This lovely vintage embroidery pattern of swirly flowers and leaves is from the May 1900 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
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Here is one more Easter image I wanted to share with you before the Easter holiday is over. It appears that this adorable Easter bunny is doing some spring gardening. My original is an antique die cut; there is no inside to the card or additional message on the back.Click on image to enlarge.
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“The world is so full of a number of things. I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” This delightful quote by Robert Louis Stevenson in the quaint banner is from the July 1915 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is the banner with the quote removed. Click on images to enlarge.
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I just love this image of a Victorian lady and her pet bird in an open window that is framed with vines. I imagine the young lady and her bird to be enjoying the fresh air and warmth of a sunny summer day. The image is from the July 1915 issue of The Delineator magazine. [...]
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I want this house! I love its old-fashioned charm; the large front yard is wonderful and the picket fence is classic. I’ll convert one of the bedrooms on the second floor, overlooking the street, to my home office and the room designated as servant’s quarters will be a storage room. We’ll decorate with antiques, some [...]
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Here is a beautiful and romantic ladies’ vintage fan. It’s from the February 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
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Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a wood-burning Home Comfort stove. Although not likely the same brand, my mom had a working stove like this and one of my sisters has one. Mom’s was, and my sister’s is, a back-up stove and I view them as nostalgic treasures. Not only do they throw a [...]
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This vintage advertisement includes illustrations of free gifts you could have earned with an annual subscription to Babyhood magazine in the winter of 1897. The ad appeared in the December 1897 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. I scanned the image larger than it appears in the magazine plus created each of the items in black and white [...]
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Here is a pretty red floral ornamental frame from A Dream of Fair Women with illustrations by Harrison Fisher, 1907. This is the frame, with the wording, as it appears in the book. For added design options, I’ve also removed the wording. Click on images to enlarge.
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Here is a vintage sketch of a group of three adorable birds perched on a flowering branch. The image is from Pearls from Whittier, circa 1890. Click on image to enlarge.
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