Cooking Utensils Collage Sheet - Vintage Cookbook Ephemera for Junk Journals
Celebrate Everyday Rituals with Vintage Kitchen Ephemera
At a Glance
Free printable collage sheet featuring vintage cooking utensils and kitchen tools
Perfect for recipe journals, food-themed junk journals, and heritage scrapbooking
Includes 19th- and early 20th-century illustrations of spoons, pans, grinders, and more
Some of the most beautiful moments in life happen in the kitchen — quiet mornings stirring oatmeal, handwritten recipe cards passed through generations, the smell of something baking. This free printable collage sheet honors those rituals with a thoughtfully curated set of antique cooking utensil illustrations, perfect for layering into food-focused or domestic-themed art projects.
Featuring black-and-white engravings of tools from the 1800s and early 1900s, this printable is ideal for creators who love vintage home aesthetics, recipe journals, and memory-keeping.
What’s on the Sheet?
This printable includes detailed illustrations of:
Iron pans, knives, and pots
Whisks, pastry tools, and vegetable cutters
Tongs, kettles, and vintage strainers
Miscellaneous utensils like egg fryers and quirlers
They pair well with both rustic and modern mixed-media pages.
Creative Uses for the Cooking Utensils Collage Sheet
If you enjoy working on food journaling, seasonal scrapbooks, or documenting daily life, this printable will fit right in. Here are a few ways to use it:
Add to a recipe junk journal with handwritten recipes, pantry lists, and kitchen memories
Create a spread honoring family food traditions, featuring old photos or recipe clippings
Layer with coffee-stained paper and floral elements for a vintage farmhouse aesthetic
Use utensils as embellishments on cooking class notebooks or homeschool food units
Combine with ledger paper or handwritten text to build a nostalgic kitchen vignette
These utensils also work beautifully on greeting cards or tags for homemade baked goods, especially when printed at a smaller scale.
Suggested Printables to Pair With This One
Want to build out a full kitchen or domestic-themed journaling section? Try these complementary free printables:
Cake Decorating Ephemera Sheet – A sweet, decorative option to mix with kitchen tools
Business Card Ephemera Sheet – Great for labeling recipes or making “shop-style” inserts
Sewing Ads Collage Sheet – Blend domestic themes across cooking, stitching, and home life
Vintage Labels Printable – Use for faux pantry labels or ingredient tags
Browse all free vintage printables to add to your food journaling and heritage-themed projects.
2.5” x 3.5” ATCs
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Free to use for personal or commercial projects. You may print the collage sheets as many times as you wish for your personal crafts or in your projects to sell, including: scrapbooks, junk journals, collage art, etc. You may not redistribute or sell the collage sheets “as is" in either print or digital form.
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To the best of my knowledge, these are all royalty free images that are in the Public Domain in the US. However, you should always do your own research if you plan to use them commercially.
