"Love Notes" Embellishments

The fortunate thing about having a lot of extra ready-to-use stock items in my files is that it can be much easier to make a few things than it might otherwise be.

My eyes need extensive rest at times since my optic nerve health to one eye became problematic this past Labor Day weekend. This will be my first truly New post (nothing like the most recent post that was found almost ready to upload) since summer 2017. I'm proud of it, even if it cost me in eye strength for the day. I've promised myself to refrain from taking further chances. Building things more gradually from now on might be one way to keep on creating - but gently.

All components are from older projects of times past, all of which have previously been seen either here or elsewhere online. What I did was to combine them for this new project. I think that everything fits together pretty well. Red + black + white is a color trio that's often used for Valentines Day creating.

The sheet music is from my own collection, scanned by me and then altered. The typewriter was in the Public Domain when I found it some while back. As for the phrases chosen, two of those are outtakes from the writings of William Shakespeare, while the third one is obviously universal. 

PPS™Embellishments: Love Notes

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use any of the above items

shown here in artwork and/or crafting

that is to be either kept or given away freely.

You are not free to:

ever sell my designs 

for any reason whatsoever,

even if they have been altered first.

Thank you

for helping me to

keep free things free!

Renaissance Style Invitation or Card

'Tis a night of revels

That is how I imagine a modern version of a party invitation from Merrie Olde England might read. It is a shortened quote from a Shakespeare play, one the Studio found online. (Not that we haven't anything of the Bard of Avon's in our stash, but if you want to know the truth, time was short)

Here is a fun bit of Renaissance music to listen to whilst looking over our new design.

For FOOD for a feast, banquet, or mere "scrambling supper," we highly recommend you read Madge Lorwin's incomparable volume entitled, "Dining with William Shakespeare." 

I myself have tested a number of her recipes. All were tasty, especially her gingerbread, but if you don't like eels for supper, then mind the one for "Eels, Spitchcocked."

:)

Her book may be purchased online and also found at libraries.

Below we display both the outside and inside portions of a possible Renaissance style invitation or card for our guests. This will shortly be added to by a few other items for your party or gaming pleasure. For today, you may choose to visit our PPSPartyGear™category for some fun mask blanks  (that is a Link). These we prepared for you a few years back. They may be decorated with frippery and feathers, or left simply as is.

As for our invitations below, all our guests have to do is simply cut away the gray portion evenly in both graphics once printed. This card is sized to fit an A2 sized envelope. Each printable is for standard sized business paper. We recommend using your local copy center or extension office for this print or copy, as it will use quite a lot of ink or toner.

Please regard others' copyrights while you enjoy your
Happy Creativity!
:)

PPSPartyGear™Renaissance Style Invitation

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Card Interior

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use the above invitation or its graphics in art

for a party or for a gift.

You are not free to:

sell either portion as created.

Please respect our gifts for the public's use.

Thank you.

Let's keep free things free!

In Time for Shakespeare's Birthday

Now, I realize nobody can really tell us the exact day of the Bard's birth, but it is a long held tradition to celebrate it right around this time of year. Some say he wrote the sonnets I've posted as a nudge toward his patron to kill his lazy ways and start doing something with his life besides party and have a good time down in Merrie Olde England. Having reread it (for the first time since college days) during the process of preparing it for print/digital art-making for you all, I came to believe the same.
Also included this time will be a portion of All's Well That Ends Well, one of his comedies. (Okay, so no one's certain if he wrote it or not, but we'll say he did, just for his day)
Best of all, I have that old portrait (not the best likeness, so I hear), in both the "rough cut" versions with no cleanup, and in the Black and White, cleaned up version. We hope you'll make use of them all in fun or for serious study, take your pick, it's up to you.
The book scanned for these images comes to us from the late Victorian era. I lost the frontispiece to this one in the shuffle of moving 2 years back, and haven't found it in among the things it was with--so far. However, I can recall it as having been a late 1800's edition, so we'll call it good.
I love its pages, so lightweight and almost see-through, with gilt edges that still retain their gloss. I suppose this must have cost a fair amount in its time. It was coming apart at both ends by the time I spotted it and gave it a home.
So Happy Birthday to "Willy the Shake" and
Happy Creativity, everybody!
Rose

Shakespeare's Portrait

Downloadable Version HERE

Sonnets, First Page

Downloadable Version HERE

All's Well That Ends Well Outtake

Downloadable Version HERE

Portrait Page--Rough Cut

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Scanned Imagery courtesy PPS Archives

Free for Public Domain Use

The Play's the Thing: Romantic Clip Art for Collage,etc.

We're having a little fun today here in the studio and wanted you to benefit. First, we have a set of Graphics sheets culled from our library of Antique Ephemera, with the theme of the plays of long ago. One is quite old, dating back who knows how long. It's an old French story from the Comedie Francaise, an old and cherished tradition. Our second contains quotes from everybody's favorite, William Shakespeare (spelled "Shakspeare" in the book). Both books lack copyright. Our Shakespeare one looks right out of the 1870's, while the French play one comes out of the earlier part of the 20th century.
I love the golden brown discoloration due to age and the smell and the feel of all those old books we treasure.
We hope you'll find many fun ways to use today's free clip art!

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Scanned Imagery courtesy PPS Archives

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