Colorful Easter Eggs & Violets

Here are 4 printable sets of colorful
Easter egg postcards... see the bottom
for the one postcard that started it all.
What color do you think it is?


Peach, pink, and aqua theme:

 Purple, green, and aqua theme:

Here's the original,
with an orange ribbon & egg,
from my personal collection:

I made many more color combinations
with this image.  Look for them on my
Lilac & Lavender facebook page!


Thanks for stopping by...
if I don't get another chance to tell you:
 
Have a Happy Easter!

Children & Spring Chicks

Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;
To-day the glint of green is there;
Tomorrow will be leaflets spare;
I know no thing so wondrous fair,
No miracle so strangely rare.
I wonder what will next be there!

~ L.H. Bailey ~

Children & spring chicks stationery ~ 6.5 x 10 inches + pink border

Children & spring chicks stationery ~ 6.5 x 10 inches + green border

Printable with 2 images ~ 5.5 x 8.5 inches each

Original children & spring chicks, Easter postcard

from my personal collection.

Here are the other free graphics
sources used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*
Back of an old photograph

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined stationery

Thank you for stopping by!!

Vintage Baby Stationery

"Every child born into the world
is a new thought of God, an ever fresh
and radiant possibility."

~ Charles Dickens ~

Pink border stationery ~ approx. 8 x 10 inches

Blue border stationery ~ approx. 8 x 10 inches

Green border stationery ~ approx. 8 x 10 inches


Last year, I found "The Mother book,"
copyright 1928* for $1 at a local antique store.
Needless to say, the advice is a little outdated,
but the images are still just as adorable!

*Since the booklet is copyrighted after 1923,
these baby images and stationery pages
are strictly for your personal use only.

Thank you!


Here are the free
graphics sources used
in my digital artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*
Back of an old photograph

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined stationery


Thanks for stopping by!!

An Irish Prayer

May God give you...
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh a sweet song,

And an answer for each prayer.

~ Irish Prayer ~

Shamrock note card ~ 4 x 5 inches

Shamrock note cards ~ printable 

Irish prayer ~ cover photo

Here are the free graphics
sources used in my artwork:

*TuckDB*
Postcard with shamrocks

*Flickr*
Cracked grunge texture

*The Graphics Fairy*
French floral postcard

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper
Dark grungy texture


May good luck attend you,
and joy befriend you!

Crowned with Roses

Clear was the heaven and blue,
and May, with her cap crowned with roses,
Stood in her holiday dress in the fields,
and the wind and the brooklet murmured
gladness and peace, God's-peace!

~ Henry W. Longfellow ~

The roses featured here are from the cover of a book
featuring Longfellow's poetry ~ from my personal collection.
I chose to leave the worn areas ~ these roses aged beautifully!

Roses & Poetry ~ printable:
4 - 2 x 2 inch rose graphics
1 postcard image with roses
1 - 4.5 x 4.5 inch rose graphic
3 tags with handwritten poem
  

 Postcard image with roses

 Rose graphic ~ 4.5 x 4.5 inches

"Crowned with Roses" tags ~ printable


Here are the free graphics
sources used in my artwork:

*Antique Images*
Handwritten poetry

*Wikimedia Commons*
1850's daguerreotype

*Lilac & Lavender*
Back of postcard


Painting is poetry that is seen
rather than felt, and poetry is painting
that is felt rather than seen.

~ Leonardo da Vinci ~

The Lasting Perfume

"Pleasure is the flower that passes;
Remembrance, the lasting perfume."

~ Jean de Boufflers ~


I created 8 coordinating printable scrapbook papers for you!
All measure 8 x 8 inches, and are free for your personal use.

The flowers pictured in the Victorian postcard are:
forget-me-not, which symbolized true love; and
lily-of-the valley, which meant sweetness, humility,
returning happiness, and trustworthiness.
Beautiful combination, wouldn't you agree?

Here are the free graphics
sources used in my artwork:

 
*The Graphics Fairy*
French sheet music
French floral postcard

*Lost and Taken*
Diamond pattern texture

*Wikimedia Commons*
1850's daguerreotype

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper

Thank you
for stopping by!