Thursday, October 31, 2013

Pumpkin Muffins & Printable

"It is the sweet,
simple things of life
which are the real
ones after all."

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder ~



Our family loves these
sweet & simple pumpkin muffins!
I made the recipe into an 8" x 10"
image for instant kitchen art...



Here are the free graphic & font
sources
used to create the printable:


*Lost & Taken*
Grungy wallpaper texture

*Knick of Time*
Chalkboard texture

*Bumble Button*
Theater program border(4th image down)

*Dafont.com*
Freebooter Script

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

A Tiny Little Flower


"Who would have thought
it possible that a tiny little
flower could preoccupy a
person so completely that
there simply wasn't room
for any other thought?"

Sophie Scholl ~



Lily-of-the Valley




Forget-me-not



I've re-imagined these beautiful postcard
borders into 3.5" x 5" graphics for you!  The
printable versions feature 3 of the 3.5" x 5"
graphics, as well as 2 which are slightly
smaller. I'll be using mine for writing notes,
but think they'd also make pretty
place cards or labels.

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


*TuckDB Ephemera*
Lily-of-the Valley border
Forget-me-not border


*Old Design Shop*
Aged paper texture


Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, October 28, 2013

October Pumpkins...

Bonfires and pumpkins,
leaves sailing down...
October is red and
golden and brown.

Unknown Author ~



~ Printable pumpkin note papers ~


My daughter had a party at school,
so I put together 25 little bags of candy.
We added a pumpkin image to each,
because my daughter thought everyone
should have a pumpkin to color...

The printable I used is below:


The pumpkin clip art is my original
artwork.  I also used the aged background
from an image on the Old Design Shop
in my lined notepaper.  Thanks, Julie!


Thank you for stopping by!

Friday, October 11, 2013

October's Party ~ Clip Art


October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds
came... The Chestnuts, Oaks,
and Maples, and leaves of
every name. The sunshine
spread a carpet, and
everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.

~ George Cooper ~












I made the printable papers for
my kids to color & cut out. I've also
included the individual clip art
leaves for you. Sources:

1917 Farm Alphabet

I found this beautifully illustrated
farm alphabet in the back of Farmyard
Favorites. The original book was
published in 1917, and is 13.5" x 9.5."
I cleaned up and reduced the images
to 8" x 10" for printing.

Wouldn't they look sweet in a nursery?

 I've used the front and back cover
images of Farmyard Favorites here.
Hope to share more from this book
with you in the future!


Thank you for stopping by!

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

A Wise Old Owl


"A wise old owl sat on an oak;
the more he saw, the less he
spoke; the less he spoke the
more he heard; why aren't we
like that wise old bird?"

~ Edward Hersey Richards ~







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


*Old Design Shop*
"Holiday Fun" owl

*The Sum of All Crafts*
Circular scroll label
Delicate rectangular label


*Free Trinkets and Treasures*
"The compliments of the Season"

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

In Dreamful Autumn


Pale amber sunlight falls across
The reddening October trees...
Are we not better and at home
In dreamful Autumn?


~ Ernest Dowson ~







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



*Boston Public Library on Flickr*
Boston Brewery Poster c. 1880

*Lost and Taken*
Grungy wallpaper texture

*Old Design Shop*
Back of French postcard 

*MudBay Images*
1792 Farm sale document

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper
Back of postcard

The sheet music is from
my personal collection, c. 1940.


"Catch a vista of maples
in that long light and you see
Autumn glowing through
the leaves..."

Hal Borland ~