ATC Gallery

I made some more Artistic Trading Cards. They are my newest addiction. I might have to start harvesting type from another of my thrifted poem books. I have almost wiped out the first one. Be sure to click on the image to enlarge it so you can read them!!

10 Things I Still Have From Childhood

1. [shown in this photo when I was 3], the stuffed duck and white chair; all my nephews and my own kids have sat in it too
2. my Timex Mickey Mouse watch I received one birthday long ago in the 70s; when I was in my 20's it escaped the confines of my jewelry box to be taken to the watchmaker shop and have it repaired.
3. the little(scratchy)Baptismal gown I wore; it's very yellowed so I must be old
4. my Chatty Cathy doll; mine has blonde hair. I gave her a hair cut...yikes!
5. several of the aprons/bibs that Grandma Bubbles made for me from her recycled fabric
6. all my grade cards from school; the teachers always said I talked too much.
7. my Girl Scout dress and sash, complete with earned badges; the moths ate my wool beret
8. a yellow baby dress with a smocked front that my Mom's friend made for me; my E. wore it too ( I have pictures of both occasions)
9. a spiral bound Christmas story book with pop-ups called The Shiniest Star; Santa brought it for me
10. my smile; I take it everywhere

Altered Art Goodies

For all my altered art friends I have scaned some Asian postage stamps from my collection. Feel free to use them for your personal art projects. Just click on the image to enlarge then print and enjoy!! (Please play nicely and do not copy them to sell as seen here or as part of a digital collage sheet. Thanks!)

High Definition?

I still don't have "high definition, or flat screen, or plasma screen" or any of the other fancy, high tech, modern viewing devices. Nope. Just a plain old regular TV...with "bunny ears" on top! No cable vision here either. We disconnected about 4 years ago. Oh sure, there are certain things I miss about having 200 channels coming into the house instead of 8. But 8 is a pretty good span of choices. I do miss The History Channel. ( I love history. I appreciate learning about it more now that I'm not required to do a 500 word essay on it!) I also miss HGTV and all its decorating shows... will they ever run out of ideas for new episodes? I guess there is something thrilling about turning on the tube and catching a good classic, by chance, like Breakfast At Tiffany's or Sabrina- kind of like winning the old movie lottery! And - Hey! TVs don't even have TUBES anymore. Gone are the Saturday afternoons shifting from one foot to the other for what seemed like an eternity, standing next to Dad at the TV tube testing machine at Lane's Drug Store.

When I look at the picture of me in front of the TV, less than a year old, it brings to mind a list of things that were NOT a part of our home in the early 1960's.

1. multiple TVs (everyone sat around the ONE and ONLY TV )

2. answering machine (if someone really wanted to talk to you they would call back)

3. cordless phone (it never got lost around the house, did it?)

4. TV remote control ( it never got lost around the house, did it?)

5. VCR ( now we need a storage place for all those videos)

6. DVD player ( now we have to buy all the same movies we had on video)

7. 8-track stereo (we still have one at our house!!)

8. cassette player ( I think you were supposed to replace all your 8-tracks with cassettes)

9. CD player ( I think you were supposed to replace all your cassettes with CDs)

10. fax machine ( don't have one of those at our house...do we need one?)

11. microwave ( pop corn can still be cooked on the stove for a pioneer kind of experience)

12. video games ( I HATE them!)

13. computer ( now this is one thing I admit I am addicted to, although I still don't understand HOW IT WORKS)