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Showing posts with label free vintage images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free vintage images. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2012

An Assortment of Vintage Images

Does anybody remember a washing machine like this?  

A mother holding her child ... simpler times

old time ad

Dear friends, I have here quite an assortment of free vintage images!  I usually try to share images with similiar qualities, but, as you see, I don't always succeed! 
I do believe my favorite is the vintage wringer washing machine.  My mom washed clothes in a wringer machine, but it was totally different from this picture.  It was sparkling white and I remember we had two large square galvanized tubs that we used to rinse the clothes in.  They required two rinsings to be certain of removing the harsh compounds that were used in those days.
Oh, what wonderful memories come rising up as I think of 'wash day'!  It was usually an all day event.  Mama used the cleanest rinse water to then mop the kitchen floor and last of all, the board floor of our screened in back porch.
I always helped her hang the wash on the clothes lines in the back yard (a clothes line graced every yard I knew of).  My dad had strung them as tightly as possible and it was fun to slide the cloth clothespin bag along the line with a clothespin in my mouth, ready to pin the next garment to hang silently in the sun or blow in the wind.  Windy days were good 'wash days' as the towels were much softer when whipped about on a soft breeze, fluffing the nap.
Goodness, I could go on forever, but I do hope thes images please you, that you can use them in some way.
Be sweet and always treat others as you would like to be treated.

Monday, November 7, 2011

A Trio Of Angels

Angel Children with flowers

Believe ...

Little Christmas Angel

As you all know, my favorite photos, images or graphics are those depicting angels.  I don't know why I feel such a connection to angels, so drawn to them, when I have no idea what they truly look like or even if they are tangible ... all I know is they hold a fascination for me that cannot be denied, nor will I even try. 
They are mentioned so often in the Bible, yet no one really knows how they would appear, if it is something we sense, can touch and feel or just believe in ... I am no one to question.
I do have a great love for all vintage, victorian and antique images.  I also especially like old ads and signs, vintage children and the lovely ladies of that day.
I hope I have given you something you can use to make a beautiful work of art.  I would love to see some of your projects and would post them for all to enjoy if you would like to share a picture with us.
As always, be sweet and treat others as you would like to be treated.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Vintage Sign and Label

Rusty old coke sign

Vintage baking powder label

I love these rustic old signs and labels.  They are so unique and very different from what we see today.  I know you will like them as much as I do and hope you can use these vintage graphics in your art work in one way or another.  Please enjoy them.
Be sweet and treat others as you would like to be treated!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Vintage Angels

Little angels with scroll  
  
Angel with mother and baby

Angel children with sleeping child

Angels overlooking lady on bench

Thought all you artists and crafters needed some angels to work with, seeing as Christmas is drawing closer day by day.  I know you will find something to make, something to alter, something to craft using these beautiful angels! 
I saw a Pringles can being used as a spaghetti holder the other day and I plan to make one.  The can was not painted or decorated at all and, though I know angels would not be suitable for such a project, I wanted to tell you all about it.   It is a great idea that I had never thought of.  I am going to spray paint mine black, then mod podge kitchen images onto it and add white dots with the end of a brush around the top and bottom of the container.  I made a sugar canister in this way, using a plastic coffee can and it is VERY pretty and useful as well.  I hope you have lots of fun.
Always be sweet and treat others as you would be treated!  XXXOOOXXOOX

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Vintage Signs

vintage sign

old strawberry sign

Just a couple of old signs for you today.  They are quite unique I think and I just bet you will put these images to good use!!  I hope you like them ... I LOVE everything vintage, old and weathered (kinda' like me)!
Be sweet!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Vintage Ads

vintage ad that makes me wonder 'what in the heck were you thinking?'

I have taken Grove;s Chill Tonic, but believe had I  seen this ad as a child, NOTHING could have forced my mouth open!

