Snow Geese and Free Vintage Image

Have you ever seen a flock of Snow Geese during their migration? They've been stopping at a local lake for several years. The other day, I made a point to go out and check them out. What an awesome site! The flock was huge, it had to have thousands of geese in it.

The noise level was deafening but it was so windy that all the camera picked up was the sound of the wind. It was truly an awesome sight and experience. I'm going to try and get out there again before they continue their journey.

Anyway, I took along my trusty little camera and tried to video them. Now I sure won't get any awards for the video... next time maybe I'll take a tripod. lol. So grab your dramamine and watch the video. lol You have to click the play button to start it. Be sure and watch it until at least the 1 minute mark where the geese take flight.



If you interested in learning more about snow geese, here's a great DNR film.



To celebrate and honor the Snow Geese and the coming of spring, here's a sweet little goose for you. She's probably not a snow goose but she's pretty close.



Just like the snow geese, I have thousands of images to choose from. So, if you need a special type of image for that special project, just contact me through one of the stores or send me an email


Have a great week, just plumb full of smiles!
Peggy

Free Vintage Spring Images

Well, we've had another gloomy rainy weekend. Thank goodness, it's not the 7" of snow that they were forecasting for us. Are you ready for Spring? Boy, I sure am! I can't wait for the sunshine, the robins, the tulips, the daffodils and pussy willows to show their sweet faces. I guess an image will have to do for now, but maybe in a few weeks we'll see them popping up all over.



Are you working on Easter projects yet? Here's a sweetie! She's all decked out in her Easter Bonnet and ready for you to use in a project! I think I'm going to use her to create gift tags for the grandkids Easter Basket. How about you? What kind of project will you use her for?



What's your favorite part of spring? Leave a sweet comment and let me know.

Have a great week full of smiles!
Peggy

PeggyLovesVintage Contest Winner

And the winner is:

theneon said...
Wow Peggy! I am glad that you Love Vintage! Thanks for the beautiful heart -- here is what I used it for. Thanks for the chance to "win" from your store.
February 6, 2010 12:32 PM


Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful card with us. So now if you would please, visit my PeggyLovesVintage etsy store either here or here and pick the two sets of cut outs you'd like to receive. Then just contact me and let me know which one and where to email it.

And

Arline said...
I'm so glad I found your blog! My grandgirls and I do cards and crafts every Friday. They too have been crafting since they were 2, Mia now 7, Zoe 6, Kya 3. I have been crafting with vintage images for 20 years, love your images.
February 5, 2010 10:07 AM


Arline, I would love to share a cut out with you and your grandgirls. So please visit here or here and pick a set of cut outs you'd like to receive. Then just contact me and let me know which one and where to email it.

I would like to thank everyone for the visits and would like to ask you to please take a moment and leave one of your lovely comments.

Have a great day that's just full of smiles!
Peggy

PeggyLovesVintage Contest

OMG, I had great intentions for this week. I planned on posting every day and having promo's for the contest but my poor ole body just didn't want to co-operate. Have you ever had any problems with your Trapezius muscle? Boy, if you haven't I sure hope you don't! This muscle runs from the base of your skull, down your neck and back and across your shoulder. My poor muscle has been cramping all week and I tell yah, it is worse than labor pains. I'm the kind that can take quite a bit of pain before I complain, but I tell yah, this is has almost brought me to tears several times. I've been living off of aspirn, Motrin, icy hot and cold packs for almost a week. The cause is too much time spent on the ole PC. The solution is more breaks from the PC and keep from hunching up those shoulders while sitting there. It is getting better but oh so slowly. So take heed, get those breaks in there and keep those shoulders down while typing.

Ok, enough of that, on to the contest. What can you use PeggyLovesVintage images for? That's a good question! My images are scanned at 600 dpi, that gives you plenty of pixels to play with. You can make the image bigger or smaller and still have a super quality image to work with.

I prefer to work with acrylics and although I've been missing my craft for a while, I still love to get the paints out and create something. I'm a terrible sketcher, I always say I can't draw a straight line, so I always use a pattern for my paintings. I'll print off an image in the size I wish and use tracing paper to transfer the basic lines of the image to the particular medium that I'm using. Most of the items I create are given away, so it was kind of hard for me to come up with images. But, here's a few that I was able to round up (smile).

Lighthouse on canvas



Santa on glass




Scarecrow on wood



So what else could you use them for? Well, do you remember the darling cake which was decorated by picklebelle. This turned out really cute and I can't wait to try it myself. I'm sure my icing job won't look nearly as nice as picklebelle's but it sure will be fun to try. Here's the link to the picklebelle post



And here's Julie Ann's box that she created using a bird from the PeggyLovesVintage Child's Birthday Volume 1 CD found here You can visit Julie Ann's blog here



So now, off you go, get that entry put into the contest comments area here or send me an email with a picture of your project. And to help spur you on, the first and third new entries that come in after this post is published will be able to pick 1 free cut out from the stores. So hurry, get your project entered, only 1 entry per project please and thanks.

Have a day plumb full of smiles!

Peggy

New PeggyLovesVintage Design Team Member

Isn't this just one of the most beautiful cards you have ever seen! It was created by the very talented Donna Mundinger. And OMG she's has agreed to join the PeggyLovesVintage Design Team, we're just thrilled! She does such fantastic creations. Take a moment and visit her Blog and leave her one of your sweet comments.



So now, off you go! Get that project going and enter the contest . It closes Friday, Feb. 12 at Midnight - CST. - leave a comment with a link or send me an email with a pic of your project and you'll be entered to win any 2 cut outs of your choice from my stores. Remember it doesn't have to be a card, any kind of project is acceptable as long as it uses the Free Vintage Greeting Card Heart Image.

Have a great week full of smiles!

Peggy

PeggyLovesVintage Valentine Contest and Designer Cards

Wow! Check out these beautiful Valentine cards from Julie and DeeDee. What scrumptous cards and a gorgeous heart box! They did a great job with the Vintage Greeting Card Heart Image.

Take a look at them and then be sure and enter the contest and leave a comment with a link or send me an email with a pic of your project and you'll be entered to win any 2 cut outs of your choice from my stores. Remember it doesn't have to be a card, any kind of project is acceptable as long as it uses the free Vintage Greeting Card Heart Image.


DeeDee's





Julie's









If you're interested in seeing how they put it all together, visit their blog's Julie's and DeeDee's and leave them one of your wonderful comments!

So now, off you go! Get that project going and enter the contest . It closes Friday, Feb. 12 at Midnight - CST. - leave a comment with a link or send me an email with a pic of your project and you'll be entered to win any 2 cut outs of your choice from my stores. Remember it doesn't have to be a card. any kind of project is acceptable as long as it uses the Vintage Greeting Card Heart Image.

Have a great week full of smiles!
Peggy