Living A Vintage Life: Vintage Valentine's Clipart

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

  ~Victor Hugo 
We *vintageophiles are often creative people, looking for ways to incorporate our passion into our everyday lives whether it be a snuggly vintage afghan, funky 1970s blouse or in the gifts we offer to the ones we love. Valentine's Day is no exception as we seek vintage heart jewelry, trinkets and timeless sentiments on aged greeting cards. Even if we were willing to part with our long searched for greetings, we would probably be hard-pressed to acquire enough to give to all the loved ones on our list. Fortunately there is another way to send vintage sentiments: we can create our own Valentine's cards using vintage graphics.

There are many sources of free vintage Valentine's graphics on the internet, you just have to make sure you are truly accessing free clipart. To make that task a little easier, I've swam through some websites for you and came up with a few links.
The Graphics Fairy has a wonderful selection of vintage images and craft ideas. 
Hub Pages has dreamy graphics too!
Vintage Holiday Crafts has gorgeous images for Valentine's and other holidays.
The Stock Solution has free graphics as well as images for sale.
Want to fore go the fuss of printing, pasting and glitter? Fun and free vintage style e-cards can be found at Hipster Cards.

From my vintage heart to yours - Happy Valentines Day!

*vintageophile - a person whose every waking moment is consumed with the thought, pursuit and possession of vintage goods!

FOODIE FRIDAY--J is also for JAM TARTS

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In anticipation of VALENTINE'S DAY, and all things sweet, sweeter and sweetest, I'd like to share a recipe for a delightful, easy treat. JAM TARTS. Like a miniature pie, filled with jam. YUMMY! And, with the addition of a heart shaped pastry "lid", a perfect treat for V-Day. (this recipe is courtesy Martha Stewart)

Ingredients

Yield: About 16

* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
* 2 large egg yolks
* 1 cup jam, in assorted flavors--homemade is best!
* 1 tablespoon heavy cream

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon; process for 10 seconds. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, 15 to 20 seconds.
2. Combine 1 egg yolk with 2 tablespoons ice water and add to flour mixture. Process until the dough comes together, about 7 seconds. Transfer to a clean work surface and compress into a flattened circle.
3. Lightly dust the work surface with flour; roll out dough to just thinner than 1/4 inch. Using a round or square cookie cutter, cut out shapes and press into 2- to 3-inch tartlet tins or a small muffin pans. Shape crust as desired, fill each with 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons jam, and decorate tops with cutouts of dough. *(I use a mini HEART cutter for Valentine's Day) At this point, the tarts can be refrigerated for several hours.
4. Combine remaining egg yolk with cream; lightly brush exposed dough with egg wash. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer tarts from tins to a wire rack to cool.


Read more at Marthastewart.com: Mini Jam Tarts - Martha Stewart Recipes

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!