Friday, December 31, 2010
Riding A Pig to Bring in The New Year
Happy New Year
Saturday, December 25, 2010
My Wish for You This Christmas
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Year Of The Tiger + Love On Valentine's Day
Friday, January 15, 2010
My Favorite New Year's Card | Letterpress
Here is his design website: http://www.mcgeehandesign.com/
Saturday, January 2, 2010
New Year's Resolution Generator
This is so much fun. I found a site that automatically generates resolutions for you. Keep clicking until you find one you like. Designed for the extremely lazy person who wants to change. :)
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Picturing the Past 10 Years
Source: The New York Times
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Happy New Year | Antique Fonts
"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and may each New Year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin
I designed this greeting for you by scanning a whole alphabet from one of my antiquarian books and cutting out each letter with Photoshop to spell HAPPY NEW YEAR. Isn't it nice? It took a while to do and there was no letter W. I had to play around and stitch two Vs together and it worked. It's my present to you for the New Year. I hope yours is filled with health and happiness. Rosemary
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
A New Years Resolution
A Prosperous New Year To You
I saved this greeting to my computer a year ago when I did not have a blog. I have no idea where this 105 year old calligraphic image originated or I would give proper credit.
I am told by my friends who have grandchildren that in some school kids don't even learn cursive writing these days. Is that true? I loved penmanship in grammar school where I was taught the Palmer Method using a real ink pen that was dipped into a bottle of ink.
Actually I find myself writing less and less with my fountain pen and that makes me sad. There is really nothing more beautiful than fine penmanship on nice paper.
Before this day is over in my time zone, I want to send my thanks for all of your words of encouragement that please me no end. Another blogger was able to articulate this sentiment perfectly and I quote,
"To all those people who have commented or sent emails to which I've not replied because I was too busy or too lazy or forgot, and to the rest of the faceless silent hordes who traipse through this rest-stop and who, like me, find some measure of beauty or solace or interesting weirdness in this crazy world among the illustrated cultural history we are privileged to have access to online, I wish a peaceful and happy new year." I couldn't have said it better! Thanks, Peacay of BibliOdyssey
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Vintage New Year Postcard
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Antique English Christmas - New Year's Card
I framed my favorite card and photographed it through the glass to share with you. I preserved the inside of the card by affixing it to the back of the framed artwork.
The scene on the front is a small hand-colored lithograph of an old woman smoking a pipe and walking a pig through the snow. She is wrapped in a red shawl and has a basket of something on her back. There is a small cottage in the background with smoke coming out of the chimney. Maybe that is more firewood in the basket. The leash for the pet pig is nothing but a string tied in a bow around its hind leg.
Signed lower left: Ethel Parkinson
The caption hand lettered in gold says,
"MAY YE NIVER WANT AUGHT NOR A FRIEND TO SHARE IT WI YE"
The card is small, measuring 4.5" x 2.75" ~ see inside greeting below.
To: All Readers of my Blog
MY WISH
May God's twin stars of Hope and Happiness
Your Christmas brighten
And your New Year will bless.
From: Rosemary and Webster
Content in their Cottage!
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