tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34690768248735471592024-03-08T14:11:29.126-06:00SkullBlossom: Free Web Graphics and ClipartFree professionally designed graphics for Etsy, eBay, Blogger, WordPress and more. Website graphics including beautifully rendered vector graphics. Many free autumn and Halloween graphics, too!~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-61839217142880169002008-11-01T06:00:00.000-05:002008-11-01T06:00:01.663-05:00Can Ye Believe It? We Are On the Way to Thanksgiving. Penniwig's Is Up!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The days fly by, fly by, the older I get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now we are heading into another season I love: <strong>Winter.</strong> It is an underappreciated time of year, I do believe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please stop by my new blog, <a href="http://penniwigs.blogspot.com/">Penniwig's</a>, where I will be posting not only vintage and original graphics for Thanksgiving, Winter, Christmas, and more, but will also be sharing recipes, folklore, nearly lost crafts, and attempting to resurrect the old-time art of elocution. Tonight I recited Poe's <em>The Raven</em> from memory to much applause (my husband and son clapped), and I'm determined to make all of you suffer with me as we learn, together me dearies, Longfellow's lovely poem <em>I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My first graphic is already up over there, waiting for ye!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And perhaps ye will be so kind as to continue to hold a good thought for my little cat Hadji as he fights to recover, and for me, as I try to get a new teaching position. Many thanks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Please tell your friends about olde Penniwig's!</span>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-32745528421346710952008-10-31T06:00:00.008-05:002008-10-31T17:03:05.673-05:00Oh! 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A Merry Hallowe'en to Ye!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know who made the above animation, but it sure is cute!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm serving hot cider and sherbet island punch (which I am naive enough to believe is very elegant) for the drinks...I have vintage "Vaseline" glasses and tin cups both, take your pick...it's your little <strong>party favor</strong>, so choose one you'd like to take home with you...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your choice of cheeses arranged on my very best but severely mismatched old china plates...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Salad with champagne dressing and THREE KINDS of croutons (now we're living!)...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">By the way, I just LOVE your costume! If you get a chance, tell our readers what you're wearing!</span></strong> I'm a Rose Witch, of course...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Help yourself to a big bowl of hot and sour spooky soup...with whole boiled eggs floating in it for the "ghosts"...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course you're saving room for the pumpkin and pecan pies, aren't you? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">What??? You didn't see the chips and dips? There is a GALLON of guacamole and French Onion, dears!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">And who can't fit in a few meringues or a bit of fudge?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I have pumpkins for everyone to carve, and a little party game using Venn Diagrams...yes, let's get some math into the party! Aren't teachers irritating?!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Shall we sit by the outdoor fireplace and enjoy the flickering of candles in our jack o'lantern creations? Good! A bit more cider?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for coming, dear blog readers...<strong><span style="color:#999900;">come back by the blog tomorrow and see the new Winter Graphics address</span></strong>...Fare Thee Well till then, from me, Holly Rose!</span><br /><br /><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/hollyrosewitchypng.png" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">And click the thumbnail for the larger game you can print...once the bigger image loads, you can click again on most browsers to see it full size, or just save it or print it out...it fits on a regular piece of paper.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/punkingame.jpg"><img src="http://s368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/th_punkingame.jpg" /></a></div>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-23898608236213075062008-10-30T18:27:00.005-05:002008-10-30T18:42:19.328-05:00Another Hadji Update, & A Job & Halloween Remark<span style="font-family:verdana;">Stopped by the vets' again to see <span style="color:#ff6666;">Hadji</span>, he is now very much awake and he is heartbreakingly miserable. I wonder what he thought, for me to show up and then leave again; it felt like a knife in my heart. His eyes are dilated with pain, and he was crouched in the litter box, hiding. He let me pet his little head, but when I had to go, he just looked like he was in despair. I love these vets, but their clinic is a rather dilapidated old house, and my poor Hadji was in a little cage right across from some barking dogs, argh. We have dogs here at the house, but he knows them. These were strange barking dogs, not his friend-dogs. Hadji was feral and he really only wants to be around me, my husband, and my son. Everyone else terrifies him.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The vet told me to be of good cheer, as it looks better for Hadji than it did, and that he's got a good chance, and that he will forget all this and be happy again soon. I hope this is true.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today was my last day at work. Tomorrow was supposed to be it but they got extra-sick of me and told me to just leave. And this is after my principal tried to shake me down for books that are missing out of my class. These books were stolen (including 2 of my own and a calculator) while I was 600 MILES AWAY FOR TRAINING and she's trying to pin the blame on me. It's just a crazy-making place.