Vintage ephemera - from the Café archives

Sometimes I see something from the archives that I really want to republish - today's post is from a few months back - Here are a few more wonderful examples from Sheaff Ephemera that have been haunting me for the past week. Enjoy . . .

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!

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!

New from Dolan Geiman!

I'm loving these new wooden pennants from Dolan Geiman. I love anything that's screen printed on wood with vintage written all over it! These designs are fab - doesn't the blue and white look great on the tan colour of the raw wood? I have a huge collection of vintage felt pennants - but I might trade them all in for one of these! Clever clever clever!

Dana Tanamachi's chalk boards

I'm still have trouble with the Blogger meltdown - Blogger seems to be slowing down so much in the evening making it really difficult to publish posts - hopefully they'll get it sorted out soon - noticed I lost a lot of pictures and comments too! Oh well - onward and upward!

My friend Fiona sent me a link to Dana Tanamachi's website - with these wonderful, hand lettered chalk boards. I just knew you would love these. So beautifully designed and crafted. It takes a lot of skill to work in such a large format and such delicate medium as chalk - I'm so impressed - you?

Vintage labels

Some of you will be familiar with the designer David Pearson's work - well he also has a wonderful collection of vintage ephemera that he has allowed me to share with you. The typography on these vintage luggage labels is fabulous. I especially love the first one - 3 dimensional type is always a winner.

Ephemera inspiration

Some amazing and inspiring ephemera to help you get your creative groove on this morning!

All images from Sheaff Ephemera.

It's never too late!

This work of art is Louise Fili Ltd's new subway poster for the School of Visual Arts. "The design is an homage to the urban mosaic artisans of the early 20th century, and after hours of painstaking Photoshop work, John and Dana agreed that it may have been easier to create it out of actual tiles."

Olde Tyme Notions!

Wonderful vintage, lithographed tins from Olde Tyme Notions. I can't get enough of these. I have an old jelly cupboard stuffed to the gills with old tins - I really love them - especially the little kingfisher one below.

Vintage signage

So many great vintage signs in SF - I especially love this first one - it goes so perfectly with the surrounding architectural details. Enjoy . . . . .