Vintage Image German Childrens Primer Love And The Lion

I think the lion himself is a little iffy

But I love the letters

and since Valentines is next month

I thought some of you might like this

these

Vintage Valentine Post Card French Forget Me Not From Leaping Frog Designs

Some New Items In My Etsy Store This Week

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough

to stumble on three fantastically (is that

a word?) Old Cigar

Boxes...Santa Fe's And Shoe Peg's

Oh the graphics are divine

I have filled them up with

wonderful antique treasures

from my stash and

am listing them in the

store.

Here is the first one.

Old embroidery

a cool antique drawer pull

Ah!!  A tiny skeleton key

Silver spoons

I love them decorated with

lovely pictures and glitter

A scattering of beautiful faces

and music paper

Ephemera

A delightful Spencerian Calling Card

Mother of Pearl necklace,

Rhinestone scatter pin

and button

And a little nosegay of

paper flowers wrapped with

a couple of yards of hug snug.

Oh...And I can not forget the

glitter..a sweet antique salt

shaker filled with glass glitter.

As I put these together

I was trying to envision

what I would want to play

with in an inspiration kit.

There are so many

possibilities

of what you can create

Glue book pages

Mixed Media Collage

Valentines Card

Mothers Day

Thanks for stopping by!

Free Vintage Moth PNG Image Phalene For You From Leaping Frog Designs

Watercolor Poppy Free PNG Image For You From Leaping Frog Designs

Big Fish Free Vintage PNG Image From Leaping Frog Designs

Well...It has been so

wet here in the Willamette Valley

I have a swimming pool in my yard

and my flat roof..so I thought I would

add some fish.

Hope you enjoy this little fellow

More to come

he (or is it a she)

comes from an old encyclopedia.

Free Photo Friday Standing The Test Of Time Old Cabinet Cards And Couple

Some great old photo's for you

today.

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Have a great Friday!!

Beautiful Mexican Butterfly PNG Image Yellow Swallowtail Free Friday Images

For some reason all these butterflies

I have been working on are making

me think spring!!

Another fantastic Mexican Butterfly

No name given in the encylopedia it came from.

Happy Friday!!!

Free Friday Images Typography The Letter A Printers Ornament

Yeah!!! It is Friady at last

Enjoy!!!!

Free Collage Sheet For You Vintage Flower Hearts

Print on to 8 1/2 x 11

Vintage flower postcard

inspired hearts.



A Little Sale In My Etsy Shop This Week

Yahoo!! Yippee Yeah!!!

I am having a little sale this week in

my Etsy store...

Time to thin off the

shelves

so more can be added

(Tee Hee)

Above--The most fantastic

baby book I have ever seen

By S. Alice Bray

(Yes..This fantastic baby book is on sale!)

Next

Very cool old little box that

is full of old wood thread spools

All the spools have embroidery floss on

them.

Also..

A very beautiful large

Murano mirror

Yep..She is on sale too.

But those flowers are digital

lol...Hiding me taking the

picture

What a great Mother's Day

gift!

And...

A divine Victorian Celluloid Photo Album

Vintage Post cards

from 1900

They are not in the best of

shape so I am selling them

as cutters.

There will be several packets of these.

V

So...If you feel like doing a little shopping

this week please come on by.

Have a cup of tea and poke around a

bit. 

Thanks so much!!!

Castle Entry Vintage Photo 1912 The American Architect

I have no idea if this is a castle entry

or not..But I liked the way it sounded.

This was used as a scrapbook page

The other side has pictures glued to it.

The Scrapbook album is from 1913

and seems to be a photography

student's collection.

Watch for more beautiful

pictures from this fascinating

scrapbook.  It is full of

children and lovely women.

Free Collage Sheet For You Red Hearts

A sheet full of lovely red hearts

for you.  This is an old end paper

and I thought it looked so

Van Gogh like.

Print on to 8 1/2 x 11 paper

Enjoy!!

Typography German Upper Case Alphabet Vintage 1887 Childrens Primer

Lovey old page

from a childrens primer

Dated 1887

Vintage Violet Wishing Well Post Card

When I trim my post cards

for posting usually I leave

an edge around the card.

When using a copy in

my own projects my goal

is to make the post card

or cabinet card  look

like it has traveled  thru life

just like the original would of.

So having a little room around

the image to work with is

nice.

I use a good quality paper,

then fold my edges and

tear gently giving

the card or photo a soft

edge.  Next I use

one of Tim Holtz Distress Inks

to color the edges and parts

of the image.

It gives a piece a more

authentic vintage feeling

and blends into your

projects seamlessly.

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New Treasures In My Etsy Store This Week

It has been a busy week

Getting my swap tin done

adding several new items

to my Etsy and Ebay stores.

Here is a little peek

at what I have been up

to

Above

Le Cirque Inspiration pack

You all may remember

I used to put these together when I was

Jill's Partner over at Junkin Gypsies

My inspiration packs are full of

really cool images from

my own collection

as well as other images I have

found for you.

I try to put 70 pieces

in them. lol..but they keep

growing.

This one is my Sophie Pack

Isn't she beautiful.

This pack is full of flowers and butterflies

music paper and lots of

embellishments

Part of my own inspiration for these

packs have been my glue book journal classes

All of my packs have vintage ephemera

as well as copies of images

I think fit well with the theme.

No two packs are ever the same.

I love opening a packet

spreading it onto my work table

and having so many pieces to

create with.

I have a fantastic antique encyclopedia

this week too.

Kind of a gruesome

Cut out but it is sooo

cool

A spaghetti Poodle

(they always make me smile)

A cool old Kodak storage box

And a vintage enamel stamp

box for your desk.

Come visit-do a little shopping.

I am offering a 20% discount

to all of my blog friends.  So all

you have to do is let me know

at check out that you

came over from my blog

and I will apply it.

Have a fantastic Friday.

Don't forget to come back later

for more of my free images!

Enjoy!!

Free Photo Friday Maple Leaf In The Rain And Iris Raindrops

Close up photography has

become one of my

passions these last few years.

Here are a couple of favorites

from my collection.

Free Image Friday Emily May Everyday Dress PNG

Wonderful Everyday dress

By Emily May

1888

Happy Friday!!

Free Image Friday Instructions And Image For Lamp Mat From Petersons Magzine 1888

Happy Friday!!!

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by

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Today for many

more free images.

Vintage Clip Art Little Pink Southern Belle PNG Image

Perfect little embellishment for

cards or tags

the original is about 1 inch tall

from a Mother's Day Card

I hope you enjoy her.

There are 7 more little

gals in this set and I will

be adding them

as they are finished.

Enjoy