I recently purchased several vintage French receipts and other pieces of French ephemera. I put together a printable set for my shop and I set aside a couple of the receipts to share with you here. The first receipt, dated July 4, 1901, is a pale green color. The second of the vintage French receipts…
Vintage Farmer Clip Art Printables
Today I’m sharing vintage farmer clip art printables. The Farmer is a vintage action song for kindergarten students. It has the simple lines, “Shall I tell you how the farmer, Shall I tell you how the farmer, Shall I tell you how the farmer {(A) sows his (B) reaps his (C) threshes} barley and wheat?…
Story-and-a-Half Vintage House
Here is an illustration of a charming story-and-a-half vintage house. When I read the accompany description of the house on the shabby and aged pages within the book, I wanted to share those pages with you as well. The house is described as “a fine and commodious story-and-a-half house well adapted for a country or…
Bush Lima Beans Clip Art
This vintage magazine clipping features an article on bush Lima beans. The article states that there are three distinct types of Lima beans, the most widely known and cultivated of which is the large white Lima. It goes on to say, “The others are the small white Lima (Sieva) and the potato Lima or Dreer’s…
Victorian Calling Cards with Roses
Here are two Victorian calling cards with roses. The first calling card features an illustration of a hand reaching toward a white dove. Behind the dove is a dark yellow envelope that includes the written message, “A token of affection.” The illustration is framed with a number of red and pink roses, blue forget-me-not flowers…
Vintage Sample Writing Page
This free printable vintage sample writing page includes a handwritten alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase letters. Also included on the page are numbers one through nine, and zero, a variety of symbols such as a dollar sign, cent sign, percent sign, a check mark, question mark, exclamation mark and a few fractions. Two sample…
Old-Fashioned Bread Recipes
Here are four shabby, aged, and well-used cookbook pages of old-fashioned bread recipes. Included on the pages are recipes for Bread Raised Twice, Bread Raised Three Times and Bread in Summer or Winter. There are also two recipes for Salt-Rising Bread and a recipe for Boston Brown Bread.I scanned the pages from The Dixie Cook-Book….
Leaf and Acorn Designs for a Booklet
Here is an illustration of leaf and acorn designs for a booklet. Included on the page is a variety of designs of red oak leaves and acorns. A cute squirrel is illustrated in the bottom center of the page. The illustration at the top was created to be used for the cover decoration; the smaller…
Vintage Gardening Supplies Ads
Here are three vintage gardening supplies ads. The first advertisement is for an Iron Age Double Wheel Hoe. It includes an illustration of an old-fashioned cultivating hoe with double wheels. The hoe, with attachments pictured, was regularly priced at $8.75 but it was being offered at a special price of $7.90. A lower priced version…
Vintage French Seed Labels
Here are two vintage French seed labels. The first label includes an illustration of a perfectly ripe green head of cabbage. The label reads: Chou Cabus couer de boeuf gros. An online translation gives the result: Cabbage Cabus large beef heart. The second vintage French seed label is for cauliflower. It includes an illustration of…
Printable Easter Postcards Clip Art Images
Here are two lovely vintage printable Easter postcards. The first postcard is a framed Christian message that reads: O Lord of all, with us abide, In this our joyful Eastertide. The wording, on a white background, is done in red and black calligraphy, decorated with blue lines and swirls. The frame is outlined in dark…
Beautiful Window Decoration
Here is a vintage illustration of a beautiful window decoration. The illustration features a bay window, with full-length, white lace curtains topped with an elegant burgundy patterned valance. The top of the valance is attached to an ornate golden yellow frame moulding. Each of the three panels of glass windows has a green blind that…