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For the send-off, the kids were super mean and nuts. If I got called horrible names once, I got called names a thousand times. Told to F-off, to shut up, to go away, all the usual love, LOL. But the sweet kids there were crying, poor things. Why their parents send them to that awful place is beyond me. Now, those sweet kids, I will surely miss them and I do worry, as they have not hired another teacher in my place, but merely elevated the front office clerk into an Insty Teacher. Why? Well, fake teachers are cheaper than real ones, and also, they could not find another certified teacher in a city of 200,000 to work there. Wonder why...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">As to Halloween, I really should have saved those vintage witches for the big send-off. Instead, I'll be posting something I drew, and the comparison between the vintage stuff and my own feeble attempts is painful! But it's all been done for the love of Halloween and the love of sharing with you, my readers. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-10089020508807776152008-10-30T06:00:00.003-05:002008-10-30T06:00:01.573-05:00Another Pretty Witch from Long Ago<span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the sister of the previous graphic. I wish I knew the identity of the artist who did this lovely depiction. I love the vintage stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #ff6666;">HADJI UPDATE</span>: He is resting at the vets' clinic and they say they have great hope for him. He was out of it when I visited and didn't seem to know me, but I think on some level he did know it was me. I am going again tomorrow and I just love him so much. He is so brave. This little kitty will get up on your leg if you kneel with one knee up, and he will just give you tons of kisses right on the lips! He has a loving heart. Truly, he is one of the most precious kitties I have ever rescued, and those who came to see him and didn't want to adopt him because his face is "ugly" really missed out on a great cat and I'm so glad he's mine forever.</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/rosebatwitchping.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-76975392936268452452008-10-29T06:00:00.003-05:002008-10-29T19:16:29.134-05:00DOTD Festive Skull Free Graphic, With Pretty Witch<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a Day of the Dead skull. I usually make some of these sugar skulls each year, but this year, with all the mishmash at work, I didn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also included is a vintage image of a lovely witch that I tried to clean up a bit and make all shiny and nice. I just love those roses behind her ears and the petticoats peeking out of her pretty dress. No one can beat these artists of yesteryear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Don't forget to watch for my new blog. I'm trying to finish up the design and it will "launch" on November 1st!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's some cider, and some witch's brew. I'm not sure what's in the witch's brew...it looks suspiciously like the cider to me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Quick Recipe:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pour out a bottle of apple juice into an old cooking pot, add some whole cloves, a sliced-up orange, and a good dash of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon. Heat it up and serve in an old chipped cup by the light of a fireplace. And enjoy!</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/wutcgbrew.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-28031415781032528592008-10-27T06:00:00.000-05:002008-10-27T06:00:00.273-05:00Little Owl Free Halloween Art<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took this tiny owl from a vintage card and changed the dear up a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also posted are dancing witch boots. Not original to me, unfortunately, but ever so cute. I love to think of them dancing in perpetuity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't believe how close Halloween is now. I like to spell it Hallowe'en, with the apostrophe, but that's become so rare as to be unfamiliar to many. But when I was young, eons ago, that's how we spelled it. I'm so old I remember when mimeographs were new. And now generations X, Y, and Z, and even a few younger boomers, are wondering "What's a mimeograph?"</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/dancingboots0822.gif" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-90218294692786881762008-10-26T06:00:00.003-05:002008-10-26T08:05:10.408-05:00Raggedy Ann Pumpkin - Free for Halloween!<span style="font-family: verdana;">I originally made this little gal for my avatar on a forum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">I put her in these 2 graphics for you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The bottom design looks cut-off, but it will save as its whole self.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. I like rag dolls.</span><br />
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<img height="85" src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/happiestaut.png" style="height: 85px; width: 465px;" width="465" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-25077824445220380852008-10-25T06:00:00.001-05:002008-10-25T06:00:02.970-05:00A Little Halloween Divider - Free Halloween Clip Art<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I got the idea of a Halloween divider from Mandie. Please see her link to the right, she has the "Life In The Craft Lane" blog with many <strong>fabulous and professionally rendered graphics. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Her primitive designs are simply wunderbar.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. This may be cut off looking here, but it should save as its whole self. I think my new blog will have only one column in the middle or something, for ease of display.