Wordshop Wednesday: Tandem Antiques

Tandem Antiques recently began following me on Twitter. I had never heard of them, so I checked out their link. And that’s when I found these little vintage beauties:

You can follow Tandem Antiques on Twitter HERE.

Evelin Kasikov, I worship thee.

I’ve been home sick the past couple of days, and I keep forgetting to venture out and grab my mail. I finally forced myself up off the couch and schlepped out to the mailbox, only to discover: MY FIRST ISSUE OF UPPERCASE MAGAZINE WAS AWAITING ME!!!! Unbelievably excited to have their beautifully designed, insanely inspiring issue in my hands.

And when I got to pages 24 and 25, I almost passed out. Here’s why:

Behold the wonderfully beautiful stitched typefaces and designs of the infinitely talented EVELIN KASIKOV.

From Evelin’s website:

Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. My aim is to bring together craft and modern technology, and explore the possibilities for printing processes to be integrated with textile techniques. My main influences come from Swiss typography, Dutch book design and Estonian language – in no particular order. By mixing high and low tech, screen based media with slower crafts, I investigate different ways of seeing and experiencing visual messages.

All images borrowed either from Evelin’s website or her Flickr stream, which I encourage you all to visit tout de suite.

Marcus Walters

Marcus Walter‘s illustrations completely make me smile. I especially love all of his response to political and social campaigns:

Super 8mm Film Title Cards

Recently found these on Maraid’s extensively awesome, ephemera-heavy Flickr stream:

Ridiculously adorable French ocean-themed labels

I saved this image a while ago and lamely forgot to note the source. If anyone can help me, please chime in with the reference!

***UPDATE: Thanks so much to Janet from 3Potato4 for commenting with the designer’s name: the über talented Jim Datz created these labels, which I had originally found featured in an interview over at Grain Edit. Thanks again, Janet! Mystery/forgetfulness solved!

Some of my sources…

…for vintage French pages that I include in the journals and paper packs available in my Etsy shop:

And some of my new children’s pages for the new “For Kids” section of my Etsy shop, which I am very excited about:

Check out my Kid-Centric Journals and Paper Packs HERE, and please email me at wordsandeggs[at]gmail[dot]com if you have any questions or would like me to customize a journal or pack for your little one! I have tons of different themed pages and stickers (dinosaur, Disney, trains, sports, Sesame Street, etc.)…

French Friday: Coloriage!

In keeping with the coloring theme from Thursday, I thought I’d devote this installment of French Friday to some vintage and modern French coloring books:

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Throwback Thursday: Crayola Crayons

Few childhood sensations compared to the feeling of running my fingers along the tips of a new box of Crayola Crayons. Especially the 64-pack, which was basically the Holy Grail of crayon boxes. Built-in crayon sharpener? Yes, please!

For this installment of Throwback Thursday, I give you the evolution of the Crayola Crayon box over the years…

Enjoy!

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Crayola inspiration even seeped its way into a Nike Dunk shoe design: