This beautiful antique Christmas card features an illustration of a large yellow rose and a short ...
Vintage Christmas Dog Postcard
This fun vintage Christmas dog postcard features an illustration of a fluffy reddish brown and white ...
Wooden Toboggan Construction Specs
This vintage book plate features illustrated construction specs for a wooden toboggan. The ...
Victorian Christmas Card Angels
This unique Victorian Christmas card features an illustration of a small angel, at water’s edge, ...
Antique Bank Statement 1892
This antique bank statement, dated January 1, 1892, was published for the Manchester Savings Bank. ...
Farmhouse Style Magazine Blog Mention
My blog was mentioned in the Winter 2019 issue of Country Sampler Farmhouse Style magazine! ...
Antique Calligraphy Alphabets
This book page features two beautiful antique calligraphy alphabets: Engrossing and Court Hand. ...
Branch of Holly Vintage Illustration
This shabby and aged vintage book page features an illustration of a branch of holly. Included on ...
Vintage Christmas Bird Postcard
This lovely vintage bird Christmas bird postcard features an illustration of five singing birds perched together on a small blossoming tree branch. The birds are framed all around with branches of holly and berries on an ivory-colored background. A small greeting of Merry Xmas is included in the lower right corner amongst the branches. Although…
Yellow Rose Advertising Card
This Victorian advertising card features a beautiful illustration of a bright yellow rose and rosebud at the right-hand side of an opened white envelope. Remnants of the broken wax seal are visible at the top and bottom curved edges of the envelope. A notepaper, with curled edges, is halfway out of the envelope, enough to…
Birds and Swirls Specimen of Flourishing
Here is a beautiful vintage specimen of flourishing. The illustration includes two birds, a butterfly, and plenty of intricate, elegant swirls. The description for the plate from the book is: “Plate VIII is an original off-hand specimen of flourishing, the curves, proportion and shades in which should be carefully observed.” The lovely pen work was…
Shabby Postcard Back with Orange Text
I came across this shabby postcard back in my collection a couple days ago. The dark orange text and the wonderful grungy-ness of the card made me think that it might be useful for you to use in a Halloween project. The text in the upper center of the shabby postcard back is: POST CARDTHIS…
Beautiful Lady Vintage Christmas Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard features a head and shoulders illustration of a beautiful lady. She is wearing a large fluffy hat with off-white colored plumes over a wide brown brim. The lady is also wearing a brown furry scarf that is draped over her right shoulder. A single pink rose is to her left. The…
Vintage Dictionary Page Lovely Luck
This blog post is in response to a request for a vintage dictionary page that includes the word “luck”. Some of the other words included on the page are: lovely, loving, lower case, lowing, loyal, lucern, lucky and lucrative. I scanned the original page from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1922….
