Victorian Lady in Her Garden

To say goodbye to June, here is a scan of a lovely Victorian painting of a lady in her summer garden.  This is a very large image, suitable for making a print if you like, but as with all the images you can easily resize it to a smaller size for a card, altered art, or jewelry. 

I see roses, daisies, hollyhocks, yellow rudbekia or coreopsis.  Love the white dress with the blue sash and straw hat.  Look behind her at the garden door and you will see she has a visitor.  Wouldn't you love to have an enclosed garden with an old brick wall and wooden door and cobblestone path? So romantic, the perfect spot for a walking daydream.

Emily

Picnic Lady Photograph Free Vintage Image

Just a cool old photograph dated 1909.  I like the flag in the background.  It makes this seem like it was taken at a July Fourth picnic.  She has a wonderful smile, and that's a pretty summer dress!

Emily

Barefoot Little Girl

Another little barefoot girl for summertime, by Bouguereau.

Happy weekend!

Emily

Barefoot Summer Girl by Bouguereau

Here is another beautiful image that I think is appropriate for summertime.  This is a Victorian-era painting by the French artist Bouguereau, restored and enhanced.  Bouguereau painted gorgeous portraits of women and girls.  I love the pose, the way the little girl is tilting her head and brushing her hair back, and the look on her face.  And of course her bare feet!  Also the wildflowers and the green pear she holds in her hand.

Have a happy weekend.

Emily

Summertime Gals at the Seashore

Happy Summer! Here are two summertime sisters enjoying the beach.  It's a nice pose, symmetrical with pretty colors and an interesting rope frame, and of course the bathing beauty costumes are great.
This is a popular card, so maybe you've seen the image before, but I wanted to share something appropriate for the first day of Summer.  Please enjoy, and please credit/link Emily's Image Garden! Thank you!

Emily

Vintage Butterflies Print

Here is a summery butterfly print for you -- hope it inspires!  Actually I'm not sure whether these are butterflies or moths, but there are pretty wings you could clip out, and I love the raspberries and wildflowers.  If you look closely you'll find a caterpillar or two -- eek!  These look really pretty framed, too, or printed as is for cards.

Tomorrow is the official first day of summer, so I'll try to find something appropriate...

Emily

Victorian Flower Fairy

JPG

I decided having only one image in my Fairies and Angels selections wasn't enough (I've been looking at my Pinterest boards), so here is a very sweet little flower fairy.

There is so much blooming this time of year, I'm sure the flower fairies are happy!  I noticed that my new online friend Lunagirl is having a "garden fairies" challenge on her blog so this would work for that theme.  I have some butterfly prints as well that I can share.  Of course Lunagirl has created lots of beautiful wing images and other images that she sells on her site Lunagirl.com!

I am including this fairy in both jpg and png format (the png file has the background removed for you).  Have fun! Happy summer!

PNG

Midsummer Girl Reading: Art Nouveau Magazine Cover

Continuing with art and illustration from magazines, here is a beautiful Art Nouveau cover of Century Magazine.  This has lots of pretty details -- I like the red flowers all around the girl, and the sky and forest behind her. 

Wildflower Botanical Print

This is a page scanned from an old botanical garden book.  The picture is an illustration of Sweet Alyssum -- I'm sure this is a European variety but I've had alyssum in my garden here in the South too.  It's a lovely print, and perfect for late May when spring is starting to turn into summer.  Enjoy and come back!  (Look in the lefthand navigation panel to follow me by google, email, or pinterest!)

Victorian Happy Birthday Card with Bird and Flowers

Happy Birthday, to my youngest little one! 

I thought you would like this sweet Victorian greeting card with a little bird and bright flower like the ones in our garden.  :-)

Paris Postcard with Pansies and Bees

Here is another French carte postale image, with the addition of some lovely garden pansies and some little bees and moths.  This is an altered image I have created myself.  Enjoy for personal use ~ and please credit my blog if you publish something.  Thanks!  Have a blessed day.