New Tarot and Card Decks

Flower Oracle Deck
Forty glorious cards of "Flowers Personified" based on early Victorian illustrations.

Hermetic Tarot
Newly reprinted from pen & ink artwork by Godfrey Dowson (from mid 1970s). This deck is based on the Golden Dawn's work and includes far-flung sources of imagery (from Egyptian mythology to kabbalistic elements).

Tiny Tarot
You get the idea.

 
 
New Collage Sheets

Butterflies
Includes some vintage postcard images of Art Deco babes with wings, a fairy with butterfly wings, and lots of wings to make your own winged creatures.

Court of Flora
Based on the same 19th century engravings by JJ Grandville as the "Flower Oracle Deck." Victorian women representing garden flowers, from sumptuous Lady Tulip to a sad, young Forget-me-not.

Rubber Stamps

2 more boxed stamp sets:
Bonjour and Par Avion

New Stickers

Pastel Frames & Borders

New Ribbon

Bee Ribbon

Scrapbook Paper that Looks Like Fabric

Vintage Tapestry Paper

Kasbah Paper

New Artwork in the Gallery

Artwork is already arriving for the Fabric Postcard swap. There's only 2 days left to sign up (deadline in April 8th). Some lovely little fabric ATCs by Lenna have also recently arrived.

Reminder: “The House Inside My Head” Contest

The house in my head has too many rooms for an ATC or even a small shrine, so this is a contest requiring a blank book. The winner gets a $50 gift certificate to our online shop. Deadline for submitting your entries (via email) is May 31, 2007. Here's a page with all the contest specs.

“The House Inside My Head” Contest

The house in my head has too many rooms for an ATC or even a small shrine, so this is a contest requiring a blank book. Here's a page with all the contest specs.

Gaffers' tape sets

• Chipboard books (all the pages in this bound book are heavy chipboard)
• Naked accordion books ("naked" bookboard covers that are unattached to the accordion-folded inside pages)
• Manikin ribbon
• Paisley rub-ons
• Afternoon tea cloth tape
• 3 sets of gaffers' tapes (7 designs each)
• New Copper, Brass and Aluminum Foil Tapes

Note: There's about 10 days left to sign up for the first of the two Spring swaps.

New Books, Fabric Collage Supplies, Rubber Stamps

Books

• Maison Book Kit

  Mini chipboard portfolios
• Accordion bks in tins
• Polka dot accordion bks
• Ephemera book/CD sets
• Maison book kit
• House (die cut) board book
• 4 retro notebooks

Fabric/Ribbons

• 14 (!) new seam bindings
• Peltex
• Fusible web
• Alphabet print fabric
• 3 striped tickings
• Blue ribbon set

Cardstock/ATC Cards

• Retro Notebooks

  Blank ATC cards with glassine envelopes
• 3 Cardstock strips: What's Cookin', Vintage Film, Games
• What's Cookin' 9" printed cardstock

Rubber Stamps

• 4 Collections unmounted sheets
• Mail Art (text)
• Postcard (text)
• 1 new Paper Artsy unmounted sheet (dolls #4)
• 4 mounted text stamps (2 for mail art; 2 art quotes)

Forum & (New Gallery) Temporarily Down

I think the "moving daylight savings time up" patches have thrown the ISP for a loop. (Why are we changing it anyway? It was pretty useless before moving it earlier in March...)

The original galleries are still live.

More soon.

Slow Web Sites & Trade Shows

I'm sorry if you were trying to view this site early on Saturday. My hosting company was having some unnamed problem. Seems to be fixed but no explanation from them...

I'm off to a trade show tomorrow to buy some more pretty things for the site... check the Forum on Monday; I'll post some pics from the show floor.

Look what that sweetheart Miz Carla sent me for Valentine's Day! They even arrived on the 14th (click on the pic for a photo showing both pieces). Nice weight for hanging — I think the base is gessoed canvas.

New Forum and Interactive Galleries

Come visit the new Forum and Galleries — add your own artwork, leave comments, and vote on what our first swap will be!

There's also a new Valentine's Day Gallery for last minute ideas.

Here are a few more new items for Valentine's Day... additional recent items (including a "Love" ATC pad) are below.

Love Stickers.

Rub-Ons

• Love
• Scrolls
• Arabian Nights
• Bronze Metallic French Ornaments

Scrapbook Paper

• Red Wallpaper Scrapbook Paper Set
• Red Diamond Paper Set
• Red Floral
• Handmade paper/Textures set
• Red stripes
• Brown Harlequin Diamonds Paper
• Black & White Script Paper

Cardstock/Cards

• Cardstock Filmstrips
• Tarocchi Deck of Cards
• Oracles Divination Deck of Cards
• Photograph Manila Cards

Fabric

• Cotton Puppy Dog Fabric
• Vintage Flocked Linen

Metal Charms

• Brass Sparrows
• Brass Bunny Rabbits
• Paris Pendants

Dresden

• Red hearts & new wider red border strips

Rubber Stamps

Lots of new stamps have been added... please just go check out the Stamps page to see the links.

