Vintage Matching Game ~ Free Printable

Do you remember playing matching card

games as a kid?  I decided to make a vintage version, to play with my two.  All you have to do is print 2 pages with the images below, cut them out, and find a kid of your own who'll play this game with you!

If you're unfamiliar with this card game,

here are some simple playing guidelines:  

Place the cards in 3 or 4 rows, face up.

Look at them and try to memorize where they are.  Flip the cards over, then take turns trying to match them.  The player with the most pairs wins.

My 7 year old daughter played this with me a few days ago.  Before we started, I asked her to tell me about the pictures.  She recognized a few things, but thought most looked funny.  We talked about how people lived differently long ago... and thought about some of the modern conveniences we take for-granted.  Came upstairs tonight to find her teaching my 5 year old son how to play.  They were entertained while I made supper!

All of the vintage illustrations used in this project came from The Graphics Fairy... Thank you!

pocket watch

electric fan

sewing machine

old-fashioned tricycle

spectacles

tea kettle

Thanks for stopping by!!

French Perfume Label ~ project & printable

I've been thinking up ideas for Christmas

projects.  After sharing one of my ideas, Mom

said I could have a simple glass canister that

she never used anymore...

 First, I designed a label using 3 images from The Graphics Fairy...

French rose perfume label, Victorian roses, and French sheet music.

  

 

I printed my labels onto cardstock & cut them out.
Look below for your free printable labels!

Next, I used slightly watered down white glue
to make an imperfect outline of the beautiful
scrolling border, and dusted with gold glitter.

Using the same glue (you could use

Mod podge, or whatever you like) I centered

and glued the label onto the clean canister. 

Haven't done this yet, but... I plan on spraying

clear acrylic sealer over the label, to protect it

from water damage, etc.

 Originally, the lid had a very country look ~ with a
large, rusty star and wooden spool on top.  Luckily, all I had
to do was take out the screw that held them in place, and
they were gone.  Instant transformation!

I think this makes a very pretty oversized vase.

At the moment, it looks great in my kitchen with

a candle inside... I also think it would make

a sweet gift filled with goodies at Christmas... 

love all the possibilities!

Please enjoy, free for personal use ~ thanks!

If you create something with these labels,

please let me know ~ I'd love to hear about it!

I'm linking up with Angie's Knick of Time Tuesday...
you really should visit!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

 

Autumn's Crowning Glory

"In the garden, Autumn is, indeed

the crowning glory of the year,

bringing us the fruition of months

of thought and care and toil."

~ Rose G. Kingsley ~

In my garden, pink cosmos, burnt orange

mums, and 'Autumn Joy' sedum are blooming.

Our crabapple is loaded with red berries... the birds

will be happy long into winter.  My husband's tomatoes

and peppers are still producing, but everything's

winding down.  Today, I'll be planting daffodils with

my son, in preparation for the coming gardening year.

Nothing like enjoying Autumn in the garden,

while thinking ahead to Spring!

"And at no season, save perhaps

at Daffodil time, do we get such

superb color effects as from

August to November."

  

~ Rose G. Kingsley ~

Here are the free graphics

sources used in my artwork:

  *Antique Images*
Handwritten Poetry
 Grungy Wallpaper texture

*Vintage Images*
Catherine Klein pansies
Catherine Klein yellow roses

*The Graphics Fairy*
Round frame

*Just Something I Made*
1891 book cover

*Lilac & Lavender*
Blank postcard

Thanks for stopping by!

Victorian Sisters ~ 1903 Ephemera

"A sister can be seen as someone

who is both ourselves and very much not

ourselves - a special kind of double."

~ Toni Morrison ~

 

I've been wanting to share these Victorian sisters with you, but they needed a makeover first.  Looking below at the "before & afters," you might notice a problem for both was their eyes.  Somehow, the printing wasn't lined up.  The sister wearing red also had suffered some water damage, right down the middle of her face.  It took quite a bit of playing around to get the "after" result, but it was worth it.  It's rewarding to reveal their intended beauty!

 

I used one of my pretty digital papers 

for the "before & after" background.

Here are their close-ups! 

The image below is what's found

on the reverse side of Columbia's Daughters.

Here's a tinted version also.

Thank you so much

for taking time to visit!