Here are two vintage cookbook pages that include three recipes for Christmas Cake. These recipes are from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1907. Click on images to enlarge.
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Free Vintage Graphic ~ Full Page of French Text
Here is a full page of vintage French text from the June 28, 1896 issue of La Nouvelle Mode. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Graphic ~ Full Page of English Text
While surfing the web, and Pinterest, this morning, I came across some beautiful handmade cards and tags that included random bits of vintage text. I’ve also seen vintage text used in wonderfully creative ways in digital scrapbook kits. That inspires me to share with you some random vintage text. Whatever your craft or design purpose is, I…
Mrs. Beeton’s Recipes for Pastry
With an abundance of pumpkins available at this time of year, it would be the perfect time to make an old fashioned pumpkin pie! I enjoy baking but I don’t bake pies often and the pumpkin pies I have made start with pureed pumpkin from the can and I simply follow the instructions on the label. I’ve…
Free Vintage Clip Art Pink Roses and Poem
This vintage book page includes the poem First Day and a beautifully illustrated cluster of pink roses. It’s from a small book of poetry titled Roses and Lilies from Longfellow, 1898. The cluster of roses alone: Click on images to enlarge.
Fruit Song ~ Free Vintage School Lesson
This is another page from the antique school lesson book, Our Little Book for Little Folks, 1896. It’s a lesson on fruit and nuts. A similar lesson page from the book, Flower Song, is also available on my blog, here. Click on image to enlarge.
Vowel Sounds Vintage Page Graphic
I can’t believe that the back-to-school season is just around the corner! My granddaughter, Ashley, will be moving to our home next weekend to attend bible school in our city this year. Big changes for her and for us! I hope and pray that she’ll be happy living here (not too homesick) and that I can be a good role…
Fruit and Spice Cakes Vintage Recipe
It’s a little early for Christmas but I couldn’t wait to share this vintage Fruit and Spice Cakes recipe page with you. It’s from Igleheart’s Cake Secrets, 1922. Click on image to enlarge.
Flower Song Vintage School Lesson
I chose another page for you from the antique school lesson book Our Little Book for Little Folks, 1896, this morning. I like this page because it has a little of everything: a pretty title, a bit of music, a cute poem (or song?) in gorgeous handwriting and some basic shapes – all great for school projects! Click on image…
I Can See An Apple Vintage School Lesson
This old page is from Our Little Book for Little Folks, an antique school lesson book published in 1896. Click on image to enlarge.
Accounting Book Pages
This old accounting booklet belonged to my grandfather. I’ve scanned a variety of the pages for you to use in your crafts or designs.Grungy accounting pages: Less grungy accounting pages: Accounting pages with writing: Plain grungy back page: Cover: Click on images to enlarge.
Summer Costumes for Little Folks
This is another page from the July 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. I’ve included the full page for those of you that like to have some text to work with in your crafts and designs – and there’s also that pretty swirl at the top that I thought you may like as well. Click on image…
