I’ve been spending a lot of time in my studio these last couple of months creating fun and beautiful things. My interests have followed along the lines of collage! I use my photos and vintage paper things together in color coordinated pieces. I’ve been making Blank Paper Journals, Blank Greeting Cards, and Tags for this show.
I hope you enjoy what you see because I really enjoy making these things!!
I made 16 3×3 cards using my photographs of mushrooms around my yard, I scanned the 3×3’s and placed two on each greeting card. 
I made hanging tags out of the 3×3 collage cards. 
We have a lot of Queen Anne’s Lace growing along the road. I pressed some and used this one on a card. 
Another example of my collage adventures. 
I took a postcard photo of Mt. Whitney and added some coffee dyed gauze behind a frame to give it texture. Then I added a postage stamp of Devil’s Tower. 
Blank Journals are my favorite to make. They are $15 and come with a list of usage ideas. Bound together by hand with coffee dyed string. 
The inside pages are a variety of papers, maps, gridded, lined, coffee dyed, stamped or embossed. Each one is unique and contains surprise embellishments. 
The daily planner page in this journal is a copy of a page out of the billing planner that Dad kept for his painting business in 1968!
Next are my seasonal cards…..
Time for Pumpkins! 
Beautiful flannel plaids are a theme at Vintage Roost this Fall so I made come cards to go along. 
Time for spooky! 
Sweet, funny kitty with clock eyes. 
I took the photo of this house in Astoria a few months ago, then printed it in black and white. I put it back though my printer to add the beautiful black/blue crow.
Below I made greeting cards for Birthdays and blank cards for any time of giving!
Birthday Greetings! 
A sprig of Lavender from my yard. And held on with cellophane tape that I aged. 
I figured out how to drop out the background in my photos so that I could print a second image on them. 
Dropped out the sky behind my Sunflowers too. 
Today was the first day of Fall Open House at Vintage Roost, so my friend Merla and I went out to breakfast then made a trip to VR to shop! I found a great little tin to keep treasures in….
Here are some photos I took of Debbie’s wonderful shop “Vintage Roost.” She’s open Friday and Saturday through September 28th 10-5pm. Located at 935 Scenic Dr. NW, Albany, OR 97321.
Greetings and welcome to Vintage Roost. 
Studio Meringue’s “Let’s Meet for Coffee” cards. 
Studio Meringue Mushroom Greeting cards. 
One Studio Meringue display of cards and Blank Journals. 