Friday, August 31, 2007

Cologne Advertising Trade Card



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This is a darling Vintage trade card for Austen's Cologne. I love the beautiful garland the woman is holding.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Photo of Woman with Old West Style Hat

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This is such a wonderful Antique Photo, what a great hat! Was she a cowgirl perhaps?!

More French Tarot Cards




Two more of the wonderful early Tarot cards from France.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

More Eggs!

More beautiful eggs from my friends collection!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Clock Face

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Nice old paper clock face. You can print this out and make your own clocks with it!


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Monday, August 27, 2007

Old Fashioned Apothecary Labels







These are some really great old Apothecary labels that I picked up at a flea market. These would be fun to decoupage onto an old bottle or great to use on ATC's (Artist Trading Cards).

Sunday, August 26, 2007

French Tarot Cards


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A friend of mine sold me these wonderful very early Tarot cards that she picked up in France! I have quite a few of these so, I will be posting more over the next few weeks.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Green & Yellow Wall Paper

This paper has a nice garden style theme to it. It would make a great background for scrapbooking.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Bluebird & Red Roses


Great Colors!

1911 Invoice


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Nice piece of ephemera from the early 1900s.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Darling Nest

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This nest comes from a family scrapbook album that has been in my family for several generations.

Calligraphy Calling Card


Wonderful calling card with calligraphy flourishes!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Brown & White Speckled Eggs


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More free vintage clipart. This is another piece from my friends amazing collection!

More Lovely Wallpaper

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Another great Wallpaper piece, this would make a great background on a web page or blog.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Vintage Blue/Gray Wallpaper



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I've been collecting wallpaper for a number of years now, this is a very pretty floral piece. Wouldn't this make great gift tags?!

Old Fashioned Eggs


A good friend of mine let me borrow her amazing collection of egg prints, watch for more of these over the coming weeks. The blue speckled ones are my favorite!
Reminder: Don't forget to click on the picture in order to get the much larger full size version.

Pretty Family




This is a nice antique photo of a beautiful mother and her two pretty daughters.

Beautiful Brown Birds


Beautiful antique birds card, I love the contrasting blue border! Don't forget to click on it to see the larger size view.

Monday, August 20, 2007

1843 French Letter



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Beautiful french letter from 1843. At one time I sold my own line of handmade soaps and I used this as the wrapper.

About the Site



I have to confess I have a paper addiction! I've decided to share many pieces from my huge collection of vintage and antique paper items here on my site. Selections will include old wallpaper, early photos, advertising pieces, Victoriana scraps, and other assorted ephemera. These images are suitable to use in your collages, for scrapbooking, or as clip art for web design etc and they are free!


The Graphics Fairy is an angel company. Which means you can use these images to make a product that you intend to sell. There are a few rules though so please read below:






  1. The graphics are free however you may not use more than 4 of the clip art images in any single product.



  2. In order to use these lovely visuals you will need to save them to your computer. In order to do this first- click on the item that you would like (this will open a window with a much larger image) second - right click the larger image and select "save as" in the pop up box, and then click the save button in the lower right hand corner of the box.


  3. Do not link directly to the images.


  4. If you use these on your blog, website etc. Please include a link back to this site.


  5. Have fun!

Sweet Babies





Cute antique baby photo!

Victorian Lilacs




Sooo pretty!

Floral Millinery Cards


Check out the cute bees on the second one!

Victorian Children

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Sweet old advertising piece!