These ornaments remind me of cards from my childhood, and the red finial specifically reminds me of the antique red tree finial I broke about 25 years ago. I still feel badly, and that was an accident!
These dancing girls and snowman are 2 panels of a 4 panel fold-out card. They are definitely of a 1950s/60s vintage.
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." ~ Eric Sevareid 
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale
I always wanted a fur-trimmed coat or cape like these Victorian young ladies. I would have had the blue and my sister the pink, I'm sure.
Angels are a very popular image on these cards and are often in vintage crafts.
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall and the genial flame of charity in the heart. ~ Washington Irving
Isn't this guy cute? I wish I knew what the card said on the inside!Thanks for visiting! I hope you enjoy seeing what everyone else has for Blue Monday. Have a Happy Christmas!
31 comments:
Nice post, as always a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thank you.
Hugs,
Chris
Those are all so cheery and wonderful!
Deeeeelightful, my sweet little chick!!! I laugh every single day and a lot of times all day long. See, that's why these laugh lines go UP instead of down!
Smooches and laughs and Merry Christmas, sweetpea,
Connie
Such sweet graphics on those cards!
Good Morning Elizabeth
Oh my your cards are beautiful...they are so vintage looking. I wonder whether you bought them or have been collecting them or received them through the years? I just love the look. I hope you have a lovely Christmas and holiday season.
have a lovely day..
Happy Blue Monday
Judi
I loved every single one of these! How wonderful they are! Thank you for sharing these with us...
Happy Blue Monday!
XO,
Sheila :-)
Your vintage cards are great! I adore vintage cards & post cards...wish they would make them like that again!
Thanks for sharing them with us!
Merry Christmas!
Just wonderful!
Loved all your vintage cards... You always post such memories... Thanks Elizabeth and have a warm snuggly day...
(((HUGS)))
Donna
I always wanted a fur trimmed blue velvet coat too! Happy Blue Monday.
Read your email and respond--please.
I just love looking at these great vintage cards! They are just wonderful. Have a very Merry Christmas Elizabeth!!
I love vintage Christmas cards. Wonderful Blue Monday post, Elizabeth.
Merry Christmas!
I love all the old time cards you are sharing today. Just something special about them. Thank you for visiting me today and Happy Blue Monday to you! Also Merry Christmas!!
I do love old cards of any description they somehow had a magical, romantic feel about them?and I must admit I do like the angel ones. Happy Christmas, Judith
I love these cards and especially the Santa one...
Just wanted to wish you a merry merry Christmas and many blessings...
love, bj
Love your vintage cards. Lovely post today.
Merry Christmas from my house to yours.
Claudie from Canada
We are also getting tons of snow!!!
Oh my I love this stuff!
What lovely Christmas cards. So pretty. We had ornaments on our tree like on the first card too. I miss those days. Blessings to you and your family this Christmas and New Year.
Wow, I just posted with vintage cards on my two blogs! What fun to see each other's cards.
Carrie
Hello Elizabeth, thank you so much for your kind comment about our Babette. The fireplace photo is one of my favorites. She was very independent and still wanted to be loved and held very often. Oh how we adored her. It took me all day to be able to respond to the comments with out crying. I think we can finally say goodbye to her now.
Your vintage cards are a treasure and I enjoyed every one. I love the quotes as well. I have fond memories of the 1950's as I was a teen in those years. How lucky we were to not have the stress teens have today.
Christmas wishes to you and your family...Jeanne
At first I thought you owned these cards and had saved them for years. Imagine that!
Justine :o )
what true elegance and simplicity there was in the art...i adore it and add to my collection each year...thank you for sharing!
Loved the beautiful cards, but you just had to mention the pink thing, didn't you? :) xxoo
I'm sorry it has been so long since I've visited! I'm feeling a little better each day.
I love seeing all the vintage cards and books! I sure wish I had all the old books that I had as a child.
I also really enjoyed the story about Clement Moore not wanting to take ownership of his story. Very interesting!
Have a very Merry Christmas!
Kady
Some of these vintage cards are wonderfully artistic. There is so much personality put in to them.
I suspect the inside of the last one said something about not having shovels big enough to dig out from a "wishdrift".
Or something like that.
Oh Elizabeth great memories of days gone by..I so remember some of these cards from when I was a kid..loved it all...hope you have a safe and blessed Christmas..hugs and smiles Gloria
Hi Elizabeth, I love all the pictures you have of the vintage images. They are so cute. I like to make tags out of vintage pictures like that.
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
Love, Ann
The cards were wonderful Elizabeth.
Love these cards, Elizabeth!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Those are all so cheery and wonderful.I also really enjoyed the story about Clement Moore not wanting to take ownership of his story. Very interesting!
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