While I was repairing my mac...what happened to Downloads?

Hi all, so where to begin?  Long story short, during some renovation work to my home, I had to switch my mac off and pack it away.   6 weeks later, unpacked it, set it up, switched it on and...well not sure what happened.  It booted, then rebooted and looked like it did when I first bought it, then it rebooted again and I was confronted with a grey screen with a folder and question mark flinging itself about!  Tried all the usual, nothing would get it to boot, so I blitzed an external hard drive, installed Snow Leopard on it and managed to get going.  Ran disk utility on the internal drive and it said the disk had errors, couldn't be repaired, please back up and format.  Now, I had moved a lot of stuff previously onto my laptop, just for storage, so, after a few stif drinks, I took the plunge and erased the hard drive, re-installed Snow Leopard and to my surprise, here we are.  So, hint number one, always make sure you have a back up somewhere, because I didn't have everything, and am now on the hunt for all my stuff.
Now, it appears that the downloads section of Support, which I used a lot, is now the Apps Store.  I had downloaded loads of lovely email stationary via Downloads, along with silly effects for Photo Booth, effects for iChat...and now they are all gone and I haven't a clue where to find them!
Anyone got any clues?  Had also downloaded some fantastic screensavers with clocks in wonderful backgrounds...all gone
Oh and hint nomber two, always make sure you have a back up somewhere
So basically I'm wanting to know where to find all the email stationary, screensavers etc.
Also wanting to make the point about backing up everything.
And also, if your Mac throws a hissy fit, I really recommend having an external drive, if you can install your OS onto it and get your mac going, it is a big big help!

Am running OS X 10.6.8
Haven't done the hardware test as yet, have just managed to get the mac up nd running again.
Am more looking for where to download my email stationary, but will have to do the test, thanks for reminding me

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