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Inside: Free pictural prints from the childrens Pictorial Alphabet of Birds book. As a child, to pass the time on long car journeys, we used to play the alphabet game. …

Inside: A collection of 25 beautiful vintage watercolour flower prints from Alexander Marshal’s florilegium. If you are wondering what a Florilegium is, it’s a collection of flower drawings, illustrations and …

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 exquisite Japanese Iris paintings from about 1910. Unfortunately, the original artist is unknown. But they were so lovely I just had to share them. The …

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 …

Inside: A tutorial to make a DIY butterfly wall decoration in the style of vintage specimen art. One of my favourite things is to wander around flea and antique markets …

Inside: Three Audubon pelican prints and another ten stunning vintage pelican illustrations, in the Public Domain and free to download and print. Last week I walked through St Jame’s Park …

Inside: A collection of gorgeous Lily of the Valley botanical illustrations and drawings to download and print for free. All the vintage flower prints are in the Public Domain. It …

Inside: A collection of beautiful original natural lichen dye colour drawings from a vintage natural history book. Free to print and in the Public Domain. When everyday life gets a …

Inside: All you need to know for printing on watercolor paper at home with an inkjet printer My sister couldn’t believe I printed the rainbow fish hanging in my kitchen …

Inside: Vintage Wild Flower Illustrations by the British Artist Harriet Isabel Adams. I hadn’t heard of Harriet Isabel Adams until a reader asked if I had seen her wild flower …

Inside:  A free printable collection of art nouveau postcards by the artist Gisbert Combaz These vibrant postcards are a great example of a modern form of Art Nouveau. The artist, …

This latest collection of mushroom drawings is by popular request. Even though I already have a few colourful mushroom illustrations on the site, people were looking for some black and …

The beauty of the drawings and paintings in vintage natural history books never ceases to amaze me. That includes this colourful collection of vintage seaweed prints that I’m sharing here. …

Did you know that the plural of octopus is actually octopuses? Not as I misbelieved octopi. Octopus is actually a Greek word and not Latin that is why the plural …

These beautiful botanical illustrations here are all from the book “Temple of Flora, or, Garden of the botanist, poet, painter, and philosopher” by Robert John Thorton 1812. There are only …

There is something romantic and exciting about vintage hot air balloon art prints.  I think because it was the birth of air travel.   This is a carefully curated collection …