For years I have searched and found copyright free images on the internet.  Now there are so many blogs that offer free downloads, that the search is made much easier.  I’ve found some blogs that offer wonderful, high quality images and want to share them with you.

Grenouilee lots of games and book illustrations.  Mostly French

Living Locurto Cards, labels, templates, mostly new (not vintage)

Bibliodessey hi res scans from books.  Not all are copyright free, so check before using.

Just Something I Made Graphic designer that shares her finds, as well as many of her own designs.  She offers blog graphics, labels, all sorts of wonderful things.

Meggie Cat Images, templates, all sorts of things

Vintage Printables great selection of vintage images, cards, etc

The Vintage Moth Vintage images as well as newer designs for web and print

Graphics Fairy Tons of vintage images.  Some days she posts more than one download.

In the spirit of giving, I’ve scanned some of my own ephemera to share with you.  Click the images below to open up the larger, high resolution image to download.

When I was growing up, once a week at school, we had the opportunity to buy war bonds.
We would take a dime to school and buy and stamp and put it in our little books.
I’m sorry to say that I don’t really know what the purpose in these was.
I just thought it was cool to get stamps and put them in the book.
This particular book was my first husband’s when he was a kid.

This is a book I bought at an estate sale.  I can just imagine young women
in school to learn to be stenos or secretaries, so proud of their
typing book.   Can’t you just see their prettily manicured fingers
type- type- typing away to get faster and faster?