Free Clip Art Images New Hair Style And Bonnets 1888 From Leaping Frog Designs

Last week while I was on vacation I

came across some wonderful loose pages

from Peterson's Magazine 1866 and 1888

at least I think they are from Peterson's

some may be from a Godey's Lady's Book

These are so wonderful

Patterns and instructions

along with commentary on fashion.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have been



Free Friday Clip Art Images Schwarz Santa Claus Deliniator Butterflies From Leaping Frog Designs

Free Friday Clip Art Sphinx Lion Butterflies Victorian Woman From Leaping Frog Designs

Happy Friday!!

Enjoy



Look What I Found Today At A Garage Sale An Antique Chamber Pot

Today was yard work day at my

parents house

My son usually mows their lawn and I do some

weeding or what ever else they need done

Today on our way there

I saw the sign...Garage Sale and the address

I know Eugene pretty well...and A sale in this

neighborhood is rare.

So..Told Jordan

Oh It's good you brought your DS and a book

you will have something to do for a few min.

while I scoot into this sale.

Laughing so hard because you should of seen his face

"Not again Mom"

Giggle

So up the hill I went to the sale...around the bend

Into the parking lot that was surrounded by woods

and ivy...Cool and Green

On the outside of the sale.

Artwork laid out on the driveway.

The prices looked pretty steep..but not that bad

Then I was told...everything was 70% off the marked

prices.

Really?

REALLY?

My first handful came to 5 dollars

my second handful another 6

then...the chamber pot

It was only 18 dollars...Take 70% off of that

and you know what I paid.

I was so excited!

I was so excited I just had to show my Mom

And nothing prepared me for

how excited she was.

Little did I know that in all the years

she had been collecting

This was one of the items she had been questing for

She has a beautiful ca mode (did I spell that right?)

and always wanted the chamber pot to go with it.

Now she does.

This beautiful piece is now sitting in her living room

(now quit laughing)

There was no room for it in my house..and she loves it so much

Mom can not get out much

and no garage sales or estate sales for her anymore

it was wonderful to trip on this

and find out how much she had been wanting one.

Tomorrow I am going to surprise her with

something more.

On the way home from their house

I went by again...just hoping I had missed

more pieces to the set.

I had.

I found three more.

I can't wait to see her face.



Clip Art Friday Free Images From Leaping Frog Designs Food Wallpapers The Lost Lamb

Starting off the day with some yummy salad images

perfect for those vintage style tags

Two great vintage wallpapers from my collection

The bottom paper is very delicate

and the top layer is done with a pearl

paint.  Very beautiful.

The Lost Lamb

A treasure rescued from a free box

discarded by someone who had no idea

what a beautiful image it was

I thought this one would be fun on Christmas cards

or tags.

Hope everyone has a great day!!

Off to see all the beautiful studio spaces on

Where Blogger's Create today.

Then yard work at my folks

Enjoy the day!!!

While Everyone Is Going Crazy This Week Getting Ready For The Blog Party I Am...

Not.

The last couple of weeks

have been a little

crazy for so many of my blog

friends.

You all are getting ready for the Where Blogger  Create

Party on Friday

Cleaning your studio's

re-arranging

I know this because my dear

partner at Junkin Gypsies-Jill

Has re-done her own studio space

how many times this week?

I feel kinda free

Here I sit in my own messy-chaotic studio

cup of coffee at hand

playing

Sorry

I would of dearly loved to take part

this year...but just did not

need the extra stress.

My own folks have had a really tough year

needing help a bit more and more

A big party camp out  on the family farm in a week

so much to do getting that ready

It would of been fun..but not this year.

Sigh

I will enjoy visiting all my friends studio's

oooing and aaahing

So many ideas I want to incorporate into this space

Jill's fantastic lamp (tee hee-just wait)

Moving my Great Grandmothers reading

chair into here

Hunting for a maniquin I can tuck into the corner

with all my vintage jewelry

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Anyway

Things I have been working on

I did some Tea Staining this week

have not done that in years

dying and staining fabrics with natural elements

was something I played around with many years ago

it is a lot of fun and the results are so satisfying

After the fabric was done I just had to put together

a little collection full of things

I have found in the last few estate sale foray's

The Humming Bird box and it's collection has

 ended up in my Etsy store.

And we have my newest Domino

Pendant and crystal chain necklace

coming to the Junkin Gypsies Etsy store this week

This one has vintage German scrap roses

Vintage rhinestones...and one of my hand crafted chains

So

That is what I have been up to-instead of cleaning and

re-doing my studio.

I am so looking forward to popping in and

seeing all of you Friday

Oh Ladies Look What I Found Today

Today was a most astounding day

Tonight I sit here on my couch feeling

kind of like an estate sale glutton tee hee

I had to run my son Jordan around

a little today.  Friday is mowing day

at his grandparents across town

so I knew that somehow a couple of garage

sales would sneak their way

into our schedule.

Do you ever get that feeling that

something really special is waiting for you at

a sale?

It was one of those days.

I thought I had hit the jackpot when in a free box

there was a beautiful antique lacquer jewelry box.

A tiny Made In Occupied Japan vase

and a Russian stacking doll.

But later in the day..Jordan went to

stay with his best buddy and we passed another

estate sale.

Growl...he said DON'T STOP

Take me first....Well OK.  I did and sat and

chatted with Shannon for a bit

about our upcoming camping trip for my

birthday weekend.

Not really watching the time

I headed home...And the sale was still open

So I stopped

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Look what I found

Published in 1891

By Addie E Heron

Elaborately Illustrated

That is an understatement.   This wonderful book is full

of illustrations and patterns and instructions.

Oh boy we are going to have fun with this one

I have left the plastic cover on it for now

It is in really good shape.

Now...This book was a find...but that was not all

35 Floral plates

Engravings of the great composers

Vintage paper doily's

Victorian scrap

A beautiful little Chippendale dresser (about 12 inches tall)

Art deco buttons

Vintage glitter

Are you swooning with me?

Here is a loose page I found tucked

into the paper doily's

Tomorrow I will take some pictures

to share with you.

But tonight I was just so excited I could not wait.

Free Friday Clip Art From Leaping Frog Designs Boys In Boats Children Post Cards Background Paper

Have a really great Friday!!!

Enjoy the images!

Vintage Wall Paper Clip Art Pan American Wall Papers From Leaping Frog Designs

Have you ever opened up

a box that has been sitting for (years)

a long time.

And been pleasantly surprised?

This last weekend that happened to me

Several years ago when Jordan was a baby

my sister and I stumbled on

a fantastic fund raiser sale.

We needed shopping carts for goodness sakes.

I had forgotten all about these great

wall paper samples.

These look like they are all from

Pan American Wall Papers

I am not into wall paper

but these are very cool...They look

like they have all been hand printed

You can run your finger over and feel the

layers...you can see them very clearly too.

This one is textured and has

tiny gold flecks all over it.

I bet in candle light it is stunning

There are about 200 sample sheets

in my stack

I am going to make up a few packs

and list them in my Etsy store this week

So if any of you are Wall Paper fans

come by and see if there are any you can use.

 

                                                                                                                      

                                    

Happy 4th Of July!!!

The last few days I have

been going thru my

images and books trying to

find patriotic pictures.

It made me really sad that I could only

find two in my collection.

For a gal who's family goes all the way back

to the Revolution it was a bit

of an embarrassment.

Next year I promise there will be

more on my page for you

Today...Heading to the farm for

a picnic.

Then Fireworks tonight.

Stay safe...Have fun.

Happy Birthday America