See you at The Flea in May, June & July

April showers? No. May flowers for The City Flea

Whew. Been scanning every image from a 1910 classic: "The Flower Children" by Elizabeth Gordon. It was published by the P.F. Volland Co. of Chicago and went into a gazillion printings. In the late 1940s, the Wise-Parlow Co. of N.Y. reprinted it. I have copies from each publisher, and am saving one set for future Sweet Petite collages, and selling the other The City Flea (10a-4p, May 17 in Cincinnati's Washington Park). They're packaged on colorful uncut mat boards that can be cut to mat the prints. This way, buyers can select which flower to show (each has another on its back), and whether to include the poem.

Meet me at The Flea this summer

Look for Paper with a Past at the first three City Fleas of the year: May 17, June 14 and July 12 in Cincinnati's beautiful Washington Park, across from Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine. But there is a twist: I'll be selling the fabulous finds from my "Stuff I Can't Bear to Cut Up" files.

The image above is a sampling. There will be everything from medical oddities and magazine covers to advertisements and fashion engravings. Most antique. All original. Some are matted (to fit standard size frames), others are as is.

I am sorting, sorting, sorting though the vast archive. Cannot wait to share these treasures.

Also on hand: Paper With a Past greeting cards, postcards, and bumper stickers. I'll be posting more in the weeks to come.