Romantic illustrations from an old book,Two antique photographs and 1920's children's greeting cards. More free clip art images

Well, I have been or rather have not been blogging for such a long time!! My apologies to all my followers and friends.Today I am back and hopefully will not take such a long break.  A new year and lots of new projects to make. I have been so busy doing nothing!!

Today I brought bags of stuff to my favorite consignment store in Sonoma,Calif.  Plain Jane's is so fun and it is very hard to not buy something. A woman actually stopped her car and bought a lamp before I even left the parking lot!! So I came home and have another batch to take in.Going through cupboards always asking myself "do I really need this"Then on to the filing cabinet. I filled the recycling can with old ridiculous unneeded bits of paper and files. Now that feels great!

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Such a happy girl!

This is from a 1920-30's valentines card. Something for all you knitters. I can make and do a lot of things but knitting is not one of them! Somewhere there is a little square of red wool but it is stored away.

This is also from a 1920 to 1930's children's card.

The following are illustrations from a copy of Immesee

It is nice to be posting again.  I have many children's valentines that will be posted in the weeks ahead.

 Now I will go visit   all your blogs and see what you have been up to.Much love, Louise

Cute elf with mail, wreath, Christmas tree, beautiful frames for scrap booking and altered art. All free clip art.

Welcome to all the many new and returning friends. Glad you have come for a visit.

  Yesterday I went to Healdsburg, California. Healdsburg has a traditional downtown square edged by stores and businesses. In the middle of wine country it has evolved into a very trendy place. Wonderful shops, bookstores and cafes. The little fabric store is stocked with exquisite fabric some rarely seen in chain stores. The Swiss eyelet trim was so fine it looked handmade. I spent at least an hour if not more slowly looking at every bolt.

These are photos from the web as I did not have a camera with me. Next time I will  take pictures inside some shops that you would just love.

 I really needed to get out of the house and visit with a dear friend.

A while ago I posted an antique marriage certificate. I have since learned how to straighten, crop and paint an image. So here it is again. It is so beautiful!

    

 

Another frame from a 1850's invitation

Victorian era lady of luxury. What an incredible dress. How did the artist recreate that silk?

Cute little fairies or elf's delivering mail. It is always nice to go to the mail box and find a beautiful card or cheery note from a friend. From a very old book.

 I think this is a Santa on a horse. It is from inside a vintage 1920's greeting card.

The following images are taken from a 1907 edition of Theodore Storm's book " Immensee" The book has an Art Nouveau  and Arts & Crafts era  look.  There are many more woodblock images from each chapter plus 9 illustrations similar to the oval one. They will be posted in the future.

   

 

I still want to post some old photographs later this evening. Well it is time to tend to other things(like hot chocolate) for a while. Much love Louise