Trev's Coming Home, New Cut Outs and a Free Vintage Image

Hi Everyone!
I hope you all had a super fantastic Easter. We had a great one. We kind of had a little mini vacation here, didn't really go anywhere or do anything but did have a 5 day lull in our major stress factor. lol That was like taking a vacation to the Bahamas! lol Not really, but it sure was nice.

We're really excited because the count down is on for Trevor coming home. We're all so excited that we just can't wait. There's a couple of little surprises in store for him but I can't tell you just in case he checks out the blog every now and then. lol

But anyway, Tara's made a slide show for him and she did such a good job that I just have to share it. Tara and Trev are only 16 months apart with Tara being the oldest. As kids they fought like cats and dogs but when it came to loyalty to each other there was no stronger bond. Let someone else pick on one of them and before you blink an eye the other one was right in there. Anyway, here's her video. It has ads on it because of the music she used, just click the little x in the box and they'll go away. So now just click here to view her video Tara's Video and make sure you give her a thumbs up.

I have been able to get together a couple of new cut outs. Have you noticed them on Etsy or the web store? I don't have them listed on ebay yet. I'm kind of debating on whether or not to put them out there. Ebay's rules are getting to be such a PITA that I'm thinking about taking all of the cut outs off of there. Haven't really decided whether I want to do that or not but I sure am thinking about it. Anyway, here's the new guys, hope you like them.

















And last but not least, I do have an image to share this week. I think she's just the cutest little girl. Hope you enjoy and as usual make sure you click on her before you save her.



Have a great week, plumb full of smiles!
Peggy

Free Vintage Patriotic Image

Hi Everyone! Are you ready for the big holiday weekend? I sure am! After all of the nasty rainy days, we've finally had a beautiful week with bright sunny days and very low humidity. It's supposed to be getting hotter and with that comes the higher humidity but we're supposed to be free from rain until late Monday night. Yippeeee!

July is a big birthday month for my family. We have birthdays on the 2nd, the 4th, the 10th and 21st. So the weekend will be very busy with celebrating birthdays and attending all the holiday celebrations! What fun it will be especially with the nice weather.

Today I'd like to tell you a little bit about Joyce's collection. She collected her cards as a young child. Some of them she found hidden in the house they moved into and some she got from a neighbor. She and her sister, who has passed, used to play with the postcards and pretend that they were sending them to each other. I can just imagine the fun they used to have with the post cards! And I'm sure Joyce has many precious memories associated to them.

I was totally thrilled and honored when Joyce contacted me and asked if I'd like to "inherit" her collection. The postcards are well worn and take a lot of time to restore but slowly and surely I'm working on them. Some of the completed postcards can be found in the following Cut Outs which are available on etsy and ebay.


Santa's Early 1900 Cut Outs



New Year's Girls Cut Outs



Tribute to the Dutch Cut Outs





Depending on how badly they are damaged, the restoration of the cards can take hours to complete. Today, I'd like to share the before and after on one of Joyce's patriotic postcards. This postcard was published in 1909 by E. Nash. Here's the before card, make sure you double click on it.



And here's the restored postcard, again make sure you double click on it before you save it.



Because of its age, it's hard to imagine that it's 101 years old, this particular postcard falls into the antique category vs vintage. Do you know the difference? An item must be 100 years old to fall into the antique category and 25 years old to fall into the vintage category. Anyway, even though this image has a copyright notice it falls into the public domain because of its age. So feel free to use it as you wish.

Sadly, because of a computer crash and the subsequent PC restore, I've lost Joyce's email address, but maybe fate will play a role and she'll stumble across this post. A big thanks to Joyce for sharing her precious postcards.

Don't forget to 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. The sketches will be available on the July 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th.

Have a festive and safe 4th of July. I hope it's just packed full of smiles!
Peggy

Free Get Well Image

Boy the week just seems to fly! I've been busy this week working on a new Adult Birthday CD. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I'll have it finished and ready to list. It has some really great images in it. I pre-published some of them as cut outs, the Bad Boys and Sexy Ladies images will be on this CD. So if you'd like to have the entire card for these two cut outs you know where to get them.

I purchased two new scrapbooks and received them right before Christmas. They were a great find. I had such a good time going through them and checking out all the treasures. Now, all I have to do is scan them. My "to be scanned" pile just keeps on growing!

This week I thought I'd share an image with you. I haven't created a Get Well CD yet, not that I don't have Get Well Cards in my collection. I'm just not sure whether my buyers would like one or not. So if you have an opinion on that, please be sure and let me know. Anyway, with the cold and flu season going around, I thought I'd share a Get Well card. This particular card was in my husband's grandmother's collection. I just think she's so sweet and could be used for either a Get Well card or a "you deserve a pampering" card. So, I've included the image with and without the sentiment, feel free to save the image and use if for any type of hand made craft. If you click the image you'll be taken to the bigger copy. If you send me an image or link to your completed project, I'll include it in the next blog post.






Hope you have a great week that's full of smiles!
Peggy