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Friday, August 24, 2012

The Gifted Line

In the early 1980s I fell in love with another man. His name was John Grossman. His photo is below. He's an artist who, along with his wife, created The Gifted Line of ephemera. At that time he lived in Sausalito, California, which was just north of us above San Francisco and a lovely place to visit. Very artsy and expensive area. Beautiful however. He is now about 80 years old and resides in Tucson, Arizona.


This is some wrapping paper I purchased over 25 years ago. I have one whole roll left but cannot bring myself to use it. It is pretty here but seen in person it is absolutely stunning. More photos of it are below. Trying to capture it on camera is a bit difficult but I did my best.


This is a note pad he had. His note pads were gorgeous.


There are even accordion files with beautiful paper on them.


Ephemera.


Another photo of that paper.





Photo albums.


Another view.





As with Thomas Kinkade, he had plates with gorgeous ephemera on them.





Mr. Grossman.


Journals with lovely papers.


More note pads.


Plus the most gorgeous of ephemera I've ever seen.
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10 comments:

  1. Connie, I can see why you love his designs, they are gorgeous.I think I would want to put the wrapping paper in a frame!

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  2. OH how beautiful! I loved that style, but never knew the artist behind it. Thank you so much for sharing this today. :)

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  3. A very talented and handsome gentleman. He definitely will leave some great work of art.

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  4. A gentleman of great talent and very handsome. He will definitely leave some nice art for another generation.

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  5. Connie I remember this line and loved it! Sooo romantic. thanks for the memories (())

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  6. how beautiful!!!!!!!! I really like his line!


    heather

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  7. I enjoyed visiting your blog! I needed the great ideas for re-doing the laundry room. We aren't going to do it very soon but I am constantly trying to get a vision of how to create better use of my space while making it a better place to do mundane tasks. Thank you!

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  8. Is this line still available? I have several packages purchased back in the 90's and now own an antique shop and would like to carry The Gifted Line in my shop but cannot locate it. Thanks

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  9. Sharon, I've seen it around in special places but not many places. I think the Grossman's sold it to another line and I don't know who. But google The Gifted Line and see if you can find some. It was in Northern California where we lived in the 70s 80s and 90s. I'm sure you can find it somewhere. Goof Luck.
    Connie

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    1. Sharon, I've seen it around in special places but not many places. I think the Grossman's sold it to another line and I don't know who. But google The Gifted Line and see if you can find some. It was in Northern California where we lived in the 70s 80s and 90s. I'm sure you can find it somewhere. Goof Luck.
      Connie

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