Lovely Flower Ladies from early 1900's ~ Art Nouveau China Painting Designs

These lovely flower ladies are from the early 1900's. Originally patterns for china painting you could use them for other projects. Love the one with a cup full of tea/coffee and the daffodil one.

The Legacy had a donation of old china painting supplies recently. A few plates were done but the rest were in various stages of completion and unfired. I found it so interesting after finding the old books on china painting earlier this year. Be sure and look at my earlier post on 4-25-12.

Thank you for your kind comments. Hope you have a happy and creative day, Love to you all, Louise

For your enjoyment and personal use only. 

Dancing for Queen Marie Antoinette Antique Theater Costumes

If you were a dancer and Marie Antoinette wanted you to preform, what would you wear?  An appropriate costume for a royal presentation must be carefully considered. These fabulous antique theater costumes would be perfect! Fit for dancing for a queen and finding their way into one of your projects.

Welcome to the many new followers! It feels so good to have something new for everyone.

Much love to you all, Louise

Please enjoy for personal use only.

The Bumble isn't dead just been busy in the hive.

Hi everyone! No this is not an abandoned blog. It just seems like one.
 A few weeks ago I woke up and knew the time had come. I really really am done with everything!!.Time to push through all of my belongings (again) in time for the neighborhood garage sale.  There was no way I was prepared in time. Today I woke knowing this is too big of a project for me. So I have contacted Selena at The Apron Thrift Girl.  She said she could help. Not sure what, how or who will be involved but it was time for an s.o.s. I am looking forward to meeting her. Just have to wait for her call. Please call!

Here is an example of how I work/play through my stuff.
      Open box of Christmas decorations
      Take out things that;
         1.no longer have a sentimental value ie. grandmas velvet Christmas tree skirt               
         2. from people long out of my life
         3.anything broken beyond repair
         4. realistically won't use, like the stand for a huge tree.
                 Why do I have 4 stands for fresh  trees, 2 of which are the same size and I have an artificial tree?
         5. to research on eBay to see if they might be worth something.
       Carefully repack the items I'm keeping.
       Next it is on to eBay > look up mercury glass beads

    

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Sister calls who also checks out what is on eBay> decide to keep beads for future projects!
Get off phone > begin taking apart old strands of glass beads!!! The beads are now sorted and stored.

My house continues to look like I opened all drawers,closets and cupboards and shook the whole house.

But

I have washed folded and priced all the linens and lace

looked up and priced stacks of books

have empty shelves in my linen closet

bought more containers and organized all my fabric stash

gone through my clothes and now have lots of room

separated, bagged, priced a ton of dolls, toys games and trains

emptied and moved several book cases

taken pictures out of albums and yes even thrown some away

cleaned out the kitchen drawers and cupboards

etc...

etc..

This is the reason my blog has been sitting idle.

Old Advertisment Cards from late 1890's Lovely Ladies and little Girls in Dreamy Pastels

 Hi everyone! Welcome.

 Today I have some late 1890's advertisment cards for you. I selected ones in soft creamy pastel colors. Light teal blue paired with pink  is a favorite combination. Please enjoy them for your personal use and enjoyment.

Hope you are having a nice summer. Much love, Louise

Beautiful Victorian Butterflies More Free Clip art for Artists and Crafters

A temporary lack of motivation and inspiration has gotten the best of me. Today I came to check out my blog. Seeing who has paid a visit, became a follower and how they were directed to bumble button. Kinda routine stuff.

 Then that Internet thing happened.

 One thing led to another and I am back in creativity land! On pintrest I found some of my images pinned and repinned!  How inspiring to be that first domino. Maybe there was a warm thought, a little grin, maybe even a little excitement out there because of the images in my posts. Of course I am not the first domino. It all starts with that first dab of paint long ago.

   Today I have lots of butterflies. They are from an old book for identifying butterflies and moths. Print and use in all your paper creations. Much Love to you all, Louise

Darling Victorian Rabbits and Bunnies From Children's Books and Antique Postcards

There is nothing cuter than a little bunny! Today I have LOTS of bunny pictures. Why not list a whole bunch. Infact I am listing all my non-Easter rabbits.

All the people I have come across who collect bunny things are really into it. Not in a display case but all over the house.

 These are all free for your personal use and enjoyment. Time to clip and paste and make something!

Have a (yes I am going to say it) hoppy day. Much love to you all, Louise

The book cover is my all time favorite so it might be a repeat.

Free Clip Art of Festive and Patriotic Red, White and Blue Banners, Flags and Bunting

Hi everyone and welcome to all.

There are now 450 followers! Now that is exciting. Little did I know that there would be so many people interested. Thank you for making this such a fun thing to do.

 Today I have some fun red white and blue flags and banners. These could be used so many ways.

 A few ideas: 

tags 

cards

invitations

menus

business cards

4th of July decorations

scrap booking

boating and yachting themes

 name tags

collage

artist trading cards

Hope you have a really nice and creative day, Louise