Here is a colorful vintage French seed label that includes an illustration of some pretty red flowers. The caption on the label is: COQUELOURDE DES JARDINS VARIEE. From the translation search I did, I think Coquelourde is the name of the flower and des jardins variee is garden variety. This type of label would have…
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Free Vintage Image ~ Red Rose Birthday Postcard
Here is a vintage postcard with a pretty red rose and the message: Every good wish for a Happy Birthday. The handwritten note on the back of my original is dated January 16, 1917. For additional creative options, here is a version of the postcard without the writing. Click on images to enlarge. I don’t…
Floral Embroidery Pattern Clip Art
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.
Free Vintage Image ~ Daisies and Love Poem
This pretty page with a vintage illustration of yellow and white daisies and an old fashioned love poem by Robert Browning is from a small book of poetry titled For Love’s Sake. The book was published in 1907. I scanned the page at a high resolution (resized to 300 dpi) to make it much larger…
Free Vintage Image ~ Spring Flowers Sheet Music Cover
Here is a beautiful vintage sheet music cover with the title Spring Flowers and many lovely floral and ornamental details to use in your crafts or designs. My original measures 10.5″ x 13″ but I’ve shrunk this down to fit an 8.5″ x 11″ page for those of you that would like to print it. …
Free Vintage Clip Art Easter Lilies and Cross
Happy Easter! Here is a pretty vintage Easter postcard with white lilies and a gold cross on a blue background. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ French Bellflower Seed Label
Here is a beautiful vintage French seed label for double flowering Bellflowers. This type of seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
A New Book, New Items in my Etsy Shop and Some Free Images
I bought a new book. It’s actually a very old book, published in 1886, but it’s new to me ~ and I love it! Flowers from Dell and Bower by Susie Barstow Skelding. At $100 US + $13 for shipping (from abebooks.com), my copy was a bargain considering that a copy of this book recently sold…
Free Vintage Image ~ Flowers Seeds Magazine Ad
Here is a vintage magazine clipping, advertising 43 flowers (20 packets of seeds and 23 bulbs) for 30 cents. This ad is from the May 1900 issue of The Delineator. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Digital Image ~ Victorian Calling Card
Here is a pretty Victorian calling card with a frame of flowers and an outstretched hand surrounding a country scene and the message Hope sustain thee ever and the shabby, aged back side of the card. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Clip Art Pink Rose and Poem
This vintage page is from a small book of poetry titled Roses and Lilies from Longfellow, 1898. The page includes the poem Sixteenth Day and a lovely illustration of a pink rose and rosebuds. The floral image alone. Click on images to enlarge.
Marcus Ward & Co Floral Greeting Card
Here is a beautiful antique one-sided floral greeting card by Marcus Ward & Co. The card is from the late 1800s and the message is: With Best Wishes. For added design options, here is a version of the card with the wording removed. Click on images to enlarge.
