Nostalgic Folk Art was born in 2004. I came up with Nostalgic Folk Art name for my paper mache figures because I love the older things that remind me of my childhood and of innocent times. They are figures of folks both childish and impish and I love vintage folk art so putting nostalgic with folk art was/is a perfect and fitting name for my lil figures and business. I feel so blessed and thankful to God for being able to make these little pieces and hope they make you smile.


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The Best to you always!

















Thursday, March 28, 2019

Finished 2 new pieces

 i had started before losing Henry. And working is begining to feel ok and soon it'll bring me complete joy again.

anyway here is a mermaid and and elephant i'll be listing today on my etsy shop



Sunday, March 24, 2019

Struggling with Henry being gone

but Archie is keeping me going.  Today we got him some special treats and a new toy.  He has been wandering looking for Henry inside and out,

and rolling in the areas where Henry laid in the sun and even where he pee peed
 my heart breaks more to see this and he hasnt been eating as much. time is the great healer for all of us.   I put a bunch of heart shaped rocks from the garden near the vine that had the beautiful bloom 


 the little paper heart filled with wild flower seeds, his vet gave us was put near the avacado tree where he would sit sometimes


Dr Henderson his vet is the most wonderful angel with a staff of angels as well, she gave a memorandum in Henry's name to her school.   

He is on my mind so much and i know he is free and doing good.  Time is what we all need.

I'm trying and am working on some pieces that i started before his passing. Its so hard 




moving things around the house again here are some pics to share and we will be painting the floors white also found a vintage street sign before he left us and have it on the wall . its doesnt make me sad but happy for the time we had together and how important he is to us always.



 

Monday, March 11, 2019

God is Great!

Ok so this has been a horrible terrible never again pain bearing week, Henry went to heaven this am and I added that update on the last post as i just could nt bring myself to post more than that 

HOWEVER  in our grief we went to our garden and planted some extra onions, i told Dan before we went out that my faith is being tested as i was thinking what if thats it and i never see Henry again, of course he said  of course we will and it was normal at times like this to question.    

well when Dan stood up this happened, IT JUST HAPPENED

 right above us, and this plant has never bloomed before

 Of course Queen Henry would do something extravagant!!!!!


meanwhile Archie just wants me to throw his ball
Faith is so hard sometimes but I know Henry will visit me now and again and that makes me so happy

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Henry' s Last Picture on 2/24/2019

Henry had a massive seizure on Wed, another on Thurs and we brought him home last night from the animal hospital.   




Since he had been stabilizing and having many tests, the sad truth is the tumor on his adrenaline gland is not cushings, so without a biopsy, which is NO for a 12 1/2 yr old boston, we can only conclude its cancer and pressing on his cranial cord causing seizures.     He hasnt had one since thurs but his breathing is very labored and we are taking him to his loved vet on mon. to make posible arrangements to put him down in his own home.     Unless he has a seizure today (sun) when our vet is closed and the only option is the hospital.    NO more pics of him as all the testing look like he was tortured.

We only put him thru all this as the vets found his organs were in good shape, no diabetes, no kidney failure,no liver failure   nothing!!!!!  so tests for this and that to see if we could treat whatever it could be as his body was fine with the exception of arthritis. 


Henry had his seizure the night before we were to leave to Petersburg VA for Dan' s 47 year old cousin who horribly died of massive seizures and the complications from that.   sooooo Jesus  it was horrible, we couldn't take Henry but we wanted to know if we needed to put him down, so we could before the funeral, which we were driving to the next am.      Because he was stablized and the tests showed him in good organ and blood health, they wanted to try more tests and said he'd be safe there  and watched.     so we decided to try  and deal with the horrible death of Beth Ann. 

We havent slept in days and Henry is trying very hard, he is eating and he went outside and sat with Dan in the garden.       Watching him is hard but we wanted to give him a good day at home after all the trauma he's been thru and we would prefer to have him be put down at home.   He was discharged from the hospital with the labored breathing but they want it to stop by today.   its lunch time and its not stopped.   we dont know what today will bring but we hope he can make it one more day.

we are devastated and  i feel like some of me has died, seeing Dan and my son so hurt by this is more than i can bear.   Henry has been the light or our family's life.   The most special angel. The hurt is unbearable.      God Bless Him always and we will be together someday again.

2006-3/11/2019 end of an era my beloved angel Henry.

Friday, March 1, 2019

Happy March

Hot Tomato just finished and listing on my Etsy shop

she's a larger kitchen witch and a sassy gal!

My First Written Review/Kinda like your first dollar, I treasure this dearly

"Carol Roll is a relative new-comer, creating folk art for four years, now. Her paper mache figures reflect significant talent. At first glance, her angels, people, mermaids, and animals may appear cute and dear. At closer look, they are sophisticated, with detailed, expressive faces, each unique. Roll's work is anything but mass produced. It's the real deal. "

Linda Knopf Southern FolkArt Magazine 2008