Morning Glory clip art

There are many varieties

of morning glory. Classic blue is my

favorite. Maybe it's because it's hard

to find that color in the garden

To turn an image like the one above

into clip art: lightly trace the image in

pencil directly from a desktop computer

screen. Go over the lines with black

marker. Scan & clean up digitally by

first turning up contrast.

*Image source (Vintage

Images) no longer available

The border is from a

book published in 1840: 

"New Specimens of Cast Metal

Ornaments and Wood Types."

 

Below is the result of playing around

with copy & paste. After realizing

I'd created a morning glory vine,

I came up with a lattice background to

support the flourishing flowers.

It's a full page - ready for coloring.

Christine requested to see

a morning glory I'd painted.

I used watered-down acrylics:

Post updated 6/19/2024 with improved

PNG version of painted morning glory.

Pink Roses & French Vanilla

"Slow buds the pink dawn

like a rose from out night's

gray and cloudy sheath. Softly

and still it grows & grows.

Petal by petal, leaf by leaf."

~ Susan Coolidge ~

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

 ornate frame

French sheet music

Victorian ornament

French ephemera

apothecary label ~ vanilla extract

*Vintage Images* 

soft pink rose

*The Vintage Moth*

hand-penned letter

*Altered Bits*

textured book page 

*Shadowhouse Creations*
aged sepia texture

In the Garden ~ gift tags

"My garden of flowers

is also my garden of

thoughts & dreams. The

thoughts grow as freely

as the flowers, and the

dreams are as beautiful."

~ Abram L. Urban ~

 I can't wait to actually start working

in my flower gardens... until then,

I'll settle for thoughts & dreams

of what it might become!

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

Victorian garden house

*Bumble Button*

1800's lush floral frame

(I digitally hand-colored this graphic)

*art-e-zine*

"In the Garden of To-morrow" sheet music

*Altered Bits*

textured book page

Vanilla & Roses gift tags

Vanilla apothecary label & faded roses...

Plain version

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

apothecary label ~ vanilla extract

 

*Bumble Button*

Victorian roses

 

*Shadowhouse Creations*

aged sepia texture

English Perfume gift tags

"To be overcome by the

fragrance of flowers is a

delectable form of defeat."

~ Beverly Nichols ~

You can find the original

image at Bumble Button

A Loving Thought

"If instead of a gem, or

even a flower, we should cast

the gift of a loving thought into

the heart of a friend, that would

be giving as the angels give."

 

~ George MacDonald ~

The images are approximately 3"x 5"

or about the size of a regular post card.

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*The Vintage Moth*

birds & nest

*Altered Bits*
grungy texture

textured book page

*Lilac & Lavender*

 yellow rose

You can find tags with the yellow

rose here. The postcard back (above) &

sunflowers are from my collection:

One Perfect Rose

"A single flow'r he sent me,

since we met. All tenderly his

messenger he chose. Deep-hearted,

pure, with scented dew still wet.

One perfect rose."

~ Dorothy Parker ~

This yellow rose is from my collection.  

I also used free ephemera from:

Knick of Time

The Graphics Fairy

The Vintage Moth

Ma Maison Landliv

Thank you

Collage sheet

Best Day Ever!

Last night as I tucked my daughter in to bed, she said, "Mom... I want tomorrow to be the best day ever!"  I smiled and assured her that every new day is the best day of our lives.  With that, she closed her eyes, smiled, and turned over in the covers.

This morning, she woke up a little early.  She scampered to the bathroom, then came to the stairs to stretch.  Her hair was crazy curly, and she was wearing her favorite candy-striped PJ's... and a big grin.  I asked, "What kind of cereal do you want?"  She replied, "Not cereal today Mom!  Cinnamon-sugar toast and tea for me!"  I started the toast, then got out all the tea, so she could pick out which flavor she wanted.

While deciding, she had to stack all the boxes ~ blackberry, orange spice, vanilla and caramel, peach...  After much deliberation and my threat of fixing plain old tea, she selected peach.

As it steeped, I helped Zach pick his out... because naturally, he wanted what his big sister was having.  The toast finished, and I spread it with butter then sprinkled on sugar & cinnamon.  In that order.  Placed it in front of my daughter, then turned around to sugar her tea.  As soon as I did, I realized my mistake!

Olivia is particular when it comes to her cinnamon sugar toast.  The cinnamon goes on first, then the sugar... and she can tell if you don't do it that way!  She gave me such a look of disapproval: "Mom, can you please try again?  I will help you remember the right way to make it this time."  Zach was grinning from ear to ear, as that meant he got breakfast a little sooner.

I grabbed 2 more pieces of toast, and heard her say, "Okay, first you put on the butter..." I replied, "Yes, I always get that part at least... cinnamon then sugar, right?" "You got it Mom!" She was so proud.

Got it right. After trying again.  I think her day is off to a pretty good start.  Guess to be my daughter's "best day ever" doesn't mean that today also has to be the most "perfect day ever"

Think today will be my "best day ever" too.

This is the day that the Lord has made!

Let us rejoice, and be glad in it!

 

~ Psalm 118:24 ~

Friendship Stationery

"A single rose can be my garden

a single friend, my world."

~ Leo Buscaglia ~

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*Lilac & Lavender*

yellow roses

letter and postmark background

I created the letter and

postmark background with

graphics from these sites:

The Vintage Moth

The Graphics Fairy

Just Something I Made

Yellow Roses & Lilacs

This postcard used to

say 'Miss Waive Bash' in the

blank area. Written on the back:

Hello Waive,

 

Has C.B. been after any more matches yet?

Are you going berrying Fri.

From: A Berry Picker like yourself

 

Miss Gladys Waive Bash

Utica, Licking Co., Ohio

 

Postmarked ~ July 29, 1908

Original version above, edited below - 3"x5"

Usually someone has written

under 'Greetings from' as you

would expect, but they didn't on this

one. Here's the note on the back:

Sept 7, 1910

Dear Alice & I received your cards

yesterday.  I am well.  Hope this will find you

all the same.  Lizzie is getting along fine.

She is still at the hospital.  Write once in awhile.

From Dora R.

 

Mrs. Louis Denig

Worthington, Ohio

Vintage Bird-Inspired tags

Beside them the birds of

the heavens dwell; they sing

among the branches.

~ Psalm 104:12 ~

 

This collection of tags was inspired

by the little birds chirping happily 

outside my kitchen window...

These tags are free

for your personal use... enjoy!

Here are the image sources:

*The Vintage Moth*

Antique ledger page

Birds with nest

3 eggs

Nest with 2 white eggs

*flickr*

Speckled eggs

*The Graphics Fairy*

Nest with blue background

French sheet music

*Green Paper*

Green frame

I'm also linking up with
Vintage Inspiration Friday

Thanks for stopping by!
 

Sweet Victorian tags

I came across a challenge

at Green Paper to create a collage

using the 3 images provided.

As I imagine it, this is her wedding day.

The date and location: April 8th, 1879, St. Louis.

Have you ever looked at an old photo

and created a story around it?

Entries are accepted at Green

Paper through February 8th, 2012.

Also participating in 
 Knick of Time Tuesday,
Time Travel Thursday

Thanks for stopping by!