Favorite things, Love and Sharing and Lovely Paintings

*Remember favorite things*

kittens

cats sleeping in the sun or curled up beside me

babies

flowers

sunshine

rain

water

kind loving people

sisterhood

art and creative expression

a good book

illustrations from children's books

 British dramas on Masterpiece Classics (PBS)

lace, lace and more lace

buttons  shell,antique vegetable ivory, glass, twinkles

                anything itty bitty and tiny

fabric

quilting

my down comforter

and of course my beloved family

  Remembering  who and what one loves fills me with peace and serenity. All smiley inside.I hope you feel the same after seeing today's pictures.  Love Louise

My daffodils are up!

More darling Christmas antique postcards. Children with packages,Santas Free clip art

Welcome to you all.

It is a Monday so today there are ten Christmas pictures for you!

I just love doing this. My schedule for posting holiday images is;

Monday - Christmas

Wednesdays until the end of October - Halloween

Thursday's in November - Thanksgiving and fall

Early December will be for New Years and party themes.

And in between everything else.

These are free for use in your personal scrap booking, greeting cards and tags, collage and artist trading cards. Hope you find something that you can use.

So glad you have found my little blog. Your comments and visits are my motivation.

Much love to you all, Louise

Early 1900's Pretty little girls from Antique tinted photographs.Bird cages, grapes, bunches of flowers and a parasol are featured

Welcome back and so glad you found me to new visitors.

Setting days aside for a particular theme seems to be going well. Especially the holiday schedule. You can find;

Christmas on Mondays

Halloween on Wednesday until the end of October

Thanksgiving on Thursdays during November

 New years and party beginning in December. These are harder to find but I will do my best.

In this post there are sweet little girls on antique photographic postcards. Some are tinted all very cute. Circa early 1900's. The first is fitting as Napa and Sonoma Counties are in the middle of harvesting grapes for the years new wines. "Crush" as it is called has a unique aroma. The grape pulp is put back into the fields around the vines which is one reason for the distinctive smell.

Your comments are so fun to read. Thank you for taking the time to let me know I am finding what you like.

All my images are free for your personal use. Bumble button is an advertisement free blog. As you no doubt have discovered this blog is about the pictures and not my writing and grammar!!

So have fun using the images in your many projects.

Much love to you all, Louise

Click on the picture for a larger version if available.



Bright colorful prints of French fashions Late Edwardian 1910's - early 1920's

I am in the mood for some color! That is the inspiration of the day. Color and fine french fashion come together in these fantastic vibrant prints from the 1910's. They are by the same artist whose signature is hard to read. Scrumptus clothing for the well dressed women of the time. What to wear when you are out for a stroll in the park. The little girls are so cute. End of Edwardian era clothing reference.

Right click for a large version.

Gorgeous antique French postcards with tiny rose buds and violets. Free Victorian and Edwardian era

French antique postcards! Victorian and Edwardian era clip art.

 How feminine and elegant some of these are. Then there are the sweet rose buds. All have been spruced up so that they can be used for labels, cards, scrap booking frames. Business cards? Now that is a good idea! Can't believe I didn't think of that sooner.

This one is perfect for weddings

Sweet little pussy willows and rose buds.

I really like this one because it is so different than other pictures I find.

Is this incredible or what?

More violets very art nouveau.

Now on to the next post. Enjoy and create something beautiful, Louise