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…
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Botanical Book Plates Clip Art Illustrations
Here are two printable botanical book plates. The first, Fig. 22, is Couch or Quack Grass (Agropyron repens L.) Here is a black and white clip art version of the Couch or Quack Grass illustration. The second of the two botanical book plates, Fig. 23, is Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odoratoa L.) Here is a black…
Easter Greetings Vintage Postcard
This beautiful vintage Easter Greetings postcard features illustrations of a girl holding a bouquet of pussy willows, four fluffy yellow chicks, and a large egg on a wooden pull cart. The girl is dressed in a lovely mauve colored dress, with a dark purple sash at the waist and a dark purple bow at the…
Shamrock Clip Art Illustration
Here is an encyclopedia clipping on the shamrock, a plant usually identified with the white clover, and always thought of in connection with Ireland, of which it is the national emblem. A familiar poem says: It shines through the bog, through the brake and the mireland, And he called it the dear little shamrock of…
Nightingale Bird Clip Art Illustration
Here is an encyclopedia clipping on the nightingale bird. The bird is described as: being a small bird of the thrush family, plain in appearance and shy in habits, but having a song of the sweetest quality, often heard at night… The nightingale is a bird of Western and Central Europe. It is about six…
Sewing Notions Vintage Catalog Page
The following vintage catalog page features high quality sewing notions. Some of the items included on the page are: safety pins, stick pins, dress hooks, crochet hooks, dress fasteners, a needle threader, snap fasteners, hooks and eyes, a tracing wheel, mending tissue, a pincushion, tape measure, a thimble, needle books and a strawberry emery. A…
Bouquet of Red Roses Vintage Illustration
This lovely vintage illustration features a bouquet of red roses. Happy Valentines Day! ❤️ I scanned the original image of this bouquet of red roses from a small book of poetry titled Gems from Whittier, circa 1900. New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable set of shabby and aged number tags. The…
Vase of Purple Lilacs Love Postcard
This beautiful vintage postcard features an illustration of a vase of purple lilacs on a faded white background. A single, small, blooming lilac branch is lying on the tabletop in front of the vase of purple lilacs. The vase is silvery gray and decorated with white flowers. The greeting on the card is: Love to…
Royal Society Embroidery Lesson
This two-page Royal Society embroidery lesson includes instructions for embroidering a pattern that has been printed on the edges and center of an antique night gown. The instructions on the first page, for the stitches and coloring, are as follows: The daisies are worked in loop stitch in Pink. There are two rows of stitches…
Antique Farm Supply Invoice
Here is an antique farm supply agricultural warehouse invoice on behalf of Kendall & Whitney of Portland Me. The invoice features lovely vintage typography, which reads: Bought of Kendall & Whitney Dealers in Agricultural ImplementsPortland Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store Seeds, Wooden Ware, Dairy & Poultry SuppliesCorner Federal and Temple Sts. Terms CashPay your Express,…
Vintage Farm Traveler’s Notebook
I’ve created a vintage farm themed traveler’s notebook for a giveaway contest on Instagram. The giveaway is to celebrate reaching 1000 followers on Instagram recently – thank you all so much! The contest runs until 6:00 p.m. MST, Monday, January 27, 2020. Full contest details are on my Instagram feed. Good luck to everyone who…
Romantic Shakespearean Couple
This printable vintage illustration features a romantic Shakespearean couple, escorted by Cupid, on a crescent moon. The top edge of the moon is decorated with hundreds of small roses. It is illustrated to resemble a sailboat, with a group of bees guiding it. Two lovebirds are cuddled together near the front of the moon. Cupid…
