Paper love #2

Here's another beauty...

I love to spent time in the book department of thriftstores. Search for old books and then find one with a cover like this makes my day! I don't care what the story is about, if the cover looks nice it's a yes... I plan to read them all one day though.. (maybe when i'm old & grey?)

Heleen Van Ramshorst (also known as Heleen Callenbach) lived from 1894 till 1969 so i'm guessing this book is an oldie.. can't find a date in the book. It looks and smells old.

Beautiful cover & nice drawings inside...

Hope you'll all have a sunny wednesday, the sky is blue here and sun's shining!

Paper love #1

There are many things i collect, my grandpa did it and i got that same 'collecting-bug' too :)

Old postcards, wooden dolls, vintage toys,...but also: old children's books! I just can't resist all the beautiful covers!! There are stacks of them all around the house, they brighten up our interior with their colors. So i thought it would be nice to show some of my favourites...

And to start this series, here's my favourite of all.. cause i got it from a special friend. It first belonged to her and some months ago she gave it to me. We both have a thing with apples and since this book has the title 'My friend Apple' it's very suiting for us!

This book is like a treasure to me and will be cherised for as long as i live...

Oh and for anyone who's interested, the author of this book is Gabriel Chevallier.

Did i tell you?

I love old pencils!!

I think i've got hundreds of them by now... I love to storage them in old wooden boxes!

T is for treasures!

Old treasures that is!
I've spent a lot of time lately on all sorts of flea markets, inside dusty fully packed shops or at the local thriftshops. Or even better... browsing secondhand sites while being lazy in my sofa!!

My friend in crime & myself decided we have to start collecting certain old things cause what a shame for all the beautiful stuff that ends up in the garbage!

So now we're collecting vintage mugs, matrouschka's, old pencils and basically everything we like..

I think bf might be going nuts soon..