Six L.A. as Subject members dug through their archives to share an item or collection that helps Southern Californians understand our region's heritage.
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Maybe if I post enough pictures that look like Spring the weather will take the hint. I am wrapping up a very busy short week here as my kiddos are starting "Spring Break" on Thursday. Taxes are completed, lake house is ready for fishing, cars are set for travel, pet sitters contacted, etc. I had two hours on Monday to sneak into a favorite flea market stop and grab some goodies. A bouncing baby buggy for the perfect potted plant. These Shawnee nursery planters were marked down. I see pincushions in my future. A McCoy string holder and a glitter paper mache bird. Love the colors. Box full of vintage sewing notions and paper graphics. The cutest set of gingham apron in Easter egg colors. The stitching is divine. How they sandwiched the rick rack between the stitches. I truly use these as specimens to study and learn from. Using the gingham blocks as the pattern...so easy I would have never thought of it. A wonderful heartfelt thank you to the blogging community who has linked to me or posted about me. You all have been so kind. This is such a great place to share and learn. I appreciate all of the comments and good wishes. I am thrilled to be a part of such a talented community.
Hello Friends! A cute vintage kitty card for you! I want to share with you a pattern for crochet coasters. It's a simple pattern that I...
I found these vintage pharmacy labels at the National Archives, the top is the original, the bottom ones were cut out individually, cleaned up, and the names were taken off so you may use them as your own. Enjoy and don’t forget to like my Facebook page, I just had my first contest with two […]
I want to share another fab blogfind with ya’ll today: Antique French Playing Cards, Lady Size (meaning they are a bit slimmer than “ordinary” playing cards). 1st Floor Flat offer…
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View a charming collection of Harvest Time Images! Harvesting Wheat. Picking Apples. Gathering Berries. Great for your Fall Craft Projects!
Happy freebie day! Today's printable celebrates the lost arts of handwritten and typed letters, and film photography. Rarely do we send notes and letters we've penned ourselves, or see photos that w
Another wonderful illustration on a trade card for selling thread. This time, the beautiful girl is shown in a sunflower. Surely both illustrations -- sunflower & fall leaves -- were created by the same artist!? No printer name on this one, but it does show a copyright date: 1887.
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Spring makes me think of Great Grandmother Anna, who adored everything Pansy. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com My great grand parents, Anna and Niels's wedding picture 1895 in Denmark. Her dress, while not white was perfect for the cold wind on the west coast of Northern Denmark or Nordjylland. Niels was a fisherman and might have wooed my great grandmother with Pansies, she was 19 here. Source: The Graphics Fairy I wonder if she had beautiful prints of pansies, such as this one from the era. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com In 1911 Anna and Niels and family had enlarged to three girls and one boy, my grandfather. My great aunt who passed my mother the pansy items, is the baby girl. She lived to be 100. This was a photo taken before their immigration to the United States that year. The Graphics Fairy There are many Victorian cards and graphics including Pansies. The Victorian meaning for Pansy was "to think," or "thoughts," about love. So to give a pansy was to say, "I'm thinking about you," fondly we would hope. The pansy was considered a bad-luck gift to give to a man. Violets or Violas, the smaller pansies meant modesty, where 'shrinking violet' came from. The colors also added to the message. Blue pansies meant, "I'll always be true, faithful and watchful," while white pansies meant "let's take a chance. A wonderful site about flowers is The Plant Farm blog. One of Anna's plates http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com I have two OLD Alumina plates which were everyday wares produced at the turn of the century by Royal Copenhagen. Produced with a thicker/ironstone tan clay body this line of pieces were painted white and then a design was stenciled or hand painted on top and then clear glazed. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com This thick porcelain thunder mug or porcelain potty had a gorgeous top, which bit the dust a long time ago. I have used it for a planter, table decoration, and held my curlers for awhile. The piecemoves about the houseseasonally. It is beautiful and weighs a ton. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com Pansy thunder-mug, Anchor mark on the bottom circa 1906 or there about. Anchor Pottery Company in Trenton NJ, produced this piece probably in the early 1900's. Perhaps it was the first item Anna purchased when coming to the US Wikipedia tells us that “the pansy is a group of large-flowered hybrid plants cultivated as garden flowers. Pansies are derived from viola species Viola tricolor, hybridized with other viola species. These hybrids are referred to as Viola. The common words “pansy” and “violet” are often used interchangeably. When a distinction is made, plants considered to be pansies have four petals pointing upwards, and only one pointing down. Violets have three petals pointing up and two pointing down.” http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com I have very few items from Great Grandmother Anna since my grandfather was the only son. The daughters most often inherited all their mother's pretty items. These pieces were passed down to my mother through my great aunt, the baby in the second picture. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com In America, Great Grandfather and my now grown grandfather (left) opened a fish market in 1922. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com I have the OLD original tools from the fish market, cleavers, sharpeners, a scaling knife, the notes hook which was in the small office where all the books were kept. On the right is a picture of a woman serving fish, which I had always thought was Great Grandma Anna, but wasn't as it was a generic print that an advertising calendar could be made from. The year is 1923 and was printed for my family's fish market. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com The major piece I have from her is this lovely teapot. The mark on the bottom is Plant Tuscan China made in England 1936 or later. She passed in 1938. