It's time for some Free Vintage Valentines ...

 

Good Monday Morning to you all ... !

 

Well it's another beautiful day here at the farmhouse .. ready to kick off a full day's work ..

 

Since we are a little less than a month away from Valentines Day .. I thought this was the perfect time to offer you all a few of our Vintage Valentines..

 

As I was going through the manila envelope marked Valentines yesterday ..I was shocked at how many we had .. it's been several years since I have peeked in that envelope ... so I'm excited to have these 4 to offer and more to come ..

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy !

 

 

 

Vintage Helms Bakeries Reciept - Sweet Magnolias Farm Free Printables & Clip Art

Good Monday Morning to you all ..

 

Another Day, Another Week and a Fresh Start Once again ... to have a beautiful week.

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

I Love this old Helms Bakeries Receipt...

 

I came across a few pads of these several years ago .. and am down to one of them. I use them for sending notes and greetings to customers in their packages ..

 

However it would be charming to add a cute saying or write in some baked goods with prices etc. and the print it out and frame it for your kitchen ...

 

Or these would make adorable tags for Home Baked Christmas Gifts this year ..

 

The original receipt is in white w/blue lettering as shown ..

 

 

 

I am also providing it in this beautiful Sepia Tone Lettering and Lines ... which would look great on a brown paper wrapped package !

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Free Printable Clip Art Turkey

 

Well  I can't believe we are only a little over a month away from the first day of Fall ... (Setpt. 22nd)

 

Boy has this year passed so quickly to me ...

 

It seems everyone is already ready for fall .. On pinterest people are pinning away fall images and fall creations .. and the shops and stores are already filling their shelves with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Fall décor .. So I thought we'd get a bit of an early start ourselves and start you all off with this fun Vintage Turkey,

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Original Card ...

 

 

 

 



And Here it is for your pleasure in old fashioned sepia ..

 

 

Please Check out our "Free Printables" Page HERE for a few other renditions of this turkey ..

 

 

 

These would be fabulous Place Cards for your Thanksgiving Dinner Table ... which you could get an early start on making now .. And add your families names in the signage.

 

Or they would make lovely tags for gifts ..

 

 

And I'm sure there are dozens of other ideas too ..

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Enjoy ...

 

 

 

And Don't forget to enter our Free Giveaway going on Now August 15th - 23rd 2014

 

Click  HERE to enter

 

 

 

 

Free Printables ~ Patriotic ~ 4th of July ~ Independence Day ~ American Flag ~ Old Glory ~ Antique Clip Art ~ Ephemera

 

Well it's the countdown to 4th of July.. This coming Thursday !

 

Happy Birthday America !

 

I went through our Antique Patriotic File today and found a few of my Favorite pieces to share with all of you ..

 

 

 

 

This First Piece is actually a little booklet with all the flags preceding our flag as we know and love it today . The Front cover is just beautiful ..and I love that it was actually a little giveaway booklet by Chase and Sanborn Tea and Coffee .. Gosh this was way back, when companies were not afraid to honor the America we live in !

 

I love the early 1900's cards with the Victorian women on them .. She is so beautiful with her sparklers ...and I must admit I love the color of the dress she is wearing ..

 



 

This piece being a post card ..I decided to share the back .. 

It is Adressed to: Miss Mattie Bath 704 S. 8th St Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

It Reads:....

July the 3rd

Dear Mattie I will send you a few fircrackers to celebrate the forth   Gramma Simpson is hear she is warming her self by the kitchen stove it is cold this morning   I ...... for he and Mrs Gabus goat a little daughter from aunt Annie

 

************

I love reading the backs of old post cards ..

 

 

 



 

This Post Card is WWII era .. I have several that go along with this one that are more war time oriented.

 

 

 

********************

 

And lastly ... This Old Notepad has a beautiful front page ...

 

Old Glory

 

With a poem just below it ...

 

The Poem Reads:

 

As I float from my steeple,

or flap from the mast

Or droop O'er the sod

where long grasses nod

My names is as old as

the glory of God

 

James Whitcomb Riley

 

******************************

 

I have also provided this in PNG format and removed the background for your pleasure !

 

 

 

 

 

*********************************

 

Rather you are celebrating this weekend or next .. these are charming pieces to print and use as table decorations ... Print them out on card stock .. then use a fork and place it with the handle in a little pot of  daisies on the table and add the image inbetween the tines of the fork ...

 

Or how about some cute place cards ..

 

Making home made Cookies or Hand pies ..these would be charming add to the individual serving packages ..

 

Giving 4th of July Gifts .. what charming tags these would make ..

 

And I'm sure you all can think of a zillion more ways to use them ...

 

~ Enjoy ~

 

(Be sure to checkout our Free printables page for more vintage clip art)

~ P.S. if your new to grabbing images all you need do is click on the image then right click on the image and choose the option "Save to my Pictures" )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Antique Aster Seed Packet

 

Happy Friday to everyone ..

 

I'm sure many of you are gearing up for a wonderful Memorial day weekend .. with Family, Friends, maybe the first BBQ of the Season ...

 

I thought I would share another beautiful seed packet this week .. since we are still in spring and summer even though it feels as though it's arrived in many parts of the country isn't officially here.

 

This Beautiful Aster Packet is another from our sweet collection ..

 

I love how they made the packets of yesteryear so appealing and beautiful. Today's seed packets or I should say the one's I have seen at the local hardware store are just not appealing. I can imagine if they actually put some gorgeous picts or graphics on today's seed packets .. us Gals would gobble them up like candy not just for the seed but for the collecting. It would be awesome if one of the seed companies like the "Ball Anniversary Jars" .. would come out with a remember when collection or something to that effect.

