I had bought two antique postcards from Ebay for pretty cheap. I bought them because I like Victorian things, and because I like St. Bernard stuff. They were from England and posted in the early 1900s and had writing and the original stamps on the backs, so I didn’t want to glue them down. But I didn’t know what to do with them so they sat around for about six months.
I was at Big Lots yesterday and although I didn’t want a frame so modern looking, for 15 bucks for the frame and mat both I decided to spring for it, hoping the postcards would fit. They were a bit smaller than the mat’s 5X7 openings, so I used acid-free craft paper behind them. I used no adhesive on the postcards themselves, but instead used acid-free photo corners and used adhesive on the cardboard photo corners to secure them to the craft paper. Now, if I ever want to read the back of the postcard I just have to slip the postcards out of the photo corners, read them, slip them back in, and put the frame back together.
The whole thing cost less than $30. (Click for big)
The close up shots were done without flash, so the background looks ecru, which I very much would have preferred to the black frame and white mat.
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Those are cool! Our St. Bernard-loving friends would really like them.
They look great!
I bought several antique photos of Monterey on eBay a few years ago. I bought six frames at the 99 Cents store and made a wall arrangement that looks great. I didn’t frame the originals. I framed scanned enlargements.
I think the photos cost $5 and the frames $6. Know one would ever guess.
Recently, I found out that the photos are very rare. They were all taken in the 1880s. I’ll have to post some scans.
They’re fabulous! I love postcards - especially vintage postcards.
Oh I like that. The corner mounts are great too. Really in keeping with the antique cards as well as not messing up the backs.