Working on some fun originals for upcoming shows. I love this piece because I finally used some vintage cover envelopes I got from a postcard show.  I few years back a friend invited me to a postcard convention and I was so happy!! It was the best place to find stamps, covers, letters, postcards, books and any paper you can image. I spent way to much but got a lot of loot! 

Some of the covers on this piece are from 1888, 1900 and 1943...the sides are a letter from a Dad traveling to his children. I'm not quite sure of it's date but it was quite old and the handwriting was just impossible to read. 

Vintage Stamps

I did these birds using regular paper but the background is vintage postage stamps. Ive collected them for years from all over the place like flea markets, antique stores and garage sales. I have used them in some other collage artwork but never this many at a time. I think they were happy to be out of the box!