Vintage Clip Art International Flags Gaskell's Compendium of Forms From Leaping Frog Designs

Two Beautiful Pages from an amazing

book I found last week

Once I figure out how to scan this extra large

beauty I will share more with you

Enjoy!

Thank You Jill !!!

Thank You Jill

For fixing my blog tonight

It looks great.

Yep...Thats right.

I had to beg Jill to help me fix my background

and as usual she came thru for me

Thank You Dearie!!!!

Freebie Friday Vintage Clip Art Food Typewriter 1888 Patterns And Crochet Patterns

Some fun images for you this Friday

Enjoy!!

Don't forget to stop over at my other blog

That I share with Jill 

Junkin Gypsies for more free Friday images!!

Vintage Clip Art A Seranade Sweet Cherubs Music Love

I came across this interesting print

the other day in a stack of book plates

found at an estate sale.

It seems to be all about composers

and has etchings of all the majors

This one makes me laugh...Look at those cherubs

Enjoy!!!

Free Friday Clip Art Freebie Images Feather Background Marble

I love this feather book cover

and the marble sheet is from 

a fantastic volume published in 1892

Enjoy!!

What I Am Working On Today-Poetry Book Re-Do

I think dear friends there is a studio

plan at last in my head

Yes...I have made some sketches so that

things keep on track...lol

This week...A big step towards the new bookshelves

I so want.

Having a Bead-Book and Button sale

in my folks front yard.

Ha...Yes their yard.

Mine is too hot and the traffic is much

different over in my parents neighborhood.

My dear dad...bless him for letting me

have the sale...Is taking advantage and

putting some of his fantastic finds out too.

We both are De-stashing I guess

Lots of books are going from the studio

one's I have collected thinking I would do something

anything with them.

But alas..time runs fast and they are still here

Last night while making dinner

one of the books called to me and I had to do something with it.

Ah ha....

I love the etchings Jill has been digging out

and I have been wanting to make something with them.

This is a book is called

The World's One Thousand Best Poems
(In Ten Volumes)

Volume 4

1929

An ok book...read much and loved at one time

but not very pretty

So...I have dressed it up some.

Still to add...some postcards inside

maybe a short letter from one friend to the other

tucked into the pages

perhaps a dried flower.

Then it will be ready to go.

I will have it at the garage sale..

Just for fun to see if it will sell.

It felt soooo good to make something-

what with kids and camping and other summer stuff

my creative self has had to take a rest.

It is good to know she is still in there..lol

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Free Vintage Clip Art Inspiration Magazine Oct 1922 Deliniator Fashions And Sheet Music From Leaping Frog Designs

A little mid week surprise for you

some new vintage clip art

Enjoy!!!

Our Amazing 50th Birthday Camping Party

Well I guess it is time to

post a blog...all the camping gear has

been put away...That wonderful

smokey camp fire smell has been washed

from our clothes.

Sticky marshmallow scrubbed off the

hot dog sticks....

Sigh

I love camping

This year my husband did something a

little different and special.

You see last week was my

50th Birthday.

So instead of just us camping

he threw me a Camping Birthday Weekend Bash

And we had several friends and family

come with us.

Our camp site is pretty primitive

No running water...or electricity

On the edge of my Grandparents farm

right on the Willamette River

A beautiful and Special place

We came down to the site on Friday

with our friends Shannon and Jason

They have 5 kids...3 came camping

Can you tell from the chairs.

It made me laugh as the chairs kept

coming out.

It looked like a movie theater.

Once camp was set up

the boys headed to the river.

Mine is on the right...lol

That night we played

with glowsticks..

Baked potatoes on the fire

watched the stars

and the bats

Laughed late into the night

The next day

More swimming in the river for the kids

Rock hounding for us grown ups.

I wandered down to the river and took a nap

Bees buzzing-birds singing

Our friend Dana came

Nate and Kacy too

Lar and Jodie my hubby's brother and sister-in-law

The camp was filling up

After a long day of playing

Dinner at last.

Saturday night...

Bats

owls

Heron that squawked in the night

Fire

Glow sticks-Lots of laughter

The next morning coffee tasted so good

More river walking

Kids swimming till they wore themselves out

Around noon

My sister showed up and more visiting

After lunch my husband booked into town for the cake

he had ordered (He did this all by himself..jeesh)

And after he got back it was time to decorate

They all had fun with crepe paper

Now bear with me...I know this blog is getting really long

More friends showed up who did not want to camp

My cousin Lance too

And then I guess it was time for them

all to make me cry.

I was so overwhelmed that Jer and Jordan had done

this for me.

Before everyone came

my son had given me his gift.

It is not a good picture

But maybe you can tell what it is.

An agate he had found in the river

It looks like a moonstone (but it is not)

 His dad had it made into a pendant

Jordan had found it when he was walking in the

river by

our camp  with my sister two weeks before

He said he knew he wanted to give it to me for my

birthday the moment he picked it up.

Sons...sigh

The afternoon

was so fun

My sister-in-law

gave me a most ingenious gift and it made us all

laugh.

50 gifts that each had 50 items in them

And...inside the 50 gifts...50 50cent pieces

that's a lot of 50's

I wish I had pictures for you.

My own sister's gift was a book of memories

And with every decade a gift.

One made me cry very hard..

My Grandmother's Betty Crocker Cook Book

lol..She got me with that one.

We had burgers and hot dogs for dinner

Yummy salads everyone had brought.

Kay had given me stargazer lily's and

their fragrance filled the campsite.

One last surprise visitor.

Erin and her sweet pea Sophie

Erin had run a triathlon earlier in the day

and still managed to make it.

Sophie was a little angel..She loves nature

And was making googly eyes at Jordan

Sweet Sophie is named after Erin's cat

who she got from me. Tee hee

The day at last came to a close...

Kay and Dave headed home....

Lance off too....

Erin and Sophie home to a well deserved rest...

Shannon and her gang pulled out...trying to get home by

sunset...

Things became quiet

We sat by the fire

talking about our day.

My family and friends

kept me laughing late into the night

Jordan and I played with glow sticks again

It was a wonderful Birthday party.

I know this is pretty long...and there is still a whole

weeks worth of camping left.

But I had to share these first  few days with you.

My husband put this whole

thing together mostly on his own

My sister offered to help...so did my sister-in-law

and Shannon and Jill (Poor Jill-they missed out cause of a trip

to Canada)

But he did it all himself.

(well..Larry did help him with the invites)

That's my hubby..enjoying a moment

watching us all having fun in the

river.

Thank you Jer for a wonderful week

and an amazing Birthday!!!