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Lovely, vintage, framable, original print from Elitas. Camilias I think. This is a fab example of the kind of prints we love to use at Cartolina.
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Aren't these cool - fascinating little cameos from this shop. I love all three of these. Now sure what I would do with them - maybe buttons?? I saw these on the prettiest blog Paper Cakes - you must visit - all things pretty!
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As if you didn't see enough pink, flowery blog posts yesterday - this is a set of postcards from All The Luck In The World. I think they are the prettiest things I've seen in quite a long time. I thought you would love them too :-)
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I ran across this the other day and I think it's so fab. I love drama in art - I'm not really into wishy washy colours - I like big, bold and colourful. There's certainly some drama going on here in this piece. Don't you love it? It has a vintage feel - I think it's the fantastical nature of the sea serpent and I love the big black heavy clouds. This is buy Dan Bob Thompson and can be yours for $25.
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Bottom image one of this year Cartolina Valentines cards.
One of the reasons that I love vintage imagery is the early printing processes that they used in the past. A lot of vintage imagery that we have access to is engraved - steel engravings, copper engraving etc. And I like nothing better than to inspect beautiful old printing with a magnifying glass or loupe. That's why I was so drawn to this gorgeous book from Oh Pangaea Books - hand bound books. The bird on this book looks a lot like it is from a book of natural history perhaps in the 1870s - and I love how huge it is.
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Check out this lovely lithographed tin from England, turn of the last century. I can't believe what good condition it's in. fabulous typography, design and colour - it doesn't get much better than this. From Olde Tyme Notions. And it can be yours for $26.50 - seems like a good deal!
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