Sharing more Vintage Christmas Images!

Hello Sweet Friends! As promised I am back again today with more vintage Christmas images from my collection to share with you!
Just clic the pic and save to your own files.
The first is one of my favorite Frances Brundage Holiday Postcards and features a darling young girl with her new Christmas doll!
I do not know the artist of the next one but its so cute with a windblown blustery santa with pink ribbons and 3 shy young girls awaiting his arrival.

I hope you will have fun with these for your upcoming projects!
Please take a second and be sure to enter my latest giveaway for a one of a kind altered bottle! Clic the pic at the top of my right sidebar for info!
I'd love to have you leave a comment and let me know if you are enjoying my choices!

Thanks bunches for visiting today and I'll be back again tomorrow with more freebies 4U :-)
Hugs,

Snowy Sunday Greetings & Free Christmas Images

Good morning my sweet Bloggerdoodle friends! I hope you are cozy snuggly warm on this fine Sunday! We had one of those gloomy icky rain on top of snow days yesterday but the temps plummeted again last night so a nice clean new coating of snow makes everything bright again :-))
Please take a peek at my previous post to enter my latest GIVEAWAY for a pretty Vintage Perfume Label altered bottle! The winner will be drawn from the list of COMMENTS only this time so if you are already one of my sweet followers you need to leave a comment . . . or 2, or 3 or 4 . . . on that giveaway post to be entered!!
Starting today and thru Christmas I'll be sharing with you some vintage Christmas images from my collection to use in your own projects! You can clic the pic and copy to your own files. These 2 are from the 1950's era and I've altered and re-sized for todays standard notecards (5-1/2 x 4-1/4) for you. I'll chose a nice variety and hope that you will find some just perfect for your holiday projects. Wouldn't the first one be darling with lots of glittery accents?!

Thanks so much for visiting today and I'll see you again real soon

Cheery Christmas Season Hugs to you,

This & That & GIVEAWAY #9 for you!

Greetings sweet bloggerdoodle friends! I hope you are all well and enjoying this glorious Christmas holiday season! Here in the Land of Lincoln we are in the deepfreeze and have just the right amount of snow to keep it festive and not to mention it brightens up the house too!
I have been a happy busy bee completing custom Altered Bottle orders for Victoria Rose Cottage and have not yet started my own decorating or shopping! I am working on an order for 13 bottles and am delighted since I'd rather do nothing but make bottles all day! I find it so rewarding and love seeing the finished sparkling cuties :-) If you are interested in any that show Out of Stock ~ the VRC ladies have a CUSTOM ORDER link on their website and will forward me your order! You can clic HERE to see my offerings!
Now onto my latest giveaway which is this Vintage Paris France Perfume Label Altered Bottle! If you read my last post you know how much I love this image & made for eBay a darling sachet pillow. It has sold but I made another that is just so sweet and petite and there is a link on my sidebar if you are interested in it.

This giveaway features that same label design and the bottle is embellished with pretty pink roses, rhinestones, ribbons and lace. The faceted crystal stopper is removable and you can fill with anything you like but I prefer them empty as shown!
The rules are simple, you can get up to 4 entries, and the winner will be drawn on Christmas Eve December 24th from the comments left on THIS POST only. Each comment gets a number and drawn from the "hat" of numbers.

1. If you are one of my sweet followers just leave a comment and let me know you are an "oldie but goodie" !!
2. Become a new follower and then leave a comment here to let me know.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! The link is on my top Right sidebar. Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar (or comment that it is already there!) ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so I can add another entry for you :-)

While I have your attention :-) please take a peek at some new offerings over at eBay! I have a number of things available and here is a sampling of 4 of them.

I thank you for visiting today and wish you all the Joys of the Season!

Hugs,
Lynn

Giveaway #8 winner is . . .

Icy cold hands and loving warm hearted greetings to all my bloggie friends! It's really cold here in the midwest and it's hard to keep our drafty 100 year old house toasty warm so my fingers are not typing very quickly!

