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Free Vintage Valentine Image- For the Disinterested Valentine

2012-01-26T13:28:00.006-07:00

I think this antique valentine is too funny! It's perfect for the one who is just not interested in Valentine's Day (or maybe the one giving her the valentine.)Also, yesterday I received a couple of messages with some viewers who have used my images in their projects. Yay! Here is a little show and tell.

This was made by Jennifer of Scrap de Jenny. Her blog has some great pictures of some scrapbook projects she put together. Here is one where she used the vintage child ornament. Adorable!

And here Megan from Lilac and Lavender used my vintage lilac image in a gift tag. She also has a few more (along with a bunch of other images) that you can download for free on her site.Thank you so much for sharing Jennifer and Megan! I love to see what you all do with the images!

Free Vintage Image- Baby in a Bonnet

2012-01-24T08:45:00.004-07:00

This image was taken from the cover of a Victorian age book titled, "The Easy Book" which features a bunch of children's stories. I loved how children were illustrated with big doe eyes and rosy cheeks in that era. -Sarah

This Should Scare You Too

2012-01-23T08:04:00.002-07:00

I wanted to take a few moments to bring up something important to me that I just found out about this morning. I don't feel as though a free vintage image site is the right platform for any political talk but this could affect this site (and any other internet site really) should it really be enacted.

Many of us (especially in the US) has heard of SOPA and the freedom that we will lose if this passes. But something has been going on that is much, much worse behind our backs. And when I say "we" I mean everyone in Australia, the European Union, Canada, the United States, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, and Switzerland. It is called ACTA which stands for Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Enacting this "law" will give INTERNATIONAL governments and corporations power to shut down any website that they feel is "objectionable." I don't know about you but this scares me to pieces.

Don't care about piracy? you say. Well it also applies to drug manufacturers. Many generic drugs wouldn't be available because they would "violate" patents. Legitimate generic drugs and supplies to make drugs already have been confiscated at international borders because they were thought to be "illegal." I personally haven't been able to find a bottle of liquid extra strength Tylenol anywhere lately. Could this be why?

Don't know what to do? Yeah me neither. But I can spread the word about this horrific law and maybe someone out there knows what to do. Thanks for taking a few minutes to read this and please tell a friend or two. I will be back tomorrow with another free vintage image- well hopefully.

Here's a little video I found with this article that was sent to me. Please note that there is an obnoxious ad in the first 10 seconds of the video that is embedded and I cannot take out- just hit the "x" in the corner to get rid of it.

Free Vintage Valentine Image- A Valentine for You!

2012-01-21T07:33:00.000-07:00

Here is an adorable vintage valentine image from a card that was printed in Germany. Sounds like a pretty good date to me with flowers and a hot air balloon ride!

Free Vintage Valentine- For the One I Love

2012-01-19T07:26:00.004-07:00

I recently acquired a bunch of antique valentines. I hope to share many more in the next few weeks as it is less than a month until Valentine's Day! Enjoy! -Sarah

Vintage Advertisement- Wool Raincoat

2012-01-15T09:24:00.007-07:00

Here is today's image. It is slightly inspired by waking up this morning with dark cloudy skies outside and the hope of rain. Doesn't look like it's going to happen however- the clouds are already dissipating.

A Sponsor Giveaway!

2012-01-11T10:11:00.006-07:00

I am so excited today to tell you about one of my sponsors, Rhonda's Originals! Rhonda takes vintage images and transforms them into adorable 3D paper models, collage papers, and other cute printables. I emailed her this month to let her know that I would feature her on one of my posts and she wanted to give back to the readers. So from today until this Sunday go to Rhonda's Blog to download this awesome 3D standing doll set you can make inspired by Marie Antoinette and Valentine's Day.This 3D standing doll prints two sides and approximately 8.5" tall. Wheels spin, one arm on each doll moves on brads, hearts and bunny dangle from a wire. Lettering translates to "Magic Tea" in French. How-to instructions included. A $6.00 value available for free! Also be sure to check out her Etsy shop at Rhonda's Originals for more cute products! Thanks Rhonda!

UPDATE: The free printable time has passed. Thanks everyone for taking part and supporting my sponsors!

Free Vintage Image- The Elephant

2012-01-11T10:09:00.003-07:00

Here is today's free vintage image!

Free Image- Vintage Damask Rose

2012-01-10T08:14:00.003-07:00

This rose is probably one of my favorite images that I have found so far. It would be wonderful to use in any upcoming Valentine's Day projects you have.

Free Fancy Letters Alphabet

2012-01-07T07:56:00.004-07:00

Here is a really cute alphabet of fancy letters. These would be adorable as a embroidered on a sampler.

New Vintage Moth Sponsor!!

2012-01-05T12:47:00.006-07:00

One of the reasons why this blog is so successful is because of the awesome people who decide to become sponsors.
My latest sponsor is Julie from The Old Design Shop. Julie sells a variety of high quality vintage image instant downloads on her website for a really affordable price. Here are just a few of the images that are my favs:
She also shares a few FREE images on her blog. Check out The Old Design Shop to get some really great images to use for your projects and thanks for supporting The Vintage Moth, Julie!

Free Clip Art for Crafting- Waterlilies

2012-01-04T07:50:00.002-07:00

Here is a pretty image of some waterlilies from an antique Peterson's magazine.

