I bought a wonderful scrapbook full of valentines from the 1940's. The valentines are in great condition, but the scrapbook is falling apart, so I'm trying to take the valentines out- but whatever they were glued down with is POWERFUL stuff. When crafters get together, the talk often turns to glue-what's best for sticking paper to cloth, paper to paper, cloth to wood, metal to paper etc etc. I was thinking- I should be using this glue- this could be used to mortar bricks- and then I realized, no, no, it isn't archival.
And then I thought- what's the big deal with archival? Why does everything have to be preserved forever as if it was just made yesterday? I love the yellowed pages of old books, the chipped paint of an old frame, the alligator texture of an old farm table, the crazing of vintage ironstone. Isn't that kind of the point of vintage?
I know, its probably a matter of degrees, and we certainly want to preserve our cherished memories, but there's something to be said for aging gracefully. Here's a cute little card I found in the middle of the valentines.
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Here's my "new" old waste basket for my craft room- I think it's aged gracefully- and it does make me smile!
