Joyeux Noel and Free Digital Download

Season's Greetings!! Here is a free digital download Joyeux Noel Oilette image that was sent from France in 1907. The oilette was produced by Rapheal Tuck & Sons. I loved this young boy enjoying their Christmas tree. All the best for a fabulous and healthy New Year. You have a choice of a lighter or darker image.

Click this link if you would like to download a larger image  or here to view each of the downloads  http://www.4shared.com/folder/ILtK6LJE/_online.html

Hugs, Jean

Vintage French Silk and Rayon narrow Ribbons

I've been adding groupings of some of my vintage French silk and rayon ribbons for sale on Etsy. To offer my customers variety, I am offering one yard of each of four colours. These measure 3/8 to 1/4" in width. The ribbons are great for so many crafts, scrapbooking, miniatures, doll and teddybear dressing, ribbon embroidery and many more. I will be adding more colours soon.

Hugs, Jean

Freebie Friday, French postcard. The Language of Ribbons, "The Star of Love"

This interesting postcard with the title " The Star of Love" is a French Postcard from 1914, very interesting as it mentions the meaning of the ribbon colours used on flowers. Here is the link for a high resolution to this image, you are welcome to the other images you find too.
 http://www.4shared.com/photo/0RsJCfM7/TheLanguageofRibbonsjdaydigita.html

or here to view each of the downloads  http://www.4shared.com/folder/ILtK6LJE/_online.html
Or you can just right click on the image and save it to your computer. This image may be used commercially for limited use of a tangible product.

Sharing Sunday, Flower Holders, Uses

My husband's mother whose maiden name was Genevieve Doucet was French Canadian and had a grandmother from France she would often talk about. Gen was a lovely lady who I really admired in so many ways. She loved her family, writing poetry and was in the garden, gardening almost every day of her life. She also loved flower arranging and the top right photo shows all of her flower holders. 

Flower holders are very handy for other things as well, scissor holders as shown on the bottom left, photo holders and I thought I would show also a miniature use in the middle photo. The top left postcard is in Etsy, I've always thought the lady was so lovely and looks like an energetic gardener.

Thought I would show some of my lovely French sewing postcards that I hope to have up in Etsy with my other sewing images and small vintage scissor collection. Love the Eiffel tower scissors.

Cheers, Jean

Tradecard Tuesday, free Romeo and Juliette TC image

Here is a free tradecard image from a grouping I purchased recently from a dealer in France it was very exciting and I have more to say about it and these images on my other blog, http://jdayminis.blogspot.ca   if you would like to read more. You can right clock on the Romeo and Juliette image to save it to your computer or you can download a larger resolution image here.  http://www.4shared.com/photo/TplfCLr9/FreedigitaljdayminisTCRomeoand.html
Click on the bottom blue download button to download. I really like the detail in the image surrounding the romantic couple. This was a tradecard for Biscuits.

Free French Postcard, Lovely Lady Delivering Wishes

First of all, thank you so much to those of you who are following this blog. This is a lovely lady delivering wishes. I thought this was such a sweet illustration on this French Postcard which before I cropped it said "Voici Mes Souhaits" which means in English "Here are my Wishes". I was sent to Mademoiselle Desporte in 1904. You can either click on it and right click to save or download a larger version of it here. Just click on the blue download button at the bottom of the page, I'm sorry it is slow.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/WHnqKQ1p/Freedigitaljdayminis2012Delive.html


I hope you will enjoy working with this image for personal or tangible projects you might sell.

Free French Postcard, Gabrielle and her Bird Cage 1907

 

This free French Postcard from my collection was mailed with another two cards from the series in 1907 to a young girl in Cote d'Or. This was the first of the series where she looks like her bird is missing but it did come back. I loved her expression and the gorgeous table. 

You can find this image at a much higher resolution here:

  http://www.4shared.com/photo/mYuRvoZm/GabrielleandherBirdCagejdaydig.html

  or

http://www.4shared.com/folder/ILtK6LJE/_online.html  You can download the image on using the link of the bottom of the page. This image is for your personal use or add it to a tangible product for a smaller retail business. Hope you enjoy.