Flowers

Kate Greenaway Pink Roses

September 27, 2012 3 Comments

This lovely vase of pink flowers is a vintage illustration by Kate Greenaway. It is from the old storybook Marigold Garden, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.

Free Vintage Floral Clip Art Red Rose

September 25, 2012 8 Comments

I love the beautiful flourish of roses and leaves on this vintage Reward of Merit card! I’ve removed the names that were written on the lines of the card and restored it close to how I imagine it would have looked in new condition, perhaps 100 ago. To give you added design options, I’ve removed the block of text in this second…

Pretty Tulips by Kate Greenaway

September 17, 2012 4 Comments

It isn’t the season for tulips for many of us but I couldn’t wait until spring to share this pretty image! These beautifully illustrated flowers are from the antique storybook A Day in a Child’s Life by Kate Greenaway, circa 1881. Click on image to enlarge.

Vintage Rose Clip Art

September 15, 2012 Leave a Comment

This beautiful vintage rose clip art image is from my antique school reader, Our Little Book for Little Folks, 1896. Click on image to enlarge.

Floral German Postcard ~ Free Vintage Image

September 14, 2012 5 Comments

I chose to scan this beautiful antique German floral postcard this morning because the colors are wonderful for fall projects! I think the printed message on the top left is a bible verse but the Google translation (most likely due to my errors in trying to spell each word correctly) wasn’t very smooth. For example, one of my tries resulted in…

Free Vintage Clip Art Pink Rose German Postcard

September 9, 2012 10 Comments

This vintage clip art German postcard features a lovely pale pink rose and a greeting below. I did a German to English Google translate search for the text on the card. The translation is, “Congratulations. Many happy returns”. Another website translation for this German phrase is, “happy birthday, many happy returns of the day”. My original of this postcard was postmarked…