A New Clipart Library for My Content

Over the past few days I came across a resource that immediately caught my eye: CraftNest. The site offers a curated collection of digital design resources such as cliparts, coloring books, junk journals, sublimation designs and SVG files, created specifically for crafting and creative projects.

The clipart section alone covers a wide variety of themes – animals, fruits and vegetables, seasonal designs, hobbies, professions, fantasy art and more. All of this is organised into many different categories, for example “Fruits and Vegetable Clipart”, “Food Clipart”, “Animals Clipart” or “Gardening Clipart”.

What I find especially useful is the technical side: many clipart sets are provided as ready-to-use graphics with transparent backgrounds, at a resolution of 300 dpi. According to the product descriptions, this makes them suitable for both web and print, and a commercial use licence is already included.

My plan is to mainly work with the fruit, vegetable and food-related motifs in upcoming recipes, worksheets and PDFs. This way I can pick individual elements that fit a specific post, instead of relying entirely on fully pre-designed layouts. I’ll also test where a few of these illustrations can be integrated into the homepage in a subtle way that doesn’t disturb the overall calm look of the site.

Another aspect that matters to me is community. These kinds of graphic packs are usually created by individual designers or very small teams. By purchasing finished sets I can support their work directly. At the same time, I save time because I don’t have to design every illustration myself or build everything from scratch with AI tools – including prompt experiments, corrections and post-processing. Instead, I can browse an existing library, pick what fits and invest more energy into writing, concepts and structure.

Over time you’ll see these little illustrations appear in my blog posts, recipes, downloadables and – wherever it visually fits – on the homepage as well. For me, CraftNest is mainly a flexible toolbox in the background that I can dip into whenever I need a visual accent for future projects.

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