Hats off!

Super cool vintage hat box from Bellalulu. What a beautiful piece and it can be yours for $56. Wish I'd seen one of these at the auction!

Vintage ephemera

Doug bought this magazine - purely for the cover - on Saturday. It's the prettiest little illustration and I absolutely love the gesture of the little guy with the lasso. Having seen lots of old photos of Doug when he was a kid I know that he spent hours and hours practicing his roping on the farm with his dad. So, I'm sure that's another reason he bought this mag. The illustrator is well known American illustrator John Clymer.

Auction - cigar boxes

We went to an auction yesterday. It was a big collectibles auction - with hardly anyone there! So I scored lots of good stuff including 50 vintage cigar boxes for $10. The type is just great on all of these pieces and the imagery on the inside of the lids is FAB!

Auction - Wonder World globe

I picked up this vintage Wonder World globe at the auction. I think it's 1946. It's one of the prettiest globes I've ever seen with wonderful illustrations and graphics.

Vintage ephemera

This is a vintage luggage tag I picked up on Ebay recently. Love the type.

I really hope I don't bore you with old tins. I could bore you with other stuff like fake mustaches on sticks but they wouldn't really be worthy of your boredom so I'll stick to the occasional post on old tins - I'll just make sure they're good ones - like these from the Rhubarb Studio . . .

Random object

I haven't done a random object post in ages - here's a good one. This is vintage Florentine tole from Italy. I've had a few pieces of this in the past and it's quite fascinating - the gold leaf and red - really stunning. This piece houses a religious image. I'm feeling inspired all ready!

From Aloof Newf Whimsy

Sister Batik

Patterns like these are wonderful - so unique, impulsive and random. The process of wax batik is fascinating and ancient. I love these pillows from Sister Batik - there's a traditional and contemporary feel with so much energy and inspiration. I hope you love them - I spotted these on this treasury from Design Seeds.

Inspiration - Dutch cake!

I noticed this wonderful Dutch inspired wedding cake via a link on brides.com. The maker is Coco Paloma. And no, we are not getting married!

Same, but not the same.

I know why I like these - 6 little votives with coordinating, but not matching, red patterns. I'm a sucker for a set of tiny patterns that are similar but not the same. Same, but not the same. Know what I mean ;-)

Oh, and they have these ones too . . . .

From Terrain.