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It all started with the stars

September 17, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 4 Comments

It all started with the stars, many years ago… That’s what I was thinking when I gazed upon this tiny box of foil-colored stars. I came across this vintage box of foil stars at my local antique mall not too long ago. When I saw it, it brought back a memory I had of me …

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Filed Under: vintage ephemera

Telling stories though collage art

September 1, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

September is here and school has started again for my grade schoolers, albeit a bit differently than a typical school year. One of the subjects I love helping my 3rd grader with is Language Arts. There, they read stories and answer questions about comprehension to make sure they get the full meaning out of the …

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Filed Under: collage art, stamp art, vintage ephemera

The activity on my desk

August 2, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

While setting things temporarily on my new desk, I see tons of projects and things that I meant to do, to complete and never did so. We’re in the process of moving from one house to another, so in all the packing, things are getting shifted around. I do like that I have the opportunity …

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Filed Under: collage art, gluebook, vintage ephemera

Inspirational Gluebook Artists – Connie Rose

April 26, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 34 Comments

I have a list of people whose work in collage art, particularly vintage collage art, really inspire me. In this post I want to share with you some of the amazing collage art of Connie Rose, and to share a bit about who she is, if you’ve never heard of her.  This is part of …

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Filed Under: collage art, gluebook, vintage ephemera

Learning from example

February 7, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 6 Comments

I’m a firm believer in learning from example. I totally love the idea of copying a style or technique until you learn from it, and your own style emerges. Since we are in the middle of the current postcard swap on “home”, I had been looking for some inspiration to get me motivated for creating …

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Filed Under: collage art, mail art, postcard swap, Uncategorized, vintage ephemera

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