Black Cat Halloween Card

I added a sort of halloweeny background to this vintage Black Cat Magazine image. Is halloweeny a word?  I thought this would make a really nice card. :-D

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Halloween Postcard - Girl and Candle

Halloween used to be the time to conjure up who you were going to marry. There are lots of ways to do this involving apple peels, chestnuts, and mirrors. In this case, at midnight you would stand facing away from a mirror, light a candle, take 3 steps backward, say something witchy, then look over your shoulder into the mirror. You would then see your future husband.

I can just picture this, the girl looks over her shoulder, sees Mr. Pumpkin man saying "Hi Babe" and faints!!!

This postcard was painted by Frances Brundage (one of my favorite illustrators) and published by Raphael Tuck.

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Shabby Rose Card

Got my shabby on this morning. I really adore roses, pink, and old paper. This was fun to make, and I promise in the future I'll do a photoshop tutorial to show you how to do this. Hope you have fun with the card! I think it would look great as a journal card in a scrapbook.

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Vintage Sewing Trade Card

I bet this little girl always uses Goff's Silko braid! I removed the lettering so you could add your own :-) Hope you like this one!

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Vintage Halloween Witch Postcard - Red Lantern

I have a lot of favorite Halloween postcards, but this is near the top of the list. Published by Landsdorf in early 1900's, this is part of a series of lantern witches. Each postcard has a witch with a different color lantern, and what your fate will be if you happen to see her.

These postcards are really hard to find in good condition. They were embossed I believe, and there's usually lots of chipping. Most of the ones I've found are too damaged for me to restore properly, but this one was in great shape.

They also had glitter, and you can see remnants around the witch and the moon. I'm always on the hunt for the other lantern colors!

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Vintage Halloween Postcard

There are several versions of this Taggart postcard, the most common one I've seen has a witch inside the pumpkin. This one features two rather surprised kids who will probably end up kissing unexpectedly! This was published in 1908.

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Free Shabby Journal Card

I almost forgot to post this today! Sorry about that!  

I made another journal card by photoshopping vintage postcard, then added an aged background and a dot overlay.  This is a very different style than what I sell in my Etsy shop, and I like doing these because it gets me thinking.  I love shabby graphics so I'm like, what am I going to make today and how do I get it looking vintage.

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Vintage Shabby Rose Card

This was an old Christmas postcard that I shabbied up for you.  This would make a really pretty greeting card, a background for a collage, or even a journal card.

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Vintage Shabby Journal Card with Baby Birds

This postcard features a pair of vintage angry birds! I think they're really cute. I added a background and thought it would make a pretty journal card.

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Vintage Butterfly Card

We've had so many pretty butterflies in the backyard this summer. Big Monarchs, and Swallowtails. I was really happy to find this postcard full of flutterbys! I added an aged background. Hope you like it!!

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Vintage Halloween Precautions Postcard

The elusive E. Nash was a postcard publisher around the early 1910s and is famous for his series of Halloween postcards, both the Halloween Don'ts, and Halloween Precautions. This is one of the 6 Precautions postcards. He also published many other holiday cards.

The Don'ts and Precautions are all really quirky. This one says: Avoid grinning black cats on a full green moon, If your lover is true he'll come back soon, It breaks the charm, the witches scream, and never return till next Halloween.

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Vintage Rose Frame Free Download

Happy August!  I can't believe the summer is half way over.  Makes me sad, but I love fall too!

I have a vintage postcard that has the prettiest rose frame. Here is the original (I recolored it, the background was a really dull grey) and the frame with the center removed. Hope you can use this!

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Vintage Halloween Postcard - Weaver Witch

Sometimes my favorite Halloween cards aren't the most colorful. I adore this one because of the design, poem, and the lettering. This was drawn by E. Weaver, and I can't find any information about him or her. I know that they illustrated a series of postcards like this one, all with similar ink work. Hope you like this!

It also has one of those cute little turn of the century red roofed houses in the corner. I'm estimating this card as maybe 1910 or so? I could be wrong :-)

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Colorized Vintage Photograph - Lady with Roses

This beautiful colorized postcard was titled "A Blush Rose". Free to download for personal use.

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Vintage Violet Basket Postcard

This pretty basket of violets was from an old postcard. I added a frame. I think it would make a nice card! Free to download for personal use.


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Grace Drayton Vintage Halloween Postcard - Girl and Pumpkin

So I'm sneaking in more Halloween, I can't help it! This postcard was published by Raphael Tuck in 1913, and while it's not signed, this is definitely by Grace Drayton. She studied at the Drexel University School of Design for Women here in Philadelphia. She went on to create the famous Campbell's kids in 1904 (which this little girl is no doubt related!). She worked as a freelance artist, and is also famous for the Dolly Dingle paper dolls. I'll post some of those later on this week.

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Vintage Seed Packet - Free Download

I've been looking for a full set of these herb seed packets. I have 2 so far...oh well!

Hope you like this! Free for personal use.

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This is a late 19th century raisin label. Who knew there used to be raisin vineyards! This design is so elegant. I love the grape leaf border, and of course I always love roses!! This scan is a little grainy, sorry - but it will print fine. Free to download for personal use!

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Sneaking in another Halloween image! This one was published by Raphael Tuck, and the artist is Frances Brundage. She is known for painting adorable children, and besides doing postcards she illustrated several story books. Hope you like this one!

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Sweet peas are so pretty! The original image was in black and white and I added a little color. Free to download for personal use.