How To Use Vintage Holiday Cards to MAKE MONEY

[@surinfarmwest6645]

The trouble with looking at the sites you show is that I spend hours admiring the artwork and forget why I'm there. Thank you for sharing I really do enjoy them.

[@craftystax]

Surin, Thanks for your kind words! There is always such awesome stuff to look at, I totally agree with you. I always have trouble deciding what to go with. - Stax

[@FanVidder72]

Same here. I should spend less time looking and daydreaming and more time creating.

[@mariaetheridge8343]

YES!

[@sherpya]

lol that's a real problem 😂

[@bradholmes1832]

Hi Zen, as you know, I always love your natural, Easy to Understand and Follow Presentations. I am Most Interested. in Free and Legal ' Vintage Stuff' Please do more! Cheers, Brad H

[@lowellaguno]

Last week I downloaded 80 some vintage Christmas cards from NYPL's collection. I'm working on restoring them (removing crease lines, smudged areas, or filling areas where the artwork had been worn/peeled away) to have them ready for the coming Christmas season. After that I adjust levels, curves, and color saturation/vibrance to bring back faded colors. Love the artwork from near the beginning of the 20th Centurty. Again a great video.

[@craftystax]

Wow! I bet they will turn out awesome! I also love vintage Christmas Cards! It has an amazing nostalgia. - Stax

[@mariaetheridge8343]

I have a question: After Lowe Llaguna has restored these images and is using them commercially, will he hold copyright to them? In other words, if we the use the same images - not knowing which ones he used - will we be guilty???

[@tauchainagoras6044]

@@mariaetheridge8343 I have the same question.

[@BelaMadeira]

@@mariaetheridge8343I would hazard a guess and say that he would have to have changed them substantially from the original in order for the copyright to stick. Cleaning them up I don’t believe would be sufficient.

[@BlackCat_2]

That is great! I found one no one seemed to be using and cleaned it up so it looks like new. :) Excited to explore this more. Thank you. - Heidi

[@melodeelucido1446]

Love the vintage music here too. Love this video

[@hansbonnevier5022]

Thank you Zen-Stax! I really like vintage so thank you for sharing. Greetings from Sweden.

[@craftystax]

Thanks Hans! Thanks for watching! - Stax

[@fayb6389]

Love, love your channel and how you get right to the point but above all the freebies and your concise and easy teaching method....and oh the vintage!! Watching all your videos to get something started. Thank you

[@mszoe6150]

Thank you, great video.

[@pushismano77]

I like this idea , not to download but to recreate the vintage style of postcards.

[@ouinon6889]

how to recreate the vintage style, can you explain more, please thank you

[@FanVidder72]

"Where's the Public Domain Stuff?" My sentiments exactly. Why can't they just signpost you clearly towards it and make the licensing and usage rights clear and unambiguous? Thanks for the link. Great video.

[@larisasarapulova1327]

Awesome video as usual and your sense of humor is brilliant 🤣👏

[@everythingandanything3995]

Thanks!!

[@JulieQHHT]

This is an amazing digital collection, all aspects of it ... so incredible!!

[@craftystax]

Thanks for your kind words.

[@robertamatos7498]

Is there any website you recommend to print on demand the holiday cards? Thanks so much your videos are so helpful I’m glad I found you 😊

[@craftystax]

Hey there - I think Zazzle has positioned themselves to be a leader with cards (like birthday cards and stationary): www.zazzle.ca/c/cards

[@MichelleCarlbertWriter]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@MissMolly3377]

What would you do to these to use as digital downloads, like for a digital picture frame? Would you have to upscale them or anything? I know you said you can remove backgrounds, but I was just wondering if you would have to do a lot for using them a digital downloads, not necessarily for print or whatever.

[@craftystax]

Yes you could definitely sell these as digital downloads - the challenge with public domain stuff is that anyone could just find the source material and grab it for free. So if you want to sell these as digital downloads you certainly can, but I would recommend doing something to the files (manipulating them in some way, cleaning them up, creating something, etc) to provide value (to give the customer a reason to pay money for get an otherwise free image).

[@rief.1376]

Thanks for the info...free is good!

[@konstantinosserres3598]

Do you recommend altering the pics or use it as it is, since they are already complete designs that can be used directly to the products

[@craftystax]

Hey there - I will always recommend changing the design in some way (adding to it, changing the color, background, etc) - that way you are the owner of the image and have created original art! - Zen

[@JohannesJunkJournalLife]

How can I alter the image without photoshop?

[@craftystax]

There are some free tools like Inkscape and Photopea that could be helpful! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYivaYSZbNuHmM0

[@ghanawedeyofficial]

Fun Fact: The legal age for drinking alcohol in the 1900s was 5 years 6 months

[@mariaetheridge8343]

Where did you find that info?!