Making textures? Options

[scribbledhearts]

I hope this is the right place to post this --
I would love to know how to make my own textures, similar to these:
one
two
both by ~lovelamp on deviantart.com

I use Photoshop - Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated!

[MissHygienic]

Textures is just finding the right images, manipulating them, and then setting it as a pattern. What you have posted are grunge textures. Something like this: http://www.websitetemplatedesign.com/oscom...orial_312.shtml