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Vintage Christmas Ephemera

Inspired by the colors, patterns, type and surface treatment of vintage Christmas ephemera. Here are some samples from my stack – the printed matches are one of my favorites.





It has been a pleasure working on the projects and sharing things this week, thank you Grace.

I hope you have an inspired holiday!
Best,
Denise

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Deb

Great collection! I would never have known about the printed matches if you hadn’t mentioned them. I had to look twice!
Just yesterday I received a big pile of old family photos and this really reinforces my nostalgia!

Bess

ohhh, i love the glass christmas tree ornaments print, is that wrapping paper? great collection, thanks for sharing :)

Laura

This is an awesome collection! I have been hoarding 1960s Xmas seals for about 9 years. I have finally started to use them for decorating jewelry gift boxes this Xmas.

The first Santa and the ornaments are my faves!

Vikki Russell

The man shaking hands with the kitty is an absolut GEM! Very inspring to an aging illustrator.
Thank you so much’
Vikki

Sean

I ADORE vintage X-Mas stuff as a whole, and ephemera espescially. Thanks for sharing these Grace !

carrie

so neat-o! I love the old postcards and wrapping paper… so many great little drawings and color combinations… and so happy, too! Thanks so much for sharing!

Lisa Y

oh wow, they are gorgeous. Such a shame we don’t get to see much of these around…. Thanks for sharing! :-)

Geri

What a wonderful collection…reminded me to search around for some that I know I have buried in a closet somewhere.

allison

Are there rights to these images? (pleasesaynopleasesayno)
I’m drooling over the idea of making some Spoonflower fabric with these cards, but wanted to check with you first.

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