The artist behind Paper Relics, Hope Wallace, is undeniably addicted to collaging with antique and vintage inspired materials as well as digital ones. Her collage art takes the form of cards, magnets, jewelry, and she even tries to stimulate potential collage artists to get started with vintage paper packs, antique fonts, and image CDs that you can purchase directly from her website. Personally, and don’t laugh, I’ve always wanted to collage an entire wall in a small space in my house, like maybe my office, with vintage magazine covers from fashion magazines or something. Which reminds me, my husband and I were house hunting in Germany last October and in one place we were considering, the entire stairwell leading to the first floor was a collage masterpiece of floor to ceiling Vogue magazine covers in all languages, dating back to way before any of us were born. They were beautiful. I walked down the stairwell, envisioning the previous owners who had the vision to create something so spectacular in this beautiful 1860 home. I digress…
Back to Paper Relics. Visit her online to view her lovely cards and ephemera at Paper Relics. Pretty for framing or mailing a special card to that special someone.
February 18th, 2006 at 3:36 am
too cute! just bought some.
February 18th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
I ordered a selection of her postcards. They are AMAZING. Thanks for the great tip!
February 19th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
That’s great, I’m sure Hope appreciates your business, she is a very nice lady!
Holly
February 20th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Oh…my good friend Hope deserves much mention! She is an inspiration!
SPEAKING of inspiration….your site is just FAB!
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February 20th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Thank you Jes! I few decor8 readers wrote to me telling me they purchased from her after seeing my post, so of course, that made my day. I’m so happy readers also enjoyed her designs as much as I did. Hope is very talented!
By the way Jes, welcome to decor8! Hope to see you again soon!
Holly
February 26th, 2006 at 7:53 am
Hi Holly!
I am another pal of Hope! Just came by to check out your fab site! :) I will be back again!
Thanks for the inspiration!