Happy 2012 and a Fresh Start

2012-01-02T10:40:00.005-07:00

Happy 2012 everyone! I'm back after a brief hiatus of posting new images. Whew! Was that a crazy Christmas or what? I hope to bring you many more free images this year and grow this blog bigger than before! One of my goals this year is to learn more about you- my fellow vintage image collectors because this blog wouldn't be so popular without you! Would you be willing share a little about you and how you are using the images I provide? Do you have a blog you would like to share? What would you like to see from The Vintage Moth in 2012? Feel free to post these answers or anything else in the comments section. I look forward to hearing from you! -Sarah

Free Vintage Image- Ornament

2011-12-09T06:15:00.000-07:00

Here is a box style vintage ornament I wanted to share.

Free Vintage Ornament

2011-12-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

I love this vintage ornament with the child's face in the center.

Vintage Image- Best Friends

2011-12-02T06:11:00.000-07:00

Here's a cute best friends image!

Free Clip Art for Crafting- Floral Ornament

2011-11-30T06:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a pretty floral ornament I found in an antique storybook.

Free Vintage Image- Building a Snowman

2011-11-28T07:38:00.000-07:00

It is not quite cold enough here in Arizona to build snowmen but I am so happy that winter has finally arrived. I love the cold!

Vintage Ornament

2011-11-25T06:53:00.001-07:00

Here's an interesting antique ornament taken from a vintage children's book from the early 1900's.

Vintage Illustration- Parts of a Deer

2011-11-23T07:44:00.000-07:00

Interesting illustration of the parts of a deer from my vintage Book House series.

Vintage Illustration- Sign Language

2011-11-18T07:33:00.005-07:00

I'm back.... I have been swamped with orders over at my felt shop due to the upcoming holidays. But I'm taking some time this morning to post one of my favorite vintage images of the sign language alphabet.
Also I wanted to let you know that Mary over at Green Paper Packages is having a 25% off sale on all of her downloads until the end of this year. She has come out with a new Christmas Gluebook scrapbooking class this year that looks really cute and easy to do.

Viewer Submission

2011-11-02T13:16:00.000-07:00

I received an email from Jackie, a viewer here on The Vintage Moth who used the birds over water background on an art print she sells on her Etsy shop, Willow of Wonder. You can see it used over the very top, very faintly on the print. Love it! Check out the print here. Thanks for sending me an email Jackie!

Vintage Clip Art- Haunted House

2011-10-28T08:32:00.002-07:00

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I think mainly because it is all about having fun. There isn't any worry if the in-laws are coming over, if I'm bringing over the right present for Aunt Tudy this year, if I'm making the right amount of mashed potatoes, etc. Just pure fun. Oh and candy, lots and lots of candy.

What do you like most about Halloween?

Vintage Clip Art- Vintage Catalog Page

2011-10-24T07:36:00.005-07:00

This weekend I sold more of my vintage clothing from my closed online shop to a local resale shop for some cash. I had become bored with my vintage clothing shop and want to really add more to my felt shop including other new items. So this meant that much of the clothing had to go.

My boyfriend is kind enough to give me an entire extra bedroom in the house for my shop items. Until this past weekend the felt had been sharing the space with the clothing and we have been sharing our living room with the felt. There wasn't enough space in the extra bedroom to cut the felt so I had to cut it on the living room floor.

However, on Saturday, I purchased a fabulous table from Ikea (to cut the felt on) with the money from the clothing I sold and moved all of my felt items from the living room to the extra bedroom. What a wonderful feeling! Not only can I now work in a quiet room (my boyfriend always has the tv on in the living room) but we got our living room space back! Oh joy!

I hope your weekend was just as great and productive!

***By the way- to my fabulous reader who recommended the Wellness cat food- thank you very much! I bought some this weekend for my sneezing kitty and he is in love with the food. I have never seen him lick the bowl clean before! This is sure to fatten him up!

Vintage Illustration and a Cat Update

2011-10-19T06:35:00.001-07:00

I have received a few requests for an update on our sneezing cat. First of all I really, really appreciate all of the responses and advice that was given. You all are very kind! I looked at all of your solutions and researched them on the web to see if that was the problem.

He wasn't feeling any better a few days after that last post so I took him back to the vet. We saw a different vet this time and she really looked him over- in the ears, nose, mouth and we even ran a few tests. The good news is that he doesn't have Feline HIV or leukemia. I was really worried about these two diseases because we have another indoor cat and didn't want to spread those to her. On the other hand the vet thinks he has feline herpes (to which my boyfriend at the vet replied, "see I told you I got the herpes from the cat." He was kidding of course, he doesn't have herpes, but the vet thought it was funny.) Feline herpes is spreadable too but since the two cats don't share anything or get too close to each other, I'm not too worried at the moment.

I guess there isn't a good test available for the herpes and there isn't a whole lot you can do for it anyway. But if he does have it, it compromises the immune system so it will take him longer to get well. Actually, I think herpes is a pretty good guess because all of the symptoms match this link.

The vet gave us an antihistamine to try to dry him up so I gave it to him over the weekend. It made him super sleepy so after 3 days, I stopped the meds to see if it was any better. It seemed to work- the sneezing was quite less and he wasn't coughing at all. A couple of days ago he started really sneezing again, so I gave the meds to him and he was better. His appetite has improved tremendously and before the second trip the vet, he wasn't really wanting to eat- now he wants food every three hours which is great because he is underweight. It looks like this isn't curable but since I work from home, I able watch him closely to monitor any changes and then treat it right away.

I somehow came upon a website that says that you can improve a cat's well being with a raw meat food diet. I would like to try the Nature's Variety food and was wondering if anyone out there has their pet on a raw meat diet. Any likes or dislikes about raw meat for pets? Thanks! -Sarah