Christmas

Learn how to make stunning DIY air dry clay ornaments. Perfect for holiday trees or as unique gift tags, this tutorial covers everything from using cookie cutters to decoupaging with …

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 DIY Christmas wall decoration tutorial from an upcycled cabinet door and printable Christmas botanicals. About five years ago, I visited my friend’s newly installed kitchen. Then randomly, she …

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 …

Become the ringmaster of your creative circus with this DIY guide on making a vintage circus diorama. Learn the tricks to steal the show and leave your audience in awe! …

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, …

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. …

Inside: Download iconic John Bauer artwork for free. Experience the magic of trolls, princesses, and enchanted forests in stunning detail with these 17 illustrations. Delve into the enchanting realm created …

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 …

As a child, I used to love to take things apart to see how they were made.  That is probably why I’m fascinated with patent art.  Google has a great …

I have curated a copyright-free collection of fabulous vintage Christmas images to download and use as you want, whether for decorations, crafts, or even to make your own Christmas cards. …