Studio Meringue

Vintage Roost opens May 4th for four (wow, that’s a lot of 4’s) weekends in May, open Friday & Saturday, 10-5 pm each of those weeks. Debbie’s little shop – set in the woods – will be packed with delightful gifts for Spring. I have a selection of my Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Wedding and other cards, plus some handmade blank journals for sale. Vintage Roost is at 935 NW Scenic Dr, Albany, OR.

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Luggage Tags, each tag has a reverse side to fill out with your information.

My handmade blank journals are a sweet little gift for Mom at just $8.50 each. They measure a little bigger than 6″ x 8″ and could be used for Gardening Notes, Grocery Lists, as a Travel Journal, Odd Notions, Drawing Maps, Ramblings, Big Ideas, Sketches, as a Project Journal, or  for “to do” lists.

Some journals feature a photo I’ve taken, all are bound together with my sewing machine and are made with covers of recycled brown kraft paper bags. Each journal has plenty of pages to fill up! And each has a little pocket to tuck things into.

You’ll also find: Birthday, Thinking of You, Wedding and Spring time Art Journal cards for all those occasions where you want to show someone how special and important they are to your life!

And in the works for Father’s Day! Plus finished cards waiting for delivery to Vintage Roost in the weeks to come!

Thank you for coming to my Studio Meringue website. If you can’t make it to Vintage Roost you can always order directly from me! Have a wonderful Spring, Love Florence

I’ve been busy in the Studio creating some sweet new Christmas and Seasonal greeting cards, luggage tags and gift enclosure cards! My designs are going to be available at Vintage Roost. Plus I’ve packaged up 10 of my past Christmas cards in a pretty bundle for just $10.00!! All ready for your Christmas Card writing and mailing. Click on the photos to get a closer view.

Cards ready to personalize with your Christmas message and mail! 10 Beautiful Handmade Cards for $10.00

Below are just 6 of my new photo designs for this Christmas Season.

New Christmas designs for this year.

Gift Enclosure Tags

Gift Tags

Hope you can visit “A Vintage Christmas” Open House at Vintage Roost.Vintage Roost: 935 NW Scenic Dr. 1/2 mile off Highway 20 after you cross the Willamette River out of Downtown Albany and are heading towards Corvallis.

Saturday, Nov 19th- Dec 3rd. Open Fridays & Saturdays only, 10-5
Please take a stroll down the Roost’s tree lined drive for Holiday Cheer, Hand-Fashioned Gifts, Baked Goods & Fresh Greens…The shop is Merry just for you!
Customer appreciation open house Friday, Nov 18th from 3-6pm

If you can’t make it to the Vintage Roost you can always come by my Studio to make a purchase or I’ll mail or deliver to your door.

Happy Holidays from the Studio on Stone Ridge!

Florence

Vintage Roost opens this Friday and is filled with wonderfully enchanting things for Spring and Mother’s Day!

Dates: Fridays & Saturdays, April 30 – May 21,  10-5pm

Address: 935 NW Scenic Dr. 1/2 mile off Highway 20 after you cross the Willamette River out of Downtown Albany and are heading towards Corvallis.

My Studio Meringue will have greeting cards, luggage tags and hand made blank journal books for sale.

Flower market Roses, Mother’s Day card

Matching Luggage tag. Tuck a tag into your Greeting Card envelope and wish your Mom happy travels.

Rose Luggage Tag

Old time photo frame around “Plumes.”

Dress Form Mother’s Day Greetings

Hand-tinted Egg in a Nest

Hand-tinted Egg in a Nest

Oriental Poppy

Dew covered Lilacs

Tulips For Mom

Happy Mother’s Day Heart Tart Card. (Say that 3 times fast!)

Journey Luggage Tag. Photo of an 1800’s map hanging in the Albany Fire Department Museum!

Blank Journals, pencil included! Use ideas: Grocery lists, Doodles, Odd Notions, Travel Journal, Big ideas!

His and Her Luggage Tags. These make a nice Wedding Gift tie-on.

Vintage Roost is going to be open for Valentine’s Day inspired gifts and sweet things Fridays & Saturdays, 10:00 – 5:00, February 5, 6, 12, 13. My Studio Meringue will have cards, postcards and luggage tags for sale. Below is the Vintage Roost announcement followed by photos of a small selection of Valentine Card designs I’ll have at the Roost, along with Luggage Tags and Postcards. I will also have Birthday and Wedding Cards available!

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If you can’t make a trip to Vintage Roost, you may always contact me directly for personal service and purchasing. Thanks!!

Luggage Tags.  Postcards ready to stamp and mail, sending Valentine wishes!

My Greeting Cards cost $3.00, Postcards are $2.00 and Luggage Tags are $3.00 each.

Send me a message using the “Contact” tab at the top of this page, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

You are in my heart, Florence

February 7th, 2015

I have some new card designs for Valentine’s Day this year. We recently moved into a home built on 2 acres that we bought in June 2011. While out exploring with my camera in hand, I came across a few heart shaped mushrooms. Recipients of a card featuring fungus will know that it was given in good “nature” as a symbol of friendship and love!  These and many other cards are available through me and at Vintage Roost this weekend and next.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Antique Look “Love” Tags

Conversation Hearts

Valentine Tulips in Pink

“Be Mine” Rose

Heart Shaped Pink Hydrangea

Say “Be Mine” With a Pink Ranunculus

Nastursiums

Boletus in Love!

