Ephemera collection

Ephemera refers to written and printed matter published with a short intended lifetime. Something transitory; lasting a day.

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Pile of vintage lace for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Pile of vintage lace for my ephemera collection.

My ephemera collection is growing.

Flea markets are the only place where I can afford as beautiful things as these curled up paper lace trims, vintage coupons for coffee and some scrap die cut glued into a kid’s album. Paper that some may consider trash makes my heart flutter. This white and green paper lace for cupboards, the food coupons from the war with their patterns and numbers – and the scrap die cut album that some kid wrote FLYGPLAN (airplane) on a long time ago.

I adore these things.

Pile of war time food coupons from Sweden (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Pile of war time food coupons from Sweden, more vintage ephemera for my collection.
Pile of vintage lace for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Pile of vintage lace for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Close up of the vintage intricate paper lace

A child’s Scrap Die Cut collection

Thrifted find of a kid's Scrap Die Cut airplane album for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
“Flygplan” – a intact collection of “bokmärken” thrifted in Sweden.
From the kid's Scrap Die Cut airplane album in Sweden bokmärken for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
From the kid's Scrap Die Cut airplane album in Sweden bokmärken for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
From the kid's Scrap Die Cut airplane album in Sweden Flygplan for my ephemera collection as a collage artist (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)

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10 Responses

  1. Ser helt underbart ut! Lustigt, f?r jag har varit p? jakt efter s?dana band till sk?p, t?nkte g?ra om min garderob. Nu blir det ?nnu en sak att leta efter p? loppisar. :) F?r spetsliknande band till sk?p verkar vara l?nl?st att hitta ute i “vanliga” aff?rer.

  2. Wow! I love those lace paper borders! I also love ephemera, and this Friday I plan on going to the flea market for the first time since I started getting into the world of crafting… I just know it’s going to be a blast, and I’ll take many photos! Yes! :-)

  3. Oh my! What lovely treasures you have found! Love love love the paper borders! Love your sweet little amiguri in your other post too :)

  4. I use to go to the fleamarket and buy antique furniture…now I buy bits of paper, stamps; lace, tags, things that nobody wants…your lace boarders are a dream come true!! I have yet to come across such a find!! Lucky you!!

  5. Oh they are brilliant. I love seeing lace on cupboards, but I didn’t realise in the war they were out of paper.

  6. I absolutely love the antique nature of these buys. Stumbled across your blog whilst searching for places looking to sell antiques. I have to say, the buys on this page are excellent and look like they each carry with them years of history in themselves, regardless of the value of the items. Its an absolute antique treasure.

  7. I would love to do an international ephemera swap … but I don’t know how! I have a large collection of American paper ephemera but I so love the papers & bits you use Hanna!