Because when I was surveying my newly arrived Ebay purchases yesterday, not only did he spare some time to take a look at them, but he also suggested that we could perhaps visit a little flea market he knows of when we are down in Florence next weekend so I can look for more stuff.

Some of the lace and one of the verse cards I got on Ebay

Florentine ephemera, here I come!

I can’t wait. I won a couple of Ebay auctions yesterday and am now desperately looking forward to laying my hands on the old photographs, letters, scraps and books that are making their way to me right now.

Alphabet paper inspired by Jeff Sochen

It is like being ravenous and smelling freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. I’m already planning what I can do with this stuff—the background papers, the collages, the scrapbook layouts. If only the parcels could get to me faster.

But then I have something else to keep me occupied—on top of work and family, that is. I have to keep an eye on a juicy lot of vintage lace and trims going on Ebay just now. It would be perfect to go with my new old pictures…