Here is a cute little mouse about to indulge in his special treat of Valentine cheese. 
For additional creative options, here is a version without the writing. 
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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 vintage wallpaper on a few select walls and the window coverings will be lace and floral fabrics throughout. The interior door knobs will be glass and the baseboards will be the wide, dark wooden kind. The garage will have to be larger. We’ll build on Pleasant Street and live happily ever after. 
In all reality, I’m content with our home but it’s fun to daydream.
These illustrations are from the October 1917 issue of Pictorial Review magazine. 
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Here is a lovely vintage French beauty label for Huile de Quinine. I don’t speak French and only recognize a few written words but this appears to be a label for a perfumed oil to restore or renew the hair. 
Yesterday I had my vintage French beauty labels spread across my desk to select a few for a digital collage sheet I wanted to create for my Etsy shop. I didn’t realize that one of the labels got away on me – not until I ran over it with a wheel of my office chair, with me sitting in the chair! Needless to say, the label is no longer as pretty as it was before the mishap but since it’s still charming, even if it is a shabby charm, I thought I would include it here for you as well. 
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I’ve added two new digital collage sheets to my Etsy shop. The first is a black and white clip art set of Victorian ladies’ millinery and fancy neck trimmings. 
The second is a set of gorgeous vintage French beauty labels. 
Images are linked to my Etsy shop.
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Here is a vintage children’s Valentine greeting card with an illustration of a cute girl opening a treasure chest that is filled with ruffled hearts. The message is: A Valentine To Say “HI!” 
This adorable sketch of a girl holding a heart is from the inside of the card. 
Here is the message from the inside of the card as well. 
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Here is the February page from Herrick’s Almanac, 1906. The page includes advertising for Dr. Herrick’s Liver Pills.
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Here is a vintage sheet music graphic with a song titled Love’s Old Sweet Song. The page is from the vintage songbook The Golden Book of Favorite Songs, 1915. 
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Here is a beautiful and romantic ladies’ vintage fan. It’s from the February 1896 issue of The Delineator magazine. 
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Here is a cute vintage Valentine with an illustration of a boy in overalls and a straw hat with an old fashioned message: Gee! Can’t a feller have a Valentine? 
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I’ve added the following items to my Etsy shop:
The Proposal by Harrison Fisher
The Trousseau by Harrison Fisher
I created this digital collage sheet of 2″ circles with a vintage love and marriage theme from my collection of Harrison Fisher images.
And this digital collage sheet of of shabby papers from my collection of antique books.
Images are linked to my Etsy shop.
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