At Christmas, I love to have a tree full of exciting ornaments. I especially love handmade Christmas ornaments, like these DIY picture jar lid ornaments. I’m always looking for new …

I have already shared a collection of vintage rose botanical prints on Picture Box Blue. But since then I have come across many beautiful vintage rose illustrations from old gardening …

I got this idea for a collection of vintage circus posters after “The Greatest Showman“. It was on a flight from London to Vancouver last summer where I watched the …

I thought it would be fun to share a collection of pictures of board games. These are illustrations and pictures of antique game boards. Board games seem to have had …

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, …

This is a collection of wonderful vintage owl drawings and illustrations. They are in the Public Domain and free to download. I think I’ve heard more owls than I’ve actually …

I’ve decided to share these free Cherry Blossom drawings and illustrations, as they are one of my favourite flowers. Cherry blossom season is a significant tourist draw for cities with …

This is an upcycle which uses the gorgeous vintage images on this site to make cute mini DIY tea light lanterns. This is a very affordable craft. It uses printable …

These fabulous autumn leaves charts are from a vintage book simply called “Autumnal leaves” by Francis George Heath, published in 1885. There are also some additional leaf illustrations from the …

A curated collection of free vintage vegetable prints. These wonderful old illustrations of vegetables would be fun to download and frame for kitchen art. They would also be great for …

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 …

This is a collection of pochoir prints of antique butterflies from Emile-Allain Séguy’s book “Papillons”, published in 1925. Emile-Allain Séguy (1877-1951) was a French decorative artist. He was well known …

Ernest Dudley Chase was well known for his wonderfully detailed pictorial maps. I have already featured a couple of Chase maps, but here I just focus on his world pictorial …

Here are two crafts in one. The first is a tutorial for DIY tile coasters using the wonderful Art Nouveau animal designs shared on this site. The second is a …

Inside: A collection of all Japanese vintage posts on Pictureboxblue in one place. From maps to botanicals, art and travel posters and photos. A trip to Japan is definitely on …

These beautiful art nouveau animal designs are from the book “L’animal dans la Décoration” by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. The book was published in 1897. Maurice Pillard Verneuil was a French …

I have a love of travel and remember the days when airline travel was a special occasion. I thought it would be fun to curate a collection of vintage airline …

This is a collection of wonderful vintage Japanese Watanabe Seitei prints. The paintings are all from the 19th Century Japanese Art review magazine Bijutsu Sekai. The magazine at the time …

This collection of Christopher Dresser design prints is from an old textbook on decorative design art. The books full title is “The art of decorative design: with an appendix, giving …

When I came across these stunning Mark Catesby prints, I knew I had to share them. They are some of the most beautiful vintage natural history illustrations that I have …