Very cute vintage post card. I love that cupid is dressed as a mail man. I cropped it down a little because the card is in kind of bad shape. But I just could not pass it up. I hope you enjoy it.
It is hard for me to believe but I have never made a paper fan flower, or rosette, or what ever these beautiful ornaments are called. I have tried. Oh! I have tried, but never quite got the hang of it. Jill put me in touch with a blog she has been following Artful Afirmations. Terri has made a fantastic video on how to make these. Thank you Terri!! Such a simple looking ornament. But it really does have to be folded right....Now my next task it to line up my papers better. This first ornament was made with vintage violin music, a hand cut chipboard disk (oh I need a 2 1/2 inch punch) and a punch out from a vintage postcard. I am not sure how I am going to use this first one...it may just get a string and be added to the tree. On to a garland for the mantel!!!
This delightful small place setting tag comes from Germany. As you can see it is perfed to fold in half so it stands. All you have to do is write in your guests name with a beautiful gold pen. This little card has been in my collection for about 35 years...Enjoy
It amazes me that every time I go through my stack of antique post cards I find a new one that I have overlooked. This is a beautiful tom turkey. The medalion is one of a kind. The angel cook is very cute too (and kind of strange don't you think?) I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
This is the beautiful music that goes with the freebie I posted Friday October 22. From the book A Baby's Opera by Walter Crane. I am going to post all of this beautiful book so keep checking back in for more treasures. I hope you all enjoy these as much as I do!!
Last summer my family and I visited our favorite used bookstore in Corvallis Oregon. It is a funky old place full of stacks of books. But those sellers are sooo savy. Anyway...tucked way back in a room...(because it is like a labyrinth) I found this old book on top of a stack. My heart raced as I looked through it. What beautiful illustrations... What a beautiful children's book. The title is A Baby's Opera The Book of Old Rhymes With New Dresses By Walter Crane. I hope you enjoy these pages as much as I do...I am in the process of scanning them and cleaning them up (a new trick I have learned). I thought these would make such beautiful angels for the holidays.