a little auction treasure

A while ago at an auction I bought a little box of goodies: old papers and workbooks. Really old. I gave two dollars for it. Fun. It was funny, Andrew was bidding it off, and I said that I'd go two dollars. His responce: "You will?" In other words: What are you going to do with this? Well, I wanted to use the old workbook pages in my little button paintings. And you never know, there may be a treasure in the bottom of that box...

I started really going through the box today at the studio. I did find a little treasure at the bottom. (Now, it is a treasure to me, but to anyone else it might not be. Eye of the beholder type thing.) At the bottom of the box there was a very old and yellowed "Royal Drawing Book".

There was all kinds of kid drawings in there. So precious. I am a doomed collector of kid artwork! I think kids' drawings are all so wonderful.

This particular drawing book seemed to be a little "how to" book with instructions on how to draw farm animals and such. Adorable. Immediately I could see the little collection all framed in Max's room. (You know you can frame just about anything and it turns it into instant artwork. That's what the magazines say anyway.) Poor Max, he'll probably never have any art in his room because I always have new ideas and am changing my mind!

The last little drawing of the cow is my personal favorite. So glad I went through this box today!