collected

Essays & Visual Studies

A few familiar tools, an open shipping box, and a page of paint experiments. The objects change over time, but the impulse to create remains. These days, I'm simply more intentional about what I make room for.

Making Room for Creativity

Zoomed in photo -- Paper Snail Club summer reading tote printable with a reading list, colorful patch decorations, scissors, and cutout paper pieces ready to assemble.

The Paper Snail Club™— Summer 2026

Closeup of vintage patriotic matchbook that says Happy Birthday America with a sailboat photo and a photos of the statue of liberty and a peek of a fireworks photo at the bottom.

Red, White & Blue — Collected Americana

Vintage dog figurine wearing a flowered hat displayed on a stack of books atop a weathered red chair. Editorial Pinterest graphic for a personal essay about closing an antique booth and beginning a new creative chapter.

Closing My Antique Booth — And What Came After

Closeup of a handmade button bracelet made with aqua stretchy cord and buttons in ivory, white, periwinkle, aqua, pipnk and purple.

Button Tin Finds & Vintage Sewing Notions

Hand-painted tomato designs displayed inside vintage canning lids with milkglass and aqua glass inserts on a weathered white wood background.

Summer — Handmade & Repurposed

Carved stone scarab paperweight on random cards from an old card catalog.

Vintage Curiosities & Quiet Oddities

A collection of nine colorful marbles of varying sizes set on top of empty vintage clear bottles.

Treasures Kept — Vintage Toys, Nostalgia & Keepsakes

Peter Rabbit figurine in a stack of pastel 1950's vintage teacups against a slate background with warm wood accents. The teacups are peach at the bottom, lemon yellow center and light spring green top. This is a feature image for an Easter Collected post by craftidly with studio art, decor ideas and vintage details. A visual study for the season.

Vintage Easter Decor — Chocolate Rabbit Ephemera & Pastel Details

Closing an old album found at an antique store in Pennsylvania USA. It contains travel photos and postcards collected abroad. The cover is brown and it holds six postcards/photos per inside plastic sleeve pages.

Memories Kept In A Vintage Album

Close up of white cocktail napkins with gold floral print and 50th Anniversary type on an appetizer table with a black tablecloth.

50th Anniversary Party Ideas & Checklist

Closeup of a lucky clover pinned to a white linen board. The lucky clover is brown and has been set between two pieces of clear tape. A little keepsake of luck from my drawer.

Green With A Little Good Fortune

A small stick from outside used as a base for a mushroom scene. The stems of the colorful red, orange and orange-yellow mushrooms are nails. The caps are hand-painted clay with white dot details.

Spring — Handmade Details & Botanical Ephemera