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It has been forever since I shared a free vintage image so here is a whole set of them!

Recently, I picked up a fun turn of the century book titled "The Fun of Being Good." It was a 19th century mom's take on "incentivizing" children to behave. For each day her kids did all the things they were supposed to they earned a fun stamp to place in the charts of this booklet. Once the booklet was filled, they earned a small prize. It would seem times really haven't changed all that much over the years! I do the same thing with my kids, without the stamps - they earn points toward a larger reward like a book or privilege.

These pictures are from the "morning routine" page of the book. The book was in pretty horrific shape and I tried to clean the images up as much as possible. I thought they would be fun for a chore chart or morning routine reminder.

Please enjoy using them for personal or commercial use, but be sure to link back to the blog when you do so!

 Vintage tooth brushing digital image
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Vintage linens image
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Vintage Putting away clothes image
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Vintage Cleaning up toys image
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Vintage Teeth Brushing Image
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Laundry is getting so much more attractive

Curtsey Boutique Shabby Chic Recipe Clothes Pins

With 4 children and a sporty husband, I do lots of stinky, dirty, mind numbing laundry. I've tried everthing to make it more appealing. Here are just a few failed attempts at making taming the funky fun.

1. The Mary Poppins approach - "snap" the laundry is still not a game.

2. The Turn it into a competition approach - bummer the kids win again, they've used all the clean clothes up quicker than I can fold them.

3. The grin and bear it approach - who am I foolin' there is no one to impress in my laundry room!

So this week, while tracking down the one sock that has figured out teleportation way ahead of NASA it occurred to me - what's the most fun thing in the world? Crafting of course.

So I made a deal with myself, keep a positive attitude when washing off that stain of dubious origin and you get to go buy a brand new package of laundry pins and try that shabby chic stamping technique that you loved in that magazine a few months back.

Just doing the mental inventory of which stamps would fit on those little clips killed the time it took to do two loads of folding and pressing and now these little cuties are hanging all over my laundry room and kitchen and available in the Curtsey Boutique!

Hope your chores are going cheerfully,

CarrieAnne