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The bonus design is not original, but I thought it was darling and really very useful. It's a teeny candle. It can be placed almost anywhere on a blog. If anyone knows who made it, please let me know.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><br /><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/bardivider.png" /> <p><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/teenycandleani.gif" /><br /><br /><br /></p>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-19886015180147817982008-10-24T06:00:00.004-05:002008-10-24T06:00:00.660-05:00Happy Fall, With A Free Autumn Design<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Goldenrod</strong> has an undeservedly bad reputation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the plant.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Shall we go pick a big bouquet together? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. I wish you could see how pretty some of these designs are BEFORE they are made smaller or "flattened" so as to load more quickly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Also included is a "bonus" graphic. I think I will double up on graphics whenever I can, because Halloween is so very close now! Yes, I know I spelled "wytch" with a "y," and was just trying to make it look a bit old-fashioned.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Do kids trick-or-treat where you live?</strong> We haven't had many at all in recent years. When we do get them, I give out light-stick necklaces. They like those.</span><br /><br /><br /><img height="200" src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/goldenrd.png" width="170" /> <p><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/pinkypo.png" /><br /></p>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-25775412335675901942008-10-23T06:00:00.006-05:002008-10-23T06:43:26.267-05:00Candy Corn, Get Your Candy Corn Here...<span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are two graphics featuring candy corn. I may have posted the divider already, but can't seem to locate it in the archives. But I know the other piece of clipart has not been published yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">It's getting so close to Halloween! <strong>Are you going to dress up for a party or to give treats out?</strong></span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I may or may not last until Halloween at that awful school where I teach. I'm glad I have my art, my tiny family, my cats and dogs and other critters, and my blog!</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/welcomebutton.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-57946252860147964952008-10-22T06:00:00.000-05:002008-10-22T06:00:01.943-05:00Free Halloween Design: Lollicat<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's what's been happening to all my candy. Aha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. Had a nicer version of this but got confused and accidentally saved it as a jpeg file. Jpegs, I have decided, are my enemies in the graphics world! I like those png files, they stay nice.</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/kittylollie.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-49073484452652928192008-10-21T06:00:00.003-05:002008-10-21T06:00:02.556-05:00Ooooo, Ooooo, Witchy Woman: Free Halloween Graphic<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a pretty gal. I wish I had time to sew myself a costume like that, with roses along the neckline and hem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What does her crystal ball show? A Happy Halloween for you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I am still toying with the idea of Penniwig's or Merry Manor as the new blog's name, keeping this blog up, of course, and working on it next year, too. I am an autumn fanatic. Actually, I am a holiday fanatic. I really enjoy the turn of the seasons. Yet I'm not materialistic at all. My house echoes. I own very little, and the things I treasure -- well, you might think I'm odd. Actually, I am odd. Anyhoo, I'm going to put both names in a box and shake it up and pick one out. I'll let you know the winner.</span><br />
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<img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/rosewitchysma.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-91246337405557843172008-10-20T06:00:00.003-05:002008-10-20T06:00:00.797-05:00O Happy Harvest<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I did this and forgot it, I think. Found it in my Xmas folder, of all places. Apologies if it was posted previously. At least it's right in season now</span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.</span><br /><br /><p><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/happyhar.png" /><br /><br /><br /></p>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-74087930352265812812008-10-19T06:00:00.002-05:002008-10-19T06:00:00.819-05:00A Blue-Eyed Arachnid! I "Spyed 'er"! Free Spider Graphic<span style="font-family:verdana;">Little spider drops in to say "Boo" to you. Modeled on a cute box I saw for sale at a craft show.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Unlike most people, I don't mind spiders. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Right-click to save. 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Hope you enjoy.</span> <p><img style="WIDTH: 207px; HEIGHT: 324px" height="335" src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/snowiecat/kittysky2.png" width="207" /></p>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-34460066858271789672008-10-17T06:00:00.002-05:002008-10-17T06:00:00.959-05:00Silly Animation of A Black Cat<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is large. Click the little image to let the larger image load. Modeled on my little black cat. I like to smell his paws (strange, yes) -- they smell like dust!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Very silly indeed. Makes a cute e-card.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/halcat2.gif"><img src="http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/th_halcat2.gif" /></a>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-65353880902467978152008-10-16T21:51:00.001-05:002008-10-16T21:58:41.196-05:00Help Me Choose???