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 . . .

Inspiration - type

There are some extraordinary circus playbills on this website - The Leeds Playbill Archive. If you're a typography junky then you will love the collection. Here are a few of my faves. Sorry the sizes are not very good - they are much larger at the source. (Please take the time to read them through - they are very funny!)

Pool Pony

I like these prints from Pool Pony. You can see more of their art here at The Poppytalk Handmade Market.

To complete the circus theme today - charming big top sugar cookies from Bees Knees Creative. Yum!

Inspiration from 1st Dibs.

A Donegal carpet, 1870. From here.

Turkestanian rug from here - just gorgeous.

Mid century modern rug from Scandinavia from here. (Which kind of reminds me of the tiles below.)

vintage pins

Luv these! So fab. Vintage french cross stitch patterns turned into lovely little pins by the ever so talented Suzanna at Sushi Pot.

Instagram

I'm having great fun with Instagram. Have you joined yet? You can follow me at user name Fionacartolina. Love seeing everyone's pictures and meeting lots of creative people. Hope to see you there soon. Instagram is a photo based, social media, iPhone app that you can download to your phone from the app store.

New at 5 Gardenias

How fun is this? A vintage owl tape measure. I've never seen anything like this. How fun. From 5 Gardenias.

Pinterest - new board

I recently put some of my favourite store front pictures on a Pinterest board that you might like - right here.

The Cartolina iPhone app - almost a year old!

The Cartolina iPhone app is almost a year old - I can hardly believe it! I think we'll have a little celebration - maybe a fun giveaway!.

The Cartolina iPhone app is available right here.

Doing your own thing.

I was talking to Doug last night about how seldom I see really unique and original art these days. There's so much similar stuff out there - which I don't understand (what's the point of making art that looks like someone else's art?) Then we got talking about Dolan Geiman and how unique his work is. Recently he's been recognized for his talent by some big names like Fossil and he deserves it. I love seeing his newest work and the long panel below just blew me away yesterday when I saw it. He's a super talent - someone who just does his own thing and doesn't worry about everyone else - and that's what it's all about - do your own thing!

This is an old Russian chocolate box that I found in an old Russian junk store - not in Russia just owned by an old Russian. I quite like it.

I like how simple the graphics are on these pillows. Yes it's true - I do occasionally like simple graphics! How about you?

Pillows from Pottery Barn

How could I resist these - very pretty, handmade party blowers from Martha Stewart. These are so cute! I spotted these on Pinterest right here.

Very pretty - the Mandala Rug from Urban Outfitters. This would brighten up any decor!

Some really fun new things from Plumo. Every season they show up with the prettiest treasures from far off places. You can see the other things I've featured in the past from Plumo right here.