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

 

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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.

 

 

 

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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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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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 Giveaway at ~ Wayside Treasures ~

Hey Y'all ... Sandi over at Wayside Treasures is having the most charming Vintage Giveaway !



She's offering up some positively adorable Kordite Strawberry Boxes .. Pure Summer Perfection !

Nothing like a plate of Fresh Ice Cold Strawberries dipped in Chocolate or some Strawberries and Cream ..

So Hop on over and visit her blog and get your entries in !

HERE

A few of my Favorite Things ....

Today as the day grew warmer with temps beginning to rise this week well into the 100's .. it brought back memories of summer's past. It reminded me of some of my favorite things and got me to reminiscing and dreaming of days gone by and the dreams that still lye within my heart ..

 

 

 



 ~ Picket Fences and Daisies ~

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Be it a beautiful and pristine white picket fence or a tattered and worn one ..I love them all. There is something that touches my heart in seeing a picket fence .. they contain a little bit of dreamland . I can pass by dozens of houses in my nearby neighborhoods and the few that have the picket fence lining the drive and the yard ..those are always the houses that draw me in .. I can't say why but for me a picket fence dressing the front of a home .. surrounding a garden or lining a drive just speaks of home .

 

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My Favorite flower is a daisy ... I love the fresh beauty of them and the simplicity ... I could have a yard full of daisies and pluck them one by one filling old pitchers and jars throughout the house with them each day .. Daisies make me smile ! 

~ Screen Doors ~

 



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Yes Screen Doors are on my list of favorite things .. They are so welcoming.  From Simple to exquisite .. Painted or Wood .. They bring back memories of spring breezes ... summer days keeping the flys out  of the house ..and Fall days when the wind blows and just catches the screen and causes it to give a slight squeak or a quick slam ... 

~ Fresh Orange Juice ~

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On a warm summer day a refreshing glass of orange Juice in the morning is definitely on the favorite's list for starting out the day ... It's a little punch of flavor that get's the body moving ...

~ Sunflowers ~

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I remember when we lived in Missouri on our farm .. starting a small Sunflower patch .. Planting each seed and watering them ..and watching them shoot up high into the sky ... Sunflowers are certainly a favorite ...

~ Horses~

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I grew up with horses ..and started out on a little pony named "Buttercup" ..and then graduated to  mama's horse "Sugar " .. and later enjoyed my own horse "Autumn".  I love horses they are gentle giants .. I love their nibbling lips when eating bits of apple or grain from my hand .. I love their wiggly lips and big breaths against my cheek .. and I love the sound of their hooves against the ground and the gentle sway when sitting upon them and slowly riding out over a country field ..

 

They without question will always hold a high spot on my favorite's list ...

 

 

 

 



~ Full Moons over the Countryside ~

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I was absolutely blessed to have lived in Missouri on a 40 acre farm for a short time.... in that time I was so thrilled to experience the light of a full moon shining on a hay field. From our 40 foot long porch filled with rockers, lanterns burning with citronella and flower boxes with their summer blooms .. an evening spent rocking, reading and listening to the crickets while being in awe of the moonlight shining so bright on our hay field is a memory that is an absolute favorite of mine .. and I pray that one day very soon The Lord will bless us with the opportunity to return to the countryside for good. I long to enjoy that full moon on the hayfield once again .. It's a site I should never tire of ..

~ Porch Sittin ~

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As  a young girl I was always in a hurry to do this or that to go here or there .. to talk to this person or that one .. to blast the music loud as can be or sit in front of the t.v. drinking in the programs stealing away life ...

 

And then I found porch sitting... and it's a life changer . Learning to relax .. to shut out the fast paced world that trys to thieve your days away .. to actually sit quietly with your thoughts, to enjoy the song of a bird ..or watch it's flight or landing on a fence post. To enjoy the antlers of a deer slightly peering out the top of the tall overgrown field and realizing how perfectly God made it so that it truly blends in to the surroundings it lives in .. To watch the squirrel scampering up and down the tree carrying twigs and odd little bits back and forth .. and to here the mew of the barn kittens romping through the grass rolling and playing with each other ... Or to simply close your eyes and let your body just be for as long as you choose ... not being a slave to time or work ...Just enjoying life and God's creation ..

