US beads & Ocean beads paired vintage post cards

This holiday weekend I was trolling through some antique stores in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and found 2 really neat vintage post cards that are perfect matches to my new US World beads and beach/ocean theme bracelet that I'm working on.

Here is my red, white & blue theme to go with my new US World tour glass & White House bead- the dark blue/white/pale blue bead next to the heart is a Universal Unique that I got yesterday too.



Since the ocean waters off the New Jersey coast are never really blue, I'm making my beach/ocean bracelet reflect the grey/green waters of the northern Atlantic. The amber are for the sandy beaches..(I don't have many beads to play with yet, so I'm stretching the imagination here with the glass/amber and silvers I used) (2 ambers are TB, the other's are from AmberRegina, the silvers are TB except for the seahorse & urchin which are RBFrog.)

I like the kimono bead on your patriotic bracelet! It reminds me of the cherry blossom festival in DC and not just Japan.

I love antique postcards!
You have made some really fitting bracelet combos!

Fabulous pics and matching bracelets of course.
I love vintage postcards too

Stunning combos and I adore the postcards.

Fleur wrote:Fabulous pics and matching bracelets of course.

Ditto!

Thanks everyone! I love the illustrations in vintage postcards, and if there is writing and a stamp on the back, all the better!

These two didn't have stamps on them, but just a little writing, but the illustrations were just perfect.

Fabulous compositions!

Gorgeous - Both of them!! Love the post cards!

Great combo sets and fabulous vintage post cards.

Gorgeous ... I have heard of the Pocono's but of course never been there ... you are dead on with those postcards matching your beautiful combos ... they would make a good entry "of where you took your beads this summer" .... if there was one

The postcards are great. For what is the windmill on the beach/ocean bracelet? Do you have mills there?

Octopussy wrote:The postcards are great. For what is the windmill on the beach/ocean bracelet? Do you have mills there?

Well, that was a bit of creative license there as I needed at least another silver in my combo.....but I did it since I think of Windmills of being near the water, and there is one in Milford, NJ that we pass on the way to the shore...

Mini Gnome wrote:

Octopussy wrote:The postcards are great. For what is the windmill on the beach/ocean bracelet? Do you have mills there?

Well, that was a bit of creative license there as I needed at least another silver in my combo.....but I did it since I think of Windmills of being near the water, and there is one in Milford, NJ that we pass on the way to the shore...

Not to mention that it just looks great on this combo anyways ... it is a beautiful fit

Amazing combos, really love the 2nd combo.

The post cards are very nice too.

They are a wonderful match!

Brilliant

WOW those are some BEAUTIFUL, colorful antique postcards and bracelets to match! I really love your creativity here.

Every time I see that seahorse bead I drool.

Reive wrote:Every time I see that seahorse bead I drool.

Lovely combos and beautifully illustrate the postcards. I just assumed that the windmill represented those hand held ones that we used to buy at the seaside to stick in the top of our sandcastles....Or is this just in the UK?

Yohanna wrote:Lovely combos and beautifully illustrate the postcards. I just assumed that the windmill represented those hand held ones that we used to buy at the seaside to stick in the top of our sandcastles....Or is this just in the UK?

Thank you for the nice compliments!

We have those twirly sand toys in the US too, so I thought of the Windmill for those and I always think of Windmills and water since they're often near creeks and rivers, so not beachy I guess, but the water element is there..