How to Make a Blog Button

I was so excited to finally create a blog button that I wanted to share the link which makes it all happen (and effortlessly)! I had tried and tried before but with my tragic computer skills, it was not to be. Then I found this fill-in-the-blank-type-of-link and I was able to create one in minutes. I hope this can assist someone else out there:

Grab My Button Code Generator

Also, you are cordially invited to "grab" my button which is located on the side bar…

Beloved Books

"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down,

and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

~ Henry David Thoreau

"The things I want to know are in books.

My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I [haven't] read."

~ Abraham Lincoln

I must confess to a major weakness, hardcover books.

I love the smell of them and the sturdy beauty of them.

I love the care that is taken to make them.

I especially love the old, antique books with the beautiful covers.

Here in these pages you will find some of my favorites.

Are you a kindred spirit?

I do try and guard what is brought into our home.

For some inspiration on that, visit:

What to Read, What to Watch

Courtesy Clip Art, Illustrations & Beloved Books

Welcome!

Here you will find some clip art that I have found on my journeys in the world of public domain (which are images prior to 1923 that are no longer under copyright). I will include the themes which make me smile on this blog. I also love reading and history and will share some of the books I enjoy and the illustrations that are just as special.

Pretty pictures, beloved books, quotes and poems…

Welcome to my little scrapbook of treasures.

These images are for your use for whatever projects please you or perhaps you just enjoy looking at lovely things as much as I do!

I love clip art to enhance all my home creations and organizational projects (see below). As queen of the castle, it provides much amusement without having to leave your little nest. 

Some ideas for clip art are...

• Prettifying your home records, home management books and files.
• Scrap-booking and crafting.
• Decorating cards and letters.
• Decorate chore charts and personalize them for each child with their interests.
• To decorate your homeschool projects. We like to paste them to our copybooks which gives them individuality and specialness.
• We use it to decorate our unit studies, reports, projects and pages.
• Make anything mundane, "special".
• Or, to decorate your blog with if you have one.

Here are some samples of clip art use from my home which I shared on my other blog, Strangers and Pilgrims on Earth…

I used clip art to create my pantry labels. 

There is a free printable here if you would like to make some.

Here is a home purchases/organizational system for manuals and warranties using clip art.

I call it the Good Steward Record Binder.

There are free printables here if you are interested in making one yourself.

This was my most recent project using bible verses to create an Inspirational Recipe Book.

There are free printables here should you like to try making one.

Organizing cardboard boxes in the garage is a lot more pleasing to the eye with pretty labels.

I teach mostly though unit studies so I have all my homeschool materials placed in subjects inside 16 quart plastic containers which were a lot of fun to label and make all nice and neat.

We do a lot of copy work in our homeschool along with a variety of subject journals using composition books. It is fun to start any school journal with a decorating time for the cover. It personalizes the work for the child and makes it more of a keepsake.

Are any of you interested in this? What do you do with clip art?

Yours truly,

JES

P.S. For a HUGE COLLECTION of clip art, visit The Graphics Fairy. My little finds won't compare to what she has to offer! Though what I post will be of a different nature. Many of my projects above utilized her graphics.