The Birds

"God loved the birds and invented trees.
Man loved the birds and invented cages."

~ Jacques Deval ~

This 1870's bird & cloche image turned out to look a little on
the spooky side, don't you think?  I didn't intend for it to turn
out that way when I made it, several months ago.  Thought
some of you might find a use for it this time of year...

Here are the free graphics

sources used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

Breathtakingly beautiful bird in cloche

*Lilac & Lavender*

1903 ephemera

I will be sharing the image on the other side of the
1903 ephemera soon... hope you'll stop back again!

Thanks for visiting!

September Moon

"Summer ends, and Autumn comes,

and he who would have it otherwise

would have high tide always and

a full moon every night."

~ Hal Borland ~

Tonight, the moon is shining through

the black silhouette of maple leaves... and

I feel comforted.  I cannot image life

without moonlight, can you?

*The Graphics Fairy*

Man in the Moon
Amazing angel with stars

Oak leaves silhouette

Vanilla apothecary label

Thank you so much Karen, 

for the amazing variety & quality

of free images you provide!

I just started up a Facebook page for Lilac & Lavender!
Looking forward to hearing more from you... if you're
 interested, "Like" my page by following the link above,
or by clicking on my badge in the right-hand column.

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

*UPDATE*

The sepia version of this tag was transformed by the wonderful artisans at Victorian Trading Co. into a 27 x 55" tapestry wall hanging!  The price is $99.95, but is at a special price of $29.95 until September 26th, 2013.  Please click here to view or purchase "Contented Moon."

You Love the Roses...

You love the roses... so do I. I wish 

the sky would rain down roses, as they rain 

from off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white 

and soft to tread on. They would fall as light as feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be 

like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

~ George Eliot ~

Isn't that poem beautiful?  Don't be fooled by the name...

George Eliot was a pen name for Mary Anne Evans,

an Englishwoman.  She is considered by many to be

one of the finest authors of the Victorian era.

Here are the free graphics 

sources used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

Victorian roses

Fancy oval frame

French sheet music

Back of an old photograph

*Altered Bits*

Grungy texture

Just to let you know... I added a new tab

at the top of my blog ~ More Free Graphics ~ listing

many resources I visit for free images, textures, and

inspiration!  Have fun checking them out! 

Thank you for stopping by!!

Postcards & Words of Inspiration

I hope you find something

here that inspires you!

  

Here are the free graphics

sources for my artwork:

 *Lilac & Lavender*

Blank postcard

*Vintage Images*

Botanical print ~ Andromeda

*Dafont.com*

Free font ~ Jugend

Thanks for your visit!
Hope you'll stop by again soon!

Victorian "Calender Girls"

"And in the end, it's not

the years in your life that count.

It's the life in your years."

 

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

I came up with this set of images

with the intention of creating a journal

around them.  Would be cute, right?

 

Here are the free graphics

sources used in my artwork: 

*The Vintage Moth*

 Antique letter

*Rose Angel's Album*

January

December

*Magic Moonlight Studio*

March

*Magic Moonlight*  

February 

April

May

June

August

November

*Vintage Images*

October

*bumble button*

September

*World of Art*

July

Thank you so much

for taking time to visit!! 

 

The Fairest Blossom

"Gratitude is

the fairest blossom

which springs
from the soul."

~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

 

Image size ~ approximately 4" x 5.5"

 

  Printable stationery ~ 8.5" x 11"

Facebook cover photo

Give thanks, with a grateful heart...

"For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends."
 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Here are the free graphics

sources used in my artwork:

*The Anthenaeum*

Roses by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1836

*The Graphics Fairy*

French sheet music

*FREE ViNTaGE DiGiTaL STaMPS*

Pink polka dot digital scrapbook paper

*Lost & Taken*

Book cover texture

*Lilac & Lavender*

"Antiqued" lined paper

*Antique Images*

Peach colored rose ~ border

*DaFont.com*

Jugend ~ free font

Thank you for stopping by!