Happy New Year

I love all things vintage.  A few years ago, I found a handful of vintage postcards at an antique store and purchased a few Christmas and New Year themed ones.  My favorites are addressed with old stamps and have a message scripted to someone on the backside in careful handwriting that looks vintage in itself.  Here are a few of the poems on the New Year cards:

Good wishes greet thee,

Good fortune speed thee

And hapiness crown thy lot.

and

Happy New Year Thought

Let us this New Year's Day do something to lessen the world's sadness and increase its joys; and not this day only, but every day of our lives. 

a good resolution in 1909 and still a good resolution in 2011

A Glad New Year

Upon your home may glad New Year fling a bountiful measure of every good thing

...and a few Christmasy things I wish we could keep out all year:

A pair of vintage children's books from Gee Gee. 

Both books used to be her's as a baby.  If you look closely, you can see this one is addressed to her, Frances Perrin Toole in 1954, and now she's addressed it to McCord. 

Bo's first Christmas ornament - it lost its bale to hang from the tree, but we carefully position it in a place of honor on our tree each year. 

...and now we have 2 more special ornaments to add to the tree.

Meet Ernie, the elf - a gift from Aiya.  Not only is he an adorable decoration, but he's moonlights as an advent calendar too.  We've enjoyed placing an ornament on McCord's tree each day this advent.  

Goodbye to a very special year for our family. We look forward to all that 2011 has in store.  We wish you and yours a happy and healthy 2011!