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25 ideas for using vintage botanical prints and illustrations in your home. Add touches of color to your home with vintage botanical prints! I love the look of and use of vintage botanical illustrations and prints as wall art in our home décor. I used to think I was the only one drawn to these beautiful illustrations. I just knew they’d make beautiful prints for our
Download these three free printable Ohio Buckeye Vintage Illustrations. It’s no secret by now that my family resides in Ohio. What you may not know, is that we’re all big Buckeye fans (some of us more than others)! Actually, it’s hard to live in Ohio and not be an Ohio State Buckeye fan. As fall is quickly approaching, my mind can’t help but think about
Welcome October with a free print that reads “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” When I was a little girl, we used to watch Little House on the Prairie all the time. I can’t watch Anne of Green Gables or read one of the books without thinking about Little House on the Prairie. In case you don’t know,
Download these free printable “Just for You” note cards and gift tags featuring the colors of fall! We sent our youngest son off to college a few weeks ago for his senior year. Boy, where has the time gone? Seems like just yesterday that I was telling you about him graduating from high school! We sent Owen on his merry way with a little care
Welcome the anticipated arrival of autumn with Hello Fall Digital Wall for your smartphone or computer screen. Fall officially arrives this year on September 23rd. But, we had some cooler weather here in Ohio and it just really got me excited about the arrival of autumn this year. I’m just really looking forward to the cool crisp evenings, changing leaves and pumpkin everything! So, I
Download this free printable 8×10 Sisters print! Shortly after I started The Birch Cottage blog, we found out that our oldest son and his wife were expecting. We were going to be grandparents! A very short time later, we were told that we would soon become the grandparents to twins. Jennifer actually carried the twins full term. Our little Pearl was born first, followed within
You can enjoy the scent of sweet lemonade all year long with this Lemon Sugar Scrub! When I think of summer, fresh squeezed lemonade is definitely one of the things that comes to my mind. You know, those glasses of lemonade that you can buy at the county fair where they squeeze the giant lemons right there in front of your eyes, pour it over
Download these 14 free printable vintage cactus illustrations – perfect for your Southwest decor! A few years ago, my husband and I took several weeks to travel from Ohio to California and back. It was quite the road trip and we absolutely loved every minute of it. Our daughter was stationed on the USS Essex and they had been underway in preparation for going on
As I was working on creating some patriotic cupcake toppers, I thought it would be really cool to create some Canada Day Cupcake Toppers for our Canadian friends, too. You see, we really do have Canadian friends. Our family vacations in Canada every summer. In fact, my husband’s family has vacationed in French River, Ontario, Canada for well over 50 years. It started with Lenny’s
Are you starting to think about July 4th? I sure am and these free printable patriotic cupcake toppers are the perfect touch of red, white and blue that you need for all your Independence Day family gatherings. The month of July is special to our family and not just because we’re patriotic. I mean, with two sons serving in the Army and a daughter in
Download this free printable 8×10 Beautiful Things print for your home! I ran across this beautiful things quote online and I just thought it would make a lovely sign or print or wall hanging to brighten your home and to remind us (all of us) that the most beautiful “things” in life are the moments and memories we share with the people we care about.
I think these vintage airplane illustrations would just make the perfect wall decor for a boy’s bedroom or even your husband’s den. My dad’s birthday is May 8th, so in celebration of his birthday, I’ve put together this collection of free printable vintage illustrations. I’ve been intentionally trying to create and share more prints that are a little more masculine, such as these masculine art
