Mother's Day Ideas... fresh off the printer..

I love working with the images that I post here! I guess that's the reason I post them! I truly enjoy each individual image, as they are. Yes, it' fun to collage them, alter them and abuse 'em, but it's also nice to enjoy them. 

Print them out! On photograph paper, at the highest quality! or save them to a disk adn drag it down to your local Wamart or photo place and ask them to do it) Most (not all) are larger enough that the prints come out great, and once behind glass, they look high end, expensive. Botanical and nature prints are everywhere right now. If you buy them framed, they are ridiculously priced. Take this set of four from Ballard Designs for example... almost $500 for the set!!  Good gracious! Do people actually pay that much?? They aren't even the original thing!

The two frames above I purchased at Walmart, on clearance for $3 each. Depending on the season, I swap out images (vintage Christmas cards, crows for Halloween, you get the idea).  The robin image was from Dawn at The Feathered Nest, the other three you can find here on The Vintage Moth. I printed the two botanicals on 4x6 photo paper, if I had printed them much larger I would have lost quality. For a larger picture frame, mat the smaller images for big impact. 

***Please remember, some of the images posted before Oct 16, 2009 won't enlarge here, visit the old moth blog at www.thevintagemoth.blogspot.com for the larger format!!***

Grab some frames from your local thrift shop, garage sale, or Walmart and fill them with your own prints!

Give them as a Mother's Day gift! (or mother's'.. I have a momma, stepmom, and mother in law) You know what your mom(s) would love, find it! Peek around here or on any of the other great sites that offer free images. Run off some small prints of the same image and use it to make a card for her, or a gift tag! 

Your gifts can get as complicated as you'd like, but this one is easy peasy. In this crazy, busy world we live in easy peasy, handmade and cheap.. well that's just about darn perfect!

Speaking of darn perfect, I have to send out some love to Amanda, a professional photographer located in Charlotte, NC. She is having a Grand Opening Sale at her Etsy shop, Circus Stories. Buy one of her photographs and get one free! (of equal of lesser value) Her photography is simply gorgeous. Gorgeous! Each print is printed on art linen.. so elegant, and perfectly priced!

Please stop by her blog and say 'hi'. she has been posting some great, easy to do ideas for living a little more 'green'.

xoxo~

Abbie 

(and if you have't visited the last post about our newest sponsor and very special offer for Vintage Moth guests, well.. go do it!)  :)

Just the coolest.. (updated)

did anyone else know that you can make your own laptop skins??? Carrie of My Fairytale Moment used this Moth image to create a fabulous skin for her laptop! How cool is that??

UPDATE:
***For those of you who asked, 'skins' are vinyl decals or images that adhere to the exterior of your laptop allowing for you to individualize your machine. Here is a link for more info.. DecalGirl.com***

I love Parties!

A Blog Party! don't ya love 'em? The most talented Katherine, (Collage Diva), is hosting a Soul Journal Valentine Blog Party! for anyone would love to come, visit and meet new people!

Isn't the banner lovely? All of the images are from The Vintage Moth! :) You'll have to hunt for them tho if you want 'em!

Come join the fun!

xoxo~

Abbie

A few highlights...

Juno used a ribbon image she found on The Vintage Moth and created a fabulous .png image. You can see the orginal ribbon image here. Thank you Juno, lovely work!

I will try to post some .png images, as I know they are great for layering if enough people would like them.. any takers? Just leave a comment and let me know what you think. For those who are unaware, .png image format allows me to remove the white background, making what appears white on the screen to actually be translucent. When you apply them to your digital work, only the image appears, not the white box around it.

Also, Kathy Caloway, of Caloway Creations, used one of the Rooster Images and Yearly Egg Count Register to create the wonderful piece above. I love it!!

I am trying my best to get to emails but time is not on my side. I'm thinking about starting a Flickr group for you to be able to post your creations. I'd LOVE to see what everyone is doing with the images from here. Oooo! How about a monthly challenge?? Let me know!

Also, the February challenge for Mind Wide Open was just posted! Come and play!

Ok, images you can use... these are some that I picked up from the fantastic (and 'oh so lucky')Rhonda. (check her blog to see what I mean.. it's 'killer!') You can visit her Etsy shop and find some marvelous, authentic antique and vintage ephemera. she has such a passion for mixed media work and HER SHOP is filled full with great things!

I think that covers it! Oh! I also added a Guestbook to the very bottom of the page! Please sign it!

xoxo~

Abbie