Mme. Ophélie Daguerre

Ooooh! Look what Mz. Bella sent me for Christmas! Isn't she lovely? (the doll and Mz Bella)

Bella's been helping me set up a forum area for the site... maybe we'll have to have an art doll swap when we get things finished... what do you all think? 3D dolls? paper dolls? fabric and paper dolls? As the blog's still in process of being moved to a new server, please email me your ideas.

Just a Little Update

I had a database file go belly up so until I load the blog software on my new server, posts will be a little sporatic. I survived the holidays and will be having minor surgery on Wednesday, so will be emailing anyone who orders on Tuesday night or Wednesday re: tardy order fulfilling. (Hey, if you live in the East Bay area of the SF Bay Area and need a part-time job helping out — and getting free art supplies — drop me a line.)

Here are a few new items... a larger list + a newsletter will come out later in the month:

• Two New Clear Rubber Stamp Sheets
• Pewter Butterfly Wings
• Two New ATC Pads (Wings and Love)
• Two More Widths of Red Liner Tape
• Another Rubber Stamp Sheet of Paper Doll Parts

One of my colleagues (who fostered my 2 cats when they were wee kittens) has been in the hospital since New Years' Day. I hope Vickie makes a speedy recovery.

Happy New Year!

Christmas Clearance + New Charms, Stamps & Collage Sheets!

Check the sale page for links to lots of things reduced this week (including some Christmas items... I need to make room for the Valentine's things!)

New Charms

I've moved the filigree onto its own page and I've added some pretty, new brass filigree.

There's also new Mardi Gras/party, baby, and heart charms (+ red heart eyelets)

New Sticky Things

Black alphabet gaffers tape

Notebook & Snapshot stickers

New Rubber Stamps

Toby/Punch Unmounted Rubber Stamp Sheet (a large, 7" x 9" sheet with lots of circus images)

Contents Text Stamp (shown at right — this is a stamp given as holiday gifts to all our retailers — aren't you jealous? But now you can get one, too.)

Plus, check the sale page for links to lots of rubber stamps on sale.

New Collage Sheets

Winter is here but Spring is coming and we've added some new Dancing/Music Collage Sheets to lift your spirits.

Below (and at right) are some samples from these new sheets... Larger pics will be posted soon with the Valentine Art Gallery.

I hope you all had good holidays (and will have a good New Year's Eve) and hope you're all staying warm and dry!

Having Fun at Etsy

I bought a handmade doll from Mrs. Kwitty a little while ago and had to have her make a kitty cat for someone's birthday present. Isn't she fab?

Quick Christmas Updates

It's been a while, so you may not even know we started this site with diazo (blueprinted) wrapping paper. Diazo giftwrap has been reintroduced. Read more about the designs and the diazo process on the Giftwrap Page.

Christmas Stragglers

(Not you guys; the scrapbook paper manufacturers that didn't ship till Thanksgiving week!)

Here's just a few of the late additions in the Holiday/Christmas theme:

• Deck the Halls Clear Rubber Stamp Sheet
• Bird/Snowflake Paper Set (A partridge in a pear tree?)
• Pewter Elf Hats
• Silver Metallic Rub-Ons
• Fruitcake Ornament Kit

For the full list of latecomers, see the (revised) Christmas page

Lenna Andrews' Wonderful Artwork

Lenna's has posted a gallery on Flickr of samples she's made for us. Enjoy!

Bella’s Handmade Dolls

I've been keeping this adorable doll (at right) a secret until I could give someone their belated birthday gift. Isn't she great? I love the single curly eyebrow.

Here are pics of other dolls Bella has found homes for.

At left is a pic of Bacchus threatening to destroy one of the guardian angel dolls Bella made for my cats, Bacchus and Hermes. (I adopted 2 kittens that Vickie over at Bmuse rescued last summer.) If you're a glutton for punishment, I've posted tons of photos of the boys on Flickr.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

There are so many new holiday items and so many beautiful samples that I'm going to show you some artwork, instead of just pics of the new items here. Links below are just new posts (some not related to the holidays); for a more complete list of all Christmas/holiday items see the Christmas theme page.

 
Collage Sheets

A new page of Christmas Sheets
(13 new sheets: Children, Vintage Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, New Years postcards, etc.)

M for Magpie

ABC Books #2

Umbrella Kids #2

 
Rubber Stamps

New Christmas Images
(6 new stamps and stamp sets: snowflakes, ornaments, text greetings, borders, etc.)

