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If you love making a variety of things with your hands then you will certainly be on the constant lookout for unusual looking materials. Most people do not realize that postcards, especially vintage ones, are a great source of interesting looking pictures. You can then use them for a variety of art projects or even to make extremely uncommon looking decorations for gifts.

Vintage postcards have a very unique look because of the kind of artwork that artists used in order to create them. Even the colors used then were very different from the ones used today, mostly because of the difference in printing technology. You can cut them up in order to use motifs from them in order to decorate all your handmade creations in a very unique manner. You can use these images to decorate photo frames, wall decorations, plastic lamp shades and even place mats. If you are interested in decoupage then you could soak these postcards in water in order to remove the backing layers of paper, leaving behind a thin paper containing the printed image. There is no limit to the kind of things you could do with these cute pictures.


The issue you will face is where to find these postcards from. Most people unfortunately do not have sufficient numbers of them because people used to just throw them away. Besides, even if you have vintage postcards that were written by a family member of yours, you might not want to cut them up for emotional reasons.

There are certain websites where you can get large numbers of vintage postcards because they specialize in the trade of these items. Take the Etsy store, for example. It is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell an immense variety of handmade and vintage goods. If you were to go through this website, you would see large numbers of vintage materials other than postcards that you could use as raw materials for your hand made goods. You will also find vintage photos, clothes, toys, jewelry and even hats and scarves.

As a matter of fact, you will also get plenty of ideas for your handmade crafts projects if you visit a site such as the Etsy store. You will see large numbers of patterns and pictures that you did not even know that were available. Each of your artwork projects can therefore have a different look from the other. In addition, if you are particular about using only vintage raw materials then you will be happy to see that the things you buy from Etsy are certified vintage. They are also priced very reasonably and you will not have to spend too much money in order to pick up interesting looking stuff.