First things first I'm announcing the winner of my Christmas stocking giveaway #8! All the comment numbers were tossed into the "hat" and out came #34 . . . who is . . . Olivia from Olivias Romantic Home! Congratulations Olivia! Please send your mailing info to my email in the "Profile" page and I'll have your stocking ready to go. Thank you and all who entered the giveaway!! I totally enjoyed reading all the wonderful comments you left and they really cheered my soul! I'll have another special treat shortly!
It has been super crazy around here lately and I have lots of things to list for you on ebay and Victoria Rose Cottage and hope you'll check the links on my right sidebar to see.
Busy Bee sneak peeks . . . I have a super sweet image from The Graphics Fairy ~ it's my current favorite and you can see below that it has sparked my creativity! The antique Paris Rose perfume label was perfect for a lavender sachet pillow for starters. (clic the pic to see it on ebay!!) Karen always has lots of images to inspire us and she is so very sweet to share them!

Thank you so much for your visit today and I hope you'll stop by again real soon.
Keep warm and toasty :-)

Lynn

And the WINNER is . . . .

Greetings to anyone visiting my blog today!

I was so excited to see all the sweet comments and entries for my Christmas Stocking GIVEAWAY #7!! With Followers and comments there were 494 entries and the winning number picked from the "hat" was #79 who is Becky from Writings on Rose Petals! Thank you to Becky and all those who entered!!
I hope you will all take a sec and view my latest GIVEAWAY #8 which is for another sweet stocking . . . click HERE to see it!

I have been busy finishing some custom orders but have so many things that I've sewn this past month that I need to get listed! I LOVE to sew but listing and writing descriptions are my most LEAST favorite thing to do :-) The pic below is just some of the pretty stockings that are "hanging around" waiting for their debut . . . hmmmmm, do you think I like pink?

Great big Hugs and Smiles to all!
Lynn

Hello November & Another GiveAway!

Hello sweet bloggerdoodles! I hope you are enjoying the same wonderful cool and sunny start of November that I am here in my neck of the woods!!
Thank you for visiting today and a quick reminder that my Christmas Stocking Giveaway #7 ends tomorrow (Nov 2) at midnight and I'd love to have you enter by clicking HERE to see the easy peasy details!
My next giveaway starts today and it's for another darling stocking! I love this medium size which has so many cute ways to display it like hanging from a peg shelf, stair post, chair back, cabinet knob, etc. It is 12-1/2" diagonally from ruffle to jingle toe and features a sweet image of a Victorian girl in her pretty pink ruffley lacey bonnet, originally painted over 100 years ago by the beloved artist Frances Brundage. She is printed onto white cotton and along with pretty pink on pink damask stripes, bitty roses and dainty lace trims, is fashioned into this cute stocking! Finishing touches include pink satin ribbon bows, parchment roses, a rhinestone heart charm and a happy silvertone jingle at the tippy toe :-)


This giveaway runs from November 1st thru midnight November 23rd and you can have up to 4 entries! Read the FYI's below!

1. Become one of my sweet Followers for one entry. Leave a comment here and let me know you are either a new follower or an "oldie but goodie" !!
2. Leave another comment on THIS POST for another entry - must be on this post or I'm not able to keep track of it.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! The link is on my top Right sidebar. Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so I can add you again :-)

I will be back blogging again later today and wish you all a fantabulous new week!
Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

TeaTime Tuesday & Pretty Handmades

Greetings Sweet Bloggie peeps and welcome to another
TEA TIME TUESDAY!

Please see my previous post HERE to enter my most recent GIVEAWAY #7! And if this is your first visit with me you may enjoy reading some of my past Tea Tuesdays :-)

Shelley Chintz
More Shelley Chintz
Myott Petite
More Petite

Even more Shelley Chintz

HandPainted Roses

Vintage Childs Tea Set

Homer Laughlin

Today I am sharing with you some more of the pretty china pieces a very dear friend send me to care for! Am I not the luckiest ducky in the pond or what!!
The most charming Paragon Teapot has a delightful wreath of cottage garden flowers ~ roses, iris, tulips, anemonies, asters ~ circling around the upper half and lid. I simply adore it with it's dainty scallops, swirly handle and painted golden touches.


This huge box had me reaching into a Lifetime supply :-) of packing popcorn and gasping out loud as I carefully opened each piece and matched the cups up with the saucers. Eleven exquisite Paragon cup and saucer sets in a rainbow of pastel sherbet shades with rich black! Oh my!
I'll showcase more of them in another tuesday post.