Heart Shaped Cup Fungi

Sweet Little Heart Mushrooms Growing on a Tree Branch

Branch Mushroom Close-Up

These cute little bookmarks are just $4 and can be mailed inside one of my Valentine Cards.

Send your Valentine a greeting by Postcard! Just add your note, stamp and pop in the mail! Just $2.00

Ornaments made with a Studio Meringue photo. Use as a gift tag or hang on a door knob. Tags just $3.50

I’ll have my Christmas cards at Vintage Roost again this season. Vintage Roost will be open for the Holidays on Fridays and Saturdays from November 22nd – December 13th. Here are just a few of the cards I’ll have for sale this season.

Winter Birthday Wishes

These Luggage Tags would make a nice gift or tie-on, on top of a package.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

It’s a day dedicated to showing your love and affection to friends and family. February 14th. And Vintage Roost wants to help you show that love by offering items crafted with love during its Valentine Open House this month. This is your invitation to visit Debbie’s sweet little shop in the country where my Studio Meringue will have Valentine cards available for you.

Where: The Vintage Roost

Seasonal Hours: Fridays & Saturdays, January 31st, February 1st, 7th & 8th, 10-5pm

935 NW Scenic Dr. 1/2 miles off Hwy 20 in North Albany

All major credit cards accepted!

Below is a look at a lot of the cards I’ll have available at Vintage Roost during its opening for the next two weekends.  All my photos are printed by me, using the highest quality matte finished photo paper and inks. The paper is not glossy with a matte pattern printed on top of it to tone down the gloss, it’s paper formulated to accept the ink in a way that makes my photos look like little pieces of art!  If my photo contains a flower, I print its name on the back of the card. When the card features a landscape, I print where the photo was taken on the back. I’m excited about some of the heart shapes I found in nature this last year to use in some of the cards you will see in this post. I hope that you will enjoy them and if you can’t make it to Vintage Roost you can always call or email me direct to purchase a card.  Thank you!

This is a photo I took at Vintage Roost during last February’s Open House

From about 10,000 feet above SE Oregon I spotted these hills that made heart shapes in the landscape!

Pansies & Nasturtiums

This Amaryllis made heart is one of my most popular photos. This year it comes back to say “Be Mine”

I took this photo at Vintage Roost during last year’s Valentine Open House.

The name Pansy is derived from the French word pensée “thought.” These were growing along Bay St. in Florence, Ore.

This Rose is the “Glenda Marie” named after a friend of mine that passed away too soon.

Also known as Iberis, its negative space gave me a heart!

I had a card like this available last year and it sold out, this one is updated with a new rocks.

Another version of the Amaryllis heart.

This sweet dusty pink Yarrow presented itself as a heart shape in the sun on my porch.

I picked this little “Spotty” variety of Dianthus in my yard and put it in a little blue bottle. Its little petal grew a heart shape!

A store bought bouquet of Roses wrapped in a sheet of plastic made this beautiful photo.

Last spring Larry brought this Wild Iris home to me from our property.

Same Wild Iris Larry gave me but photographed studio style!

I spotted this heart shaped rock in the driveway of our 2 acres. Look closely, it’s asking you to “Be Mine.”

Same photo, just a close up!

Happy Valentine’s Day Amaryllis.

While visiting friends in Arizona I spotted this heart shape, it’s a Beaver Tail Cactus.

During the same visit with friends in AZ., on a walk, I noticed that the bird nest hole in this Saguaro was heart shaped.

My last card in this post is a little out of my “ordinary”…. but it’s a heart!

My second attempt at the art of Origami.

This Friday and Saturday the 27th & 28th of September are the last days of the Autumn Open House at Vintage Roost. Pictured below are a few of the new cards I’ll have for sale at the Roost this last weekend.

Pencil Sketched Crow on an Old Dictionary Page

Pumpkin, Crow & Polka dots, Oh-My

Pumpkins and Wheat, Autumn at Vintage Roost

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Scarecrows

Art Journal Crow, Stitched On Card

Chilly mornings are upon us. But, for the moment, daytime temperatures are still rising to a nice and sunny warm. Great ending to a wonderful summer. As I write this post, it’s 79 degrees out on the deck. Vintage Roost is opening this Friday and Saturday for their Autumn Show. It will be open next Friday and Saturday also. So, September 20th & 21st 10-5 and then again on September 27th & 28th 10-5.  Vintage Roost is located at 935 NW Scenic Dr., 1/2 mile off of Hwy 20, Albany, Ore.

Below are a couple of photos of what you’ll see at the Roost and then a preview of a few of the cards I’ve made for this show.

A Welcome to Vintage Roost

Display of Studio Meringue Cards

Grandma’s Watering Can

Autumn Pin Oak on Stone Ridge Ave.

Preserving Summer’s Harvest

Queen Anne’s Lace

Canal in Albany, Ore.

Tomato Slices

Sunflower and a Windmill

This Tartan Plaid Always Reminds Me Of My First School Lunchbox – it’s called: Wallace Clan Plaid

Flowering Weed

This beautiful little flower is growing along side the street that we are building a house on. I have not identified it yet, if you recognize it let me know! I’ve made this photo into an Art Journal card. I’ve used my sewing machine to attach the photo and the card stock has a hint of speckle to it.

Thank you for visiting my website and I hope you can stop by Vintage Roost to enjoy the Autumn show!
Florence

I designed a high school graduation card this week and shot it in Black & White to keep it generic. Congratulations to all the graduating High School Seniors this year, including my niece Kylie!!  Send me an email if you’d like to purchase one.

A Congratulations card for Graduating High School Seniors