In this post, I show you how to make a paper advent calendar with an old dictionary. I have also used many of the wonderful images that have been featured on Pictureboxblue over the year. Every year I love to make all my boys a different homemade advent calendar, normally[Read more]
I just fancied curating a cool collection of vintage polar bear art prints this week. It was when I was listening to the radio the other day and they were debating whether or not zoos are cruel and outdated. Many references in the programme were made to the cruelty of[Read more]
After posting some gorgeous vintage Japanese travel posters last week, I decided to carry on the theme. Here I have curated a collection of stunning old Japanese photos by the photographer Kusakabe Kimbei. Born in 1841 Kusakabe Kimbei was a Japanese photographer that worked mainly for western clients and visitors.[Read more]
Japan is definitely high up on my bucket list of places to visit. Here I have curated a collection of vintage Japanese travel posters. Having grown up in Hong Kong I do have a soft spot for Asian cities. Even though I’ve traveled to many, I have never made it[Read more]
A Lovely Decoupage Gift Idea Even though Picture Box Blue is all about beautiful vintage images and maps. Every so often I love to show some ideas of how you can craft with those images. This is my latest craft tutorial a beautiful decoupage shell dish. One of my favourite[Read more]
Beautiful Vintage Floral Art This is a collection of beautiful copyright-free vintage flower illustrations and drawings. Naturalists have been painting beautiful Botanical floral illustration since the time of the Greeks. Being a Botanical illustrator was a respected profession in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Many of these wonderful flower illustrations[Read more]
Vintage Bat Art Images To Download Along with witches, wizards, skeletons and ghosts, bats are also associated with a spooky Halloween. Here I’ve curated an interesting collection of vintage bat drawings which can be used for your Halloween crafts and DIYs. There are many theories as to why bats are[Read more]
Ornamental Traditional Chinese Art To Print I have a soft spot for traditional Chinese patterns and art. It might be something to do with where I was born and brought up. Home for the first 30 years of my life was the city of my birth Hong Kong. It was[Read more]