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November 28th, 2008
Vintage Christmas Ephemera

Inspired by the colors, patterns, type and surface treatment of vintage Christmas ephemera. Here are some samples from my stack - the printed matches are one of my favorites.





It has been a pleasure working on the projects and sharing things this week, thank you Grace.

I hope you have an inspired holiday!
Best,
Denise

28 comments
Alexis said:
November 28th, 2008 - 9:15 am

Thanks for sharing those amazing images!

Deb said:
November 28th, 2008 - 9:46 am

Great collection! I would never have known about the printed matches if you hadn’t mentioned them. I had to look twice!
Just yesterday I received a big pile of old family photos and this really reinforces my nostalgia!

Lecia said:
November 28th, 2008 - 10:24 am

These images warm my heart!

miss sashimi said:
November 28th, 2008 - 12:44 pm

oh these are all so lovely…. there’s nothing better than authentic vintage!

CK TheJunction said:
November 28th, 2008 - 1:21 pm

Truly inspiring, thank you for sharing!!!

Kristan said:
November 28th, 2008 - 1:47 pm

Thanks for sharing these! I love seeing this kind of vintage art/design. :)

Bess said:
November 28th, 2008 - 3:54 pm

ohhh, i love the glass christmas tree ornaments print, is that wrapping paper? great collection, thanks for sharing :)

Tara said:
November 28th, 2008 - 4:22 pm

I adore vintage cards…these are so festive. thanks for sharing!

ismoyo said:
November 28th, 2008 - 6:08 pm

So pretty! I love those Cheerio birdies! (and all the others too)

Laura said:
November 28th, 2008 - 6:52 pm

This is an awesome collection! I have been hoarding 1960s Xmas seals for about 9 years. I have finally started to use them for decorating jewelry gift boxes this Xmas.

The first Santa and the ornaments are my faves!

debra said:
November 28th, 2008 - 8:38 pm

These are wonderful images. Thank you so much for sharing them.

menn said:
November 28th, 2008 - 9:12 pm

lovely vintage christmas design..love it..

Sally Sizemore said:
November 29th, 2008 - 12:00 am

Beautiful. Thanks so much for this heart-melting little assembly of the past …

N + S said:
November 29th, 2008 - 3:14 am

lovely!

Angela said:
November 29th, 2008 - 5:04 am

Such a wonderful nostalgic collection!

uncharted said:
November 29th, 2008 - 9:57 am

I love vintage Christmas. The poinsettia designs here are my favorites!

Vikki Russell said:
November 29th, 2008 - 11:41 am

The man shaking hands with the kitty is an absolut GEM! Very inspring to an aging illustrator.
Thank you so much’
Vikki

Sean said:
November 29th, 2008 - 6:50 pm

I ADORE vintage X-Mas stuff as a whole, and ephemera espescially. Thanks for sharing these Grace !

delight by design said:
November 29th, 2008 - 11:32 pm

Oh! I love these–especially the first few. These vintage cards just make me so excited for the holidays!

carrie said:
November 30th, 2008 - 12:42 am

so neat-o! I love the old postcards and wrapping paper… so many great little drawings and color combinations… and so happy, too! Thanks so much for sharing!

Lisa Y said:
November 30th, 2008 - 8:02 am

oh wow, they are gorgeous. Such a shame we don’t get to see much of these around…. Thanks for sharing! :-)

Karena said:
November 30th, 2008 - 9:14 am

Thank you Grace ,for sharing with us, and having such wonderful guests!

Geri said:
November 30th, 2008 - 9:13 pm

What a wonderful collection…reminded me to search around for some that I know I have buried in a closet somewhere.

Carrie said:
December 1st, 2008 - 7:07 am

Thanks for sharing these lovely cards!

creativedge - logo design said:
December 1st, 2008 - 10:34 am

I love this collection, has definitely got me in the christmas spirit!

allison said:
December 1st, 2008 - 8:48 pm

Are there rights to these images? (pleasesaynopleasesayno)
I’m drooling over the idea of making some Spoonflower fabric with these cards, but wanted to check with you first.

yael said:
December 4th, 2008 - 6:50 pm

This is just adorable…

Octavine Illustration said:
December 5th, 2008 - 3:50 am

amazing collection…i find them much more festive than commercial cards produced today.

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