I chose this pretty blue one today with it's Spring tulips and jonquils. How artfully the flowers are arranged in the cup and a sweet little arrangement on the saucer! The flowers base is a transfer design with painted details and all the black is carefully handpainted around everything! The artists must definitely drink decaffinated tea to have such a steady hand ;-)

Isn't it interesting how the design does not lose perspective when looking into the cup - it looks like a plate! The bottom mark is PARAGON ~ By appointment H.M. QUEEN & H.M. QUEEN MARY ~ Fine Bone China ENGLAND Reg

Ahhhh look at this sweet teapot! It is marked TUSCAN Fine Bone China Made In England and has a Crown and Wings motif. It is totally handpainted from the pretty pink posies and minty green leaves right down to all those little gold dots! Wowzers is it gorgeous and I absolutely LOVE it!

I made the trio of tea theme handmades below and along with some more they will be in my Ebay store later today! There's a cute "Pincushion Confection" made from a vintage teacup, rose teacup accent pillow and another featuring a graceful Victorian Harrison Fisher lady enjoying a cuppa!



I am linking up with these fun tea parties today so be sure to stop by each and see these ladies sweet teatime offerings!

* MARTHA and TERRI for Teacup Tuesday
* Wanda Lee and Pam for Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday
* Sandi for Teatime Tuesday
Lady Katherine at Lady Katherine's Tea Parlor

Lynn

A NEW COMPUTER & A NEW GIVEAWAY #7

Sunny Sunday Greetings to anyone reading my blog today!

I am the ecstatic owner of a brand new computer :-) My ancient ole guy has been coddled, updated, debugged, pampered, debugged, tuned-up, loved & hated, debugged and debugged again and again but finally decided not to wake up one morning as he quietly drifted off to wherever old computers go when they die.
My new GIRL is SO FAST and I can now visit my favorite blogs without getting discouraged. It took almost 5 minutes for the old GUY to open a page! I am so out of the loop and looking forward to some FUN blog hopping again!
And to celebrate I have another GIVEAWAY for you! If you know me from eBay you know how I love to make Christmas Stockings with VINTAGE IMAGES. I made this one for you with a pair of sweet ANGELS and PINK ROSES and think it turned out so darling!
Not including the loop hanger, it measures 12" diagonally from top of ruffle to tip of jingle belled tosie and I am loving this MEDIUM SIZE . . . it's perfect to display in lots of places around your home like a bedpost, chairback, stairpost, hook, knob or peg :-)

Pretty pink and rosey fabrics make up the stocking and its embellished with vintage pink satin ribbon bow, sparkling jingle bell and a super glitzy rhinestone snowflake! If this is something you'd like for yourself or to give as a gift I hope you will enter my GIVEAWAY #7!

1. Become one of my sweet Followers for one entry . . . if you already are then you are automatically entered and don't need to do a thing.
2. Leave a comment on THIS POST for another entry - must be on this post or I'm not able to keep track of it.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so I can add you again :-)

Now how easy is that! The winner will be drawn on November 2nd. Thank you so much for visiting today and I will see you again real SOON!

Lynn

Another Teacup Tuesday with Shelly!

Happy TeaTime Tuesday sweet bloggie peeps! Today I have for you 3 more of the pretty Shelley Chintz teacups gifted to me by a very dear friend! You can read more about them by clicking HERE and HERE!
I am linking up with these fun tea parties today so be sure to stop by each and see their pretties.

* MARTHA and TERRI for Teacup Tuesday
* Wanda Lee and Pam for Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday
* Sandi for Teatime Tuesday

GREEN DAISY has pretty, long stemmed springtime Shasta Daisies on a minty green base. I LOVE greens and this shade is particularly beautiful! Perfect for a cuppa spearmint tea ;-)


I absolutely adore violets! My thumb is green when it comes to indoor African Violets and the wild violets grow like welcome weeds in our yard. They bloom with the lily of the valley and together they make the sweetest little bouquets. PRIMROSE has tiny scattered violets mixed with yellow primrose for the perfect color compliment. The charming scalloped top edge and dainty handle make this design a favorite for sure!


