A Sentimental Journey

"Winter, a lingering

season, is a time to gather

golden moments, embark

upon a sentimental journey,

and enjoy every idle hour."

~ John Boswell ~

 

This is a c. 1902 postcard that I altered

from black & white to sepia tone and pastels.

I just love her expression.  Below is a printable

sheet of tags or bookmarks for you ~ enjoy!

"By recollecting the

pleasures I have had formerly,

I renew them, I enjoy them

a second time, while I laugh at

the remembrance of troubles

now passed, and which
I no longer feel."

~ Giacomo Casanova ~


Where would a sentimental

journey lead you today?

Thank you for stopping by!

Eternal Summer ~ Daisies

"There shall be

eternal summer in

the grateful heart."

~ Celia Thaxter ~

Yellow daisy tag

Printable daisy tags, bookmark, journal card

Facebook cover photo

Printable stationery ~ vintage wooden chalkboard frame

Printable journal cards or labels with

vintage wooden chalkboard frame


Thanks to those of you who asked

about me... just took a summer break

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

*TuckDB*
Yellow daisies
Art Deco birthday postcard

*Flickr*
Cracked grunge texture

*Shadowhouse Creations*
Softly aged sepia texture

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper

*dafont.com*
Jugend WF

*Font Squirrel*
CAC Champagne


Note... the wooden frame

is my original scanned image

of a child's chalkboard

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Easter Lilies

"Let the resurrection joy

lift us from loneliness

and weakness and despair

to strength and beauty

and happiness."

~ Floyd W. Tomkins ~

Verses John 20:15-18 were used

as the background for these Easter lilies.

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


*Vintage Images*
Easter lily

*Altered Bits*
Grungy texture

*DaFont.com*
Bergamot Ornaments

*Font Squirrel*
CAC Champagne

"And He departed from our sight

that we might return to our heart,

and there find Him. For He departed,

and behold, He is here."

~ St. Augustine ~

Alight with laughter ~ Heart's ease

"For pansies are,

I think, the little gleams

of children's visions from

a world of dreams. Jewels

of innocence and joy and

mirth, alight with laughter

as they fall to earth."

~ R.C. Lehmann ~

The pansy image featured

in this notecard & bookmark

set, was from the book Heart's

ease, published in 1909.

Definition of heart's ease:

1. peace of mind
2. the pansy or other plant

of the genus Viola...

In Victorian times, pansies meant

thoughts or remembrance.  If you

received a bouquet of pansies,

someone was thinking of you.

Here are the sources for

free graphics used in my artwork:

*The Old Design Shop*
Pretty cluster of pansies

*From Old Books*
Octagonal border with starbursts

*Kim Klassen Cafe*
Lola texture

*TuckDB Postcards*
Art Deco birthday postcard


Make sure to let someone special
know you were thinking of them

today! Thanks for stopping by!!

Sweet Wild Roses

"The wild rose-briar

is sweet in spring,

Its summer blossoms

scent the air."

~ Emily Dickinson ~

Here are the free graphics

& sources for my artwork:

*Golden Egg Vintage*

  Eastman's Wild Rose bookmark

*Percy & Bloom*

Blushing wild rose

*Vintage Ephemera*

French script, 1816

"I will be the gladdest thing

under the sun! I will touch a

hundred flowers and not pick one."

 

~ Edna St. Vincent Millay ~ 

Romantic Red Roses

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose,

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my Luve’s like the melodie

That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

~ Robert Burns ~

Realized this morning that I hadn't

done anything with deep red roses.

Offering stationery and a pretty tag.

Here are the sources & free

graphics used in my artwork:

*Vintage Images*

Red rose (broken link: 1/2026)

Red rose with bud (broken link: 1/2026)

*Just Something I Made*

1891 book cover (broken link: 1/2026)

*Shadowhouse Creations*

Softly aged sepia (blog not found 1/2026)

*Vintage Ephemera*

French script, 1816