A Song in Spring

O little buds all bourgeoning with Spring,
You hold my winter in forgetfulness;
Without my window, lilac branches swing,
Within my gate I hear a robin sing...
O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!

Printable sheet of 6 tags ~ spring blossoms and branches.

Printable sheet of lilac, lined 4"x5" note papers.

Printable sheet of 10 tags ~ spring blossoms and lace.

So blow the breezes in a soft caress,
Blowing my dreams upon a swallow's wing;
O little merry buds, in dappled dress,
You fill my heart with very wantonness...
O little buds all bourgeoning with Spring!

~ Jessie B. Rittenhouse ~



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

*Tuck DB*
Lilac postcard
Lilac bunch & ribbon
Forget-me-nots
Red hawthorn branch

*UFDC*
Starburst pattern endpaper

*Vintage Images*
Cherry or apple blossoms

*Old Design Shop*
Aged paper texture

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Spring Lilacs & Music

It's happiness for me to hear
A songbird's sweet refrain
Or smell the lilac's fragrant blooms
After a soft spring rain.

~ Carice Williams ~

Printable lilac stationery above, and notepaper below:

Lined notepaper:

Below are 2 printable pages of lined notepaper and tags:

Lilac & French music cover photo:

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

*Flickr*
Lilac image, c. 1909

*The Graphics Fairy*
French sheet music

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper
Botanical lilac tag

We search afar for happiness
When it's just outside our door.

~ Carice Williams ~


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2013 Calendar ~ Vintage Lilacs

The spring is fresh and fearless
And every leaf is new,
The world is brimmed with moonlight, 

The lilac brimmed with dew.

~ Sara Teasdale, exerpt from May Night, 1920 ~

I found this Vintage 2013 Printable Calendar 
at Call Me Victorian yesterday ~ truly beautiful site.  I love the graphics and fonts used in the calendar.  Hope you like how I've paired it with these pretty lilacs from a 1908 postcard.

 

Free for personal use ~ please enjoy!
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"Approach the New Year
with resolve to find the opportunities
hidden in each new day." 

~ Michael Josephson ~

Vintage Spring Botanicals

"Little flower, but if I could understand

what you are, root and all in all,

I should know what God and man is."

 
~ Tennyson ~

  "Narrow-leaved Narcissus"

 "Elder-scented Iris"

 

 "Great-flowered Cornel"

"Garden Hyacinth"

"Crimson-flowered Peony"

"Common Lilac"

I found these beautiful free

botanical illustrations at Vintage Images.

Please click on the name under each tag

to see the original graphic.

Here are the sources

for the background textures:

textured book page

grungy texture

hand-penned letter

These tags (or bookmarks, etc.) are free

for your personal use ~ Enjoy!

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Sweet Yellow Roses & Lilacs

 I was able to go to the thrift and

antique stores yesterday, thanks to my mom!

I was so happy to find these postcards in

The Olde Shoe Factory...

This postcard used to have  

'Miss Waive Bash' written in the blank area.
Aren't those roses beautiful?

 

Here's what I found on the back:

Hello Waive,

Has C.B. been after any more matches yet?

Are you going berrying Fri.

From: A Berry Picker like yourself

Miss Gladys Waive Bash

Utica, Licking Co., Ohio

Postmarked ~ July 29, 1908

Original version above, edited below... 

I love both versions of the lilac card.

Usually, I find that someone has 

written their name under 'Greetings from' 

as you would expect, but they didn't on this one. 

I used a graphic of old, textured paper 

to provide the blank tag on the alternate version. 

 Here's the note on the back:

Sept 7, 1910

Dear Alice & I received your cards

yesterday.  I am well.  Hope this will find you

all the same.  Lizzie is getting along fine.

She is still at the hospital.  Write once in awhile.

From Dora R.

Mrs. Louis Denig

Worthington, Ohio

Two great examples of why the back of a postcard

can be as interesting as the front!

Hope you'll find a way to put 

these beautiful postcard graphics to good use!

The full-size images are approx. 3"x 5" 

If you use them in a project,

please let me know...

I'd love to see! 

See what I made with the yellow roses...

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Springtime Gift Tags

"I love Spring anywhere, 

but if I could choose, I would always 

greet it in a garden."  

~ Ruth Stout ~

I am happy to share these lovely 

Springtime gift tags with you!

The floral tags actually look better on the screen

in a darker version, but I lightened them, 

because the printed result is much better.

I couldn't have made them without 

wonderful sites offering free graphics online.

Here are my image sources:

Vintage labels in background: page 1 & page 2

Lilac watercolor

Lilac illustration

Pansies

Yellow Daisies

Cosmos

Two images I used from my personal collection.

They're free to use as well:

Remember...

No matter how long the Winter, 

Spring is sure to follow.  

~ Proverb ~

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