Head over to Ruffled to download the free template for an airmail envelope. I printed mine on brown paper and added a vintage stamp from my collection.

You can also download this free font to get many wonderful vintage postage images such as the one below.

Enjoy!

© 2010 by Erica Lea

Lens: 50mm ~ 1/1000 sec ~ f/2~ ISO 500

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At my Grandma’s house, there is a large picture window facing her backyard. It provides gorgeous lighting, and the rest of the house is so dark that it fades away.

I’m sort of “into” vintage at the moment, as my editing of this photo reflects.

Click here to see the original photo.

Copyright © 2010 by Erica Lea

This week’s challenge from I ♥ Faces is “We Are Family”. What a lovely theme.

My entry: In this photo, my aunt and uncle are enjoying the attention of their grandson and grand niece.

To see many more beautiful family photos, stop by I ♥ Faces.

January

The Faces of Elinor

February

Vacation

March

A Visit

April

A Girls’ Party

May

Spring Day

Bonfire at Ben and Mindy’s

June

Camping at Itasca

Fishing on Wolf Lake

July

The 4th

Sparkler Fun

August

Grandma and Elianna’s Birthday Party

Golfing at Castle Highlands

September

Party at Ben and Mindy’s

Misty Morning

October

Snow in October

November

Indian Summer

Judah Evan Kastner

December

Making Lefse with Grandma

Skiing with John

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© 2009 by Erica Lea

Every year, Grandma makes a large batch of lefse for Christmas. This year, she asked us to help her!

First, Grandma rolled out the dough on her well-floured counter.

Then, she transported it to the table, where John waited to cook the dough.

Next John, the expert lefse cooker, carefully placed the dough onto the hot griddle. I eventually convinced him to let me try my hand at cooking the lefse.

The finished product.

Meanwhile, Janna, Amanda, and I set up and decorated the tree.

We discovered some adorable retro ornaments.

Now we must wait ’til Christmas Eve to eat the delicious lefse, visit with relatives, and open presents. Only two days left to go. I love this time of year!

© 2009 by Erica Lea

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This week’s photo challenge from I ♥ Faces is “Sweet Dreams”.

I couldn’t remember any nice sleeping photos (I generally take them as a joke), but I knew that Judah would be the perfect subject. He seems to sleep through most of the day.

To see many more sleeping photos, stop by I ♥ Faces.
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© 2009 by Erica Lea

Judah Evan Kastner

Born: Sunday, November 29th at 9:00 p.m.

I am so proud to be the aunt of this little boy! To see more photos, follow this link.

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© 2009 by Erica Lea

As I have mentioned before, I ♥ Faces is a photo blog dedicated to the beauty of faces. Every week they hold a photo contest, and I decided to join in this week.

This week’s challenge is “Autumn Beauty”. My entry is of my beautiful sister, Katelyn. This photo was taken on a lovely Autumn evening just as the sun was setting.

To see more Autumn Beauty photos, stop by I ♥ Faces.

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© 2009 by Erica Lea

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For the past week or so we have been enjoying an Indian Summer. It really was a nice break from the cold and gloom we experienced in October.

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One fine afternoon, Mom insisted that we all take a walk. We ambled down to the beach and found many birds on the lake.

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Elinor loved playing in the sand; she tried to stuff some of it into her mouth.

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Now I’m just waiting for the snow to fall so that we can begin winter sports: ice skating, x-country & downhill skiing, sledding, etc.

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~ Psalm 96…………………

© 2009 by Erica Lea