Gifts of Spring

"The arms of May are flower filled
With blossoms April showers spilled.
Bright, rainbow-colored gifts of spring
Arrived at her awakening."

~ Nora M. Bozeman ~

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

*The Graphics Fairy*
French lace label
Vintage French roses
French chocolate advert
Back of an old photograph

*TuckDB*
Pink roses
Light pink phlox
Basket of daffodils

*The Old Design Shop*
French receipt
White & yellow daisies

*Vintage Holiday Crafts*
White cosmos

*Little Birdie Blessings*
Forget-me-nots

*Free Vintage Digital Stamps*
Polka dot scrapbook paper

*Digital Two for Tuesday*
Endpaper pattern

*Boston Public Library*
Chocolate trade card

The daffodils and crabapple trees are
blooming... it's good to see vivid greens
and bright blossoms again.
Love this time of year!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little Love & Kindness

Little deeds of kindness,
little words of love,
Help to make earth happy
like the heaven up above.

~ Julia A. Fletcher Carney ~

 Vintage clip art image of little girl
with baskets full of flowers,
and 8" x 10" pretty spring stationery.

6 sweet tags or bookmarks:

 Black & white clip art version of the little girl with flowers:

Below is an 8.5" x 11" printable coloring page:

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


*TuckDB*
Little girl with flowers

*The Graphics Fairy*
Apothecary label frame

*UFDC*
Starburst pattern endpaper

*Vintage Feedsacks*
Perfume label

(Please note: The website Vintage Feedsacks
appears to be no longer active. I've provided a link
to the perfume label image via Pinterest.)



"Miss no single opportunity
of making some small sacrifice,
here by a smiling look,
there by a kindly word;
always doing the smallest right
and doing it all for love."

~ St. Thérèse de Lisieux ~

Thank you for stopping by today!

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 ~ vintage wooden chalkboard frame

I've been enjoying this summer, as I also hope you have been!
Thanks to those of you who asked about me... just decided
to take a bit of 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


Just a note... the wooden frame is my original scanned image,
of a child's vintage chalkboard.  I will be sharing the frame again,
with a black chalkboard texture in an upcoming post!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Spring Daisy Notecards

Earth fulfills its promise;
Joys it e'er will bring.
Our hearts rejoice to welcome
The blessedness of spring.

~ Zelda PenDell Leonard ~

 Here are the free graphics & font sources
used to make these pretty notecards:

*Tuck Ephemera*
Daisies with greenery

*TuckDB*
Scalloped border

*Dafont.com*
Im Fell Flowers

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined stationery


"Spring unlocks the flowers
to paint the laughing soul."

~ Reginald Heber ~

Bright-eyed Daisies...

Where innocent,

bright-eyed daisies are,
With blades of grass between,
Each daisy stands up like a star,
Out of a sea of green.

~ Christina Rossetti ~

Buttercups have honeyed hearts,
Bees they love the clover,
But I love the daisies' dance,
All the meadow over.

~ Marjorie Pickthall ~


Here are the free graphics
sources used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*
French sheet music

*TuckDB Ephemera*
Daisies with greenery
Daisy border

*TuckDB*
Scalloped border
Catherine Klein daisies

*Vintage Images*
Pretty girl with daisies

*Antique Images*
Pink daisies

Isn't the daisy a perfect
example of beauty in simplicity?
Thanks for stopping by!

1907 Flower Maidens

"There is no fairest-of-them-all
  in God's flower garden.
He created each of us
 just as He intended."

~ Janet Martin ~

 Poppies & daisies

 Daffodils

 Lily-of-the-Valley

 Bluebells

 Roses

 
Violets


These 6 beautiful Flower Maidens,
by E. Andrews, were originally sold as a set
of postcards in Great Britain, in 1907.

All of the images came from TuckDB,
which is "a free online database listing antique
postcards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons."
Here are the direct links to each Flower Maiden:

Poppies & daisies
Daffodils
Lily-of-the-Valley
Bluebells
Roses
Violets

Thank you for stopping by!!