August 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Snap said...: Wonderful card and wonderful sentiment for Marie!; August 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Postcardy said...: Happy PFF!; August 28, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Sheila said...: Yes, add me in wishing Marie all happiness. It's so good to see her back! Happy PFF!; August 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Aimee said...: Beautiful card...I think I have one similar to it around here somewhere.; August 28, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Margo said...: hear, hear. Beautiful card Beth! Happy PFF :); August 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM
~JarieLyn~ said...: That is a very beautiful card.; August 28, 2009 at 7:19 PM
viridian said...: I love these old cards. Thanks for sharing.; August 29, 2009 at 7:32 AM
steviewren said...: I'm glad she's back too. I missed PFF and all of you PFFers.; August 29, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Marie Reed said...: Beth! I'm tearing up here! You've made me feel so embraced and content. Your words and support are so healing my friend! Thank you so much!; August 30, 2009 at 4:39 AM
Clytie said...: Beautiful card.; September 1, 2009 at 7:57 AM

Hearts and Flowers

I have collected vintage cards, fairytale books, postcards, old photos and art pieces since I was a small girl.

Even before I could read, I spent hours looking at old cards, coloring books and illustrations in my fairytale story books. I am sure my love for art and even my own drawing stylings came from my fascination with them.

Mail was so rare, I saved every card and letter I received as a child. Some of those nostalgic items will be shared on this blog.

Quite a few of the vintage pieces I have collected reflect the life and times of history itself. The cards, postcards, antique photos and art from my collection are dated from the late 1800's, through WW2. Many of these old cards come from our darling little Grandmother Jenny. I have also included some items from the early 1950's which were given to me by my precious Gramma Gladys and dearest Nita.

In a very real way, this Blog is my way of honoring these marvelous inspiring artists and the ongoing influence they've had in my life.

I hope you will enjoy the beauty, tremendous skill and sometimes whimsical work of these long-gone artists as much as I have over the years.

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If you know any historical information concerning these cards, photos and postcards, I would LOVE to hear from you.

Some of the images in my "Cyber" collection are from CardCow. A big Thank you to Eric Larson for his permission to use them!

Copyright Questions

Artwork including cards, postcards, illustrations, etc., printed before 1930 are no longer copyrighted, but are under Public Domain. However even then, there are lots of gray areas concerning what is Public Domain and what is not.

Scans of public domain images do not generate new copyrights—they merely inherit the copyright status of the image being reproduced. In other words, if something is public domain and is scanned--it remains in the public domain.
See Bridgeman v. Corel.

An individual can claim copyright over a piece of public domain artwork
ONLY if it has been uniquely altered in some fashion.

If you have further questions concerning copyright law, here are some
helpful links: [link] [link] [link]

Friday, August 28, 2009

Wishing You Happiness - Postcard Friendship Friday

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