Ahhhh MELODY! A pretty mix of petite asters in shades of pink, blue and yellow on a base of tealy green . . . Same curvy rim, handle and golden accents as Primrose and I'm thinking of green tea with sugar in this cup today!


I have made some new tea inspired pillows that will be listed on ebay this morning and invite you to take a peek by clicking the photo.

And the WINNER is . . .

Monday morning hello's sweet Bloggie Peeps!

For the Pink Santa Embellished Bottle giveaway we had 486 entries! That's my highest yet and I thank everyone who tossed their name and comments in the hat!
I save all the folded numbers from previous giveaways so only have to add any additional new ones which makes it quite easy!
The winner is #39 who is The Polka Dot Closet! Carol I will contact you for your mailing info and hope you like the bottle!
Thanks again to all who entered . . . you know I'll have another giveaway very soon ;-)

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

New Pretties 4U & Giveaway Ends Tonight!

Hello Sweet Bloggie Peeps!! Just a reminder that the giveaway for my Vintage Pink Santa Embellished Bottle ends tonight so if you have not yet entered I hope you will! See the PREVIOUS POST HERE for details!
I just realized that I haven't posted for 2 weeks and not because I have been lazing around enjoying the refreshing cool autumn weather we've been having . . . although I have enjoyed it :-)
Some of you know that my sweet furbaby Maxxie was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer about 4 months ago. He has an ultrasound every month to check its progress and the 3 evil golfball size tumors have fortunately been growing slowly. Last week we found a strange looking pencil eraser size bleeding growth on his hind end and after our vet checked it out she said it must be removed immediately. He had surgery last friday and the mass was like an iceberg being much larger under the skin than she thought. Dr. Mary said she almost lost him twice on the operating table but he came thru like a trooper especially since he is 12 years old. SOoooooo we got the pathology results back today and it's the best news! It is benign!! She tells me now that she was 90% certain it was malignant .. . oh how relieved that she didn't share that with me as it would have made the wait even more unbearable! When we brought him home from the original checkup what does the little stinker do? Takes off after a squirrel, slips on a wet leaf and tears his knee ligament! He did the same thing last year and had surgery to repair it but not this time. Dr Mary said it will scar over within 12 weeks and he'll have 80% movement of his leg. In the meantime I must carry him up and down the stairs and am getting quite a workout HA! He is resting comfortably in his bed and says Hello :-)


I have a number of new pillows for EBAY and lots of new embellished bottles for Victoria Rose Cottage ~ you can clic the pics on my right sidebar to take you there!
And I must share this nice surprise I had when visiting Shirl's blog Shirls Rose Cottage (click HERE to see) last Saturday! She featured me and my cross stitch designs that I published under the name Graph-it Arts! She is quite an expert stitcher and you will marvel at all her perfect X's. Be sure to visit her blog it's always full of fun reading and lots of pretty pictures!!

One of these days I'll create the Profile page and fill you in on my story!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Huggers,
Lynn

Vintage Santa Bottle & NotecardsGIVEAWAY #6

Well my bloggerette friends is it time for another giveaway? Yes it is!
I've had such fun blogging since March 2010 and love entering giveaways and offering giveaways too! So here we go with #6 . . . another embellished bottle for you and set of matching notecards.
The featured design is a most darling vintage pink Santa or Father Christmas! A friend owns the original vintage postcard and shared the image with me last September 2009 and it's my very favorite! He carries a minty green picket fence planter with decorated tree and in his basket of toys is a doll, horse, and clown. To create the label I've altered the image to include some sheet music in the background and a wreath of pink roses that is the perfect compliment to a shabby cottage Christmas bottle!

The bottle is 5-1/4" high and embellished with vintage lace and ribbon, rhinestones, parchment roses, frosty heart and a whitewashed cork topper. The winner will also recieve 4 matching notecards and envelopes.

I hope you can see in the pics that both the bottle label and notecards have snowy glitter :-)
The winner of this giveaway will be drawn on September 30th and you have 4 chances to win. Good luck to all!

1. Become one of my sweet Followers for one entry . . . if you already are then you are automatically entered!!
2. Leave a comment on THIS POST for another entry - must be on this post or I'm not able to keep track of it.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my bloggie link on your sidebar ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment here so I can add you again :-)
   

Now how easy is that!

