For the last few weeks, I have been re-vamping my collage shop on Etsy. I changed the name to The Torn Letter , gave it a new look and re...

It's almost Valentine's Day and I've been making some little treat bags. The bird is from a hand carved eraser stamp.

I decided I needed a permanent record of my collage challenge so I put together a book. I used Blurb for the printing - I like Blurb becaus...

My calendar for 2020. Letterpress printed from my hand carved linoleum blocks and available in my Etsy shop . Images include a leaping bunny...

Last but not least is Tag 100, posted on New Year's Eve. Tag 100

Tag 98 Tag 99

Tags 96 and 97 Tag 96 Tag 97

I made this tag from a vintage postcard (dated on the back 1898!). The purple ink inspired the color scheme so I used purple papers from my ...

Frosty white and gold handmade papers plus a little bit of white acrylic paint. Tag 94

One of my favorite children's book illustrators are the husband-wife team of Martin and Alice Provensen. They also did a wonderful set o...

Ok, here is the last of the blue series. Tag 92 is made from a vintage letter, an old Japanese label, part of a Florentine design envelope...

Here come the 90's. Tag 90 Tag 91

I've had these tags done all week but with lots of rain, it was hard to find time to photograph. These 2 tags were done with vintage wal...

This weekend I have 2 more collages - both using vintage documents and a variety of patterned papers in black and shades of tan. Tag 86 ...

Tag 85 uses patterned papers in black and tan with a letterpressed piece in the middle. Tag 85

This tag combines pattern with vintage type-rubber stamp in the background with hand made papers an a bit of a vintage document. Tag 84 ...

Tag 83 features a cat from a vintage match box label. I printed the background with eraser stamps and then layered on some handmade and marb...

I did 2 more patterned tags for this week- both in shades of blues and greens Tag 81 Tag 82

This week I have series of tags. I used hand carved rubber stamps and layers of colored tissue paper to add pattern and color to the tags, t...

I'm up to number 75- three quarters of the way through my 100 tags. This collage is on a jumbo "postcard" tag and uses a vinta...