This Old Paper

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On the morning of March 26, I discovered the intriguing website Forgotten Bookmarks: Found Items Left in Old Books featured on LISNews: Librarian Information and Science News. In a same day co-incidence, I found a forgotten bookmark of my own in a book I purchased at a Friends of the Library ongoing book sale: Ballet and Modern Dance by Craig Dodd.

The forgotten bookmark? A 1980 Holly Hobbie Christmas card!

The front of the card proclaims:

“The sounds of Christmas fill the air
Delighting people everywhere!”

Inside:

This Christmas, may all hearts
be in harmony
Happy Holidays

Signed:

Merry X-mas & Happy New Year! Mary Ann

Some examples of vintage Holly Hobbie greeting cards are found on eBay and at Karen’s Holly Hobbie World. Karen is well-qualified to offer a comprehensive overview for the uncompromising Holly Hobbie enthusiast!  As a child she was Holly Hobbie, winning first-prize in a look-alike contest!

There is a perfect match to the cover artwork on my Christmas card – page 4 of a delightful Holly Hobbie scrapbook.  Oops!  I mean scrapblog.  Scrapblog.com, mixbook.com, scrapbookflair.com – oh, my!  By happenstance, I own a copy of the last-ever published issue of Digital Scrapbooking magazine – February/March 2009.  The Digital Scrapbooking website is still alive and well, though. Find lots and lots of digital scrapbooking freebies at Squidoo.

Want to send a Holly Hobbie ecard? American Greetings currently offers 26 designs.  Notice the sharp contrast between the original blue-sunbonneted Holly Hobbie and her ‘great-granddaughter’ – the hipster denim-capped Holly Hobbie of today.  American Greetings started the Holly Hobbie greeting card line in 1967 with just six original designs, created by the artist Holly Hobbie herself. The first Holly Hobbie doll was marketed by Knickerbocker in 1974. The Holly Hobbie brand was eventually developed, global expansion is ongoing.

My lone Holly Hobbie card would much prefer to be with like kind.  Does my This Old Paper item fit into your collection?  Free to a good home.