‘Tis the Season…

Posted on November 30, 2022 by artsyletters

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1345096326/merry-christmas-bookmark-in-gold-and

Here’s to Vowels!

Posted on November 20, 2022 by artsyletters

From a 19th-Century copy of CROWN JEWELS (*or Gems of Literature, Art, and Music* …) compiled by Henry Davenport Northrop and published by Pennsylvania Publishing Company in 1887, I plucked this wee riddle poem by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), then gave it the artsyletters mini collage treatment.

**On the Vowels**

by Jonathan Swift

**We are little airy creatures,**
**All of different voice and features:**
**One of us in glass is set,**
**One of us you’ll find in jet;**
**T’other you may see in tin,**
**And the fourth a box within;**
**If the fifth you should pursue,**
**It can never fly from you.**

I thought those “little airy creatures” would pair well with some old lace! Though the blocky midcentury brass letters are anything but airy, I suppose – so here’s to a little contrast! You can find this 4X6 mini shadowbox collage here.

Happy Autumn!

Posted on September 22, 2022 by artsyletters

Happy Fall! Got some good books to enjoy with a comfy chair and a mug of something steamy, as nights turn shorter and cooler, and days are filled with cascades of color? This “Fancy Fall Leaves” bookmark will keep your place while you go grab a shawl!

10 years – Celebrations to Come!

Posted on September 15, 2022 by artsyletters

For the writer who loves a little dangle of history (& May/June shop update)….

Posted on May 25, 2022 by artsyletters

*Antique pen nib earrings with Swarovski crystals… available at The Beaufort Emporium (Beaufort, SC) and soon in my Etsy shop.*

Happy Almost-Summer! I’ve been enjoying making earrings with antique pen nibs (many 100+ years old) and Swarovski crystals, no longer being produced as components for the wholesale trade. These pictured have sterling hooks and fun vintage links as well. They’re available at The Beaufort Emporium in downtown Beaufort, SC.

I’ll list them soon in my Etsy shop, which is currently taking a little break. See you back there in mid-June-ish! Feel free to send an email or a message through Etsy if you need to reach me before then. Take good care, Robyn