old stuff and new

Last night, going through a junk drawer, I came across these old matchbooks that my grandparents gathered in their travels. I want to figure out something really cool to do with them. There is one here that is from the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, I think it's from their honeymoon in 1946!


I was inspired today to take some pictures of the stuff in my store. Mostly because the colors were just making me crazy.

Everything seemed to be bubblegum and candy colored. Plus, all of the textures. I thought maybe I'd use these images as background for some artwork - collage maybe. But I also still have rubbings from the Water Meter covers in NOLA to use. Not quite sure what to do with those.