Smashing Magazine has a bevy of free desktop calenders to download celebrating September.
Tea party - free vintage image
Today's freebie is an illustration of two little girls having a tea party.
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Thimble - free vintage image
This vintage illustration of thimble makes me understand why people collect them (thimbles that is, not illustrations of them.) The detail is beautiful. Click the image access a high resolution file.
Embroidery floss - free vintage image
I'm guessing you're sensing a theme. Today's image is a vintage illustration of embroidery floss. Clicky clicky on the image to access a higher resolution file.
Embroidery scissors - free vintage image
The image below of fanciful stork embroidery scissors is from my collection of vintage needlecraft magazines. Click the image to access a higher resolution file.
Doorway
This illustration is unusual in that it shows the artist's name. Originally it was a tiny illo on the last page of a fiction story in a magazine from the 1920's which didn't generally credit artwork that was secondary. I haven't yet been able to find out more about the illustrator — Harvey Peake.
Mother & baby free image
Here's another line art illustration of a mother & baby from my vintage collection. Select the image to access a higher resolution file.
