Vintage Retro Ornament Image - Red Ball Label

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I had such a blast playing with this one today!! This darling Christmas Ornament image was from an old cardboard store display, that I purchased at a local antique mall yesterday. The image probably dates to around the 1950's, I do believe it falls in the public domain, since the copyright does not appear to have been registered and it was published before 1977. I just love the simplicity of this traditional red Christmas ball and I thought it would make a great label, so I added the To and From, in a fun font for you, in case you would like to use it on your gifts!







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Vintage Kids Printable - Fairy Tale Paper Doll Postcard

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How fun is this?!! This cute antique postcard, also doubles as a paper doll. There are 3 costumes included, Little Miss Muffet, Mother Goose, and Princess Goldilocks. Each costume has it's own hat and their is even a little stand for the doll. You could mail this to a few of your favorite kiddos, or use as a gift tag for a special little (or big) girl!!

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Italian Beauty Lina Cavalieri & A Giveaway!

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For months now, I've been trying to get a hold of an image of this famous beauty. This is Lina Cavalieri an Italian Opera Star, born in 1874. And finally today, this gorgeous image arrived in the mail! Her dress is as stunning as her face, I hope you like her too!

Now for the Giveaway part:
I was recently asked to review a brand spanking new laptop with the Intel® Core™ i5 processor inside, via Blogher. Yay! You can read about my busy life and why I needed this awesome little machine HERE. AND, at the same time, you can find out how to get 2 chances for a $250 Best Buy Gift Card, provided by Blogher!!! AND, it's a two part post, so you can get 2 more chances on my second post HERE. I'm so excited to be able to offer such a valuable Giveaway item to you guys. All the details are on my personal blog, so make sure you click on the links in this paragraph to leave your comments in the right spot!
Reminder: Don't post your comment here for the draw, you must comment on my other blog to be entered! (Sorry for the shouting, I just don't want you guys to miss out!)

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Brag Monday - Angel Ornament & French Music Tray

It's time for Brag Monday #61 ! Once again I'm bragging about two more projects from the last Brag Monday party.

First I'm bragging about this really sweet Angel Ornament crafted by Gail at Little Beach Designs! ! Gail used the Angelic Snow Girl image from HERE , for this precious piece!

Next I'm bragging about this really lovely Tres Chic Tray, made by Donna at My Shabby Chateau. Donna used the French Label found HERE.


Now it's your turn! Have you made something from an image here at The Graphics Fairy that you would like to share? Or do you have a favorite image from here that you would like to share on your blog? Don't be shy, we want to see it!! It's time to brag! You might even be featured on a future Brag Monday post. Just add a link below in the McLinky box and make sure you link back, so everyone can play!


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Vintage Graphic Images - Lovely French Cologne Labels

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Here are two lovely French Cologne labels for you to play with! The one at the top is the original. I think this is so pretty with all of it's garlands and ribbons and of course the cute French Rooster!

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Vintage Sports Clip Art - Fencing, Tennis?, Golf

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This past week I've been working on creating an easier way to for you guys to find images on my site, I'm hoping to unveil it in another week or so. Anyway, the point is, as I make my way through various categories, I've realized that certain categories have been pretty neglected, and in some case the selection is downright pitiful!! I promise to work on that. The Sports category is probably one of the absolute worst (not exactly my cup of tea!), so I'm offering you 3 old dictionary images that are sports related, including a Fencing graphic, some rackets (tennis or badminton? You see I really am clueless in this area!) and lastly some Golf clubs.

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Vintage Winter Clip Art - Sweet Snow Children with Lanterns

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This is such a precious advertising card! This one shows a Wintery scene with 4 dear little children, walking along the snow, with 4 lit lanterns. The lovely scalloped edge is a nice bonus! This would make a pretty gift tag, glittered up with some white sparkly glitter.

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Vintage Kitchen Clip Art - Fork, Knife, Spoon

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One of my most requested graphics has been a knife, fork, and spoon combo. Some of you may recognize the utensils above. Originally I offered these separately, the knife and fork were together and the spoon was by itself. So this morning I combined the images and I resized and darkened up the spoon, so that it would match the the other 2 pieces. I also enlarged the image so now it's perfectly sized for transferring onto your favorite home decor items! I can picture this on a flour sack towel, wouldn't that make a cute hostess gift for the holidays!!

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Antique Ephemera - Torn Paper Texture

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I was looking through some old books today (okay yeah, I do that everyday) and this fell out of one of them. Love!! I was instantly struck by how perfectly torn this old page is and I love the patina too. I thought it would make a great texture, and so nice for mixed media collage. I hope you like it too.

