A refined young lady - from Jen Staggs

[Marie Wintzer]

Jen's mail is the epitome of vintage. Here she used a card that already had a pretty vintage fragrance (the red flowers), and gave it her own twist. The dress is a pencil work on tracing paper, which gives a nice transparency. But the story really unfolds on the back of the card. It's like opening the doors of a sophisticated and elegant salon of the 18th century.
"A young lady, to be eligible for mariage, was not trained in household management but rather in such skills as needlework, painting, music, and French". Those were the days....
The One Shilling stamp also caught my eye, is it your own one Jen? All this looks really great, what a refined work, thank you!

[Marie Wintzer]

So cosmopolitan in here! I like it!

[cheryl penn]

As julle almal Frans praat dan sal ek a bietjie Afrikaans praat. Die vroumens is baie pragtig as is die kunstenaar wat haar gebruik het :-) Some Afrikaans for all you lot!!

[Jen Staggs]

Ma Francaise c'est tres mauvais. Pero mi espanol is mas mejor porque estoy en Tejas. No hay muchas personas aqui que parlan frances.

[Marie Wintzer]

That's right Snooks, Alfred also fits right in doesn't he? :-)
Jen, I know you have been practicing needlework a lot!! (I don't know about french...).

[cheryl penn]

I'm sure I wrote this - but I'll say it again - art versus housewor k???? I'm not even answering that! Great work WANTS a good write up - and gets it Jen!

[Jen Staggs]

And nope, I didn't invent that stamp, just found it floating on the internet and printed it out on sticky paper. Thank you for such a great write-up!

[Jen Staggs]

Yes, this explains my messy house- I've been practicing too much French and needlework.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

be patient Cheryl, post to your neck-of-the-jungle is really "snail mail". Maybe Jen is working on something ala Meryl Streep..."I had a home in Africa....." :-)))) This is really beautifully "vintage"!

[Marie Wintzer]

Lucky me and soon lucky you :-))

[cheryl penn]

Good work - lucky you :-) BUT Jen's promised me one x