Cards sent by family

[chinakay]

There's a local antiques dealer who buys old sepia portraits. Some of them do have names written on the backs. She uses them as jewelry mounts, pinning brooches and earrings to them. I was horrified when I first saw this...I bought one brooch, pinned to a portrait of a nurse in uniform, unnamed. If I had known about this board at the time I might have been able to salvage the nurse

Cheers,
China

[lcsnor]

Here's a christmas one of my mum from 1938 when she was nearly 6.  Was just looking at it and noticed that the colourist made her eyes brown - she was probably disgusted!

[lcsnor]

ok, here it is, I'm always doing that!

[KathMc]

Lovely. What beautiful hair. She looks like she should have blue eyes. 

Kath

[lcsnor]

yes she had long golden ringlets which she of course hated !!  When she had them cut she kept them and we still have them! 

[KathMc]

I think you always want what you don't have. My father had beautiful golden ringlets when he was little. First cut, at about 4, and they never grew back. Hoped my son would get that too. Nope, bone straight.

[Polldoll]

ooh Hope you don't mind ... you didn't ask for this but   oops try again...

[Polldoll]

ooh Hope you don't mind ... you didn't ask for this but I need the practise
 
....and she looks so lovely...
Poll

[lcsnor]

No problem, she'd be much happier with those blue eyes!  I always thought the orignal colours were a bit gloomy.
She was lovely wasn't she - I miss her.