Charming Double Entry Bright Blue Scratch Made Cardboard House weaving comb and most especially the envelope

and most especially the envelope reading "I had a dag bay

and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist

very good condition with a beautiful patina from age and use

lightweight board

into which one might read (or onto which one might project) a mix of pleasure and sadness and perhaps some scheming and secrets too

Charming Double Entry Bright Blue Scratch Made Cardboard House weaving comb and most especially the envelopeNot so old this super sweet scratch made cardboard house was dated 1973 on the underside though of course now the 1970s were a fairly long time ago now, especially for a cardboard house! It has held up beautifully, surely due to the love and care with which it was made. Each window pane cut by hand with clear film in each window, every shingle strip cut and coated and laid individually on top of the next, etc. And then this fabulous painterly cobalt