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com What is unusual is how beloved this pot was, as it is smashed into at least 20 pieces and was lovingly glued back together. Anna had eight grand children by then, and was aunt to another dozen. Somehow this precious teapot was broken and then repaired. I handle it very gingerly and it is on display in a locked china cabinet most days. This is what I call a monumental REDO. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com I can imagine Anna's garden was filled with pansies, Forget-me-knots, and other lush flowers that liked the chill of the North Sea or Lake Michigan. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com Another piece I know very little about is a a silver plated brass tray with matching lid, on an enamel glazed milk-glass bowl. My guess it is very early 20th century and the milk glass has that tint of green so desirable in old milk glass. I don't have a black light, but I imagine it would glow green. Nothing was marked on this piece, despite how beautiful the enamel glazed decorations still are on this. Those are Mom's antique books, the dish sits on. http://oldnewgreenredoblog.blogspot.com So with "Pansy Thoughts" of my great grandmother...I post a Spring gift for you. Thanks always for visiting. I will try and respond to every comment and answer every question. 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An interactive crossing designed for roads that would respond to people’s changing movements throughout the day has been prototyped in South London. Starling Crossing has been created by urban design consultancy Umbrellium, and works by lining roads with a material embedded with LED light technology. The project was commissioned by car insurance company Direct Line.This is accompanied by two cameras at either end of a crossing area, which are “not for surveillance” and do not store images, says Usman Haque, founding partner at Umbrellium, but instead are “effectively the equivalent of motion sensors”. Crossings appear and disappear As people approach a road, the footage from the cameras triggers the LED lights, and a crossing appears and lights up on the ground. read more
These are Wonderful Cherub Angel Clip Art Images. These gorgeous pieces were scanned from Victorian Scraps and are perfect for Christmas Crafts & Designs!
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A stunning collection of French Frames! 2 sets of identical frames in fun colors. Pretty floral and angel design frames. Ornate Black & white frames.
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Black kitty on the moon. These cards are printed on 80 lb. Warm White cover stock and come with a matching envelope. The images are taken from vintage cards and advertisements. The cards come in 3 sizes- 3.5" x 5" when folded, 4.5" x 5.5" when folded, and 5" x 7" when folded. They are blank unless you want to ad a message. You can also get them in 10 packs. Make wonderful invitations. Nowe available in Postcards! 4" x 6" printed on 100 lb. warm white cover stock. Postcards do not come with envelopes.
Valentine's Day is the day to celebrate love, all kinds of love. Don't forget anyone! I have been collecting vintage images for years, drawn by their beauty and versatility. For the first time this year, I have decided to share a few of them here on Etsy, wanting others to have the pleasure of enjoying them, so many forgotten, all of them unique and beautiful. There is something so simple and sincere in these greetings from decades ago...something so important now. Cards also come as collections of 8 in a kraft paper box with clear top for easy storage. $24. for 8 cards.(See separate listing) They are individually hand-printed here in my studio in Hudson, NY. They measure 4.25"x 5.5" and come with envelopes. Source: Vintage Mid Century Romance Comic Book The watermark will not appear on your card:) It will ship in a stiff paperboard envelope for protection. All shipping is First Class, and all Free shipping is First Class Domestic. If you desire another form of shipping please message me, concerning extra charges. Many thanks for considering ReadyFreddyPress. If there is a special order that you would like to make (invitations, announcements/thank yous etc.), please message me. Happy Valentines Day...celebrate love every day!
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This is a lovely collection of a picture of a Wild Rose! Shown here full color vintage Wild Rose images as well as black and white Clipart.
Simplicity Vintage French Holy Card – Anonymous Artist Simplicity. It is a virtue, a state of our soul at peace. At the top of this card it says, “What Mary wants from me is”. At the bottom of the card it says in big letters “Simplicity”. Below that it says, “To be simple is to have only one object: God alone.” This is a great thing to remember at all times. It is especially good when we are stressed and hounded by the difficult complications of life. Whether they be overwhelming problems or just nagging little details, it is good to remember that God is in control, and he only asks us to keep our faces turned to His. Let go and let God. Love Him with a child's heart, and trust in His love for you. Bouasse Jeune is one of our favorite vintage publishers of holy cards. They did several virtues in this series, of which we offer three. Simplicity, Candor, and Perseverance. They are all personal favorites, especially Simplicity. ** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a white border of about 0.5" inch for 5x7", 1.3" for 8.5x11", or 1.6" for 11x14" pictures. All Approx! Fine art printers do this because the images are almost never the same rectangular ratio of the standard paper sizes. It also gives the prints a finished look, and lets them look good in a frame without a matt. – Acid-free paper – Archival pigments, rated to last for generations. – Cardboard backer – Above story of the art – Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal clear bag. Thanks for your interest! Thanks! Sue & John You might also enjoy original Catholic Art and Jewerly by me, Sue Kouma Johnson, here on Etsy at www.Etsy.com/shop/TreeOfHeaven Also, check out our Catholic Quote shop, where we are pairing authentic quotes from Saints with Art: www.Etsy.com/shop/CatholicQuote “In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.” ~ St. Pope John Paul II Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – CatholicArtAndJewelry.
Antique postcards are a wonderful resource for artists. This hub contains images of vintage postcards for free use by others.
