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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A New Years Resolution

I couldn't resist making this. Happy New Year everyone. Good luck with your New Years Resolutions. Organization is at the top of my list. I'll start with putting away all of my Christmas decorations neatly on New Year's Day.




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Charles Lamb | New Years Day

Happy New Year

ew
Years
Day
Is
Every
Man's
Birthday.

Charles Lamb

Happy Birthday Everyone.
The calendar is reborn and so are we. Rosemary
It's 2010 on the other side of the globe already.

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Build An Igloo Tutorial With Video

It's snowing like crazy at my house and maybe at yours too. The family in the video decided to make an igloo for the kids and it turned out beautifully. They used plastic storage buckets from Ikea to form the blocks. Watch, be inspired, and build one. This will definitely be something these children will remember for the rest of their lives. Agreed? Read the article.






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Photo Sharing To End The Year

Wonderful reading room.

Inspiring stairs.

Beech tree with human face.

Wonderful quote by Thomas Moore.

Some things that inspired me today while reading the blogs of others. Click on photo to see the source. Have a great last day of 2009. Later, Rosemary




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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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Harmony Calligraphy

Don't you absolutely love this fabulous HARMONY calligraphy? Nice thought for the last day of the year, isn't it? Let's carry it over into the next year too.

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Vintage New Year Postcard

Nothing says Happy New Year like an elf riding a pig in the snow. Or is that a gnome?




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G. K. Chesterton | A New Soul

he object of a
new year is not
that we should
have a new year.
It is that we
should have
a new soul.

G. K. Chesterton




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Vintage Tin Noisemaker to Ring In 2010

This vintage tin noisemaker is amazingly loud. I'll use it to ring in the New Year.




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Mourning Picture Circa 1811

American painted silk with watercolor and ink. Executed by Sally Miller at the Litchfield Female Academy, Circa 1811, Litchfield County, Conneticut. A fine example of schoolgirl art, one of eight known examples from this Academy. From the American Decorative Arts collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.




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Poligny Virgin and Child

This monumental yet engagingly intimate image of the Virgin and Child was probably a gift of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy (died 1419), or his wife Margaret of Bavaria (died 1424) to the convent they founded at Poligny dedicated to the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. This is one of four large sculptures from Poligny in the Museum's collection. As court sculptor in Dijon, the influential artist Claus de Werve (active 1396–ca. 1439) created many works for his patrons, and this is certainly one of his masterpieces.

Metropolitan Museum of Art ~ more details ~ limestone carving with paint and gilding. This French antiquity is so very beautiful.




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50 Best Interior Design Blogs Worldwide

This should keep you busy for a while. Enjoy browsing. Maybe you will get an idea or two on how to make your blog better. I'm always tweeking mine and I plan on studying all of these award winners -- a few each day. Busy day ahead for me. Later, Rosemary




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Puppy Love

Age 4 Weeks [Christmas and New Year card depicting portrait of dog with stick and brick wall].

Don't you just want to pick him up and kiss his belly? He couldn't even sit up by himself for his first portrait.
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