Nouvelle collection d’arabesques – Alexandre Lenoir 1810

The Univesitätsbibliothek Heidelberg offers a wonderful digital collection of antique books, in high quality, readily available for anyone with just a little basic knowledge of German. From their collection, I have worked to digitally enhance a French book from 1810, featuring numerous arabesques: The book is credited to Alexandre Lenoir, who single handedly resqued vast…

1801 Celestial Atlas Pyramid Gift Boxes

I think I mentioned that I'm making the Pyramid Gift Boxes a-l-l the time? Here are two more boxes, this time with Celestial Atlas pages from 1801: Print out and whip up some unique Celestial Pyramids! I print these on Canon Matte (170g) photo paper.  I contrasted this set with salmon twine, but you can of…

Études de fleurs (ca 1820) – Pyramid Gift Boxes

Today I'm sharing another batch of Pyramid Gift Boxes, this time wrapped in floral plates from Études de fleurs et de fruits (ca 1820): Print out and whip up some unique French Floral Pyramids! I print these on Canon Matte (170g) photo paper.  I contrasted this set with rough twine, but you can of course use anything you…

Gallery of Easter DIY projects

I'm gearing up for some Easter posts, and thought I would remind you of some of my previous Easter DIY projects: If you feel inspired by any of the shown projects, enter the term EASTER into the search field (below on the black bottom bar), to hunt for these posts and free printable files here on WoW…

Gallery of Animated GIF files

I came to think about other GIF-files I have made and shared here on WoW before, and if I could combine those into a special gallery. Seems most of them are stereoscopic Christmas images and animated Eadweard Muybridge photographies of human locomotion: You can enter the term GIF into the search field (below on the black…

Eiffel Tower Construction 1887-1889 – Animated GIF file

The Eiffel Tower took a little less than two years to build: I have used a series of contemporary time-lapse photographies to create this animated gif file, in two versions and two sizes, with and without a blue frame 🙂 These files are not very large, what you see here is what you get! Right…

1899 Eiffel Tower Wallpaper

This is one of my all time favourite Eiffel Tower depictions, painted by Georges Garen for the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1889: I have resized it to use as a wallpaper for my iPhone 6 and iPad Air: If you have an iPad Air or iPhone 6, you too may download my wallpapers, and adorn your…

Seven Happy Days 1914

I have fallen hard and fast in love with The Studio, a British magazine which presented art from the whole world on a monthly basis, from 1893 to 1964. The following pages are from 1914, and were a special supplement, drawn by Jessie M. King. I adore the lightness of these drawings, and think they…

Liebig Fairies

Today I'm sharing  a set of gorgeous Liebig Fairies: Liebig Company was the first company to issue colorful, highly collectable trade cards, in the early 1870-ies. We all know how that marked bloomed in the next 50 years, until other sources of advertising replaced the trade cards, more or less. I have enhanced and enlarged the…

Fleur De Lis Labels – Hardware Part 3

I also made some versions of the Fleur De Lis hardware labels plenty of patina and verdigris: All of these are made with genuine grunged metal textures, layered on top of the original Fleur De Lis Hardware. Print the paper hardware on sticker paper, to label your stuff, or on cardstock if you want heavier labels. On…