Antique French Holy Card

This is a gorgeous antique holy card from Paris! This card has a beautifully engraved image of Jesus holding a crown of thorns and is titled La Couronne Du Ciel. Make sure you click on this image to bring up the largest size and all the gorgeous detail!

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Old Print - Princess with Crown

This is a wonderful classic art piece of a princess wearing a jeweled crown. She has on a gorgeous brocade dress and a classic fur trimmed royal cape!

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Easter Angel with Lamb

This is a darling vintage European postcard. This real photo card features a sweet little girl dressed as an angel. She's accompanied by a fluffy white lamb and a giant egg chariot!
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Vintage Graphic - Embroidery Label

Today I picked up this wonderful Victorian box of silk Embroidery thread! The graphics on the lid of this box are so beautiful, I thought they would make a great label.

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Craft Project - Easy Leather Photo Wallet

I'm very excited to share with you another amazing craft project from the fabulously talented Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made! Cathe made this project using a vintage image from here at The Graphics Fairy, and turned it into a beautiful leather wallet. She will be my guest blogger today, all of the photos, text and project instructions come from her blog.

Today I made fun and very easy project using a beautiful image from where else, but the Graphics Fairy! This time, a Victorian postcard image, (sans the dog.) This project is so easy that you could probably figure it out by photos only. There are so many ways to modify this idea with other great Graphics Fairy clip art.

I played with iron-on transfers on leather again. I am repurposing leather furniture swatches, but you can also find leather in your closet (old purse or jacket possibly?) or at the thrift store in the form of a coat or bag. And you don’t have to use leather, or even sew for that matter. Copy images onto cardstock for pretty photo mats!

I modified the dog postcard by removing his precious little face and changing the wording in the ribbon. You can access these modified images by clicking on the artwork above to retrieve the JPG file and reduce to whatever size you find best to work with.
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{1} I printed out the image onto Wilton T-Shirt transfers for DARK fabrics. (No need to flop the image, you end up printing sort of a decal that you peel and stick.) {2-3} I then trimmed out each image

{4-5-6} Following the product instructions, I peeled off the backing of each piece, laid them on the smooth side of the leather, covered with the parchment (supplied with the transfers) and pressed in places, (do NOT slide the iron around.)

{7} Once the images were pressed onto the leather and cooled, I trimmed them out. {8-9} Using the slowest setting on my sewing machine, I stitched around the inside of the circle design. {10} Then, with an X-acto knife, I cut out the inside of the stitched circle area.





{11-12} I positioned the two image pieces side by side with a gap in the middle (for the fold) on top of another larger piece of leather (suede side up) and stitched all around the borders of the two images leaving the inside edges open (to later slide in the photos.)

{13-14} I made a seam down the center of the wallet between the two images to score the leather for easier folding.




{15} After trimming out the final sewn piece neatly, I slid clear sheets of film into the pockets. {16} I used PVC plastic from a greeting card box.

Now I can carry my precious family in style in my purse, or place them up on my shelf at home.

I hope you enjoyed this fun project today. Make sure you check out Cathe's blog at Just Something I Made for this and other great tutorials!

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Free Graphic - Lovely Bluebird

This is a very pretty little male Bluebird with a bright red chest! This one came from the same book as the egg print that I posted yesterday. He seems quite pleased with his Blueberry feast!
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Free Vintage Clip Art - Birds Eggs

Today I was running some errands (had to get my taxes done, uggh) , and thought I would stop at a couple of my favorite junk stores, while I was out. I scored big time with a fabulous bird book, that is full of gorgeous bird and egg prints!! I couldn't wait to share this wonderful 1917 egg print from my new (old) book, with all of you. I love the pastel colors in these eggs, especially these pink colored ones!! I hope you can find some wonderful project to use this in. Make sure you click on this to bring up the largest size, I kept this one a little larger than usual so that you can see every detail.

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Free Clip Art - Easter Peeps

I just love this adorable little 1906 postcard! Here we have 9 darling little fluffy Easter peeps all in a row!!

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Vintage End Paper - Scrolls & Flourishes

I love vintage end papers from old books, don't you?! This one is filled with lots of swirly scrolls and flourishes, along with some tiny delicate flowers and two bird topped shields! This would make a wonderful background for ATC's or a pretty scrapbook page. Make sure and click on the image to bring up the largest size.

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Free Clip Art - Easter Chicks

This sweet Victorian postcard shows two darling little Easter chicks, in basket embellished with Violets! A cute piece to use in your Easter craft projects.

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Free Graphic - Pierrot Clown

This is a fabulous old photo from an archived collection. This wonderful photograph is of a man dressed as Pierrot the clown, including a ruffled collar and pompom embellished hat and coat!

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Old Typography - Tea & Coffee

This is a wonderful antique advertising trade card for a Tea company from Baltimore. This is actually the back of the card but I just loved the typography on this one! I think this piece of old ephemera would make a great background for ATC's.

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Vintage Easter Clip Art - Cherub with Bird

This sweet vintage Easter card has the prettiest vibrant colors in it! This one features a young cherub cradling a darling little bird in his hands. Next to the cherub is a wonderful mother hen with her baby chicks and some pastel colored eggs. So charming!

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Old Graphic - Regal Woman in Blue Sash

This is a beautiful print from an old painting. This regal looking woman is wearing an ornate gold and white dress with the loveliest blue silk sash!

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Vintage Clip Art - St. Patrick's Day Postcard

Well today I'm cheating a little bit! I actually offered this fun vintage St. Patrick's Day postcard last year but, I'm revisiting it, since for some reason it never got categorized in the St. Pats Day category! What I did do, to give you a little more bang for your buck (or in this case bang for your freebie!), was to digitally cut out the "Erin Go Bragh" ribbon and Shamrocks. If you are into digital art, you will no doubt find some festive holiday projects that you can add these items to. They are offered here in PNG format. For more vintage St Pat's clip art click here.

I hope you have a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Vintage St Patrick's Day Clip Art - Shamrocks

Here's a cute piece of clip art for St. Patrick's Day. This little piece features festive green Shamrocks all in a row! This would be fun to print out and use for napkin rings for your Irish celebration. Make sure you click on the image to bring up the largest size for printing!

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Free Victorian Clip Art - Cats with Yarn

This is a sweet Victorian advertising card. This card was from a boot and shoe store in Baltimore and features 3 playful kittens amusing themselves with the knitting yarn!

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Victorian Clip Art - Easter Eggs & Violets

Today's offering is a gorgeous Raphael Tuck and Son's Easter postcard. This has the prettiest pastel eggs adorned with cheery purple Violets!

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