First Night Design | The Smart Gardener’s Handbook #Sold!

Don’t worry – you can change the title of this or any other Avery binder in my store!

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First Night Design | Child in White by Pierre Auguste Renoir Poster #Sold!

Child in White by Pierre Auguste Renoir Poster

A delight it is to sell a poster of Renoir’s charming child!

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Mellow Oak Placemat | Zazzle.com | #Sold!

I don’t think I’ve ever sold a set of placemats before so this is rather a treat.

Style: Placemats 20″ x 14″
Complete your dining table setting with custom place mats from Zazzle. These 100% woven cotton place mats are designed to complement any dining room theme.

Dimensions: 20″ x 14″
100% woven cotton
Printed in full color, with vibrant colors designed to pop
Fabric is made from natural fibers, which may result in some slight irregularities
Made in the USA
Dry or spot clean only

via Mellow Oak Placemat | Zazzle.com

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The Actresses Card | Zazzle #Sold!

I’m delighted to have sold two of these greeting cards. It’s a montage of British actresses from the late 19th and early 20th century from my theatrical postcard collection. Those of you interested in theatre greats will be happy to learn that Dame Ellen Terry features three times, for which I make no apology! If young actors have not heard of her, they have no right to be on the stage. [Ed. Too obstinate?] As the late Alan Rickman said — and I’m oft repeating —  “The profession should be and is a kind of relay race – about information, opinions and passions being passed on.” [Theatregoer Magazine, November 2001]

Source: The Actresses Card | Zazzle

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First Night Design | Petite Rose Confection #Sale

Petite Rose Confection Poster by FirstNightDesign

I’m delighted to have sold this poster while poorly. I’m on the mend, though, and really appreciate your comforting wishes. Thank you.

Vintage French postcard from The Graphics Fairy and a background from Textures of Italy.

Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America [14 fulfillment centers in 5 countries]
Saatchi Art

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First Night Design | One Scarf Walks Out #Scarves

I can’t quite believe it. I posted Made for Walking yesterday morning and by midday I’d sold a Redbubble scarf!

Made for Walking Scarves © Sarah Vernon @ Redbubble

Have a beautiful Tuesday!

Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America [14 fulfillment centers in 5 countries]
Saatchi Art

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First Night Design | Halloween Night Card #Sold!

A little early in the year but a sale is a sale is a sale! Halloween Night Greeting Card is an adaptation of a vintage image from Mindy Sommers at Color Bakery

Personalise any greeting card at Greeting Card Universe for no additional cost! Cards are shipped the Next Business Day.

Buy: Halloween Night Greeting Card

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First Night Design | Burnished Tigers #Art #Sold!

Burnished Tigers @ Redbubble © First Night Design

I’m delighted to say that 2016 has begun with the news that I have sold a metal print of Burnished Tigers at Redbubble. I’ve never sold a metal print before – it feels rather good!

What doesn’t feel good is the continuing danger to so many species on this earth, not least our own.

‘A hundred years ago there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today there are as few as 3,200.’

‘As more and more forests are cleared for paper and palm oil, tiger habitat disappears daily.’

‘Save Tigers Now is a global campaign by World Wildlife Fund and Leonardo DiCaprio. Our goal is to build political, financial and public support to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.’

Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America
Fine Art England
Saatchi Art

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First Night Design | Vins Spiritueux, Nectar of the Gods Round Wall Clocks

Vins Spiritueux, Nectar of the Gods Round Wall Clocks from Zazzle

I’ve sold one of these clocks! They’re available in different sizes and also a square shape.

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“When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silver’d o’er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.”
― William Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America
Fine Art England

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First Night Design | Christmas in July Sale Starts Now! #Zazzle

USE CODE: JLYCHRISTMAS

Available at the following galleries:
Christmas:
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK

Everthing Else:
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK

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First Night Design | Beautiful Shamrocks Avery Binders

Beautiful Shamrocks Vinyl Binders

A quick nod to St Patrick’s Day just gone with the sale of one of these binders. There are so many of my images that I have yet to put on binders. I must get to it as binders are good sellers for me. If anyone finds a massive chunk of time they can throw my way, I’d be eternally grateful!

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May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. Irish Blessing

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Available at the following galleries:
Zazzle US

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First Night Design | Looking Forward to Thanksgiving

A Bountiful Thanksgiving © Sarah Vernon

I’ve just sold A Bountiful Thanksgiving greeting card on Redbubble. So that’ll pay for the weekend in Paris, then. Irony? Heaven forfend I should be accused of that!

Here for your delectation is the matching tote bag.

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First Night Design | Handwritten Love

Love Letters © First Night Design

An image to brighten your week as I recently sold this at Redbubble! I must do some more pieces using this gorgeous hand-painted fan, which I inherited from my grandmother. Remind me, would you?!

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“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

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Also available at Fine Art America.

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First Night Design | Selling My Namesake, Sarah Bernhardt

The Divine Sarah Postcard by FirstNightVintage

Selling my namesake is a thing devoutly to be wished, and we’ll ignore the fact that when Hamlet used the phrase, he was talking about suicide! This postcard of the great French actress, Sarah Bernhardt — The Divine Sarah — is winging its way to a customer.

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‘My fame had become annoying for my enemies, and a little trying, I confess, for my friends.’ My Double Life: Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt (1907) Wikiquote

‘Once the curtain is raised, the actor ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. And to this end the actor must forget his personality and throw aside his joys and sorrows. He must present the public with the reality of a being who for him is only a fiction. With his own eyes, he must shed the tears of the other. With his own voice, he must groan the anguish of the other. His own heart beats as if it would burst, for it is the other’s heart that beats in his heart. And when he retires from a tragic or dramatic scene, if he has properly rendered his character, he must be panting and exhausted.’ The Art of the Theatre (1925) Wikiquote

‘We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.’ My Double Life: Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt (1907) Wikiquote

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Related

• Works by Sarah Bernhardt [Project Gutenberg]

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Welcome to the First Night Design & Vintage Blog!

Petal Baby Greeting Card by FirstNightDesign

Welcome to my blog for First Night Design and First Night Vintage Cards & Gifts where you will find jottings about art, history, theatre and design as well as links to my gallery where it’s possible to buy my work on everything from greeting cards and t-shirts to shoes and magnets.

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Mr Dan Leno as Mother Goose Cards by FirstNightVintage

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