Easy Vintage Prints & Stuff to do with Old Books

So I was cruising ETSY the other day and came across these awesome vintage prints on pages from old reference books, so I decided this can't be hard (it's not) and it's in no way expensive.

Things you will need:

* Printer
*Old reference books
  I went to Half Price Books and found two reference books that were cheap and had old looking pages.
* Exacto Knife or Rotary Cutter
* Ruler 

 1.  Select a page and cut it away from the binding of the book.

2. Square edges of paper.


















3. Pick out Image to be printed.... you can google "Free vintage images" you get a lot of good sites but make sure you are using a royalty free image.

4. Print Image on paper.  A few things to consider before you print. Measure the paper before you hit print, after trimming the page out of the book you will find it's not exactly 8.5" x11" like a piece of printer paper. DON'T USE THE PHOTO SETTING!! You are going to get an ink saturated image and because this book paper is old and delicate the ink will bleed. I had the best results setting the printer to quick draft.








5. Your done! Now you can frame or collage your vintage prints....


How easy right?

Color Prints come out well too but, I suggest using and image with high contrast colors. The picture I took looks way better that what came out of the printer.