Vintage Love Song Borders or Tape

Did you miss me lately? I have not been away from crafting, but I have had to choose easy projects... Lets see, I have crocheted an Olympic hat for my youngest, made some darling ornaments with some scraps and my new edge-punches, crafted a wire crown and started crafting my first feather tree (made the…

1908 Wishing you a Happy New Year – free printables

I've been deep-diving in my albums for some vintage & festive New Year's postcards 🙂 I am going to present 4 new cards each day, for 4 days, for a total of 16 cards before New Year's Eve. Collect and print them all for a New Year's Garland, or pick your favorites for other types…

1892 Frances Brundage: Sweet Choir – free printable

Look at this absolutely stunning little choir! The amazing artist Frances Brundage painted this for a 1892 die cut calendar. I have made it my Christmas gift to all of you, my beautiful readers. In December there has been over 500 daily views on Wings of Whimsy! I am very, very honored that so many…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 8 – free printables

I have used another pretty vintage scrap for today's Christmas Cone. Two wreaths of Holly, tied together with a large pink bow! I have layered the scrap on top of a gorgeous Christmas Sheet Music cover page: The original scrap is a "to and from" tag, so I have altered the graphics a little and…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 7 – free printables

Next to Postcards, I think vintage scraps are my second favorite source for wonderful cherub imagery. So for Day 7 of Victorian style Christmas Cones, I have used a beautiful musical Christmas cherubs in a star with Karen's fabulous Christmas typography 🙂 Can you tell  how much I love combining my most favorite ephemera into…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 2 – free printables

The Christmas Cones can of course be used for decorating around the house, just as they are, or filled with a little greenery or sweets. From my childhood I remember the cones being filled with nuts. Walnuts & hazelnuts were most common, some years the stores would carry macadamia nuts too. The cones were filled…

A Taste of Norway – Hornindalsrokken Summit

I grew up on a farm in a small rural place in Western Norway called Hornindal. It is smack in the middle of Fjord Norway. In the summer we would take our cows up to the mountain farm, called "sæter" in Norwegian. Until this day, our sæter is my favorite spot in the world, and…

1911 French Musical Cherubs – Free Printable Collage Sheets

Just when you thought the cherubs could not get any sweeter, I give you these stunning french musical cherubs! Roses, clover, forget-me-nots, daisies and violets... bluebells, lily-of-the-valley, I think almost all the "classic flowers" are here 🙂 And notice the pretty birdies on each of these! And to even out the number, to make TWO…

Harbor Of Love 1915 – Free Printable Sheet Music

Can you tell I have been scanning sheet music lately...? My collection of vintage sheet music is a lot smaller than my collection of postcards, thus it is tempting to do a few, once I get started...;-) So today there is another romantic piece for you. I like both the front cover with the love…

In The Heart Of A Rose – Free Printable Sheet Music

Using only t-w-o print colors to create beautiful pictures requires true artistry. Yet so much 100 years old sheet music is designed to be printed in black and red only! Here are two wonderful examples with an abundance of vintage red roses: These two originals are framed and up on my walls on a regular basis.…