 

Porch Sitting a true favorite of mine ..

 

 

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So what are some of your favorite things ..?

 

What makes your heart smile, what makes you dream, what memories bring back times of joy and happiness ?

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed a few of my favorite things ...

 



 

New farmhouse Offerings just added to the Shop ..

 

 

Hey there Y'all .. Well it's been quite a week busy busy busy ..

 

So I haven't had the chance to blog this week until now...

 

It's been a beautiful week full of lot's of sunshine .. and filled with so many blessings.

 

I hope you all have had a lovely week too ..and you are enjoying your weekend thoroughly ...

 

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We added a few new offerings to the shop ... and here's a quick sneek peek at some of them ...

 

 

 

 

 

*** Farm Fresh Truck Burlap Tote ***

 

 

 

 



 

*** Mom's Mason Jar ***

 

 

 

 

*** "Saved By Grace" Sweet Magnolias Farm Original Journal with Removable Cover ***

 

 

 

*** Cover slips over standard size composition journal so you can keep on enjoying it ***

 

 

 

 

 ~ Vintage Style ~

*** 8 sweet 1/4 pint Milk bottles with Wire Carrier ***

 

*** "Plant Harts Seed" Sweet Magnolias Farm Original Journal with Removable Cover ***

 

 

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All of these Sweet Farmhouse Offerings and More are available in the Sweet Magnolias Farm Shop HERE

 

 

 

 

Until Next Time ..

Wishing you all ...

 

 

Free Printable Vintage Cookie Recipes ~ Cowboy & Raggedy Ann Cookies ..~

 

Over a Year ago while Abbey and I were out at a local estate sale ..we found 2 big wood Recipe boxes.. both filled to the brim with hand written recipes and recipes clipped from food boxes, wrappers, newspaper clippings and the like.

 

We can't pass up recipe boxes . .. and a few over the years have yielded some pretty unsavory recipes that caused us to scratch our head and ask ... Really ?

 

Then Other recipe boxes such as these ..just made you sit down and grow hungrier by the minute from the pot roast, to the Chili ..and of course the cookies.

 

Before we could go through one of the recipe boxes though we had to pull it out from underneath my sewing machine pedal .. I sit at a large work table to sew that is rather tall .. Great for cutting fabrics and working on projects because your not constantly bending over and getting a back or neck ache but a little odd for reaching the foot pedal of the sewing machine so I quickly remedied the long reach by placing the large wood recipe box just in the perfect spot under the table and placing my foot pedal on it well over a year ago..LOL ! Hey whatever works..as long as my leg is now comfy when sewing.

 

So This week we reminisced through those old recipes and Found 5 Vintage Cookie Recipes that we thought had charming names or some fun ingredients or fun designs ... to share with you all.

 

 Feel free to save them and print them out. I have provided a cute Page Print out ..or below each page is the original recipe as it was found in the recipe box which can also be saved and printed easily.

 

 

 

~ Raggedy Ann Cookies ~



~ Cowboy Cookies ~

 

(we found these cookies are also know as Roy Rogers cookies and Laura Bush Cookies and have a popularity in the Great State of  Texas)



~ Quick Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks ~

 

(we loved how you bake these in to small sticks )

 

~ Oatmeal Raisin Cookies ~

 

( These are made with "Best Foods" Mayonnaise)

 

 

 

 

~ Cereal Cookies ~

( a little different from the rice krispy bars of today but the recipe looks good )

 

 

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So have any of you gals Made these cookies ? Or did you grow up with Mama or Grandma baking them ? ... we would love to know ... Leave a comment and share a little Baking love...

 

 

 ~ ENJOY ~