I collect music & dance themed stamps and postcards, stamps issued in 1988, vintage postcards with beautiful illustrations, and picture books.
The followings are what I LOVE 💌
♡♡♡ Illustration: Virpi Pekkala, Lena Anderson, Mauri Kunnas, Minna Immonen, Katja Saario, Carl Larsson, Elsa Beskow, Fiep Westendorp, Anton Pieck, Jiska de Waard, Barbara Behr, Janosch, Sempé, Eugène Grasset, Hansi, Jessie Willcox Smith, Kate Greenaway, Katya Dudnik, Victoria Kirdiy, Ekaterina Babok, Aleksandr Averin, Anastasia Vostrezova, Oxana Viktorova, Anna Ivanova, Ado Mizumori, Komako Sakai, Yoko Yamamoto, Rei Kurahashi
♡ Art (portrait): Degas, Mucha, Renoir, Cassatt, François Boucher, Georges de Feure, Marie Laurencin, Fritz von Uhde, John Singer Sargent, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Laura Muntz Lyall (Art Nouveau, Impressionism, Rococo) - except the cards with descriptions next to art
♡ Manga: Waki Yamato, Yukari Ichijo, Kyoko Ariyoshi
♡ Photo: black & white, sepia
♡ Actor: Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly
♡ Musical instrument: 🎹 🎻🎷cello, harp, bagpipes
♡ Music: Irish, Jazz, Pop, Classical (Chopin, Gershwin, Debussy, Enescu)
♡ Color: turquoise, purple, rose pink, blue & white combination
♡ Flower: 🌹🌷🌸 Japanese wisteria, lily of the valley
♡ Place: art museums, castles/palaces in Europe, botanical gardens, cathedrals
♡ Character: Moomin (Little My, Mymble), COCOちゃん
♡ Doll: vintage Barbie, Kewpie (Rose O'Neill), Raggedy Ann & Andy, M.I. Hummel, Matryoshka
♡ Animal (illustration): 🐻❄️ 🐿️ 🐫 🦔 🐰 🐼 capybara, quokka
♡ Dog breed: Miniature Schnauzer, Terrier, Old English Sheepdog
♡ Sport: 🎾🏒 🤺
♡ Transportation: planes (especially biplanes), airships, racing cars, antique cars (VW Beetle, BMW Isetta, convertible/cabriolet), Vespa
♡♡♡ Motif: fairy tales, angels, ballerinas, dancing couples, ice skaters, Eiffel Tower, windmills, old sewing machines, typewriters, gramophones, chess, perfume bottles, nutcracker
♡ Others: Christian Lacroix, fashion, provençal printed fabric, Azulejo, advent calendars, Maxicard
Thank you so much for reading 💕
