A Giveaway & Vintage Card Tutorial

Don't you just love vintage photographs - particularly those from La Belle Époque.

That golden era from 1890 - 1914, Paris before the First World War...

Photographs of actresses, starlets, showgirls, chorus girls &
burlesque stars who adorned French postcards...

Beautiful in black & white and giving us a glimpse of a more romantic time.

A time of optomism & new discoveries... elegant hairsyles, feminine

accessories, beautifully made dresses & gentlemen wearing hats.
 

Paris at the turn of the century... Maxim's, Moulin Rouge,
Folies Bergère, Flappers & Gibson girls...

Gibson Girls

Long romantic hair, styled in a bouffant pompadour or chignon

 Corsets to create the perfect hourglass figure 

Long dresses & skirts, cinched waist & pantaloons

An ephemeral beauty

Courting under the supervision of parent’s in the parlor room

 Drinking and smoking in public not allowed

Flappers

Short, black-dyed hair - bob, shingle or eaton cut

Waistlines dropped to the hipline & short skirts falling one inch below the knee

No corsets & step-in underwear 

Stockings - made of rayon & worn rolled over a garter belt

Beautiful bell-shaped hats

Rouge, powder, eye liner, and lipstick

 Casual dating, dancing, smoking & drinking in public

The emergence of the "garconne" little boy thanks to Coco Chanel

I wonder who you would be?

Here is a little tutorial for you to create your own gift card
 using a few of my favourite images for you to print out & use

(personal use only please)

You will need -

•A4 sized white cardstock
•Background paper - pastel paper, thin watercolour paper or cardstock

(not too thick as you will be tearing the edges of this) 

•Glue stick or double sided tape
•Cutting blade & ruler

•Ribbon

•Silver charms

Print out your images on the white cardstock. 

You should be able to fit four per A4 piece of card.

Printed size of each is approximately 13cm x 8cm

 

Once printed, cut out using a cutting blade & ruler to ensure

you get nice straight edges...
If you want a more vintage look you can ink the edges at this stage!

Now it is time to tear your background paper to a slightly larger
size than your printed cards

Working on the reverse side, line up your ruler where you want to tear &
tear in an downward pulling motion...

Glue or tape your printed image to the centre of the background paper

Punch a hole in the top left corner, thread you ribbon through
your charm & then through your card...

Now for the giveaway -

 

Because it is my birthday this Sunday....I thought I would share the love and host
my first of many giveaways!

I have a sweet collection of Parisian Belle Epoche inspired creations to giveaway!

Three vintage handmade cards, three bijoux fabric roses, three heart clay tags, a French & Sparrow Paris tag & a sweet metal cross & bead dangle!

You have multiple chances to enter & please leave a seperate comment for each entry!

• Become a follower of this blog, French & Sparrow, AND let me know in a comment.
• Share the Give Away on your Blog and/or Facebook page AND let me know in a comment(s).
• Like French & Sparrow on Facebook AND leave a message on my page 

This giveaway has now closed ~ the winner will be announced
later today!

Good luck everyone!

                                                                                 

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