A very vintage valentine

Hello!

So nice of you to visit!

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I thought I would share some great vintage Valentines with you today.

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I have chosen ones that will be easy for you to print, cut out, and give to someone as a surprise! 

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Here is one to give to your dog groomer.

Unknown vintage

One for your UPS or FedEx driver-

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Or your bus driver-

Unknown vintage

If you want, you can mount the vintage Valentine to a single sheet of cardstock, or even construction paper.

For a bit more fancy presentation, get out your glitter glue (the best I have found is Ranger’s Stickles glitter glue).

Unknown vintage, marked 1907

Gather your metallic pens, bits of ribbon and random buttons - they can all really dress up your Valentine with no cost and very little time. 

For your mail-person:

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This one could be for your mail person, or anyone really.

Pinterest, posted by Happiness-Angee at Postcrossing, flickr 

For a group of people, you can make several Valentines with a similar theme, like these-

Posted on Pinterest by valart2008

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Pinterest by Sienna42

Unknown vintage

Next I have some vintage Valentines that would be perfect for different service people that help you.

Why not give one and make someone’s day better!

Uploaded to Pinterest by Jana Hallford

Posted on Pinterest by the State Historical Society of North Dakota

Vintage Valentine from the 1940’s

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Posted by Zazzle

Well, that should get you started!

I have some Valentines to go put together now...

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Leaves Galore!

Welcome!

Vintage magazine cover, Autumn 1912

I hope you are not tired of gorgeous Fall leaves yet.

I seem to have more to share with you.

😁

I found more leaf crafting on Pinterest,

and would love to share with you.

Taking dried leaves, these artists have stitched,

crocheted, drawn, painted, cut and doodled their art.

Crocheted leaf, BoredPanda

Embroidered leaf by Susanna Bauer

Embroidery on a rose petal by Hilary Fayle

Painted leaves by Nevuela

White painted leaves by Alisa Burke

What to do with these decorated leaves?

*Frame 1, 3 or more and hang in a grouping.
*Tie embroidery thread around the stem 
and hang several in a sunny window.
*Drag out your Christmas tree and decorate it 
with all natural ornaments like these leaves,
pine cones, acorns and nuts, etc.
Or
*Make a wreath, as Landeelu.com has done here:

Leaves painted with glittery gold paint, formed into a wreath

By Landeelu.com

A kaleidoscope by inkspired

Let’s take a leaf break,

fire up the printer and print out some Fall

Jumping Jacks!

Courtesy of EKDuncan

Use one of your decorated leaves as her body!

If you Google or Pinterest search there are many tutorials out there to show you how to string her together 

to turn her into a jumping jack.

Fun!

Here is a jointed Leaf paper doll for you 

to print, cut and join together.

 I like to use brads, but you can also use jump rings, wire or string.

Leaf puppet by Phee McFaddell

www.pheemcfaddell.com

I do have more to share, but I have decided to make my blog posts more ‘bite-size’ than ‘book-size’.

So give me some feedback already!

😁

‘Til next time,

inkspired