This is very funny that in the imagination of postcard makers, at Christmas time everything is either done by children or angels. They bring the Christmas tree and decorate it, they bring the presents, they do the errands by car or sledge, often in the huge snow. Now this kid is bringing home a pine tree.
This vintage Christmas postcard shows a real family, because it's a photo. This postcard was posted in 1917.
It used to be quite popular, as it is now, for families to have a photo taken of themselves, have it printed out and sent to friends and relatives.
Now I'm just wondering, why wasn't this dad at the front in 1917? Did he come home already because he was wounded? Or was this photo taken before the war?
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
A beautiful monochromatic card which has un undivided back. It means there is no place for the text on the back side. This is why the sender wrote his greetings on the front. The sender also wrote two names under the children: Frici and Hilda. I wonder who were Frici and Hilda?
This card was posted in 1905.
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
I can say that there is nothing special about this card but of course I can't say this because it's cute and vintage - almost a 100 years old. It was posted in 1927.
About 10 days ago I posted a tag with a plaid background. And since I really liked that background, I decided to make more. So I made 6 different background with. I really enjoyed mixing the colours and creating my own plaid backgrounds. First I show you the tags then I give you a tutorial.
Well, here is the tutorial.
I cut out the three layers of the Sizzix Layered Plaid die set from different colours. Sometimes I didn't use one of the cut out layers because I didn't find that colour good enough for the other two. Here you can see the layers before gluing them together.
Then I glued them together.
Then I cut out the tag shape from these background panels. I added white paint to the edges.
I also spritzed them with white paint.
The cookie forms are made the same way like here. But this time I used not just the gingerbread men but more shapes.
For the Fa-la-la-la-la text I used the Holiday Drawings stamp set. I also stamped on the back sides. For those texts, I used the Bold Tidings Mini stamp set.
What I used:
Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked 1 by Tim Holtz (663100)
Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked 2 by Tim Holtz (663116)
Sizzix Thinlits die, Layered Plaid by Tim Holtz (666068)
Stampers Anonymous, Bold Tidings Mini (CMS440)
Stampers Anonymous, Holiday Drawings (CMS284)
Ranger Distress ink (Vintage Photo)
Ranger embossing powder (white super fine)
etc.
With my tags, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use dies in DieCember
This is a beautiful black and white card. Actually, more grey than black and the white is more dirty white. But I love the subtle colours of this card.
Do you see that the gentleman is holding a bunch of mistletoe? What he's up to?
Another lovely card with car. This is a very popular theme in antique cards, that angels do all sorts of ordinary, but Christmasy things like singing Christmas songs, carrying Christmas tree, playing an instrument, bringing gifts...
Here is another postcard with a beautiful woman.
This gorgeous lady is sitting on a very old Christmas card, because this card was posted in 1904.
Are those money bags on the little boy's sledge and on the snowman's arm? It certainly looks like it, because there are zeros written on the outside of the bags. And why are the boy and the snowman pointing in the same direction? Very strange.
