Beautiful Young Lady from the Late 1800's and One from Jane Austen Era

Hi everyone, Welcome to you all.

    As my days have been full my blog is not!  Still working on party prep. The R.S.V.P.s are coming in and there will be family from out of state coming.Very fun. Also  neighbors who I haven't seen since the late 1960's.

 I know my mom will be so pleased.

    My sister said she was glad there are no weddings coming up!

Thank you for all your comments. Please know I cherish them all. Even when I do not reply you can be sure I have read them.

I feel in love with this sweet pretty young lady. She seems to be deep in thought. Maybe she was just utterly bored sitting for the artist! The dress is scrumptious. I would love to come across this in color.

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And a young lady who appears to be from the early 1800's or Regency period. That hair! Use for ideas when wearing Jane Austen era clothing.

Enjoy and thank you for visiting, Louise

Catching up with 18th and 19th Century Portraits of Children

Oh my it has been many days since my last post!  I missed Christmas Monday and Thanksgiving Thursday! I have been cleaning out the garage and back patio.  All the stuff/junk has been tossed out or put away. It feels so good to go out there now. In the garage I found more old college textbooks to recycle. College was years ago and I can not imagine why I still had them. Next gardening. Now this finally did me in. Removing 30 year old ivy plants was so rewarding but hard work. And then yesterday was the most wonderful rainy day. Two cups of hot cocoa and lots of warm tea it was so cozy. Both my kitties wanted to sit on my lap all day long(at the same time)

 Now it is Sunday and time to get blogging.  Today is a day for beautiful old portraits. A real variety of children's clothing from different eras.

Thank you for visiting. Stay warm and dry, Louise

Very Victorian

Love this one. How sweet she looks.

Not sure of the date but it looks French 1770ish. Wonder what they really wore to play in.



Jane Austen Clothing Regency Fachion Plates, Early 1800's. Free clip and instant art.

Welcome to you all. Thank you for all your well wishes. Luckily, being careful has paid off My back is doing much better .So grateful it doesn't hurt to sit at my desk and computer aa much. How convenient a laptop would be!

Isn't October going fast?

This post was in my drafts so I have something for you today.  I can post without spending a lot of time at my desk. The pictures and fashion plates are from early 1800's. The ones with the large puffy sleeves are circa 1830. The others are earlier and are Regency fashions. Jane Austen era clothing. The first one and the oil are  my favorite's.

I have been thinking of doing a give away. It would be so fun to put together a collection of goodies or buttons.My only concern is shipping costs over seas. Any hints about doing a give away are welcome.

I am so very happy that you have come for a visit. Welcome to all my new followers. It makes it so fun to blog and share all the pictures.

Much Love, Louise

Bumble button Holiday schedule

Monday - Christmas

Wednesday - Halloween until the 31st

Thursday- Thanksgiving

New Years and party in early December

Everything else in between!

 

A new group of beautiful late 1800's book plates. Black and white to decorate and create with. Free clip art

Good morning to you all! We have rain and more on the way. Not sure if I am ready for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures

 I love those super soft fluffy socks and wear them all the time when it is cold. This afternoon out came a pair to keep my toe's all cozy. Do you have dollar stores near you.? Everything is $1.00 so I stocked  up my supply of cozy socks. Bored yet?

Legacy news--There is a new manager whom I have not met yet. Last week they moved everything into the temporary location. The remodeling of  the old store began on Sunday. Maybe I will like the changes and new people. I hope so. Change is not my forte' And of course Sherry made me feel comfortable and I miss hear dearly.

Enough jibber-jaber from me. You came for the pictures. While going through old books I came across these wonderful illustrations. Perfect for scrap booking frames, labels or as an element in a collage. And to finish the post with a flourish, a nest with a gathering of bird friends. I just knew you would like them.

This first one is my favorite.

     

Enjoy! Much love to you all, Louise

Little girls and their dolls 19th century paintings Victorian and Edwardian postcards

During my second childhood I revisited my love for dolls. It was amazing to learn about antique and art dolls and that adults collected them. It is the no.2 hobby in America. My search for images has turned up the beautiful pictures in today's post,They are from paintings and photographs from the  1800 and 1900's. Fine art and simple postcards are the source for these darling pictures. A few are repeats.Hope you enjoy them.

Victorian vegtable and floral garden free clip art scraps for collage and other creations

The warm days of August remind me of vegtable gardens. The smell of the tomato plants and eating crisp pea pods is a favorite.  The Victorian seed books and scraps just had to be in todays post.

                              

Historical Regency Fashion Prints. Jane Austen era clothing designs

A posting for all you Jane Austen and Regency clothing  fans.

 Some of these fashion prints were originally published by Rudolph Ackermann. He began his print shop in 1795 and was known for  lithographs. Families,including the children would hand color them by candle light. Historic costumes and vintage textiles and of course lace are some of my favorite things. The back of the dresses are featured in a lot of the prints. I assume that was just as important as the front. Very pretty compared to what we do now. Fashions are from approx. 1800-1820. I have several more that will posted in the future.

It has been so fun posting this last week. Much love, Louise

Some of these will click to a larger size.

All I can say is wow! For the woman who wants to make a dramatic statement!



Ballet dancers from late 1800's. Antique postcard to enjoy and use in collage art work.

Hi everyone!! So glad you have stopped by for a visit.

 After finding so many great images I am anxious to share them with you all.

What should be the theme for this post... hmm.

Ballet dancers! All the pictures are from antique postcards. A few are pre 1900.

Just love the red dress.

English circa?

I just do not think of a ballerina smoking! Then I remembered one time at the airport, a group of incredible looking men waiting outside the terminal. It turned out they were ballet dancers from Russia and they were all smoking. After such a long flight they probably needed a cigarette!  It was a real treat seeing and talking to them.

I really like this post for some reason and hope you do too. Have fun using them in your projects.

Much love, Louise

  added on 8-10-11