Vintage Cottage Life Ephemera — Instant Download
$5.95
There is something achingly beautiful about the written life of a woman who lived 150 years ago — the careful hand that recorded her pantry stores, the tender words folded into a letter sealed with red wax, the diary entry begun on a winter evening by candlelight.
The Hearthside Letters Collection brings that world to your journals, scrapbooks, and mixed media projects. This is a 12-page printable ephemera kit built around the quiet domestic life of the Victorian cottage — correspondence, household records, handwritten diary pages, and the small beautiful objects of everyday life.
WHAT'S INCLUDED (12 Sheets)
4 Hero Background Sheets
- Cottage writing desk scene with inkwell, quill, and wax-sealed letters
- Pantry inventory flat lay on aged linen
- Open diary on a cottage window sill
- Domestic life collage — recipe card, ledger, sampler fragment
2 Document Template Sheets
- Lined diary and journal pages with Victorian date headers
- Household inventory and pantry list templates
6 Cutout Sheets (white background, ready to cut or fussy cut)
- Correspondence ephemera — folded letters, envelope backs, wax seals, postmarks
- Domestic tags and labels — pantry jar labels, linen tags, key tags
- Victorian cottage postage stamps and postal marks
- Handwritten script fragments — salutations, flourishes, address blocks, ink blots
- Small domestic illustrations — thimble, spool, teacup, key, spectacles, and more
- Collection title card
FILE DETAILS
- Format: JPG (high resolution)
- Resolution: 300 DPI — print-ready
- Size: 8.5" x 11" (US Letter) — also prints well on A4
- Color: Full color, aged warm tones
- Files: 12 JPG sheets + README PDF, delivered as a ZIP file
- Instant download — available immediately after purchase
HOW TO USE
Print at home on cardstock, parchment paper, or regular copy paper — each gives a different beautiful result. Cut apart the individual elements on the cutout sheets, or use the full background sheets as journal page bases, envelope liners, or collage backgrounds. Layer them with your own findings, washi tape, and handwriting for a truly personal result.
Works beautifully with junk journals, travelers notebooks, smash books, scrapbooks, mixed media canvases, greeting cards, and altered art.
PRINTING TIPS
- For richest color and texture: print on cream or kraft cardstock
- For a more aged look: print on parchment paper at 85-90% opacity
- Background sheets work beautifully printed at A5 or half-letter size
- Cutout sheets: print on white cardstock for cleanest cutting results
LICENSE AND USE
Personal use: unlimited
Small commercial use: permitted for handcrafted finished goods — junk journals, handmade books, mixed media art — sold on Etsy or at craft fairs.
Not permitted: resale or redistribution of the digital files, mass production or manufactured goods.
QUESTIONS?
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