Some free and awesome sources for vintage/antique ephemera:
A – D
Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr
Boston Public Library on Flickr
E – L
Free Collage Sheets by Art and imagesbykim
M – S
T – U
V – Z
These are some of my favorite free sources. I hope you will have fun exploring 🙂
Wings of Whimsy 
I just found your site a little bit ago. I love it. Thank you for saving all these vintage pictures and other vintage items. These are the things I love.
Thanks again Jackie, I’m thrilled that you are finding stuff here to enjoy 😀 Stay tuned, new stuff is coming soon 😉 xoxoxo
Hi Gunnvor Karita, Please can You help Me. I lost all My files when My old computer broke & I’ve been trying to replace everything. But I cannot find My favorite tags of Yours at all. They had flying birds on them. Cockatoos I believe & I think it may have been from a vintage fabric. They were like art deco fabric covered tags with birds in blues, reds & off whites. I loved them. Do You know the tags I mean? Thank You by the way, I always talk about You on My YouTube Channel & use Your printables in My Journals that I show. Please come back. We miss You!
Hello Rebekah. Sadly WoW has been on the backburner for a very long time now, and I’m not sure if I will ever rekindle the site. I just stumbled upon your question from last year, and hope you found the tags you were searching for. If not, I’d be happy to help search for them, but from your description I can’t say I know which tags they are… The only suggestion for fabric covered tags in these colors are these: https://wingsofwhimsy.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/victorian-tags-galore-free-printables-for-you/ – and they don’t have birds… 😛 If you read this now and still have not found the tags you are missing, please let me know and I’ll look some more. xoxoxo
Just pasing by to say Thanks for Your Site..
You Got so many lovely Pictures
Regards from Denmark
Tusen takk kjære Dorte 🙂
I’m very happy to hear that, please enjoy 😀 xoxoxo
we are so lucky to be inspired by people such as you with such beautiful work and to be able to enjoy using it
Thanks from Australia
Hello Dear! Thank you for the lovely comment, and please accept my apologies for such a late answer! WordPress alerts me of new messages, but every once in a while I discover messages that has snuck in under the radar…lol! I’m very happy that you enjoy my site, and hope you will visit again and again 🙂 xoxoxo
I saved your list of sites for ephemera and pictures. I am so glad that you are sharing, I hope I can figure out how to make things with them.
Jackie
Thank you Dear 🙂
If you have not used graphics much, may I suggest you start with colalge sheets (that someone already created as easy printables for cutting out images by hand)? I have a few collage sheets here on WoW, and so does many of the sites I have listed here.
Also you might want to look for projects that has a ready made printable of some sort, thus all you need to do is print the pages, and start crafting.
Love & Light
Gunnvor Karita
Thanks so much for adding me to you list. Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015!
Indeed Hunny, your stuff is gorgeous, how could I keep it from my readers…lol!! Merry Christmas to you too, and may your New Year be creative and prosperous 😀 xoxoxo
This is my dreamsite!! Love your wonderful ideas…and I am so inspired to try something new on my own!
Awww, thank you Sharon 🙂 I’m vry happy you are finding inspirational things here on WoW! You should try some of my links too, they are the sites that inspire me and provide lots of free graphics 🙂 xoxoxo
Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your beautiful collection. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year to you too, Barbara 🙂
I created this page as a reference to myself, and I’m very pleased if others can enjoy it too 😀 There’s lots of free beautiful vintage stuff to find 😀 xoxoxo
Thank you for offering such yummy pictures. I have a small booth in a local shop and would appreciate your permission to use some of the graphics for my scrappy projects – cards, bookmarks, etc. Is that permissible, or can I only use them for my personal projects and not to sell?? Thanks again.
Dear Rosie! Thank you so much for the lovely comment. I will write you a personal email about using the printables for your shop, so watch your inbox later tonight. xoxoxo
where will I find the printable??? I am very new to printing and crafting but I LOVE your site …!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
are you in the Northwest?? Seattle????
Click on the Cherub Download button, and you will be taken to the download folder 🙂 I’m in the northwestern part of Norway…lol! A small town called Volda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volda I love easy, and trying to make easy projects, so poke around, and I’m sure you’ll find many projects that can be done with very simple tools and limited supplies. I think the main things you will need is a decent printer (and paper to go with it), glue and scissors 😀 Of course I have some projects that will ask for a bit more supplies, but you can ease into those a bit down the road. May I suggest a great starter project: https://wingsofwhimsy.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/rose-poem-pyramid-gift-box/ For his project you don’t even need glue, just a little twine or yarn to close the finished gift box 🙂 xoxoxo
Amazing. Just what I love and need. Thank you so much. Going to make all the sewing items. I feel spoiled.
Thank you Olga 🙂 Enjoy!! xoxoxo
Beautiful images!!
Thank you 🙂
Hi,
Merry Christmas….found your site through Pinterest….WOW!!!! I downloaded your Christmas cottages, printed, cut, glued, sprinkled some glue, some snowtex and they came out super adorable, they are hanging on a small tree in my office. Love it and thank you for your hardwork.
Lily
Thank you so much Lily 🙂 I’m very pleased to hear that you have enjoyed creating a Christmas village! I’d love to see a picture, before you remove the seasonal decorations? I wish you a wonderful and happy New Year, and hope you find more inspirational projects here on WoW in the year to come 🙂 xoxoxo
Thanks so much for sharing your images. I’m also a cherub, or anything with wings fan. I’m the mother of five, granny of 9, and great gran of 6. I love crafting, and wish that some of the great grand kids will also be creative when they are a little older. Your background is absolutely beautiful. May you and your loved ones have a fantastic creative 2016. 🙂 Wilhelmina south africa
I Love this site. Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful pics. I’m a scrapbooker with a passion for the hobby. Please email me at JSLuv2scrap@yahoo.com I have a special request that I would rather not post here.
I just made your Easter baskets out of peat pots!! Love them!! They are addicting!!
YAY!!! You are the first person to report that you have tried these 🙂 I’m so happy they worked for you! Did you use napkins, or did you print my Easter ephemera on paper towels? I would love to see pictures of your finished peat post 🙂 xoxoxo
Yes I used napkins as I don’t have a printer. I’ve loved yours ever since I’ve seen them so I did my twist on your idea!! If I can figure out how to post a picture …I will!
I posted a picture on Facebook under Lori Greenwood-Powell
Hi do you still have printable for paper doll angels?
Hello Torri 🙂
Yes the Paper Dolls are in the Christmas 2014 Download folder. Here is the direct link for you: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6zHNcENk0-3aHB1dXI4T0ZJU2c
Enjoy 😀 xoxoxo
I just found your site and I am praying I can turn these into wedding invitations..What do you think? I am in love with your site !
Hello Gladys 🙂
Thank you for the lovely feedback 🙂 Since you left the comment on my page for external links, I’m not sure which post you are referring to… please specify, and I’ll be happy to answer the best I can 🙂 xoxoxo
wow! you are very large hearted. im going to have sooo much fun using these! god bless and thank you.
Thank you so much, very generous 😊
Please add me to your list.
Thank you for your beautiful contributions!