Vintage Alphabet Damask Inchies & Brads

Here is a little something I've been working on for digital scrapbooking or bottle caps: If you have a one inch punch, these inchies are punched out in no time at all. If not, you might have to get your scissors and cut while sun bathing or in some other pleasant situation 🙂 Use the…

Red Striped Fold & Mail Stationery

Thinking I'll be sending quite a few personal thank you notes in the next couple of weeks, I figured I'd share some of my latest stationery with you 🙂 Today there is Red Striped Foldable Stationery, and a second version with Ticking Stripes 🙂 Print these on plain 80g paper, and wirte your letter on…

A Thank You Note & Gift

My masters-thesis is done and was delivered on deadline yesterday. 😀 😀 😀 It is out of my hands now, I just have to wait for the results 🙂 Some of you have been aware of me being in the final stages of this work, and I wish to extend a personal sincere "thank you" to so many,…

A True Victorian Story – from Hornindal to Hollywood? – Part V

Did you see the picture of my great-great-grandparents yesterday? My great-grandmother's other brother, Peder, also emigrated. His full name was Peder Andreas Knutson Seljeset (1876-1967) and he emigrated in 1895. This is the picture he sent home from Duluth, Minnesota: At some point he moved on and settled for good in Canada. According to my…

A True Victorian Story – With a Canadian Twist – Part IV

My great grandmother Helga, born 1879 (whom you saw in the previous post with the traditional Norwegian wedding costume, crown and all) was born on one of the nearby farms called Seljeset. She had a sister Oline (born 1884) and two brothers Peder (born 1876) and Ivar (born 1886). Both her brothers emigrated.  This is…