Our Product

GypsyFaith produces high-quality images of vintage matchbook covers and matchbox labels.  Those images are laminated and attached to a strong vinyl magnet.  Our goal is to provide a high-quality product at a reasonable price. 

Where It All Began

One winter afternoon in the attic of my husband's grandmother's house I found a little dusty box labeled "matches". I opened it and out spilled 1000 matchbooks from all over the U.S.: matchbooks this little southern fireball collected on her driving adventures in the 1930's & 40's. They are a union of opposites: ordinary, yet one-of-a kind; romantic, yet utilitarian; innocent, yet sophisticated. They are meaningful symbols of American life - Mom and Pop stores, independent franchises, tiny restaurants, little extant oasis' of independence surviving against the odds even as bigger businesses began to sweep over the country.

The Collection

Their humbleness is emotionally compelling, especially when viewed as a collection. The more you can paste to your refrigerator door, the more powerful they become, little soldiers that fight to show you something rare and important. Long ago these little matchbooks sold products; today they testify to the absolute value of every single human being; these humble little pieces of art are evangelists of personal destiny, infinitely valuable reminders of the supreme significance of a single human life, especially in these times when we sometimes forget that we are important, when we often feel like a faceless, helpless number.

Beauty & Power

Ultimately they are extraordinarily beautiful; I hope you see in them all that I saw that cold afternoon as I let them fall through my hands like golden coins, my heart racing at the rare, rare treasure I beheld, a secret collection that is probably the only one of its kind in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that we believe in these little magnets and that they carry a power of their own. 

Still Growing

Since that afternoon I have collected tens of thousands of matchbooks.  It's almost an addiction.  I share the best of them here with you.  One might even have your name!

How We Make Our Magnets

Our magnets begin as a high resolution scan of the original, vintage matchbook. The colors are saturated to refresh the faded images. (The image shown is exactly the image we laminate to make your magnet.) After we laminate the photo print, we affix the image to a very expensive, 60 mil thick, vinyl magnet. The magnet is twice the thickness of the average business card magnet.  It is strong enough to hold many items onto your refrigerator; you can feel the satisfying slap of it when the magnet senses the metal.

 So our artwork is useful, not just beautiful.  Our joy is to make a high quality, spiritually-vested product. 

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GypsyFaith Magnet Store

GypsyFaith
P.O. Box 511644
Rota, MP 96951
USA

pinck.steiner@gmail.com