Norwegian Sunday: Bridal Crowns – Part II, Family Experience

I have told you before, in the Valentine Sweetheart series 2 years ago, and also in connection with the genealogical research I did on the parts of my family which emigrated to the US, about brides in my family wearing traditional Norwegian Bridal Crowns: This is my great grandparents on my fathers paternal side, Nils…

Giraud Fils Rosat-Genium Box

I came across a beautiful French Soap Box, so I turned it into a printable: The print wraps so nicely around the corners of this box 🙂 I printed mine on cardstock, as ususal I chose Canon Photo Paper Matte (160 g). Score the folding lines, cut out, fold and use a glue roller to…

Art Noveau Peacock Label & Tags

This is a fabulous Art Noveau Peacock Label that certainly can be used "as is", I printed a few to use as jewelry cards: Use these for displaying your own jewelry, when gifting handmade jewelry, or maybe for selling at a craft market 🙂 Print on tissue paper to decoupage it anywhere, print on sticker…

Corset Ladies Labels

I have played around with a fun piece of ephemera, dancing Corset Ladies: This is a PNG-file, meaning the background is transparent, so it's great for layering with your digital projects. For the labels below I have used the PNG-image at 80% for extra translucence. Notice especially how the background blends more softly into the…

Diorama Children

As you might have noticed if you have been following WoW for a while, I enjoy collecting various ephemera, and using it in my projects: I have used the cute Diorama Children in Norgesglass (Norwegian Mason Jars), for some instant spring feeling 🙂 I would have arranged them on moss, but did not have any at…

Rose Wallpaper Stationery

I'm sure you have a lot of Valentine Greetings to return, so why not do it with my new Rose Wallpaper Stationery: I print the sheet, the envelope and the envelope liner on regular printer paper (80g). I print the cards on cardstock, my go-to paper is Canon Matte Photopaper (160g). For this set of stationery…

Chalkboard Labels & Free Font Samples

I've been perusing the Google Font Library looking for great Handwriting fonts and new Decorative fonts. Take a look at my findings: That makes 30 new FREE fonts to play with 🙂 To make it easy to re-examine each font when deciding on which style to use for a project, I put them on label…

Norwegian Sunday: Bridal Crowns – Part I, Facts

For centuries, it has been a tradition for Norwegian Brides to wear a Crown on their wedding day: The Bridal Crown Tradition never died, although the wearing of traditional folk costumes called 'Bunad' plummeted drastically during the 1800s. Bunad was still worn in rural areas. Hulda Garborg was instrumental in reviving the Bunad tradition in the…

Romantic Postcards Day 14 of 14

Here is Day 14 of postcards from my Romantic Collection: Find your high quality copies, free for your personal use and enjoyment in the download folder below 🙂  Did you enjoy this post? If you are not already a confirmed follower of Wings of Whimsy, please click “Follow” to register and make sure you don’t miss any future…

Romantic Postcards Day 13 of 14

Here is Day 13 of postcards from my Romantic Collection: Find your high quality copies, free for your personal use and enjoyment in the download folder below 🙂  Did you enjoy this post? If you are not already a confirmed follower of Wings of Whimsy, please click “Follow” to register and make sure you don’t miss any future…