I’ve been up to my eyeballs in photo editing software for the past several days, slowing sorting through the 600 dpi scans of my vintage women’s magazines. Maybe vintage isn’t quite right; I suppose I should say antique – these puppies are dated 1898, 1903, 1908, and so on! They’re in remarkably good condition overall and I’ve been meaning to make collage sheets from them for YEARS. But right about the time I got the idea in my head to do so, so did a ton of other people and Etsy pretty much exploded with people selling digital collage sheets, and it took the wind out of my sails. I figured, it’s going to be a big hassle to be at my computer regularly enough to email the sheets whenever people purchase them, so I gave up.

Recently though, I’ve been revisiting a site called Squidoo, where you can write web pages (called lenses) about any topic you like. I’ve been going nuts writing them lately, everything from an article about No Mess Glues and Adhesives to a shopping guide for Geeky Christmas Tree Ornaments. You can find all my artsy ones listed in the sidebar at the right. A few days ago, I had the brilliant idea to start putting those collage sheets together, at long last, and sharing them on Squidoo. I earn a small income for my share of ad revenue, and I don’t have to babysit it! Works for me. :)

So, long story short, check out my new page with Free Vintage Advertising Collage Sheets. If it’s successful, I plan to try and put up a new page of free digital collage sheets every week or two. It’s gonna be great! Tell your friends!