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!

Living A Vintage Life: Vintage Serenity

It all started with Baby Shoes...

Endearing moments in time . . . that tickle a memory, evoke a sigh or make us smile: thus begins the Vintage Serenity blog. This busy vintageophile's journaling exhibits a love for the vintage life. In Cheryl's world creative ideas abound, including: old silver trays turned to chalk boards, baby beds repurposed into wall art, craft stations and plate racks.

Projects not only repurpose an amazing variety of goods, but encompass a range of styles as well. Steampunk, shabby chic, contemporary and country are just a few genres embraced on this creative blog. The post displaying a multitude of uses for yarn balls is an example of stylish variety that remains true to vintage. One woman would be hard-pressed to come up with the wide variety of ideas on Vintage Serenity so Cheryl draws from many sources as she provides many fantastic links to other creative vintage bloggers who offer ideas and instruction.

Goodwill Spirit and Yarn Balls!

I was happily absorbed in the all activities and links on this site, but what speaks to my creative, yet procrastinating soul the most is her Future Projects page. Like me, she has projects she's just itching to get to, but just hasn't had the time to - yet! Grab a cold glass of cider and surf through this fun blog - I'm sure you'll come away with lots of ideas for using the vintage goodies you are hoarding for that yet-to-be-defined 'special project'!
As reported by Three Chicks Vintage

Initially Yours

12Karri presents this beautifully monogrammed set of Silver Art Deco Gentleman's Brushes.

One of today’s significant fashion trends makes a very literal statement as monogramming has once again become a stylish way to identify yourself. Sifting through piles of old linens often reveals meticulously monogrammed linen napkins and table cloths, carefully stitched in white, delicate handkerchiefs with tiny and ornate initials, and even more humble representations in colorful cross stitch on cotton. Everything from Laverne’s signature ‘L’ to carefully engraved sterling and crystal are once again in mode and vintage items are a nostalgic and beautiful way for you to join the trend. Click here to find monogrammed items from the Etsy Vintage team.

Create your own monograms: Handcarved Intaglio Round Onyx Monogram C from Fascinating Hobbies adds a sophisticated touch to your next jewelry project; Sassy By Design offers these Vintage McCall's Embroidery Patterns to help you expand your needlework repertoire.