Little Harvest Angel Clipart

Here's a little angel in harvest colors.


Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.

Primitive Pilgrim Pumpkin Clip Art, Free As Always

Something a bit different today, a bit primitive in style: Here we have a pumpkin wearing a pilgrim hat, complete with buckle and a few pip berries.

I think it would be cute to dress up in a pilgrim costume for Halloween!

And, a few mini-buttons to celebrate the start of autumn! It's finally here!

I had a long post prepared, complete with horror stories of work and all the scary students in my classroom. Alas, Internet Explorer ate my post. It's just as well, I think.

Right-click to save any of the following graphics. Hope you enjoy this clipart. The word "Autumn" is fuzzyish in the last graphic. My eyes are tired. Argh.

Free Halloween Graphics: Chipboard Primitive Witch

Here's a teeny graphic of a flying witch, made to look like a chipboard card. I got the idea from a little "primitive" button I saw on a blog and thought, "Hey, chipboard! I could do that." Chipboard is just all the rage right now. I love the vintage stuff, like Putz houses and the embossed German Halloween cutouts. Divine!

Right-click to save. This is a transparent png file and will seem to "float" on the background color, as it does here. There is no orange border around this graphic; that is just a feature of our blog.

Stamp Out Expensive Halloween Graphics!

Ah, this stamp is the apple of my eye.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy this free Halloween "stamp" with its old-fashioned look.

Free Small Buttons with a Rustic Feel

Earth-toned buttons for your blog or webpage. If you like "primitive" folk art, you'll like these. Especially good for autumn.

Right-click and save onto your own computer.

Firefly Autumn Animation Graphic

Here's a cute animated gif of fireflies in a jar.

Two versions are included, one that loads more quickly than the other, but is not as crisp.

Hope you enjoy the animations. If you have dial-up, give them a moment to load.

Free Primitive Witch Boot Pattern

I made this pattern last year. I was making and selling prims last year. This year, I'm going to put more up again, but I'm working in papier mache this time.

As to the boot, it's very simple. On one side, I painted it like a button-top boot. On the other, I painted it with a bunch of one-stroke folk-art posies and added something like "Happy Haunting" or "Welcome Fall" or something like that. Unfortunately, I can't find my photo of the flowered side. It was all in purple, orange, and acid green.

The boot is partially stuffed, then fake gourds and leaves are placed in the top.

The toe has been modified on the pattern, because I felt it curled up too much. But if you want it curly, for say an "elf" boot for Xmas, then you can elongate it a bit and make it skinnier. A rusty jingle bell would be a cute addition for the elf boot!

Hope you enjoy.

Free Primitive Kitty Doll Pattern

I made and sold quite a few of these last year. I would reduce the pattern to make a "kitten" version, painted the same way as the mother kitty.

These were painted as "snow kitties" and as "Siamese"-style cats. They had fanciful colors for their ears and noses, and folk art on their stomachs. I would put glitter or mica on them, too.

Hope you enjoy.

Left-click and let the bigger image load.

I *Heart* Autumn

Here's a graphic to decorate a blog or webpage.

Unless you're using an old version of your browser, it should act as a transparent image, so that the background color of your blog or webpage will show "through" all but the wording and heart. We finally uninstalled and reinstalled all of our graphics software and voila, it is working again.

Hope you enjoy. The drop shadow is a bit raggedy, but then again, it's a prim heart.

From Our House to Yours, Free Graphics!

Here are a few little primitive houses, to brighten up a website or blog. I love the little badges I've been seeing all over the place, and am now working on a variety of tiny badges for tomorrow.

Right-click to save onto your own computer!

Hope you enjoy.

Primitive Angel Wings Her Way Onto Graphics

Here is a little web graphic of a primitive angel, and a banner sized just right for Etsy.

Hope you enjoy.

As always, click the thumbnail, then right-click the larger image and save it onto your own computer.

Whooooo Wants Primitive Owls?

Today, a website graphic and an Etsy shop banner for the owl fans.

I loved owls when they were considered passe and will keep on loving them as they pass through their cycles of popularity and unpopularity.

We have many burrowing owls out here. They pop right out of the prairie dog tunnels and stand on their long, long legs, scowling gently. They give a cry much like the cry of the "dogs." I know, they eat little mices, which I also love...

Left-click the thumbnail, then right-click and save the larger graphic.
Keep those requests coming! Thanks!

Primitive Birdies and Twigs Etsy Banners

Here are two Etsy banners, 760 x 100 pixels, ready to be personalized and used for a shop.

I show them with two different backgrounds so that you can see how very different they can look with one simple change.

In the 60's, primitive designs were often colored in the most vivid of tones, but clearly, the graphics were still primitive. Now, many choose to use subdued colors. During Victorian times, vivid colors were also the vogue, followed by more sedate tones later. What goes around comes around!

As always, click on the thumbnail, let the larger image load, then right-click and save the banner onto your own computer.

Homespun Welcome -- Free Etsy Shop Banner

It's just an Etsy sort of week! Today's free Etsy banner has a homespun feel, as if it's made of wool and cotton.

Click on the thumbnail, then right-click and save the bigger image that will appear.

Did you know...Fall 2008's "trendy colors" were picked two years ago? And that Christmas 2009's trends were chosen back in January at a giant trade show in Germany?

But...sometimes, designers and manufacturers are left scrambling because of a grassroots trend. This is where the handcrafter can really do well, since we are able to immediately create using the suddenly popular color or style. So, keep your eye out for this autumn's and winter's likely trends and be ready to incorporate them into your own designs. It can be as simple as adding trims in the "must have" color!

Thanks for stopping by.

Welcome Friends to A Free Etsy Shop Banner!

Ah, autumn. The beginning of the really great selling season! Here is a 760 x 100 pixel banner that is perfect for welcoming people to your shop.

It's seasonal, it has that special "prim" touch, and it's free!

Click on the thumbnail, then right-click and save onto your own computer. It's easy to have a custom Etsy banner!

"Welcome Prim Friends" Free Etsy Shop Banner!

This would be cute for a shop banner or on a website. It is a good choice for the beginning prim crafter, who might not yet know the direction they wish to go. It definitely says "I'm prim!" but it isn't limiting at all. Dolls, cards, plaques -- it fits with anything you make.

I truly treasure the friends I've made that share my love of primitive crafting. No matter the material we work in -- cloth, wool, paint, paper mache, wood or clay -- we all agree on one thing: Primitives are wonderful!

Click on the thumbnail, then right-click and save to your own computer.

Free Etsy Shop Banner: Primitive Doll

For the primitive and country artists out there: A little primitive doll banner -- it would be cute to add the words "Autumn Sale" or "Free Shipping" or something along those lines to kickstart the fall buying season in August. Until that time, I think it's best to be sewing and painting like mad, getting READY to list items, rather than be trying to fight the summer buying doldrums by listing dolls that will only sit there and cost you money.

I am really into pumpkin raggedies this year, and rag dolls with orange hair. Hope they sell!

Click the thumbnail, then right-click and save onto your own computer. You know, over at Photobucket, even the free accounts let you add type and alter sizes, colors, etc -- get yourself an account if you don't already have one! It's easy!