Have you seen Helen’s Blog? It’s a wonderful blog, in both Spanish and English, full of crafty ideas. Well, she recently posted a beautiful decoupage project where she used one of my background images of a handwritten page! Need some inspiration? Visit Helen’s Blog and search the gold mine of ideas!
I’ve been posting some new collage sheets that I created with images I found in an antique baby book from 1919. The black and white illustrations are elegant and beautiful. I’m giving you two freebies today from that book! I’ve made tons of gift tags using these images, and they’re a big hit every time! [...]
Gift tags are one of my favorite items to make using antique clip art. And, I love making baby-themed gifts and tags. In my etsy shop I’ve listed some baby and child-themed collage sheets and gift tag designs that I’ve used over and over again to make wonderful paper gifts. Pictured below are some gift [...]
I belong to a 1” scale miniature dollhouse club. I’ve always been interested in dollhouses and miniatures, so I’m enjoying creating tiny replicas of the real things. And, experimenting with ways to incorporate my antique clip art with my miniature creations has been fun and challenging. Recently I’ve been obsessed with making tiny boxes. My [...]
Hey, Everyone! My Etsy store, theantiqueiamge, is open once again! I’ve posted some fruit and rose images to begin with. This is the start of a new adventure, and I’m so excited! http://www.etsy.com/shop/theantiqueimage This blog, The Antique Image, will be going through some changes. First, it’ll now be the blog for my Etsy store with [...]
Here’s an interesting piece of clip art that could be used for a Father’s Day project. Even though smoking is becoming more and more taboo these days, a pipe is still reminiscent of dear old Dad and Grandpa. Well, at least it was when I was growing up
Here’s an idea that gives new life to black and white illustrations. I’ve colored in areas of this image in my photo editing software. The images from an antique advertising book are perfect for coloring, and I’ll probably do many more of them, like this one as well. This image would make a lovely greeting [...]
Here are two cute illustrations for your spring projects!