twenty-five

twenty-four

(vintage brass coin holder, antique brass chain, mica, dragonfly wing, hand dyed Japanese paper, vintage book fly leafs, thread)

Merry Christmas everyone! We Finns are celebrating Christmas today already, so this is the end of this calendar. Tomorrow I'm going to do absolutely nothing with V, but you can come here and check out the photos of this year's matchboxes all together. I'd really like it if you came, actually.

twenty-three

(self made paper, vintage school book illustration, vintage dictionary text, vintage piano key bit, paper)

twenty-two

(vintage mirror finding, vintage ensyclopedia illustration and text, handmade paper, hand dyed Japanese paper, paper)

twenty-one

(vintage school book illustration, vintage filigree findings, vintage book spine, hand dyed Japanese paper, thread, paper)

It is only today I can promise you there will be a full matchbox calendar this year too. I was a bit worried (well, a lot) I wouldn't be able to pull this off after all. V has been a tremendous helper and every single comment was pretty darn important, too.

twenty

(vintage illustrations, paper, cardboard, Japanese paper)

nineteen

(vintage ensyclopedia illustrations, paper, vintage lace, velvet ribbon)

eighteen

(vintage optical lense, vintage school book illustrations, vintage ensyclopedia text, hand-dyed Japanese paper, paper, antique silk thread, imitation gold leaf)

And I have absolutely no ideas for tomorrow's matchbox. Wish me luck!

seventeen

(vintage watch parts, vintage ensyclopedia illustration, paper)

This is V's box, I was merely his construction worker.

sixteen

(hand-dyed paper, silk fabric, vintage ensyclopedia illustration, vintage dictionary text, vintage blank domino, paper, thread)

fifteen

(leather, metal finding, vintage ensyclopedia illustrations, mica, paper, cardboard)

fourteen

(vintage spoon, vintage school book illustration, vintage shorthand guide page, paper)

thirteen

(vintage ensyclopedia illustration, imitation gold leaf, paper)

If I ever plan to make this next year too, please remind me that it's a very bad idea. A couple of days ago I was certain I couldn't even finish this year's calendar. My collection of interesting things that fit into a matchbox has grown smaller and smaller since 2008 when I first began my matchbox project. Hoarding materials year round seems inappropriate too, since this began as a cabinet of found curiosities after all. Lately I haven't been finding much anything. V has been a champ and helped me through the desperate moments. I somehow recall him doing that last year as well...

twelve

(vintage pen nib, vintage illustration, vintage silk thread, paper)

eleven

(metal tag, vintage dictionary text, vintage magazine illustration, self made paper, vintage silk thread, paper)

ten

(vintage hooks&eyes, vintage snaps, self made paper, vintage dictionary text, paper)