Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Vintage Graphic - Little Beach Girl & a GIVEAWAY!

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Here we have a sweet Victorian trade card, showing a little Girl at the Beach! She's got her tiny tin pail and her sailboat, so she's all set for some Summer fun!



In other news:
I'm having another Giveaway over on my DIY Blog!! A trio of cute Cavallini London Notebooks! Click HERE to enter over there!


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Vintage Clip Art - Tea Set with Platter

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This is a wonderful engraving of a an Antique Tea Set! It looks like we have tea for two here, there's a platter, a teapot, sugar, creamer and two tea cups! This one came from an 1850's catalog.



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Monday, May 30, 2011

Vintage Clip Art - Amazing Fanciful Fairy

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I'm so excited about this one!! This is actually one from a set of six, I will be sharing all 6 over the next few weeks and each one of them is fantastic!!! This is an old Advertising card that shows the most wonderful, whimsical, fanciful Fairy!! This one doesn't have wings, but she has tiny antennae and the prettiest blue dress!

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Brag Monday - Wooden Nest Bowl & Homeschool Planner

It's time for Brag Monday #87! Once again I'm bragging about two more projects from the last Brag Monday party.



First I'm bragging about this awesome Wooden Bowl made by Victoria at Paper Squirrel So beautiful!! Victoria used the Nest & Eggs image from HERE. She used the fabulous Mod Podge Transfer technique that a lot of you have been trying out lately!



Next I'm bragging about this Home School Planner Title Page, created by Large Family Planning. She used the French Vinegar Image from HERE for this lovely and useful piece! Be sure and pop over to her site, if you have a large family, she has the entire planner available for purchase!



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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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Vintage Graphic - Victorian Top Hat & French Printable Project


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This is a really fun Victorian Die Cut card! This one shows a fabulous White Top Hat, with a Victorian Woman on it, who's also wearing a top hat! Quite an unusual piece I think, and so fun for Collage!




In other news: I've posted a new project on my DIY blog! This is a fun transfer project ... it's a French sign! There's also a great full size Printable included, that you can use for whatever project you like!! You can find it HERE.

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Instant Art - Botanical - Green Grapes


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This is a fabulous antique print of some luscious looking Green Grapes! I've made a nice high resolution printable for you, so that you can print this out and frame it! I think this one would look great in a Kitchen, or a Wine Cellar, if you're lucky enough to have one of those! If you need some tips on getting your printer to print good quality prints, I have a Printing Primer HERE.

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Victorian Clip Art - Birds in Pretty Cage

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Here's another one of those pretty Victorian Scrap Bird Cages! This one shows 3 brightly colored Birds inside of an ornate blue Birdcage.


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Vintage Clip Art - Paris Frame with Banner


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This is from an antique French Invoice. It's a lovely frame with Medallions in it, that's embellished with leaves and banners. I created the version at the the bottom so that you can put what you like inside of the frames and banners. It looks a bit like an Owl, the way it is, but it does look better with something in it! You could add photos, eiffels, bees, or whatever you like!


P.S. I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your kind and comforting words about my friend Ted. I appreciate it, more than I could ever tell you in words. You guys are the best.

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Friday, May 27, 2011

In Memory of Ted

Some of you, if you read my blog regularly, may recall me mentioning my friend Ted. He often lent, or gave me things from his collection to share with you guys on my blog. Sadly, Ted passed away from cancer today.

In memory of Ted... I'm reposting some of the images that were provided by him. Ted took a trip to Italy a couple of years ago, inspired by the book "Eat, Pray, Love". A book that our group of friends shared & discussed and then we watched the movie together. I had asked Ted if he would take some photos of Angel statues, while there. He willingly obliged, as you can see by the photo above.

Ted used to buy boxes and boxes of old photos at auction, to sell at Lucketts Store where we both had spaces. He knew I would love this one of the Eiffel Tower and gave it to me.

This lovely costume print, was from a treasured and rare book from his collection, he generously shared the book with me to scan.


My friend had, at one time, quite a large collection of antique Red Riding Hood pieces. This is one of the pieces from his collection.


Ted lent me this Marriage Certificate several years ago, it came from an old Bible. I'm including a larger size printable PDF for this, since the original scan was fairly small. You can find it here.



This is Ted.. with some of my other close friends. Ted was truly talented when it came to anything relating to food. His father and grandfather were both professional bakers, he was a great cook and was amazing at tabletop display. He often treated us all to beautiful dinner parties, with fabulous food, fresh flowers, antique china ... every detail was well thought out. He was a kind and talented man and a good friend ... he will be missed.

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Vintage Clip Art - French Frame - Label

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This is another pretty French label, for Powder I think. This one shows a wonderful fancy frame, useful for so many things! The original is at the top, I've created a few alternative versions for you as well. Nice!


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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Vintage Clip Art - French Birds with Eggs


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Love this!! This is an adorable little French Advertising card, that features two sweet birds, a nest and some eggs. So pretty!! I'm wondering if this may have been from a series... I only just have the one. Lovely for your collage projects!

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Vintage Typography - Cafe and Wine List

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Here are a few more wonderful Typography images from my old 1915 Type book! This time I'm offering 2 Cafe Headings and a Wine List heading. These were most likely used on restaurant menus. I think you could find a lot of uses for these, they would be great for transfer projects, like towels and such, they would be really cute on signs, or plaques in a kitchen, or you could make some fun menus for a party! If you like these, you might also like the Menu fonts that I posted HERE.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Old Photo - Super Pretty Ballerina with Sparkles

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Every once in a blue moon, I find a fabulous Ballerina image like the one above! I'm always looking, but they are not easy to find, so I was thrilled to acquire this one. She just came in the mail and I couldn't wait to share!! This Ballerina is so special, with the colorful glittery accents on her tutu, and the lovely star crown on her head. Such a pretty face too! I hope you can find some uses for her in your art!

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Vintage Clip Art - Twin Seahorses with Swirls

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I think this one is sort of fun! It's from an old Typography book and shows twin Seahorses. I like the decorative swirls surrounding them too, it makes for a nice motif!

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Vintage Graphic Image - Round French Soap Label

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Sorry this one is late! Blogger was acting up again last night and I couldn't sign in to post anything! You'll be getting an extra image today to make up for it.
Anyway, here we have this really lovely Round French Soap label, circa 1900! I just love the round labels, they're so fun to use in decoupage (Mod Podge) or transfer projects!

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Vintage Clip Art - Children with Dog - Silhouette


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This is another sweet little Silhouette from an 1870's children's book! This one shows two children playing on a swing. Their little Dog seems to be enjoying the fun too!! This would be cute with a little black frame around it... great to hang in a child's bedroom!

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Vintage Clip Art - Sweet Nightingale Bird



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This is a very sweet little chunky looking bird! He's a Nightingale and he comes from an 1890's Children's Encyclopedia. You may recall the Robin image that came from the same book. I like his quirky little pose, he seems to be pondering something!



In other News: If you haven't visited my New DIY blog lately, be sure and pop on by to see the many wonderful reader projects that I featured this week, including this pretty Metal Mailbox!

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