5 year old birthday greetings!

Nostalgic greetings!

Well, every month I try to feature birthday cards that correspond with that month, but this has a busy month and I almost missed that chance. There are still a few days left in May so, for the 5th month, I will share some birthday cards for 5 year olds.

                               This cute see-saw card is hand-dated April 13, 1948 inside the card

                                               I really like the bubbles featured on this card

                   I have gotten a number of these little numbered birthday cards from England.

                                    I don't know anything about this one, but it is a cute card

                                 This cute little hen card is from rustcraft, and is dated  1946

This one has a little bit of cellophane tape damage, where it was taped in an album, 

but I like the glittery cowboy & cowgirl.

              This card from Rustcraft from 1946 , features a little plastic 5 on the front

                    I found this card recently, but it was not dated. It looks very old though.

                                  This sweet dog card from Greetings Inc. is hand-dated 1952,
                                        and features a pop-up Happy Birthday greeting inside.

                              This card from Hallmark, has a flocked jacket and hat and is from 1952.

Circus themed cards are always fun.

                                                    This cute pirate dogs card is from 1948

Here is yet another dog card (they were popular for 5 year old cards, it seems). 

This one is from Forget Me Not and is dated 1952.

Keep nostalgic and enjoy summer. I'll be posting more cards in June.

Mary

Mother's Day Greetings

Nostalgic greetings, friends!

It has been a busy couple of weeks and has been a while since I've had time to post. I couldn't let Mother's Day go by without creating a quick Mother's Day post. So far, I only have 3 Mother's Day cards in my collection, so I will share those with you.

This cute Forget Me Not card caught my eye at an antique fair, and I knew I had to have it.

This card is unique in the fact that it Wishes a Happy Mother's Day Greeting to a Friend's Mom. I haven't ever seen one of those before.

This third card is really cute and I like the sentiment inside.

I will dedicate this blog post to my mother, Sharon. She painstakingly saved a number of my greeting cards from my first years, and that likely instilled my great love of vintage cards.

For my mother, I will also type lyrics from a special song from my childhood:

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,Too-ra-loo-ra-li,Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,Hush, now don't you cry!Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,Too-ra-loo-ra-li,Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral,That's an Irish lullaby.

Happy Mother's Day to my mother and all the mothers out there!

Stay nostalgic!
Mary