<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I took down my very sad post about the <strong>horrible</strong> place I work, and am putting this up, since it's a bit more positive. Try for the positive, I say...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I want to leave this blog up for Halloween graphics, safe and sound, and <strong>start a new blog</strong>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff6666;"><strong>OR, just change the title that displays</strong> but the address will still have that darned "skullblossom" in it and I'm afraid it might scare someone away from my winter and spring graphics...???</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the names I have been considering. If you can help me choose, thank you. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm trying for a an old-fashioned type name, a combination sweet, lovely, and cute name, but not trendy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#e06666;"><strong>Anything speak to you?</strong></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Merry Manor</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Gillyflower Lane</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>From My Bower</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Penniwig's (I love this one, don't know why)</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Ever Merry</strong></span>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-66908446736241615982008-10-16T06:00:00.000-05:002008-10-16T06:00:00.979-05:00Kitty in Halloween Colors<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we have a little cat all ready for Halloween. 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<img height="96" src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/stretchingcat.jpg" width="77" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-44564159236351622442008-10-15T06:00:00.000-05:002008-10-15T06:00:00.815-05:00Jolly Jack O'Lantern for Your Halloween Clipart Collection<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with his pal the leaf, here we have a grinning Jack O'Lantern.</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/happypumpkin.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/happypumpkin.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-84723377270343278472008-10-14T06:42:00.000-05:002008-10-14T06:44:44.871-05:00Quick Post Before Work -- Cool Blog Contest Over at Nana's!Under my blog list to the right, click on <strong>Inside Nana's Head</strong> to visit her cute blog and to see her contest. She has an old-fashioned handkerchief doll she is giving away! Very pretty and perfect for those who love olden-days things like I do!~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-59862925280767722472008-10-14T06:00:00.001-05:002008-10-14T06:00:00.077-05:00CAT-ch Me If You Can...Free Halloween Graphics<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">And here we have an orange-eyed black kitty. I have rescued orange-eyed kitties before, so they do indeed exist. They are always very mellow and smart kitties. </span><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.</span></div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left" href="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/orangeeyedcat.png" imageanchor="1"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/orangeeyedcat.png" border="0" /></a></div>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-61768684362123008542008-10-13T06:00:00.001-05:002008-10-13T06:00:00.533-05:00Something to 'Owl About: Free Halloween Clipart<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I often try to fit something about "free graphics" or "free clipart" in my titles. Yes, it makes for a boring title, but it helps me with the Almighty Google search engine.</span><br />
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<img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/snowiecats/owlautumn.png" />~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-27861559422214209322008-10-12T08:31:00.002-05:002008-10-12T08:36:59.034-05:00A Fabulous Resource for Bloggers and WebsitesHere I am going to alert you to a wonderful bunch of people who have created a great source for fancy code to beautify your blog or website.<br /><br />They are the people over at <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">DynamicDrive.com</a>. <p>My flying bats came from there. I made some "ribbon rules" from there way back. They have slideshows and all sorts of fancy things for your blog. I don't know if I still have it up or not, but I made a favicon from other there, too. </p><p>Please visit them! But come back and visit little ol' me, too!!!</p><p>Later I'm going to announce my new blog for the Winter season -- working on a pretty name. I sure wish there were a way to change blog's names, but there ain't. </p><p><br /> </p>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469076824873547159.post-76341351939232997902008-10-10T21:18:00.000-05:002008-10-10T21:23:07.930-05:00Wondering...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>I'm wondering if I should archive this blog after Halloween</strong></span>, leaving all the graphics up but just letting it sit without updating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why? I don't like the blog name. The name was picked by others, back when this was a college project. I don't know; the name just sounds sort of mean and trendy to me, although skullblossoms are actually a very interesting flower for shady areas. If I saw a website with the name SkullBlossom, and it was talking about Christmas graphics, I might even be afraid to click on it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm thinking of putting up a link to a NEW blog with a SWEET name that will begin after Halloween, and placing all my future Thanksgiving, Christmas, and winter graphics there. But will anyone even bother to follow me over there? *sigh*</span>~SkullBlossom~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16088376332247536794noreply@blogger.com8