Halloween Couple Dancing

This illustration from 1920 seems to be of a couple wearing costumes dancing at a party. She is wearing a witches hat with a pom pom on the top and he is a (pardon my ignorance if I am wrong) a musketeer or buccaneer?






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Halloween Party Illustration

A black and white illustration from the year 1909 of a Halloween Party with all sorts of characters, ranging from witches, a fairy, gnome, jester, horse, and more.




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Edwardian Boots

Here is a non-Halloween related post. I thought the button up boots from the Creepy Lady ad post yesterday were pretty cool. So I clipped them out to make them available as two pieces of clipart for you too. These come from an ad from the year 1912.

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Weird Wednesday: Creepy Lady

Welcome to the first Weird Wednesday on the Vintage Snips and Clips blog!

What is that? Well, I keep coming across things like weird ads or other weird illustrations and thought I'd try sharing them on a regular basis. (I'm really good at procrastinating though, so we'll see how well that goes.) Since I have also been trying to gather Halloween stuff, I thought the first one I would add was something that is weird, but also kind of scary would do.

Obviously this ad for shoes from the year 1912 was not intended to be weird and creepy at all. I really think the people who created this ad did not realize how utterly creepy this woman would look once the drawing was translated into ink pressed onto newspaper. The style of make-up for that point in time, drawn in ink and then printed on newspaper...didn't translate so well in the instance.
 
Her eyes are dark, surrounded by dark, thick lines, and seem almost hollow. Her eerie smile is somewhat reminiscent of The Joker from Batman (but I think those are really supposed to be dimples). She is rather haunting, in my opinion. And what is up with her one hand? It's like an alien's hand or something.

In case someone wanted to use this for a sign, invitation, or other such purpose, I tried editing the shoes and text out and left it at the original size that I obtained it as.

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Free Vector Images

I have been coming across some images that were very small or otherwise "poor quality" in regards for making for good clip art (in my opinion) in their original state, but were still interesting and could be useful. So I started to convert some of them into vector images and putting them up at OpenClipArt.org. There aren't many right now, but you can get them here. https://openclipart.org/user-detail/SnipsAndClips

Weird / Creepy Scarecrow for Halloween

Here is another picture for Halloween from an old advertisement with a Halloween theme. These is a pretty weird looking and, may I add, kinda creepy scarecrow. The string from his hat is hanging across his nose and over his face. He is pointing with both hands in one direction and has a freaky grimacing mouth.

Perhaps he is saying, "The Halloween Party is THAT way!" Or maybe he is saying, "I insist that you go to this Halloween Party!"







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Halloween Pretty Witch

Vintage Halloween Witch

I am trying to get some images up for Halloween in this month of September, so that they can be used for things that need to be made in advance before October...or bookmarked or pinned to Pinterest in anticipation/preparation until one is ready to start making things for All Hallow's Eve.

This pretty witch with her broom, pointed hat and yowling black cat is a fun, black and white, vintage image for the spooky holiday.

Beware, the witching hour is getting near!

edit: This is so funny. I just noticed that this same witch is on The Graphic's Fairy's blog, but from many years earlier. I assume she got this image from the same source as I. But if you look closely at the two versions full size, you can see the different ways they've been edited. I think her's is more "sharp" if that makes sense (mine is also somewhat smaller). Just pick which ever version you prefer. :)


 

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Woman with a Box of Chocolates

This woman holding a box of chocolates was from the same shoe ad that also had the image of roses from a previous post I made.

As far as I know there is no longer a trademark for the company listed on this box (anyone hear of Ogram's?) so it should be safe to use. To try to clarify what I mean...
This picture is in the public domain, but so are many Coca-Cola pictures from old ads...however the name Coca-Cola is trademarked so it is best not to use things that have a current trademark even if the image itself is in the public domain. I hope that makes sense.
I personally would remove the product name (and maybe the rest of the text, but I left it for those who want to use it as is. But it would also be fun to remove the text on the box and replace it with your own.




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Black and White Illustration of Three Roses

Three Roses Tied With Ribbon

Today I came across this really cool image of three lovely roses tied with a ribbon. It had a lot of ink from the other page transferred onto it (you could see a man's face from an ad from another page on it)...so there was a lot of cleaning up to do, especially around the ends of the stems. Hopefully I did an alright job.

Overall it is a very crisp and clear, black and white image of long stemmed roses that I think turned out quite nicely.

It was from an ad for shoes from the year 1913, that was stating that if you bought a pair you got a box of chocolates and roses (I want to shop there). The ad described the roses being given as "a bouquet of Gude Roses." I did a quick search, out of curiosity, and found a few references to "Amelia Gude roses" in some old books and newspapers, but nothing else...I guess this is a "lost" breed of roses? They probably are just known by another name now.

I think there are so many things that could be done with this particular clipart of roses. Perhaps make a romantic item for Valentine's Day, or use to make a Mother's Day gift? Either way... Enjoy!




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