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Christmas

Art Deco Card Family Shopping for Christmas

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Here is another vintage Christmas card for you. I’ve removed the writing from the inside of the card. I have also included the large blank textured left side of the inside of the card that I thought you might like to use for a tag, journaling block, or even cut a square or rectangle into it and turn it into a frame. Whether…

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Santa Says Shhh Vintage Christmas Card

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I love a good image of Santa and this is a great one! I think this greeting card is too wonderful not to share!  I’ve removed the handwriting from the inside of the card but left the tape because aged tape like this can be a nice design feature. Click on images to enlarge.

Vintage Christmas Stories and Music

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Here are a few vintage Christmas-themed goodies for you.  These articles are all from the December 1914 issue of “The Ladies’ World” magazine. Click on images to enlarge.

Vintage Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

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I enjoy cooking and baking but I’ve never tried baking an authentic Christmas fruit cake. Maybe someday? If I do, it will only be to say I did – but don’t hold your breath. 🙂 This vintage Christmas Fruit Cake recipe is from “The Ladies’ World” magazine, January 1915.  Click on image to enlarge.

Flowers and Santa Vintage Tags

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Here’s a free vintage tag for you. This is the original scanned image (that I cleaned up a bit in Photoshop): Then I removed the roses and added a vintage Santa. I’ve also uploaded the plain blank tag with the roses and Santa removed so you can add to it whatever you’d like. I’m having a ton…

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Stormy Winter Night Clapsaddle Christmas Card

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I don’t know for certain that this is an Ellen Clapsaddle Christmas postcard but based on the similarities between this vintage Christmas postcard and the signed Ellen Clapsaddle postcard I uploaded for you yesterday, my guess is that it very well could be. Click on the image to enlarge.