Matching Game

Did you enjoy playing

memory/matching card games

as a kid? I made a version using

vintage images, to play with

my two.  Just print 2 pages with

the images below. Cut out and

arrange in rows, with the image

flipped over. Take turns

making matching sets.

Player with the most cards 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 illustrations used in this project

are from The Graphics Fairy:

pocket watch

electric fan

sewing machine

old-fashioned tricycle

spectacles

tea kettle

French Perfume Label ~ project & printable

I've been thinking up ideas

for Christmas projects. After

sharing one of my ideas,

Mom offered a simple glass

canister she didn't use anymore...

 First, I designed a label using

images from The Graphics Fairy.

French rose perfume label,

Victorian roses,

and French sheet music.

  

 

I printed my labels onto

cardstock & cut them out. 

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 - whatever you like)

I centered and glued the label

onto the clean canister. 

I then used clear acrylic sealer

over the label, to protect it

from water damage, etc.

 Originally the lid had

a large, rusty star and wooden

spool on top. All I had to do was take

out the screw that held them in

place and replace with a metal pull.

It looks so pretty used as a vase. Would also

be great filled and given as a gift.

Please enjoy, free for personal use ~ thanks

Linked up with:

Angie's Knick of Time Tuesday

 

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 ~

 

Been wanting to share these Victorian

sisters, but they needed a makeover first.

A problem for both was their eyes.  The

printing wasn't lined up.  The sister

wearing red also had suffered some

water damage, right down the middle

of her face.  Took quite a bit of work

to get the "after" result, but it was

worth it to reveal the original image.

 

I used one of my digital papers 

for the "before & after" background.

Here are their close-ups!

The image below is what's on the

reverse side of Columbia's Daughters.

Here's a tinted version also.