And if you enjoy this image you can clic the pic above to go to ebay and find my first pillow featuring it for the 2010 Holiday season. And I have some larger ones in the works that will be offered over at Victoria Rose Cottage soon too.
I hope you enjoy this latest giveaway and I thank you so much for visiting!!

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

TEACUP TUESDAY~Time for Tea with Shelley~

Greetings to anyone visiting my blog this fine day! I am linking up with
* MARTHA and TERRI for Teacup Tuesday
* Wanda Lee and Pam for Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday
* Sandi for TeaTime Tuesday
Please click on their names to see their TeaTime Pretties and all the other participating tea lovers!
Last week I shared with you my story of a dear friend who sent me a surprise package filled with an awesome collection of Shelley Chintz teacups and the sweetest child's pink depression teaset!! Click HERE to read all about it and see photos of Maytime and Country Side :-)

I am featuring 3 more today - 2 more next week and the child set too! This first one is so beautiful in blue and the pattern is called Blue Daisy of course! The base has a blue on blue ferny design and is covered in springtime daisies.

For sure you've heard the phrase that goes "Please don't pick the daisies" . . . . but I must show you part of my backyard garden this spring because I DID NOT pick the daisies last year and they reseeded a thousand fold! EEEK!! Be sure to deadhead :-)


This next teacup is demitasse size and is called Summer Glory! And that she IS with a soft yellow base and big heads of fluffy hydrangea in shades of lilac, blue, pink and white.

Isn't that sweet how they did the pattern name on the bottom :-)

This next selection is a gardeners dream and is called Rock Garden! See the garden walls of rock planted with pink roses, yellow and purple crocus, bluebells, anemone, violets, and buttercups. All the teacups have the most exquisite golden base and delicate handles adding even more the the beauty of each piece.


I am still in Teacup Heaven and all goosebumpley from receiving such a glorious gift!
And if you have not visited my bloggie before I must again show off this fabuloso giveaway I won over at sweet Denise's blog ALL OVER ROSES!

Is this not the most adorable Tea for One you've ever seen!! Click HERE to view the post about it and be sure to stop over and say Hi! Don't you think the roses look like a vintage Catherine Klein painting!
I have some new pillow creations over on ebay if you'd like to see just Clic the Pics on my sidebar!


This lucky and truly blessed lady thanks you for visiting today and please drop by again real soon ok!

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

~TEACUP TUESDAY~A Dear Friends Gift

Greetings to all the Teacup lovers visiting for another Teacup Tuesday!
Thanks go to sweet MARTHA and sweet TERRI for hosting this weekly Tea party! Click on either of their names to be wisked off to see more pretty teacups 'n' things :-)
A couple weeks ago I received a note from a very dear lady whom I met as an ebay buyer many years past and who has long ago become a treasured friend. She has always blessed me with her generous kindness & grace, advice, and precious time and has helped me get thru some trying times.
Her note said that I had a special package on the way with some teacups she knew I'd like. Well . . . let me tell you what was in that package! Eight Shelley Chintz teacups and saucers in different patterns and a darling pink depression child's tea set! Be still my heart! I carefully reached into the now Lifetime supply of packing peanuts :-) and brought out each of the bubblewrapped pieces as I carefully matched up the dainty cups and saucers, gasping at their beauty! True teacup lovers Heaven! I would love to mention her name but she would not want that ~ that's just the way she is! Giving from her heart which is as big as all Texas!

I share 2 of them with you this week and will save the others for another Teacup Tuesday! This one is called MAYTIME and has the cutest pink apple or cherry blossoms. and budlettes. There are slightly scalloped edgings on the cup and saucer both and golden trimmings for an elegant chic touch!

Makers marks on bottom of cup and saucer.

The next set is in the same design shape and the pattern name is CountrySide. See the little wildflowers and berries . . . bluebells, marguerite, buttercups, sweet wild clover, raspberries, violets and violas!

SO SWEET!!

In my previous TCT post I showed you one of my handmade TeaTime Teddy Bear Pincushions and it is currently listed on ebay! Please take a peek by just clicking HERE to see her!
A Big bouquet of thank you's to everyone visiting for Teacup Tuesday today . . . plus an extra long stem rose for my sweet anonymous friend :-)
Hugs and Smiles,