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September 16, 2011

Free vector ornaments and frames

The other night I was designing something for a friend's wedding and needed some fancy curlicues. I could make some—but I'm lazy. I opted for a quick internet search for free vector graphics and found lots of useful goodies.

If you have a vector editing program like Adobe Illustrator, you might be interested in these from the Vector Graphics Blog:
Ornate design elements
Vintage decorative elements
Vintage decorative frames
Vintage ornate frames

Plus lots more where those came from. A word of caution: you'll need to navigate through a minefield of advertising links to get these, so be careful what you click. Skip the Google ads and click "Download link" midway down the page. When directed to MediaFire, ignore all the large flashing buttons! Look for the name of the .zip file and directly underneath, choose "Click here to start download from MediaFire."

30 comments:

Julia Velásquez said...

Thanks!

Tabitha said...

Wow, that is a lot hard work being given away for free. Thanks for the tip!

Grandma G said...

Yes, you are lazy.

Mum

Jessica Jones said...

Ha ha!

Gabian Spirit said...

So cool !

liz @ bon temps beignet said...

These are gorgeous! Why can't people give these away in PS brushes!?

---off to learn vector images!

med nål och tråd said...

Oh I like, thank you! Some of the others that I found on the same webpage look just like the swedish kurbits pattern. :)

Hannah said...

I am also from Denmark (but living in the US). Boligliv has been around for a while I think, but I never really paid attention to it before, so thanks for peaking my interest:)
And if you need any help translating or whatever, send me an email.

www.hannahmade.net

Anonymous said...

Sweet - thanks!!

Mundo creativo said...

Thanks for sharing!

Cindy said...

Great stuff!! I was looking for terms of use agreements and couldn't find anything. Do you know where I can find these?

Thanks,
Cindy

Kelli said...

Thank you! These are great!

Anonymous said...

I feel crazy here! Am I the only one who can't figure out how to download these...?

Melissa @ Dash of east said...

Oh, these are awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing. Saves me a lot of time trying to draw my own.

Anonymous said...

what a great resource. Thank you so much!

The_Escapist_Designer said...

Wow. You've managed to fulfil two of my favourite passions. Graphic Design and sewing! Thanks! x

PamH said...

Thanks! Those are awesome!!

You Make Me Happy said...

Wow! Thanks!

vegas said...

thanks for the navigation help... puh... flashy buttons everywhere!

good find : )

Jennifer said...

Wow - these are awesome!

Anonymous said...

Wow thanks for the great resource information!

Jessica Jones said...

Cindy, I wondered about the licensing agreements, too. This is all I can find; apparently people submit their own files, or submit links to other sources marked "free." There doesn't seem to be a way to verify the original source of the file. So I'd probably only feel comfortable using these for personal projects or else modifying them beyond recognition.

PEACHES said...

Love these!! Thanks for the hook up :)

Anonymous said...

Cindy and Jessica – Jessica’s instincts are spot on. This design is actually a vector graphic on the pay-for-use site shutterstock.com, which has non-commercial policy I believe. However, check out all-silhouettes.com for free designs similar to Jessica's that can be used for personal or commercial use. Use the Search or Category function to find flourish ornament vectors. Once you find them, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, they have similar vectors to select. They also have a ton of other vectors too. Hope this helps!

Katie Truelove said...

These are awesome (I finally got around to downloading them;):) Thanks, as always, for sharing!

Amy - Thank You Cards Shop said...

these are great - thanks for sharing them!!

Anonymous said...

You find the coolest stuff. And I'm always bookmarking your posts! Haha. Thanks for sharing, as always.

green shard said...

good work :)

Anonymous said...

I love it! Thanks ;)

Unknown said...

You can find more free vector art : http://free-vector-eps.blogspot.com/