Ephemera featuring Darling Scottie dogs. Vintage postcards and a button card.

I just love Scottie dogs. My grandparents had one when my dad was a little boy. Scotty dogs looks so dignified. His name was Tuppence and was quite a character. Today I have vintage postcards, a button card, and Art Deco playing cards that feature these adorable dogs. I hope you can use them in your projects.

 So glad you stopped by!

Gorgeous Victorian Ephemera & Paintings in Blues & Pinks. Pretty Women, Charming Little Girls & Lots of Flowers! Free Graphics

All Dressed Up in Pink Ballgowns & Roses. James Tissot Painting to Enjoy. Rose Graphics to use in junk journals, scrapbooking cards & crafts.

I made this card to hold a single special button.

Nursery Rhyme Antique Reproduction Button Cards ~Free Printies. & Clipart ~ for Mounting Novelty Buttons & Gift Cards.

Welcome to Bumble Buttons! I hope you will find something to enjoy and use. Today I have a nice batch of antique, restored kiddy button cards. Our modern novelty buttons are so cute when you sew them on. 

Wondering how you are all doing wherever you live. There always seems to be something going on.  So far the weather has been nice this summer in Sonoma County. I have been just fine without my air conditioner, which needs to be repaired.  After several evacuations due to wildfires over the last few years I appreciate the cooler weather and more importantly, no wind. Last year the fire made it to my neighbors backdoor. So much anxiety! Loving every minute of mild, no wind and no fire days. 

Playing with button cards and graphics brings me so much joy and purpose. It still amazes me that people from all over the world visit my blog.  I love your comments and wonder if you have used anything for your crafts and art work.

So glad you stopped by. Much love to all of you, Louise

Mud-larking on the River Thames ~ Free Digital Clipart of Swans ~ Paintings by Frederick Leighton & Rupert Bunny ~Antique Postcards & Pearl Button Card.

Hi everyone and welcome! 

 Modern day mud-larking on the river Thames has captured my sense of discovery, curiosity, and looking for treasures from the past. I search old books for pictures and mud-larkers search the Thames river foreshore at low tide. I will try to remember how I stumbled upon mud-larker Nicola White. One thing leading to another because of how Googles searches can be fabulous. My initial search; American tv series The Office > original UK series The Office > actors in the series > Mackenzie Crook > shows he is in > The Detectorist >  metal detecting in England  > documentaries about British history and archeology > British TV series Time Team > Nicola White's Vlog comes up on my You Tube feed. She is a mud-larker! I did not know that such a hobby existed. I now look forward to Nicola's weekly vlog. It is so calming and a distraction, Her enthusiasm and joy in finding broken, discarded and muddy items is so refreshing. I love the scenery and wildlife which is how I arrived at todays theme. Swans. More times than not she shows them floating on the Thames river or foreshore. The first picture is one I have looked at for many years, almost everyday. It was a birthday card that found a permanent spot on my desk. 

I hope you enjoy todays pictures and that you can use them in your journals and mixed media creations.

                                                   Much love to each of you, 

                                                                  Louise

Nicola White's YouTube Mudlarking Vlog

 

Beautiful Fine Art Paintings Featuring Birds, Canaries, Parrots, Dove,White Cockatoo~ Fun Vintage Budgie Button Card ~ Artist Joseph Caraud

Welcome to everyone! 

Thank you for your kind comments! They really warm my heart and encourage me.

When I found the Budgie button card I knew it would be the perfect theme for a post. As a little girl we had parakeets (budgies). Mine was blue and my sister's was green. Now these gorgeous paintings and illustrations leave me wanting one again. I am sure my two cats would really like that as well! 

Please stay safe, be kind and help each other as we go thru the days challenges.  

Find joy and replenish one's spirits by creating something pretty. 

Much love to each and everyone of you!

The Pet Canaries

by Joseph Caraud

Joseph Caraud often feature birds in his paintings.

By Joseph Caraud

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

By Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger

This really is a button card.

 From England where parakeets are called budgies.

By Sophie Anderson

I love this painter. One of my favorites.

Paintings by Emile Vernon ~ Pink Dresses and Roses ~ Antique Button Card Graphic ~

I couldn't resist the pink again! 

There are so many pictures that just need to be posted together. 

Normally I favor blues but there are just so many lovely pink pictures.

Roses, Ruffles Ribbons and Bows.

Painting by Emile Vernon

Painting by Emile Vernon

Sweet frame for invitations and scrapbooking.

Birds and nest maybe for a baby shower.

I love the Beach ~ Shell Clip Art~ A Favorite William Henry Margetson Painting

This picture represents how I feel at the beach.

 I love the waves, sand and the salty air. 

 Shore birds looking for morsels in the sand at the waves edge. 

Seagulls gulls and clumps of seaweed. 

My grandson running with abandone on the wet, hard sand.

 Sometimes with a long tail of said seaweed trailing behind.

Yes I love the beach.

It replenishes my soul.

I feel satisfied and content when I return home.

Antique Button Card for Mother of Pearl Shell Buttons