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9th September 202016th September 2020 - claire 6 Comments

Free Vintage Human Skull Drawings And Art

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 collection with these human skull drawings. The human skull is associated with Halloween probably due to its symbolism of death. [Read more]

Filed Under: Holiday, Natural history, Other, Zoological
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
22nd July 20206th February 2021 - claire Leave a comment

Free Owen Jones Grammar Of Ornament Prints To Download

This is a curated collection of some of the best plates from Owen Jones Grammar of Ornament.  The Grammar of Ornament was a seminal design sourcebook by the British architect. The book was first published in 1856 but it is so important that it is still in publication today. An[Read more]

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1st July 20206th March 2021 - claire 6 Comments

Free Amazingly Colorful Educational Geography Posters

Geography posters free

The stunning geography posters in this collection are all by Levi Yaggy. They are from a collection of beautiful geography charts used in schools in the US from 1887. In the past, I have shared collections of illustrated zoological posters and botanical posters from the Larousse Illustrated dictionaries. This collection[Read more]

Filed Under: Maps, Natural history, Other
17th June 202017th June 2020 - claire 6 Comments

Free Vintage Art Supplies Images And Old Adverts

Vintage artists suplies

I know its a bit geeky, but I got really excited when I came across a catalog of vintage art supplies. One of my favorite things to shop for is stationery and art supplies. This isn’t a new thing, I’ve been doing it ever since I had my own pocket[Read more]

Filed Under: Advertising and Fun, Other
13th May 20206th February 2021 - claire 22 Comments

Free Old Japanese Art Prints From The Shin-Bijutsukai

Old Japanese Art Prints

The Shin-Bijutsukai was a turn of the century (1901-1902) design magazine full of wonderful vintage Japanese art prints. The wonderful designs in the magazine were from the best Japanese artists at the time.  All the prints are original Japanese woodblock prints.  They reflected aspects of Japanese life from everyday surroundings,[Read more]

Filed Under: Botanicals, Other
6th May 202016th January 2021 - claire 10 Comments

Amazing Free Vintage Color Wheel Posters And Charts

vintage color systems

I’m a big fan of color especially a rainbow of color. My home is full of rainbow crafts and DIYs. I thought it would be fun to add to the decor with some vintage color wheel posters and vintage color charts. I even display many of the colorful vintage flowers[Read more]

Filed Under: Advertising and Fun, Other
11th March 202013th March 2021 - claire 4 Comments

Cool Free Guitar Patent Prints To Download

I have curated a collection of free guitar patent prints. The patent printable art can be downloaded with the white background from the Google patent search or with a more vintage Kraft paper background I have designed. We have a few guitars in the house some acoustic and even one[Read more]

Filed Under: Other, Patents
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