ETSY shop Creative Sundries http://creativesundries.etsy.com is the brain-child of Carol and Sarah Eshelman, a mother-daughter/friend-friend team from Minnesota who love to create, and also to find vintage treasures. In their shop you'll find over 100 items including jewelry, handmade cards, collage, tags, loteria-themed items and many other odd and unclassifiable novelties to stimulate your curiosity and creativity. Headlining this article is an illustration from the 1924 book "How to Chalk Talk" by Harlan Tarbell, a a hardcover instructional book on cartooning, or "chalk talk," as the author describes it. This is one of many books full of quaint, mod, funky or otherwise unusual illustrations for inspiration, making collage or altered art, or what else? What would you do with these items? Please leave your ideas in the comments below.
This is a box of 72 microscope slides. They are made of clear glass Carol and Sarah suggest they would be great for making pendants, or what else?
This ephemera package includes ten pages of Japanese text. When I look at this I think, gift wrap. Any other ideas? They have more of these pages in Chinese, German, and French text. Carol and Sarah are participants in the "90 Features in 90 Days Challenge." You can read their articles about ETSY artists and artisans athttp://creativesundries.blogspot.com/
