Snowy Pine & Berries

These lined and plain printable

graphics are a good size for

writing a note, or maybe a family

recipe. I like displaying this size

on vintage clipboards.

This printable sheet of 4

graphics would be a great size

for teacher notes or labels.

These tags were made using a small

section of the original image. When

layering I like to keep something

simple. Here it's the color palette.

...

He knew at last that he had been a fool,
To think of breaking the forest rule,
And choosing a dress himself to please,
Because he envied the other trees.

But it couldn't be helped, it was now too late,
He must make up his mind to a leafless fate!

So he let himself sink in a slumber deep,
But he moaned and he tossed in his troubled sleep,
Till the morning touched him with joyful beam,
And he woke to find it was all a dream.

For there in his evergreen dress he stood,
A pointed fir in the midst of the wood!

His branches were sweet with the balsam smell,
His needles were green when the white snow fell.
And always contented and happy was he,
The very best kind of a Christmas tree."

- Henry Van Dyke -

Here are the free graphics

& sources used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*
Snowy pine & berry postcard
 
*Lilac & Lavender*

"Antiqued" lined paper

Postage stamps and cursive

Thank you for stopping by!

Christmas Memories

"Each Christmas

finds me longing for

Christmases now past.

And I am back in

childhood - as long as

memories last."

 

Carice Williams

Do you save the ends from refrigerated cinnamon roll cans? I'd always thought they'd be good for some sort of crafting, and last year used them for stamping. Right now, I'm making them into ornaments. For this one, I used one of the smaller round images, a paper doily, clear glitter, and yarn around the outside.

The sweet Victorian illustration was from one of my books. You can see the entire image here. I also used an endpaper texture. The only other images used were free elements, available on Canva.

I don't like to waste space, so filled up some of the empty spots with rectangular labels and tags, as well as pretty medallions and lace...

Thank you for stopping by!

 

A Garden of Roses

"A garden of roses is
a fragrant piece of heaven."

~ Matthew A. R. Bassity ~

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


*FREE ViNTaGE DiGiTal STaMPS*
Polka dot scrapbook paper

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper
Rose postcard
Sheet music cover "Because"
Post card with scalloped border
is from my personal collection.


Thanks for stopping by!

In a Winter-Wonderland

"Now we don hats and mittens;
take our loved ones by the hand,
as we all become children in
a winter-wonderland."
~ Janet Martin ~

3.5 inch round graphic
and printable with 6 (below).

Snowflakes are from this free font.

3x5 inch, postcard-size graphic
and 8.5x11 printable stationery, etc.

Tag with little girl on sled,
and printable sheet of 6 tags in 2 sizes:

 Original, unaltered Christmas postcard from my collection:

"Childhood Winters"

I sit and watch the white snow
Piled up outside my window.
And I see in my memory
Red mittened hands and rosy cheeks
Of the child of long ago.
Building snowmen and laughing
Against the wind.
Such simple pleasures
For a child to enjoy
Making snow her winter toy...

~ Rasma Raisters ~



Hello, and thank you
for stopping by!

Let It Snow...

 "Gather your loved ones

and let the winds blow,
This is the season;
let it snow, let it snow."

~ Janet Martin ~

These circles are 2.5" and would work
well as gift tags or labels, or used to spruce up
a regular mouth canning jar.  Simply place one
on the flat lid, then screw the ring band on
to keep it in place.


Here are the free graphic
& font sources I used:


*Old Design Shop*
Aged paper texture

*Dafont.com*
Faux Snow


The opening quote from Janet's poem
is so fitting for us, as we'll be gathering
with our loved ones on this very chilly,
snowy Thanksgiving day...


Thank you for stopping by,
and Happy Thanksgiving! 

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 ~ Enjoy!

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!

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!

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!

Close in Heart

"Love is missing someone
whenever you're apart,
but somehow feeling warm inside
because you're close in heart."
 
~ Kay Knudsen ~

4" round graphic

PNG file.  Size: 1.5" x 1"

 
This postcard is from my personal collection.
It's free to use however you please!

Here are the free graphics & sources
used to create the round graphic:

*The Graphics Fairy*
Round frame
Old paper background

*The Vintage Moth*
Hand-penned letter


Something truly beautiful
to leave you with...


Love bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things.

~ 1 Corinthians 13:7 ~


Click below to see:
"Close in Heart... part 2"

A Valentine Message

"I love thee - I love thee,
'Tis all that I can say.
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day."

~ Thomas Hood ~

Postcard with Rose and Heart
(approx. 5" x 3.5")

 "A Valentine Message" heart
(approx. 2.2" x 2.4")

Heart without words
(approx. 2.2" x 2.4")

 Heart & Rose label
(approx. 5.8" x 4.4")

Full page Heart & Rose printable

(8.5" x 11")

Above is the original Valentine Message postcard
(with the exception of some digital touch-ups), from
my personal collection.  It's postmarked February 13th,
1910.  Found this and another Valentine's Day postcard
(as well as a few other treasures) while antiquing
with my Mom at The Olde Shoe Factory.

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

*The Best Hearts Are Crunchy*
Long-stemmed pink rose & buds

*Just Something I Made*
French postal graphics

*The Vintage Moth*
Hand-penned letter

*Shadowhouse Creations*
Softly aged sepia ~ texture

*FREE ViNTaGE DiGiTaL STaMPS*
Pink & white polka dot ~ digital paper

*Lilac & Lavender*
Back of postcard

"Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine,
love, thou art every day my Valentine!"

~ Thomas Hood ~

Thanks for stopping by!!

Many a Feeling Heart

"To know, to esteem,
to love, and then to part,
Makes up life's tale
to many a feeling heart."

~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~

Graphic size: 5.5" x 4"

Full page (8.5" x 11") printable

These images would make beautiful
Valentine's Day notecards, tags or labels,
don't you think?


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

*Antique Images*
Carnations

*Altered Bits*
Grungy texture

*The Vintage Moth*
Hand-penned letter

*Just Something I Made*
French postal graphics

"'Tis better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all."

~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~


Thank you for stopping by, 

and come back soon!

Prim Rooster & Hen

"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies
really in the eternally renewed evidences
of the determination to live."

~ Vita Sackville-West, Country Notes ~

 5"x5" label

2 tags ~ approx. 2.5" x 4"

 Here are 2 sheets of printable tags for you!
The sheet above features 6 tags, in 2 sizes, with
the country life quote found at the top of this post.
Below is the second sheet of tags, all approx. 2" x 3."

This is the image used in the tags & label. 
It was tinted sepia, and has a transparent
background (PNG format).


Here are the free graphics
sources used in my artwork:


*The Old Design Shop*
Langshan Rooster & hen

*MudBay Images*
1792 Farm sale document

*Altered Bits*
Grungy texture

*Lilac & Lavender*
Handmade texture in sepia


Just wanted to add a little note about the reason I made these...  Julie, from The Old Design Shop, asked if I could come up with some tags (using her Langshan rooster & hen graphic) for a friend who sells primitives.  I left space above the rooster & hen on the tags, in case she would like to personalize them with a name, etc.  Also thought 3 different sizes would work well for pricing different sized items.  Hope these will work for your friend, Julie... and thank you for asking me to make them! 


As always, thank you
for stopping by!!