These Are for Luck

Look at this lovely French dressing-screen. Who could it belong to? Maybe the lady in the next image. She looks like she just stepped out of a George Barbier fashion plate because she is, in fact, a George Barbier fashion plate.

There's nothing inherently lucky about these images, but I'm posting them for luck. I just need a little luck right now - the feeling that someone's got my back, keeping me in their good thoughts, and cheering me on a bit. You know? Things aren't bad but I just need that little boost.

So please accept these little gifts from me and direct a kind thought my way as you download them. As always they are large, high resolution and yours to enjoy free as long as you don't add them to digital collage sheets for resale. That's my gig. :) http://www.etsy.com/shop/ValentineGrimm

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. Click below to visit my shop!

Hey gals, whatcha gabbin' about?

What's on the minds of these 50s moms?

A) The porterhouse steaks they've boosted inside those fake Tide boxes.
B) The deal they've just struck to knock off each other's husbands.
C) Which of their charming ranch-style homes will be the site of their next sex toy party.

The correct answer, of course, is that they're talking about my latest collage sheet, Retro Moms. It's loaded with unreal housewives and fabulous 50s accoutrements like a fashion-forward fridge, a wood-paneled station wagon, a space-age blender and a cabinet teevee. Add a fistful of bennies and a pitcher of martinis, and you'll be ready to leave your made-in-China living for the nostalgic world of real American kitsch.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/84766161/retro-moms-digital-collage-sheet-unreal

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. Click below to visit my shop!

Long Time No See

Sorry I've lagged behind on posting the freebs but I've had stuff going on. You know. Trying to make a buck. :) Trying not to spend every buck I make. Just about everybody's in the same boat (99% by some estimates) and that's why I'm so very grateful to all of you who stop by my shop and pick up an art sheet or two. Bless you who buy, and bless you even more who can't.

I think about my customers the whole time I'm working on new sheets. I know that a lot of you use my images to design crafts to sell, and I think about what will help you make a sale. I hunt for unique graphics and photos and put a lot of work into formatting them into crisp, clear, impactful images in the small sizes many customers prefer. 

I get a lot of pleasure from working with vintage images, but my greatest satisfaction comes from helping others achieve their goals. I hope the free images I post here are as useful to you as the ones I sell. To make up for lost time, here's a bunch with something for everyone.

PS: I changed my blog format so it's easier to find images. Let me know if you like it!

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. If you like this blog please share the url, and visit my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ValentineGrimm

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. Click below to visit my shop!

OMG Halloween

It has just sunk in that Halloween is right around the corner, a little ways down the street, and hiding inside the dark alley where it's waiting to choke me to death. (I've got to stop reading the local news in brief.) Here's one of the images that will be slowly slithering its way onto one of my scary sheets. With much sibilance. Like a snake. Ssssssss.

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Now Museum, Now You Don't

This museum-quality fan is of Spanish origin, painted in the Chinese style, and makes a great excuse for posting a bad pun.

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Allo

Isn't he cute? So meticulously rendered, too. That's why I've chosen him and his friends to star in a sheet I've just started work on. It will be done...eventually.

I just counted and it turns out I'm working on ten new sheets for my shop. That doesn't include new formats for image collections I've already listed (like when I do circles and then do squares, etc). Working on so many sheets at once means I don't finish any of them right away. It isn't profitable for me or gratifying for customers who are looking for new images. But it's good for the work. Know what I mean? When I get stuck on the best way to do something, or get bored staring at the same set of images, it's good to switch to a different sheet and work on that one for awhile.

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. Click below to visit my shop!

Everybody Gets a Car!

I'm not Oprah but I can still give away cars.

This Labor Day weekend I honor American workers with gleaming examples of their work from a golden era when the middle class was strong and employees shared in the fruits of their labor. Those were the days.

It's a long weekend so why not visit my shop and browse the fruits of my labor. Get in the car and let's go!

All images are high resolution and free for your use. Please don't add them to digital collections for resale. Click below to visit my shop!