Number/symbols stamp set tin

Barn Red Ink Pads

Plus, many new stamps have been added to the Sale page

 
Scrapbook Paper & Printed Cardstock

Four multi-sheet sets of scrapbook paper

Red Velvet Paper

Vintage Postcards Paper

Printed Manila Tags

Die-Cut Santa Gift Tags

Holiday Die-Cut Tabs

Snowflake & Letter Stencils

Holiday Die-Cut Coasters

 
Stickers

Christmas Stickers

Holiday Stickers in a decorated tin

Embossed Saint Nicholas Stickers

Embossed Vintage Toys Stickers

 
Metal/Metallic

Reindeer & Snowflake Holiday Charms

Gold Santa Claus Dresden

 
Miscellaneous

Printed Red & Green Twill Tape

Christmas Angels Deck of Cards

Die-Cut Christmas Ornaments
Reproductions of vintage hanging cornucopia plus 2 designs of die-cut children's ornaments

White Flocked Iron-ons

Repro, embossed new century postcards

Oops eraser

Color Holiday Rub-Ons

 
Other News

I've made many additions to the Submissions Calendar (if you've never checked it out, there are deadlines and submission themes for rubber stamp and scrapbook magazines). And the winning entries from the Mail Art Contest are posted on the Gallery page.

Pretty Things to Give as Gifts or Keep for Yourself

I've added some yummy boxed sets of rubber stamps and stickers (a good, small size for decorating an envelope). They could be the perfect holiday gift for the crafter on your list...

Boxed Sets

2 sets of rubbers stamps in a decorated tin: Paris & Birds (mounted stamps)

3 sets of stickers in decorated tins: Ephemera, Paris & Birds

Printed Cloth Tape

4 sheets of Cloth Tapes (each with 7 different designs)

"Once Upon a Time" Printed Cloth Tabs (that coordinate with one of the tape sheets)

(There are also 2 sets of heavy, Die-Cut Coasters that coordinate with these tapes. They're small enough to make cute ornaments.)

Charms/Decorative Brads/Metal Bits

A set of Embossed Antique Brads

A set of Faux Screw Brads

2 sets of Pewter Hearts and Pewter Arms & Legs

Random Items

Black Ribbon Set

Small Gold Dresden Frames

We've Been Reviewed Again!

Here's a scan of the Monogram Mania
article in the October 2006 issue of The Rubber Stamper. Here are the alphabets highlighted in the article: Madame Talbot and Wacky Astronomy.

And here's a link to the previous review in the September/October 2006 issue of
RubberStampMadness.

Stamps and Dresden and Charms and...

Mainly rubber stamp additions in this update, but lots of other things, too. And I know I'm not supposed to hype Christmas things till at least Halloween, but I also know how many of you have been buying Christmas collage sheets.

Rubber Stamps

4 unmounted sheets of borders & frames (clear stamps)

A beautifully illustrated damask frame

A smaller version of the large Cat & the Fiddle stamp

An entirely new Christmas page with 6 new stamps or stamp sets.

Dresden (Foiled Paper Scraps)

Black spider web

Red scalloped border

Charms/Decorative Brads

2 sets of alphabet brads

3 pewter crowns/hats

Random Items

"Whimsy" rub-ons

Brown measuring tape gaffers tape

Satin skull ribbon

Black and brass Hook & eye tape set

Art Gallery

A new Halloween Art Gallery

And finally, there's only about 2 weeks left to get your entries mailed for the Mail Art Contest

Halloween Fabrics

New Halloween fabrics and some miscellaneous collage items:

Fabric
4 different Day of the Dead cotton prints. Available as a set of 4 "fat quarters" or individual prints by the yard.

Collage Sheets
5 new collage sheets from Tallulah (images from vintage postcards including some famous women of the French stage).

New Halloween art by 6-year-old Zoe Ayers!

Dresden (Foiled, Embossed, Die-Cut Heavy Paper)
Many new pieces including 2 more border strips and a set of 3 crowns.

Tim Holtz Distressables Book
How-to book with a concise tip or lesson on each page. Scans of a couple pages are posted.

Fabric Glue
Sobo glue... in case you aren't going to sew your Halloween fabric creations.

We've been reviewed!
A nice, full-page review in the September/October 2006 issue of RubberStampMadness!

Happy Autumnal Equinox (almost)

Sorry for the delay since the last update. Isn't it too early for flu bugs to be going around?! Lots of new stuff, including a few more Halloween items:

Rubber Stamps:
 - Express stamps
 - Costumes page
 - 4 new Paper Artsy stamp sheets
 - New Halloween/Posada stamps
 - Not new stamps, but a whole page of stamps added to the sale page: Dapper Dogs

Ribbons/Cloth Tape:
 - Red fiber set
 - Red gaffers tape

Paper and Cardstock:
 - Vintage film & correspondence cardstock
 - Pet ATC pads
 - Manila tag set

Metal Latches & Charms:
 - Oval latches
 - Drawer pulls
 - Brass charms: bells, dragonflies, fairies, tassels

Finally, I've updated the submissions calendar. Hey, and don't forget the Mail Art Contest — you've got about 5 weeks left to get your entry in the mail.

Halloween!

Wooo! Halloween is coming. Fall is in the air. New halloween goodies have been added, including:

 - 6 new collage sheets

 - Lead-free pewter charms

 - Brass charms

 - Dresden (foiled,
 - embossed paper)

 - and Playing cards
 - and postcards