Free Vintage Halloween Image

Happy Friday the 13th to everyone. Are you avoiding those black cats? I'm not very superstitious but I firmly believe that you can't be too careful! :)

Terribly hot here, high is supposed to be 97 with a feels like 110. I just love this Illinois weather...not! There's supposed to be two more days of this horrible heat before it lets up. Of course, the cool down is supposed to follow some potentially severe thunderstorms... normal kind of stuff for central Illinois.

Trying to keep cool has been a major activity around here. The pool has seen lots of activity and has been a welcome relief. Another option is to think fall and winter. With that in mind, I went looking for an image to share with you today. Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays and sadly in all the scrapbooks that I've collected I haven't been fortunate enough to have any Halloween cards.... not even one! But...I do have a get well card that kind of fits the bill. So that's what I'm sharing today. I think she would make a fun Halloween card and not be too scary for the little ones. She's from the St. Clair collection which ranges from 1946-57. Make sure you double click on the image before you save it.



Have you visited BBTB2 this week? There's a celebration going on! You'll find a lot of great prizes to celebrate 1000 followers. Make sure you visit and be sure and sign up.

Congratulations to Deanna the winner from Sassy Lil Sketches contest. Thanks to everyone who played along!


Now, it's off to the pool I go! Have a great weekend plumb full of smiles!
Peggy

Free Vintage Bad Lil' Boys Image, Quilt Blocks and Six Flags

Hi everyone! Sorry about being such a terrible blogging friend. I've been a little slow on my posting and visiting all my blogging friends. I promise to try and do better.

I hope your week has been going great. It's been pretty busy around here. It always seems like summer time is extremely busy and that it just whooshes through. We went with the kids to Six Flags over America near St Louis. I think we picked the hottest day of the year to go but we did have a blast and the grandkids really enjoyed themselves. Kaiden has gotten tall enough that he can now ride some of the big rides. He absolutely loved the Scrambler and the Log ride. We all decided we'd do Thunder River which is the big round tube where about 10 people sit in it and you take a ride down a mini rapids. Kaiden and I happened to be lucky enough to sit on the side where all the water came in. We were drenched! Poor Kaiden, the water would come in and just cover him from head to toe. He took it very well and didn't cry even a little bit. I would think that it would have been very scary for a 3 year old but after the initial shock he loved it. Jordan was a brave little girl. She rode almost all of the roller coasters some of them twice even. A good time was had by everyone and no one lost their lunches :)





I love it when I hear from buyers and they share pictures of what they're doing with the images. Recently, I was contacted by Rose who purchased the Collection of Cuties Volume 1 CD . Rose makes quilts and sells them in a little shop in Toronto. She used the download option for her CD and as she was downloading she was designing quilts that she wanted to make with the images. Anyway I thought her blocks were so cute that I just have to share them with you. Rose doesn't have an on-line shop but you can contact her via email or through the convo option in etsy






Have you visited Sassy Lil Sketches where PeggyLovesVintage is the July sponsor? If you haven't, you still have time. The last sketch will be on the 28th.

Ok, now I just love bad lil' boys, they're always doing something they shouldn't be doing and then having to suffer the consequences for it. Hopefully, they don't get hurt or cause anyone else to get hurt but just involve themselves in some mischievous fun. I guess that's where the phrase boys will be boys comes from. Today I'd like to share a bad lil' boy image with you. Isn't he just the cutest? The devil just shines through... lol. As always, make sure you double click on him before you save it.



Thanks for stopping by and if you feel so inclined share a bad little boys story with us.

Have a great week!
Peggy

New CD Announcement and Free Vintage Christmas Images

Yipppppeeeee! I've finally finished them. After 2 months of work and many hours on the PC, Christmas Volumes 9, 10, 11 and 12 are finally released! I was beginning to think that I would never get them finished! I feel about 20 lbs lighter -I wish!... lol

So anyway, Volumes 9 through 11 are replacing Christmas Volumes 1 through 4. Yes, I'm down one volume. I eliminated the Santa folder that was on each of these volumes and I filled up the CDs with additional images from scrapbooks which hadn't previously been released. I've also moved the folders around so that even if you've purchased one of the old volumes the new volumes will have images that weren't there before. I've also completed additional clean ups on the images. I've learned a lot since I first published these CDs and now these older images have been brought up to date, so to speak.

Christmas Volume 12 is totally new. It has all of the wonderful Christmas Post Card images from Joyce who I've mentioned on previous posts. Her post cards are from 1908 through 1924. They're absolutely gorgeous! In her folder you'll find quite a few Happy New Year post cards which I think are unique. There's also some fantastic Santas. This CD also includes the Long folder which dates from 1947-1951, the Malick and Battinger folder which dates from 1940-1949 and the Rose and Tony folder which dates from 1948 through 1954.

Are you curious about what's on the CDs? Take a look at the videos and let me know what you think.

To see the video for Christmas Volume 9
To see the video for Christmas Volume 10
To see the video for Christmas Volume 11
To see the video for Christmas Volume 12


The new CDs are available on etsy and ebay . Updating the web page is on the list of to dos and I really must get to it soon :(

Also, keep an eye on etsy, I'll soon have a clearance sale (probably starting tomorrow) going on for Christmas Volumes 1 through 4. I only have a few left and once they're gone they're gone.

If you haven't done so already visit Sassy Lil Sketches where PeggyLovesVintage is the July sponsor. It should be a lot of fun, so make sure you check it out and plan on playing along. New sketches are posted each week, so there's still plenty of time to enter. Be sure and check it out on the 21st and 28th also.

Now, to celebrate Sassy Lil Sketches and the completion of the CDs, and Christmas in July, and the 105 heat index that we're having, and.... oh anything else you'd like to throw in, here are some sweet, sweet Christmas images to help you get an early start this year:)




Have a great week, plumb full of smiles!
Peggy

Announcements, Sassy Lil Sketches, Free Vintage Get Well Image

Hi everyone, how's your week going? Great I hope! I have lots of information to share today, so I'm just going to jump right in.

First, I'd like to apologize to anyone who's had trouble accessing the web shop. Storms have just been beating us down and I always take it down when a storm comes through. Today more storms are predicted but then we're supposed to be in about a 5 day stretch of good weather. Yeah!

Second, I was asked to be the July sponsor over at Sassy Lil Sketches . It should be a lot of fun, so make sure you check it out and plan on playing along. The sketches will be available on the July 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th.

Third, have you seen the new cut outs, Flower Babies 1 and Flower Babies 2? They are just the cutest! They're available in my ebay and etsy shops.





Fourth, in the very near future I will be retiring these CDs, Christmas Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Quit honestly these are some of my earliest attempts with the CDs. I have been wanting to reorganize and improve these CDs for a while and I've almost completed that process. Once I've finished, I'll retire the originals. So if you've been keeping an eye on them with the intent to purchase in the future, you need to act now. At the moment all of these CDs are only available in the etsy and web shops.

Lastly, the free image. This week I decided to share an image from a get well card. Isn't she just the cutest? I love her swirly top and striped pants.. lol. I thought she would also be great for a "job well done" card, so I included a modified version without the blood pressure cuff. Make sure you double click on the images before you save them.




That's it for now, so.....

Have a great week, full of smiles!
Peggy