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Crafts & DIY’s

Crafts and DIY’s made using the vintage images

2nd December 20207th December 2020 - claire 15 Comments

How To Make A Personalized Embroidered Map Ornament

embroidered map ornaments

This embroidered map Christmas ornament is so quick and easy to make, and it can be personalized by using maps special to you. It would make a lovely gift or keepsake. There are lots of wonderful vintage maps to choose from, I’m sure you can find one of a country[Read more]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts & DIY's, Holiday, Maps
7th November 20207th December 2020 - claire 22 Comments

How To Make A Vintage DIY Christmas Butterfly Ornament

Upcycled DIY Christmas butterfly ornament

The reason I started this blog is due to my love of vintage maps and natural history images. I used to spend many hours as a child pouring over pictorial encyclopedias. That’s why I have made this DIY butterfly Christmas ornament, to reflect my interest. I chose the vintage butterfly[Read more]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts & DIY's, Holiday
14th October 20202nd December 2020 - claire 15 Comments

How To Make A Personalized DIY Map Cork Board

DIY map cork board

If you are a regular reader of Pictureboxblue, you will know I have a thing about vintage maps, and I’m always looking for new ways to display them in my home. This time I’ve made a DIY map cork board for my home office. I already have a homemade world[Read more]

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY's, Maps
16th September 202017th September 2020 - claire 11 Comments

How To Make A Spooky DIY Skull Decor For Halloween-Pictureboxblue

DIY skull decor for Halloween

There are some wonderful vintage human skull drawings on Pictureboxblue that would look great framed for Halloween. I decided to take one of these vintage drawings up a notch, by creating some fun DIY skull decor for Halloween. As Halloween is all about the night I thought it would be[Read more]

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY's, Holiday
1st September 202024th September 2020 - claire 12 Comments

How To Create A Wonderful Rainbow Fish Display

rainbow fish display

I still can’t get enough of the beautiful fish paintings of Louis Renard. I have used them again in creating a fun rainbow fish display for my gallery wall. It’s amazing to think that these wonderful tropical fish illustrations were painted in the early 18th Century. They are such bright,[Read more]

Filed Under: Crafts & DIY's, Natural history, Other, Sealife, Zoological
18th March 202029th July 2020 - claire 15 Comments

How To Make A Fun Parrot Decor For An IKEA Glass Cloche

I’m loving the tropical trend in home interiors at the moment. A couple of weeks ago I shared some gorgeous vintage palm tree prints. This time I thought I would share a crafted parrot decor idea using some of the wonderful vintage bird illustrations on Pictureboxblue. When I think of[Read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Crafts & DIY's
3rd December 201914th November 2020 - claire 27 Comments

How To Make Repurposed Eyeglasses Ornaments For Christmas

I’ve already used some of the wonderful vintage images on this site to make some upcycled dictionary Christmas baubles for my tree. When I came across a pile of old spectacles I thought it would be fun to repurpose them into eyeglass ornaments for the tree. Every year I get[Read more]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts & DIY's
18th November 20192nd December 2020 - claire 22 Comments

How To Make A Map Seashell Gift For Christmas

I just love maps, they are a great way to personalize gifts and DIYs. Vintage maps are so fascinating and beautiful, with this craft I used them to make a unique map seashell gift for Christmas. Currently, I live in the middle of the UK but I did actually grow[Read more]

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