Well, it would seem not all vintage graphics are as sweet and precious as those of the innocent little wide eyed children and the lovely old images of angels with wings outspread!  However, these old ads are as much of our past as the simple beauty of the florals, the sweet valentine cupids, playful children and graceful ladies ... though the message is not one we would send today, they are a part of our history, a piece of our past and therefore should be looked at, proud of how far we've come.
They will still be used I believe in works of art, altered art, ATC's, whatever ... they may or may not be of use to anyone ... they DO depict a time when the thinking was much different than today.
That is my reasoning, for it is a time we have all come from.  I do hope you have found them to be of interest, if nothing else ... you gotta' give them that ...but a baby shaving, a fat pig with a child's face ... I ask again, "What in the heck were they thinking?".  Boggles the mind!
Be sweet and look for angels tomorrow!!!  Treat others kindly, give them a reason to smile!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Vintage Sheet Music For You Today

vintage sheet music


vintage sheet music 2

A couple of vintage sheet music pages for you ... hope you like them.  They are quite unique and I know they will hold a place of honor in your art work, for whatever project you wish to include them in. I really like these antique images and I trust you will as well.
Be sweet and always treat others as you would like to be treated!  XXXOOXXOX

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Vintage Images, Peace and The Innocence of a Child

Little girl in green dress

Little girl in green dress 2

These two little vintage girls are about the sweetest images I have ever seen!  They are just precious, so innocent and I know for sure they will end up on your art in some fashion!  I hope you will enjoy using these as much as I enjoy just looking at them, for they truly are beautiful and have a quality of peace and contentment about them.
Enjoy and keep sweet!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Vintage Florals, Pretty Pansies

Sweet little pansies with poem

Pansies by Katherine Cline
These lovely pansy  images are yours, free for the taking to use as you please.  There are no terms of use!  You may use these pretty vintage floral images in any way you choose.  All the beautiful graphics from so long ago should be shared I believe and belong to us all.  I am sure the artists who designed them originally would be so pleased to see them included in the many marvelous things created today.  I know I certainly would, so, my dear and sweet friends, here they are!!  Enjoy!
As always, be sweet and always treat others as you would like to be treated!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sweet Funny Old Card and Old Gas Stations

looks almost like the single gas station in the little community I grew up in
old gas station - how many remember running boards on cars?
Don't you love the look on this little boy's face and how funny is the message?!
 The card has nothing in common with the old photos, but I think it is just too sweet and cute, I couldn't save it for a later post!
The days when a gas station attendant not only pumped gas, but washed windshields, checked the oil and water and even put air in the tires if they were a bit low are gone forever.  He then took the money inside and brought back any change we were due!! Those days are memories now, good ones I would say.
When I was a teenager (about 100 years ago, it seems) a couple of girlfriends and I would pool our money, buy fifty cents worth of gas and ride all afternoon!
When gas finally went to $1.00 a gallon, most rural pumps and lots in cities only went as high as 99 cents. With no other resolution, the poor owners of the stations set their pumps at 50 cents, then doubled it when you had to pay. Many customers were not at all pleased and were forced to listen unhappily to the reasoning behind it.
Times have certainly changed, I will say and I'm not sure it has all been for the better!!!!!
Be sweet!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Vintage Thanksgiving Cards

beautiful old Thanksgiving card
lovely lady Thanksgiving card

Little girl feeding turkey Thanksgiving card

Here are three sweet old Thanksgiving cards.  Aren't they quite different from those available today?  They have such a charm that I don't often see in the modern Thanksgiving card.  I have said it before and I will say it again ... sometimes I think I was just born in the wrong century!!!
Be sweet, may you always walk with angels ... Happy, happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Pink Pretties And A Beauty With Yellow Flowers

Lady with yellow flowers

A Doll For Christmas

Girl With Pink Roses

I believe this is an old Humphrey print
Today I am sharing four of the sweetest images  ... from a lady surrounded by yellow blossoms to a beautiful old Humphrey print.  They are each pretty and unique graphics, free and perfect for craft projects.  I haven't learned to transfer them to fabric yet, but I have seen some adorable little pillows, even coverlets, made using such prints as these.  I am sure it is easy to do.  I saw one decorated with a print that had been transferred to fabric, then pearls surrounded the image and silk flowers (or they may have been fabric) flowers decorated the rest.  It was just beautiful.  I know they are so pretty used in decorating a box or any kind of collaged object as that is mostly what I love to do.  Some of the finished items absolutely look like heirlooms.  They are SO pretty.  I especially love to decorate and craft with angel graphics and those of cute little children.  Whatever you decide to do with them is up to you!  I just hope you are happy with them and like them as much as I do.
Be sweet as always!!!




 

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