 

Anyhow I hope you enjoy this Seed Pack .. and if you hop on over to the free printables page you can pick up the back side of the packet .. and for your pleasure there are 2 other versions of this packet I have provided for your pleasure !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Kitten in Basket Antique Advertising Card

 

Well it's a beautiful Saturday Afternoon .. The Sun is shining bright ..and well I have to admit it's Hot .. it's in the 90's here today and supposed to reach well near 100 degrees over the next few days.

 

So needless to say I'm staying inside.

 

It's been an amazingly busy week .. It seems for us it tends to be that way leading up to any special day or Holiday ..and Mother's Day is one of those busy times for us. In fact I got so busy that I had Jury Duty starting this last Monday .. and I completely forgot to call in until "Thursday" Night .. I was in a bit of a panic .. I didn't know what happened if you didn't call in and all I could think was "is there a warrant out for my arrest ?" .. you can laugh but that's what I thought. Well I called that night and it said to appear at 8:00 a.m. any morning within so many days at the courthouse .. So needless to say I wasn't waiting around ..Friday Morning I was at the courthouse at 8 sharp. I found out that I had to sit and wait to see if I would be called to serve that morning and the great thing was that being it was Friday they don't generally start trials so we were released by 10:30 yesterday morning. So now I'm good ..until they send me another summons ..which they send quite often .. I get them 2 to 3 times a year ..

 

So today I finally have a few minutes to just sit down and blog .. and thought this was a good time to share this week's "Free Printable"

 

This is such a sweet sweet Antique Advertising Card ...

With a Cute little Kitten in a woven basket ..

 

 

I also extracted the cat in the basket by itself ..for your pleasure and it can be found on the printables page for your pleasure !

 

Wishing you all Sunshine Dreams ....

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Dress Form, Mannequin "How To Look Your Best:

 

 

So are Dress Forms still Popular ? I know for a few years now they have been all the rage .. ! But I wondered if the fire for them is still burning or has slowed down ?

 

I  fell in love with them the last few years and can count five that I have sitting here at the farmhouse that I use either at markets , or in photos for the shop , or just because I enjoy looking at them.

 

So have you all collected dress forms ?

 

I found this cute vintage Dress Form Card... I think it was probably an advertisement. I have had this saved away in my scans for several years now. I think I once used a copy of it on a cute decoupage project that I made. It's been a while and the brains a bit foggy on exactly what the project was ..LOL !

 

Anyhow it's now yours for the using and the enjoying.

 

 

 

I have also included it on the "Free Printables" page in Black and white and with the background removed and made it aqua blue for your pleasure !

 

 

This would make such a charming Pillow front wouldn't it ..

 

Enjoy !

 

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Antique Floral Prayer and Promise Card

 

Well it's a beautiful Sunshiny Morning here at the Farmhouse .. a  day filled with the Lords Goodness once again.

 

And it's time for me to share another beautiful "Free Printable"

 

I Picked this Beautiful Antique Prayer and Promise Card ....

 

Well Because we all need a prayer and a Promise  ... One gives us the Dreams and Hope of Flying and the other gives us the assurance with Gods Guidance we can Soar to heights beyond our dreams..

 

 

 

 

I have also included this in Sepia on the "Free Printables" Page ...

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

P.S. don't forget to enter our "100 yr. Anniversary Ball Jar Giveaway" going on Now .. if you haven't done so already

 

Check it out HERE

 

 

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Charming Sweet Alyssum Seed Packet ~ Enjoy !

It's a Lovely Saturday here at the farmhouse ..we had fog overnight and the morning has stayed beautifully overcast with a cool onshore breeze... These make for mornings I so thoroughly enjoy !

 

Today's free printable is another piece from our personal collection ...

 

This antique seed packet is one of the more beautiful ones we have and one of my favorites because it's for Sweet Alyssum.

 

We love growing alyssum once it's planted it's such an easy keeper and the honey sent that permeates the air when in bloom is just intoxicating. I don't handle perfumes and such at all but this is one floral scent that seems to really agree with me ...

 

I think this would be such a beautiful piece blown up and framed ..or wouldn't it make the most charming garden stake or garden ornament !

 

 

 

 

 

I know at lowe's in the roofing section they sell small galvanized squares of metal. I think they are about 5 x 8 maybe 4 x6 .. but around that size and for only like 68 cents each. Your could purchase one of those and drill a couple holes in the top corners . Then print this out .. Modge podge it on ..then use a clear spray to coat it and  add a jute or twine hanger you would have an adorable garden hanger ..

 

Or how about a Garden journal ?... This would make the most beautiful front !

 

 

There's so many fun ideas for using this seed packet ....

The Back side if you would like it along with the front is located on our "Free Printables" page .

 

Have a Lovely weekend Farmhouse Friends ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seed Catalog Page ~ Chrysanthemum ~ Pansies ~ Aster ~ Free Printable

 

This Beautiful array of flowers is an actual Page from an early Seed Catalog in our collection.

 

All the flowers are just beautiful on this page but I think I'm partial to the Cardinal Climber ...

 

~~~~~~~~~

 

 

 

Have you seen Debra over at Common Ground's Seed Box Tutorial ? .. If you haven't click HERE ... This printable would be perfection for making your own seed box...

 

Be sure to check out our free printables page for more great vintage ephemera to use on your next creative projects..