Free Floral Vintage Christmas Cards
91Anyone who celebrates Christmas (and probably even those who don't) know that these floral elements usually accompany the Christmas holiday: holly, mistletoe, poinsettias, and pine boughs and cones. Images of those "flowers" are ubiquitous in vintage Christmas cards, and you'll see plenty of examples of those below. But I thought it also would be interesting to provide some cards that don't have the traditional floral elements or that only incorporate them as an addition to other flowers more associated with other seasons of the year. The first group of cards below does just that.
Please follow the instructions below to download the best version of each vintage Christmas card:
Download Instructions
Choose a small version of any of the vintage floral Christmas cards above the large images to the right and across the bottom of the page. When you click on one of the images, it will appear larger.
IMPORTANT: Once you've chosen an image and see it larger, double-click on the larger image, which will make the best version of the art appear. Sorry for the extra step, but this will give you the highest quality art.
Then, if you have a PC, just right-click and save the final version of the artwork to your hard drive.
Vintage Christmas Cards with Non-traditional Flowers
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About These Vintage Christmas Floral Cards
One of the cards features poppies, which I associate with California in the spring. If memory serves, the poppy is the state flower of California. When I was growing up in Los Angeles, poppies would sometimes grow by the freeway on-ramps. They've probably given way to more drought-tolerant plants at this point, but I remember the colors being beautiful and the flowers quite delicate-looking for their locations that were shrouded in car exhaust.
There's also a cute puppy and an adorable little girl with what I imagine are violets or lavender.The Christmas bell also looks like it has violets incorporated ito the design. There are also hydrangeas, geraniums, chrysanthemums and lilies, along with what are probably some made-up flowers. It doesn't matter, as long as they look pretty!
The other cards feature holly and poinsettias, with a little mistletoe thrown in for good measure. My particular favorite is the hot air balloon with holly and mistletoe. Apparently this image was actually a Christmas gift tag because it has "To" and "From" printed on it. This one is perfect if you want to make vintage-look gift tags as gifts or to sell this holiday season.
Vintage Christmas Cards with Holly
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The cards hail from various eras, but I know at least one of them is 100 years old, because it as "1908" printed on it. Some of them are even older than that, which you can tell by the clothing styles.
There were also a variety of printing techniques used in the production of these cards when they were new. Some of them even had gold foil stamped on them, and you can see the remnants of that in the scans.
I hope you enjoy these vintage Christmas cards. I'm sure you'll find plenty of uses for them!
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Vintage Christmas Cards with Poinsettias
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Comments
Thanks, ajcor. I purchased them. I love vintage art, so I was excited when I found a source that had diverse pieces I could buy.
I love vintage and these are beautiful I think sometimes I was born in the wrong time.:)
I've said the same thing myself!
I just love these. Thank you for sharing:-)
Write On!
I am the most nostalgic, sentimental person in the world so, of course, I love the cards. So elegant, so charming and so special in a world lacking an abundance of either. Thank you.
Lots of wonderful pictures! and lots of them I didn't know about!
This is a gift ! Clydeskid said it well.....thank you for sharing all this charm and elegance...You make the world a better place ! Blessings, light and love to you !
Wow...great cards!!! Thank for the info!!
You're welcome! :-)
Thank you so much for sharing the vintage cards. It brought back so many memories of my childhood. It was such a pleasure seeing your cards, again Thank You
You're welcome, Sharon. I'm glad you enjoyed the cards. :-)
What a fun site I have happened upon!! Great site and I know I will be visiting often. Thank you for sharing this beautiful era with us. How kind of you.
Thanks for your kind words, NCE. I'm so glad you stopped by.
Love the nastalgia of these cards. It takes me back.
Hi, Gail. That's why I love vintage images too. They're like a time machine.
thank you. They are beautiful!
Thank you for all your clip art. There are so many beautiful pictures to chose and use. I have told many people about your site.
Thanks, Dara and Mary. :-)
Wow - These cards are truly lovely.
If you get some time, do check out my Christmas hugs too !
Cheers !
this is so nice to have access to so many beautiful images, and not have to pay high prices for them.
Many thanks
You're welcome, Barbara. :-)
Very nice pics! thank you Greetings from México :)
Thanks, Rocio! Greetings from South Florida. :-)
Thank-you so much for sharing these lovely images! I'm going to use some on the gift baskets in my shop. I'm so happy to have found you - I'm now following you on Twitter, too (SmallbonesShop).
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ajcor says:
12 months ago
gorgeous cards - how do you find all these lovely vintage cards? well done and thanks...cheers