Two posts in one day! Its miraculous! Anyway, I cant help it... I just stumbled upon a new, ornamented alphabet that threw me for a jaw-dropping loop. Oh, but I didnt stumble upon it on StumbleUpon. ...
Peeking out of my paper-grading hovel to post this adorable vintage poster advertising National Young Readers Week from 1953: Via BOOM UNDERGROUND, which rules. National Young Readers Week is still g...
Im so excited to have found out about My Vintage Avenue, a blog (and Etsy shop!) featuring mid-century illustrations and design from self-proclaimed vintage-lover and all-around awesome Frenchie, Sar...
Self-explanatory. Via Something, Something, Something, Charlie Brown. PS: My nephew is totally Linus.
The perfect birdhouse: Julia Child Cookbook Birdhouse, from New Inspiration Home Design. “The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chi...
The "I Can Read Movies" series is the brainchild of Spacesick, who created these paperback "novelizations" of awesome cult films back in 2009. They are right up my timewarped, book-co...
Joyeux French Friday! Today I offer you another round of some wonderfully vibrant French paperbacks, courtesy of alexisorloffs fabulous Flickr stream: Bon week-end! And bonne rentrée ...
You may have seen at least one of these images circulating around the Internet about a year ago when they were actually posted/uploaded, but somehow I totally missed it. And they were kind of begging...
Ive been wanting an iPhone for months now. Not years because some aspects of the technology freak(ed) me out. Please dont judge me. But then awesome things come out like the Cartolina App, or Instagr...
Currently excited about Cardon Webbs new cover designs for a series of Oliver Sacks books, available this month from Vintage Books: Via Spine Out. Also from Cardon Webb: Check out more of Webbs work ...
Last year, I inherited my moms 2005 Hyundai Elantra after the untimely death of my step-father, who bequeathed my mom his much newer and fancier car. I was reluctant to take ownership of the Hyundai,...
What kid wouldnt want to learn with the help of something called The Atomic Eye?! I mean, its like Big Brother staring right over your shoulder, breathing down your neck, watching your every move as ...
Feeling literary? Enjoy these vintage Dutch posters celebrating the wonderful world of books. { Click each image below for source } { Artist: Gerard Douwe, 1950 } { Artist: Otto Treumann, 1951 } { Ar...
Im a new admirer of Brazilian artist Hugo Werner, who creates fantastic collages that incorporate four of my favorite things: vintage images, bold typography, hand lettering, and foreign languages. F...
Thanks to Present Corrects Facebook page (originally via Kickcan & Conkers), I am now clued into THIS fabulous collection of vintage Russian childrens books (if I spoke Russian, Id tell you ...
Oh man. I mean, if Henry Miller endorses it, then so do I. Plus, Adrienne is clearly a rebel: Shes not even wearing a scarf while taking charge of that scooter! { Click image for source } And now Adr...
I spotted this fabulous vintage backgammon board design over on Freaky Fauna earlier: which propelled me to click over to the source: Warymeyers Flickr stream. Which is where I found these stellar im...
Happy independence day, France! To celebrate Bastille Day, I present you with an old movie poster from the 1933 film by René Clair, Quatorze juillet: Liberté, égalité, fra...
I was searching for some vintage French literary covers on Flickr the other day, and I came across these two beautiful English editions of Lafcadios Adventures by André Gide. I must admit: Im ...
Im currently enjoying a bit of a time warp via Craig Wills wonderful little set of vintage audio tape packaging: See more HERE.
So, I was en train de créer a post all about the transatlantic French Line, complete with lots of awesome images of vintage luggage labels, posters, and brochures... but then I found this: And...
How magically sweet are these watercolored vintage postcards from UK artist Lily Moon? I pretty much love anything involving vintage postcards (and vintage postage), but these are adorable regardless...
Ive spent the better part of this morning fawning over Alexis Orloffs extensive collection of vintage book covers, many of them French. In the coming weeks, Im thinking of devoting some French Friday...
Havank is the famous nom de plume of Dutch crime writer Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen (1904-1964), who published more than 30 detective novels and stories featuring the French ...
I spotted an illustration by KLAS FAHLEN over on Tumblr the other day, and I was so instantly smitten with it that I felt compelled to dig a little deeper. I came to find out that Fahlen has qui...
Its a rather gray, gloomy day here in Boston, and Im feeling kind of cinematic. So, to celebrate, Ive dipped into the exhaustive film vault known as THE MOVIE TITLE STILLS COLLECTION. Created by...
The 1958 Worlds Fair in Brussels, Belgium (also known as Expo 58), took place from April to October 1958 and marked the first Worlds Fair following the world-altering World War II. In 2008, Brussels ...
I just lucked onto a Polish blog that features amazingly lovely vintage book covers and illustrations that I am exceedingly excited to share with you. Well, actually, not all of them are vintage, but...
Today, I am extremely enjoying wasting away my hours clicking through Russian Art and Books, a website that I found via Letterologys awesome post on ballet programs. The vintage ballet pro...
Over Memorial Day weekend, my boyfriend and I took a little road-trip up to Plattsburgh, NY, where his family has a house on the beautiful and (very flooded) Lake Champlain. It was pretty rainy and c...
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