Here are two antique Easter postcards. The first postcard includes an illustration of a country scene, including a large house, trees in floral bloom and mountains in the distant background. In the foreground, a cross made from blue flowers, with a leafy tree branch behind, is featured on the right-hand side of the card. The…
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Antique Ornamental Alphabet
This book page features an antique ornamental alphabet. It’s a lower-case German ornamental alphabet. Here is a black and white clip art version of the alphabet. For some extra fun, I’ve also grunged up this alphabet for you. I scanned the original book page from The Signists Modern Book of Alphabets, Plain Ornamental Ancient and…
Antique Receipts
I enjoyed creating the last two collaged paper packs with vintage ephemera pieces and antique receipts so much that I decided to design a third set. I chose two of the antique receipts I used in creating the new collaged paper pack to share with you. The first receipt is on behalf of the Mitchell…
Alice in Wonderland Book Cover
Here is a printable Alice in Wonderland book cover. The shabby, aged cover is red cloth texture with a faded spine. The Cheshire cat is engraved in a golden color on the front cover. The original scan of the Alice in Wonderland book cover is a bit too large to print on a regular size-format…
Antique Ladies Dress
Here is an illustration of an antique ladies dress. A description for this dress (referred to as a Ladies’ Costume), from the magazine is, “FIGURE No. 317L. – This illustrates a Ladies’ costume. The pattern, which is No. 7579 and costs 1s, 8d, or 40 cents, is in fifteen sizes for ladies from twenty-eight to…
Striped Texture Page
Here is a striped texture page. The colors of the stripes are perhaps best described as being a steel blue color, with light gray between the stripes. The page is heavily textured, having a few scratches and scuffs here and there, and foxing around the outer edges. The original scan of this striped texture page…
Vintage Ephemera Pieces
I had so much fun creating the last collaged paper pack with taped vintage ephemera pieces that I decided to make a second set of the printable papers. I chose two of the ephemera pieces I used in the paper pack to share with you today. The first is a calendar page for 1883….
Chrysanthemum Jane
Here is a printable clip art illustration of Chrysanthemum Jane. The illustration includes a cluster of the white and yellow pom-pom flowers, on stems of deep green foliage. The heading below the illustration is “CHRYSANTHEMUM “JANE” AND ITS YELLOW VARIETY”. I scanned the original illustration of the chrysanthemums from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical…
Antique Lace Pattern
While searching through my vintage ephemera, and old books, for items to include in my new collaged paper pack, I came across this illustration of an antique lace pattern. I think it’s especially beautiful, so I wanted to share it with you. The description that accompanies the illustration in the old book I scanned the…
Retro Valentines for Children
Here are three retro valentines for children. Each valentine comes with a matching envelope. These valentines can be printed and colored, if desired. Fold lines are included to ensure the valentines fit into the envelopes. The envelopes indicate where each is to be folded. The first valentine card features an illustration of a young boy…
Printable Vintage Rose Postcards
Here are two beautiful printable vintage rose postcards. The first postcard features an illustration of a tan-colored vase filled with pink and red roses, rosebuds, and plenty of green leaves. A petal and a rose are on the table beside the vase. The illustration is on an aged white background. The second of the printable…
Cherub Valentine Postcards
Here are two vintage cherub Valentine postcards. The first is postcard features an illustration of a cherub in a yellow gown nestled in a net filled with blue forget me not flowers. The cherub is holding three four-leaf clovers. The net, shaped like a small boat, is finished with pink ribbons at the ends. It…
