Hmmm...

So I lost the SD card to my camera and I will be unable to upload any photos of how my project is coming along ... unfortunately ... however, instead, I will just lay out for you guys what I have as my collection and what I plan to do with it.

Since we have to do multiple posts, I will try to spread it out a little.

I guess I'll start with what my physical collection is ...

Before my grandmother died she hoarded an immense amount of random junk. Her house, located in the suburbs of Chicago near Portage Park, is stocked full of unopened boxes, appliances from the 50's and 60's, old clothing, antique furniture, etc. When I was looking around the house for something to collect, I happened across a few boxes containing all of the old letters my grandmother and grandfather sent to each other before they had my dad (old love letters, etc.) ... as well as old letters they sent to my dad when he was in college. All of the letters had "antique" looking stamps on them so I took the liberty of making a collection of them. I'm still finding stamps everyday ... and currently I primarily have old stamps from Poland, followed by US, Russia, Greece, and other miscellaneous ones. At first I thought of doing something with the stamps alone; but, upon further thought, I decided that I may find some way to tie the letters into the project as well.

I'll make another post tomorrow outlining what how I ideally plan on displaying them.

(P.S. ^ The image above is an image I found on Google which I thought fit rather well ... seeing as I can't upload any photos of my own.)