Vintage library ephemera

This post was inspired by vintage library book plates, but it's actually going to start with the Dewey Decimal System. Bear with me. 2012 was a busy year for me. In addition to launching a freelance career and expanding my letterpress studio, I got married and bought a house. I decided to start the

Here are two aged and shabby vintage library cards. They are from the book Birdcraft, by Mabel Osgood Wright, 1897, a recent addition to my collection. When the book arrived and I saw these old library cards intact, I was excited to share them with you! Library Card Front: Library Card Back: A separate Date Due card:...Read More

I bought a book from 1910 just for this card pocket. I'm glad I don't have any late fees since the repercussions are severe. I would hate to be imprisoned for a 2 cent/day fine. I cleaned up the image in Photoshop, made the background transparent and printed the card holder on a manilla file folder. It would have been easier to recreate it but I wanted to use the old font. If you click on this photo you can get a full size printable card pocket. I left some of the grunge since it gives…

A collection of free printable library checkout cards from vintage library books that you can use to create journal cards or for scrapbook ephemera.

Looking for a free printable library card template? Here are some mock printables for decorating your books and papercrafting. Another week means another free printable for you! As I work on designs, sometimes there are extras left over that I put up as a free download here on the blog. It’s nice to be able […]

Free set of vintage ledger ephemera tabs for junk journals, planners, traveler's notebooks and other types of papercrafts,