Vintage Notecards

Here's another set of vintage notecards. They are flat, with a postcard-like back.  The little images are sweet.  Feel free to use for your own project.  Simply click on the image, then right click to save to your own files.   Perfect to use for your own notecards, collages, scrapbooking or other paper project.

Vacation is over

I thought this was a humorous vintage card - it pretty much sums it up.

Now, to get back to reality.

Another little piggy...

This is a lighter take on the pig card:

A fun vacation card proclaiming: "Met a lot of suckers here!"
The illustrations is a bit playful and fun on this color, vintage postcard.

A Gift for your Mother

Here's the perfect gift for your mother in law.  I love this humorous, vintage card!  I would suspect it's from the 1950's.  What do you think?
Happy Mother's Day!

The Old Pro

A funny caricature on this undated color postcard.

Holiday Birds



This little greeting is unique - it is a bit longer and narrower than most post cards.  The message is holiday, however the scene seems so fall or spring with the green leaves and little sparrow.  It's a bit puzzling.

Uses for Postcards



Collage using a vintage photo postcard. 
The image of the tunnel is cropped from an original card.

 You may be wondering what I do with all these postcards.  My goal for all my postcards is to share them with others.  I have so many images which I may not use, but someone else may find them interesting.

You may be wondering what you can do with all these images.  You should be able to click on the image and see it in a larger format.  If you like it, print it or save it for your own personal use. What to do with them?  Here are some ideas:

• scrap booking
• homemade greeting cards
• make a mini book
• use in collage
• school projects
• print and frame
• frame in a series
• crop and use an image in your own art
• print and send as a card
• use as place cards or name tags
• make holiday ornaments with the images
• use in decoupage

For more ideas with postcards take a look at this post.  And for more on crafts and cooking visit my other blog Art + Food + Friends.

Happy Halloween!

Vintage original black and white illustrated postcard.

Birthday Gladness

Big Black Rooster & Little Brown Hen

A saucy little poem...

Says the Big Black Rooster to the lIttle Brown Hen,
"You Haven't Laid and Egg Since the Lord Knows When."
Says the Little Brown Hen to the Big Black Rooster
"You Don't Come Around as Oftern as You 'Us'd ter.'"

Not quite like one of Mother Goose's poems.  Watch out for that flirty hen on this charming illustration.

Caption this!

Crazy Old Men!  This vintage photo by E. E. Russell captures these crazy old men, perhaps they're an earlier rendition of  ZZ Top.

Help me, add a caption:

Happy Fall

Lovely lady, lounging in the pumpkin patch holding her basket of apples.  What could be more natural?  (Again, the 1950's?)  I do love fall, crisp air, beautiful colors, bountiful harvest!

Women in the Kitchen

Why do they look so happy?  Are these ladies from the 50's too?  Perhaps it's just an advertisement - but I love the stove and the tile walls.
Help me think of a caption for these two...

Busy Day

Again with the 50's theme.  I love these ladies, busy, busy, busy.  Why don't I wear such a frilly dress while I do the housework?

Wish you were here...

Greetings from the quintessential 1950's motel.  Don't you love the decor?