Free Vintage Prints: Medieval Scenes.

Happy weekend!

I have not posted many vintage illustrations lately.

I am sorry about that.

I finally took some pictures from my late 1800's books

and decided I ought to get some on here.

My daughter has been studying the medieval times in history this year,

so these images stood out to me because of that,

I am sure.

However, don't we all find the age of knights and castles intriguing?

Here is the cleaned up image in black and white.

 Here it is antiqued.

This image of the girl out for a ride with the castle in the background was the only colored one in the book.

 

 I dulled the colors down a bit for this image:

 and here is the image antiqued.

If you would like to use these images,

they should, as far as I know, be free from copyright since they are from very old books.

To print them up in Word, click on the image, right click,

and then click on "copy",

open up Microsoft Word and right click on the screen,

and then click "paste",

it should paste the image onto the page.

If you have difficulties or suggestions,

please let me know.

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Vintage Home Illustrations: Free Illustrations - Home Tour

 As I was looking for some ideas for making Valentines,

I started flipping through some vintage illustrations.

Something that I noticed about them,

is that often they have designs in the backgrounds.

 

 These images are surrounded by spherical garlands

and elaborated by the same spheres with curling rope-type images on the semi-circle frame.

It was called a "photo display frame,"

maybe an early rendition of our divided frames we use for family images.

 I found some more elaborate designs in this advertisement for
"Artistic House Furnishing and Decoration."

 The detail on this vintage magazine page is pretty amazing.

 

 Here is a cropped/lightened version.

I cropped even more into this image so you can see just how detailed this picture is.

 This looks like it may be the children's play room.

I wish I could see what is inside that cupboard door that is half open.

 Here is is lightened and cleaned up.

 

Even the border at the top of the room is fun to look at.

I love those crocheted curtains with tassels.

 Here is another zoomed in picture of one of the rooms.

They added pansies or violets around the outside of this image: a pretty division.

Maybe this is a parlor.

 Here it is cleaned and lightened.

Don't plants make a house feel alive and cozy?

(I would have to put fake plants up that high or they would never get watered!)

What fancy curtains and pretty lace underneath them.

This looks like an entryway or hallway of some sort.

 

Isn't the curved seating welcoming?

The elaborate wood carving above the doorway certainly took some labor to make.

I am not sure what this last room is.

Maybe it is the family living room.

I love the woodwork on the fireplace and the detail of the wall paper.

 It looks like throw cushions to add some color and design to the couch were a big thing then, too.

Some things never go out of style...

or maybe it is just that things of comfort never go out of style.

I had hoped to have an art lesson this week, but as it pertained to my children's valentines and I am not done with them yet, I decided to post this now and hope that I can finish the valentines tonight...

I guess I had better get to them!

These images are all free for use as they are from a late 1800's magazine.

Thank you for stopping by!

Free Vintage Images: Wildlife - Deer and Chalkboard Fox.

Hello.

It has been so bitter cold here the last couple of weeks,

I just couldn't get myself to post a snowy winter scene.

I am already cold sitting here:
I need to heat up some hot water for tea on the woodstove.
I wish I could share some with you.

I decided to share some wildlife images instead.

Here is a beautiful scene of deer resting in a group.

Here it is in black and white.

Here it is antiqued.

I also found this fun chalkboard image of a fox chasing a duck.

 Isn't it a fun one?

Of course, you are free to use these as you like since they are from books that were published in the late 1800's.

Thank you for stopping by!

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Free Illustration: Vintage Snow Scene.

Hello, friends.

In my previous post of the Christmas Home Tour,

I mentioned a slate that I had painted using a scene from an old book that I had.

This is the scene above from a late 1800's publication.

I cleaned it up in black and white:

Here is an antiqued version as well.

It is such a great image, isn't it?

I just had to try coloring it in with my Copic markers.

Here are the markers that I used (for Copic fans who are like me and just want to know crazy details like this).

Here is the way it turned out:

The picture turned out a bit dark so I lightened it.

Here is an antiqued version of the photo editor fixes:

I liked it, but wanted a bluer version of it for a craft I was making:

I am making some Christmas cards with this image,

so I kept playing with it in different colors.

Here are the ones I liked best:

You are free to use any of these images as you'd like since the copyright was not in effect in the late 1800's.

I printed up small versions of these and glued them to magnet backing

and then Mod Podged the images.  That way when people get the card,

the picture can be removed and used on their refrigerator, if they wish.

In a day or two, I will show how to paint/draw a simple nativity scene,

like the one I did below on this magnet on a card.

Anybody can do it, so come on back if you'd like.

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Free Vintage Images: Birds with Nest, Water Scene, Country Road.

Hello!

Here is a fun page I found in one of my old late 1800's books.

It isn't spring here right now,

but I needed a nice image for some tags,

so I edit\ted this image into separate images for the one I wanted.

I used these birds on my price tags for my craft sale pieces.

Here is is antiqued.

 This part is so pretty on its own, too.

 

 Finally,

here is the man walking up the road.

 What a peaceful walk.

I would love to walk there; wouldn't you?

 You are free to use these images as you'd like.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy weekend!

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Vintage Advertisement: Mincemeat/Plum Pudding

Hello.

Today I am sharing a vintage add for mincemeat.

My mother-in-law made an apple pie with mincemeat on it last weekend.

I always thought that mincemeat had to have meat in it,

but it is the fruit and spices used on the mincemeat pie.

It was very good, too.

Here is a black and white version.

Here is an antiqued version.

These ads are from a late 1800's magazine,

so as far as I know, they are free for you to use as you'd like.

Thanks for stopping by!

Free Vintage Image: Owl

Hello!

Today I am sharing a vintage owl illustration.

We hear an occasional owl outside in the pine trees or out in the pasture.

He has a very distinctive : "Hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo."

They are such unique birds.

Here he is in black and white.

Here he is antiqued.

The owl is from a book from the late 1800's

so you are free to use his as you'd like.

Thanks for stopping by.

Vintage Image: Horse and Boy.

Hi!

This week I found a vintage image of a horse

since I had horses on the mind with the art lesson.

 

 This is a different looking horse,

with flowing mane and a view from the back angle.

He looks like he's a good work horse.

I cleaned up the image and made a black and white...

and an antiqued version.

Because the detail of this image is a little less,

it looked like a fun one to color.

So here is a colored version as well.

I used my Copic markers for it.

 If you would like to use these images,

you are welcome to since they are all from a book dated in the late 1800's.

Thanks for stopping by!