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During summer many are taking time to relax with travel and vacations, but even if all you can afford is a “staycation” and the extent of your travel is only to the local park or your backyard, today’s freebie is all about travel with a vintage theme with these vintage map tags.

Hopefully, it will get you to think about far off destinations and put you in a relaxing frame of mind so that you can enjoy your weekend!

Vintage Freebie Details

And on to today’s freebie… I have provided a set of vintage map tags and vintage brads; there are two types, as for the digital embellishments, I am including a couple of 1″ brads and 2 vintage cluster tags (approximately 1.75″ wide and 3″ tall).

All these elements were created at a high resolution of 300 dpi. You can usually right click on the jpeg image and it will take you to the full resolution image stored on my Photobucket account. On a windows platform, you can right-click and”save image as” in order to download and save to your desktop.

In addition, I have included a printable download .jpeg file for vintage map tags of the United States on a 4″ x 6″ sheet, the tags are approximately 1.75″ by 3″, at 300 dpi.

The file size is about 1.39 MB and as mentioned before is on a 4″ x 6″ sheet, so you might want to print this on a matte 4″ x 6″ photo paper for the best printing quality.

vintage map tags

If this size works out, you will probably see more “freebie” mini printable downloads with printable elements in the future so that you can use in your project life or other scrapbooking use.

You can download the jpeg file, Vintage Map Tags.

Or click on the picture below.

Vintage Digital Embellieshments

So… here are this week’s digital embellishments , you will need to click on the individual jpeg’s below to access the .png files on Photobucket.

These are made available as freebies for you to use for your personal hybrid, scrapbooking, art journaling or digital scrapbooking use. I hope you like them. 🙂

Vintage Brad #1

vintage map brad

Vintage Brad #2

vintage compass brad

Vintage Tag Cluster #1

Vintage Tag Cluster#2

Some things you should know before downloading…

Note About TOU:

As usual these are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.) If you have been here before, you know the drill. If not, you might want to read the quick TOU before you access the printable.

*Vintage Glam Collectibles or Vintage Glam Studio digital resources are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You may not re-sell, redistribute, or claim them as your own.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way.

*Copyright remains with Vintage Glam Studio
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog.

Details About the images:

*All images are made at 300 dpi so the digital files will usually be very large.

*Most will be .png files (transparent backgrounds) so that you can layer them on to your scrapbooking backgrounds or photos.

*Most elements will not include a drop shadow, as I will leave that up to you to add one if you like. Drop shadows are usually included in the top layers of layered elements. However, bottom layer shadows are included only in the preview images.

*I will be providing these elements with the assumption that you know how to use either Photoshop Elements, the open source photo editing program GIMP, Photoshop, or other photo editing software. While I would like to offer support for these digital files, this is currently just a hobby and not my full time business.

Image Credit

*Most of my elements will be made from purchased commercial use or public domain resources, however if any designer feels their copyright has been infringed upon the freebie will promptly be removed and the freebie will no longer be available. (I try to be scrupulous about what resources I use, but I may miss some.)

Ephemera is a beautiful word for what some people( depending on who you ask) would call plain old paper. According to Webster’s dictionary, ephemera is defined as “something of no lasting significance” or “collectibles (as posters, broadsides, and tickets) not intended to have lasting value”.

Since paper items are easily torn, mangled and susceptible to sun and humidity they don’t often survive the ravages of time. Yet, exactly some of those authentic old papers are bringing in big prices on Ebay and other similar auction sites.

For example, Barnum & Bailey original posters (you know the colorful posters that the company would post on fences and walls to let townspeople know that the circus was coming into town) a c.1898 Barnum & Bailey, Coney Island poster sold for $700.00 on Ebay.

Ephemera Examples

You can see samples of these vintage paper collectibles in the header image above, they are included in the list below.

garden catalogs
dictionary pages
vintage maps
pharmacy labels
greeting cards
vintage books
fashion ads
vintage sewing patterns

In my opinion, I would imagine as we consume more digital information and slowly transfer into a digital world, the value of these paper collectibles will rise.

McCall Sewing Pattern

And the word ephemera has extended itself to include all manner of paper items including: postcards, vintage costume jewelry advertisements, fashion ads, famous concert and opera tickets, sheet music and turn-of-the-century stock certificates which are all highly collectible.

A Clapsaddle Halloween postcard depicting a young African-american boy holding a pumpkin sold for $290.00 and seven 1946-1952 Miriam Haskell costume jewelry ads sold for $122.50 on Ebay. Please note the prices will vary per year.

Where to Find Ephemera Sources

If you are interested in this type of collecting or you just need this type of material for your altered art or digital scrapbooking or other types of papercrafting projects, you can search completed listings on Ebay for these items and find out the going current prices. In fact, there are even greater valuations for paper items especially if you were related to some historical person or someone famous and can prove the provenance, the history of ownership of a valued object or work, of the item.

Etsy is a popular online shop for a variety of ephemera and other types of vintage paper. However, the prices and offerings vary by seller. Also, as mentioned previously, you can often find original source vintage paper in various categories on Ebay.

Television shows like “The Antique Roadshow” and others often feature great stories about people finding valuable paper treasures in a dumpster or at a garage sale for a few dollars. While these stories are more the exception rather than the rule, it pays to think twice about throwing out those circa 1950s fashion magazines or any other paper item you might find when cleaning out the garage.

You will get better prices if the condition of the item is in “mint” condition or “like new”. Although some yellowing is acceptable or allowed a collector should strive for vintage paper in relatively good condition.

However, even greater damage, tears or spotting are acceptable to some altered art designers it just depends what the final use of the paper will be.

You could find a local dealer who might give you a fair price for the item or try selling it on Ebay yourself. It just might be worth your while and put a little extra paper, the green kind, in your pocket!

Vintage Map Tags and Brads – Free Digital Embellishments