Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Blooming Beauty

"Spring is a 
whimsical wanderer,
blooming beauty 
along her path."
 
~ Angie Weiland-Crosby ~





This beautiful image of a young woman &
apple blossoms is on loan from my mom.
It's a yard long, antique framed print! The
frame itself wasn't sturdy, so I was able to
remove the image - very carefully - and
scan in sections. It was then digitally
pieced back together.


For the tags, I decided to focus on the young
woman's face, and then searched my Pinterest
images for apple blossoms. The postcard with a
fence in the background was what led to the
weathered white wood. I saw the endpaper
that reminded me of the lacy details in the
woman's clothing... you can see how
it gradually came together.


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


*The Graphics Fairy*

*The Old Design Shop*
Aged, stained endpaper
 
*TuckDB Ephemera*

*The Feathered Nest*

*rawpixel*

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined notepaper

*Digital Two for Tuesday*

*Image Event*
(website no longer active, so
linked to image via Pinterest)


The blossoms & leaves in plenty
from the apple tree fall each day;
The merry breezes approach them,
and with them merrily play.
 
~ Heinrich Heine ~


Wednesday, March 17, 2021

O Springtime Sweet!

O springtime sweet!
The whole earth smiles
thy coming to greet;


Our hearts to their
inmost depths are stirred
by the first spring flower
& the song of the bird...

~ James Freeman Clarke ~


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


*The Graphics Fairy*


*The Feathered Nest*

*rawpixel*

*Starsunflower Studio*
Round apothecary label


"Earth stirs herself from a long cold
sleep, to welcome the sun warm
gentle rain, gladdening the heart as
a promise she keeps, as we open
the door to spring again."

~ Mildred L. Jarrell ~


Thanks for stopping by!






Monday, April 27, 2015

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!

Sunday, March 8, 2015

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 & 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

Thank you for stopping by...
I appreciate your visit!

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Those Who Wish to Sing


Those who wish to sing
always find a song.


~ Swedish Proverb ~



How Birds Learn to Sing


   How do birds first learn to sing?
   From the whistling wind so fleet,
   From the waving of the wheat,
   From the rustling of the leaves,
   From the raindrop on the eaves,
   From the children's laughter sweet,
   From the splash when brooklets meet.

   Little birds begin their trill
   As they gayly float at will
   In the gladness of the sky,
   When the clouds are white and high;
   In the beauty of the day
   Speeding on their sunny way,
   Light of heart and fleet of wing...
   That's how birds first learn to sing.

         ~ Mary Mapes Dodge ~


Facebook cover photo


*New York Public Library*
Song thrush
Robin
Nightingale

The sheet music is from my
personal collection, circa 1940's.


Thank you for stopping by!

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Sweetest of the Flowers

"Sweetest of the
flowers a-blooming in
the fragrant vernal days
is the lily of the valley
with its soft, retiring ways."

~ Paul Laurence Dunbar ~




Tags above are 3.2" x 5.2" and
in the printable sheet below 2.5" x 4"



Round graphics above are 4".
In the printable sheet below they are 2.5"


Happy to offer a pennant/banner for the
first time! The pennant is approx. 7" x 7.5".
I decreased the size to 3.7" x 3.8" and fit 10 to a
sheet for the instant printable banner, below.



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


*TuckDB*
1908 lily of the valley
Lily of the valley bouquet


*The Vintage Moth*
"Royal Beauty Waltzes"

The sheet music used in the
pennant/banner is from my
personal collection, c. 1940.


Thank you for stopping by today!

Friday, May 9, 2014

The Sweet Lily

"No flower amid
the garden fairer grows
than the sweet lily
of the lowly vale,
the queen of flowers."

~ John Keats ~




5"x7" graphic


Printable with 3.5"x5" cards
and approx. 2"x3" tags.


Printable 8.5"x11" stationery and
printable sheet of 4 notepapers, 4"x5"


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


*TuckDB*
1904 lily-of-the valley 

Lily-of-the valley bouquet
"Ida" lily-of-the valley


*The Graphics Fairy*
Torn paper texture
Vanilla apothecary label


*Old Design Shop*
Aged paper texture

*Lilac & Lavender*
"Antiqued" lined paper


Thank you

for stopping by!

Monday, April 28, 2014

Garden of the Heart

"Let us, then, plant
with diligence and care
the garden of the soil,
but let us, with far deeper
earnestness, tend the
garden of our hearts."

~ from The Cottage Gardener, 1849 ~








Here are the original
postcard images from

Sunday, April 6, 2014

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


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


~ Carice Williams ~


Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, March 23, 2014

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!


Sunday, May 5, 2013

Birds & Blossoms


"When April steps aside
for May, like diamonds
all the raindrops glisten; 
Fresh violets open every
day: tsome new bird
each hour we listen."

~ Lucy Larcom ~




These spring tags were made
with postcard images from a set:
Birds and BlossomsBased on
paintings by A.L. West.

Thanks so much for stopping by!