Are you ready for some weekend crafting? I know I am! It's time for me to come up with some Valentine craft projects, and I'm going to dig into my stash of beautiful old vintage Valentines from the 1920's and 30's for inspiration.
Yesterday, took a pile of my very favorite vintage Valentines to Staples so I could copy them on their high quality laser color copier. This way, the images won't blur if I use Mod Podge on top of them. After copying them, I took them home and scanned them so you can use them in your projects too!
I love the elaborate details in these Valentines, including the embossed floral borders, the butterflies, and the abundant hearts and lace:
They may be a little crooked, but you are going to be cutting them out anyway. Just double click on the image, then right click to save the image to your computer. You can then print it out whenever you want! If you have an ink-jet printer, I recommend that you take your printed sheet to a copy shop and re-copy it on a laser printer so your image won't smear when you apply decoupage medium to it. If you are going to use it for another type of craft that doesn't involve glue, then don't worry.
Are these images sweet, or what?
Some of the Valentines came through the scanner better than others, as you can see below. Still, there are some lovely examples for your Valentine craft projects here:
I'm also throwing in some images from a gorgeous set of vintage playing cards. We'll be interested in just the "hearts" suit, of course!
Have fun crafting!
Mitzi
