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I love old maps and use them in so many different types of craft projects including junk journaling. I found these ones in an antique book and they are too nice not to share.  Perfect for a travel-themed junk journal or scrapbook. You could also print them for colouring sheets. Right click to save each photo. Click here for more FREE printables War Maps These maps are from old newspapers. Some of them didn't scan very well as they are fading but I think they would make good backgrounds. I've printed them and have used them as greeting card backgrounds for friends who are military buffs. Photos These maps are from 35mm slide photos

Antique Images for use in Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Card-Making and Crafts Woodcut is a relief printing technique where the artist carves an image into a block of wood, leaving the parts to be printed level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.  Click photo to enlarge and view in a slideshow.   Click here for more free Junk Journal printies Click here for Free Vintage maps!!

Vintage Ship and Boat graphics from old magazines and newspapers. Click the image to enlarge it, and then save. (On PCs, right click the enlarged image and choose Save Image As...

Free Canadian Genealogy Links -  Ontario  *I haven't posted about genealogy for a while and noticed many of the research links I use are now outdated or no longer exist. So I am starting from scratch with a new list of sites. If you know of a free / or own a genealogy site not listed please let me know and I will add it.  I try to stick to the free stuff and  FYI...a good percentage of the records on the "Paid" sites are available for free in other places..you just have to do a little digging. I do use the paid subscription sites now and then, especially if I have a tree to do in a hurry. Paid sites like ancestry make it super easy to find information, but for my own trees, I prefer to take my time and research the old fashioned way.  Genealogy is like a puzzle and to me, it is not very fun if you are given all the answers right away. *This list of links is an ongoing Work In Progress so please check back often for updates :) Toronto City Directories 

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Easter and Spring graphics scanned from vintage newspapers for use in crafts and junk journals  Click here for sites with free Easter downloads

I found these awesome sites this week looking for travel themed printies. Be sure to browse the blogs as they are all filled with inspiring ideas and graphics for Junk Journalling and scrapping :) 1.      19 Printable labels and envelopes - From Sweetly Scrapped 2.       Antique Luggage Tag printables - From Knick of Time  3.      20 Free Botanical Prints - From Little House of Four  4.    Free Printable Journal Cards -    From TortaGialla  If you love Junk Journaling -Be sure to check out her blog and Etsy store  5.      24 Free 1930's Postcard Textures  - From the blog Spoon Graphics   Subscribe to his mailing list for free graphics and resources.