Put simply, The Paper Girl is a blog about vintage paper.
From old receipts and calendars to greetings and postcards, The Paper Girl exists to preserve and share vintage graphics for the next generation of artists and crafters.
I’m Melissa, or Missie, or Mel, and I started collecting old paper a long time ago. I fell in love with the graphics and even used them in projects for work. Now, years later, those images are becoming my work.
Mission
To provide a space that’s free of AI-generated garbage, where one can still obtain vintage ephemera and journaling supplies without having to ask, “was this made with AI?”
What to Expect
All images offered for download and/or sale on this website are from vetted sources, including my personal collection (that I scan and edit myself) and the public domain (being more than 70 years old). I do not use AI to generate images or text.
Digital files offered for sale are of my own creation and do not use generative AI. I primarily use Affinity for graphic editing.
I wrote every article, too.