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Vintage Christmas Clip Art - Bird with Holly

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Now that Turkey day is over, I thought I would post another Christmas image. This one comes from a Victorian Children's book. This sweet bird is a Robin and he is the title page for a story called The Robins Christmas Eve. Such a pretty Mulberry toned engraving! I've included are a black and white version as well.

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Vintage Thanksgiving Clip Art - Patriotic Turkey

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Here's one more Thanksgiving image for you. This proud looking Patriotic Turkey! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.

Today, and everyday, I'm thankful for all of you!!!


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Thursday is Request Day - Sweet Baby, Shave Brush, Crochet, Vulture

It's Thursday (and also Thanksgiving!) so that means it's request day here at TGF!

Here's what I found for you this week:

Kelly was wishing for some Baby Announcements. I don't have any actual announcements on hand, but I did find this darling image in an old baby book, that would work great for that purpose!


Momma Button was looking for Barber or Salon tools. I found this wonderful old shaving brush graphic in an old Pharmacy catalog.




Mizdarlin and Carol-Ann both requested Crochet images, this one matches the knitting image that I posted on last weeks request day!


And finally, Mel was looking for a Vulture graphic. This guy is from an early Natural History book.

Well, that's all for this week. Do you have a request for an image? If so please leave it here in the comments section of my Request Day post, and then check back on Thursday to see if I found your requested image (Sorry but I can't fill every request, I usually pick a few each week). Each week I go back and check under my Thursday posts to find what your looking for, it's so much easier for me that way. I'm afraid I'm a very disorganized Fairy, so please, please please Do Not email requests to me, I most likely will loose it if you do. So sorry but I'm a complete mess when it comes to email! I'm afraid they're just aren't enough hours in the day to answer them all, and then I feel horribly guilty.

P.S. Don't forget to use the search box here on my blog, you might find that the image you want is already here!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Thanksgiving Clip Art - Big Beautiful Turkey

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Here's a little Thanksgiving gift for you! This big beautiful Turkey image comes from my Great Grandmother's scrap book. It looks like this was an old advertising card that she cut out. It has the word "Standard" on it's tail.

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Vintage Kids Printable - Regency Ladies Color Page

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This is another one from the old costume book, that my friend Ted lent me. Thanks Ted! These are some Regency ladies, in their lovely empire waist dresses. I've made this into a printable so that children can use it as a coloring page. Perhaps there are some young Jane Austin fans out there, that would enjoy coloring this one!



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Vintage Clip Art - Kitten in Slipper - Ephemera

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I'm not sure which side of this card I like better! The front shows a darling white Kitten sleeping in a creamy colored Shoe. The back has some wonderful Typography on it!

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Vintage Clip Art - Japanese Mother in Kimono

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My friend Marian lent me some wonderful antique books recently, including a 1912 lessons book that this image came from. This sweet graphic is a lovely drawing of a Japanese Woman, dressed in a Kimono, and holding a baby. Lovely!

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Crafty Christmas Project - Santa Star Ornaments and Printable

This weeks Crafty Project are these darling little Santa Head Christmas Ornaments!

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For this project, I've included a High Resolution printable of the Santa Heads. These were some tiny antique Victorian scrap pieces from my collection, I made them in a couple different sizes for you, in case you have other projects that you would like to use them for.

I used some small Paper Mache stars that I had on hand. I glittered the stars with glass glitter. Next I printed out the Santa heads onto cardstock, cut out the small heads and glittered the edges. I hot glued the heads to a small loop of tinsel, and then hot glued that to the stars.

Quick and easy and they look so cute!!

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Brag Monday - Nutcracker Stocking and Bird Box

It's time for Brag Monday #60 ! Once again I'm bragging about two more projects from the last Brag Monday party.
First I'm bragging about this Stunning Nutcracker Ballet Stocking crafted by Thespa at Vintiquities Workshop! ! Thespa used the Ballerina image from HERE , for this gorgeous stocking!


Next I'm bragging about this really lovely painted & decoupaged box, made by Lindy at Cottage Hill. Lindy used the Yellow Bird Image found HERE.

Now it's your turn! Have you made something from an image here at The Graphics Fairy that you would like to share? Or do you have a favorite image from here that you would like to share on your blog? Don't be shy, we want to see it!! It's time to brag! You might even be featured on a future Brag Monday post. Just add a link below in the McLinky box and make sure you link back, so everyone can play!


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