Art Nouveau Christmas Illustrations and Magazine Art
This is a collection of vintage Christmas illustrations from the Art Nouveau era, even though a couple are from just before that period, and one snuck into the art deco …
This is a collection of vintage Christmas illustrations from the Art Nouveau era, even though a couple are from just before that period, and one snuck into the art deco …
Inside: A wonderful collection of vintage snowflake prints and drawings in the Public Domain and free to download and print. Nothing used to create as much excitement in our house …
Inside: A collection of Holiday and Christmas decorative prints from the American Type Founders Specimen catalogue Book 1923. I’ve always been fascinated with letterpress printing and used to own a …
Inside: A tutorial on making a DIY Christmas wall decoration from an upcycled cabinet door and printable Christmas botanicals. About five years ago, I visited my friend’s newly installed kitchen. …
Inside: A tutorial on how to put pictures or photos onto wood slices and then how to make them into Christmas ornaments. My dad moved from North London to Hong …
There is a wonderful collection of vintage circus posters on the site. I wanted to display some of these colorful images in a fun way. That’s when I came up …
I’m a big fan of Lewis Carroll, so I have made some Alice in Wonderland ornaments for my tree this year. I made them by printing some of the original …
Before you know it, it’ll be Christmas. For some of my festive crafts and decorations, I have curated a collection of lovely Holly illustrations. Along with ivy, mistletoe and poinsettia, …
I thought it would be fun to do a Google patent search and find some spooky vintage Halloween patent prints to share. I’ve already written about how to do a …
With Valentine’s day around the corner, I thought it would be fun to show the wonderful vintage maps of love and matrimony that I have found. There is an extensive …
Here I have curated some wonderful vintage illustrations of these Scandinavian gnomes. Almost every home I walk into has a Scandinavian gnome amongst their Christmas decorations, even though they don’t …
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 …
I like to be seasonal with my collections on Pictureboxblue. It will be Christmas soon, so I thought I’d add a collection of vintage reindeer drawings to the site. In …
Besides pine trees, the holy, and the ivy, there are other plants one associates with Christmas. Here I’ve curated some vintage Christmas flower illustrations including poinsettia drawings Poinsettias are probably …
I started this blog because of my love of vintage maps and natural history images. I used to spend many hours as a child pouring over pictorial encyclopedias. I have …
Inside: A collection of Swedish Jenny Nystrom Christmas cards made for the Danish market; copy-right free and in the Public Domain. Jenny Nystrom was a Swedish artist born in 1854. …
Some wonderful vintage human skull drawings on Pictureboxblue would look great framed for Halloween. I decided to take one of these vintage drawings up a notch by creating some fun …
I love to decorate my home for Halloween with vintage images. In the past, I have framed vintage skeleton illustrations and spooky bat drawings. I have just added to that …
I have curated a gorgeous collection of retro happy Valentine’s day images to download and print for free. Valentine’s day falls on the 14th of February. It is an extra …
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 …