I am 100%, absolutely positively head-over-heels in love with the retro-modern giclée prints created by the lovely Ms. Jenn Ski, available in her Etsy shop. Coincidentally, her creations nicely fit my current alphabet fetish.
Check out Jenn Ski’s blog HERE, and follow her on Twitter HERE.
Oh, and PS) Just found out via @Jenn_Ski that she was featured in the lifestyle section of Boston.com today! Read the article and catch some glimpses of her mod-style home HERE.
Posted in art, collage, Design & Paper, Stationery & Cards, Type, Wordshop Wednesday
Tagged ABCs, alphabet, animals, art, birds, children, collage, crabs, Design & Paper, dogs, Etsy, giclee prints, Jenn Ski, kids, ladybugs, Old School, raccoons, retro, turtles, Wordshop Wednesday
Learn Something Everyday, the brainchild of UK-based Young design studio:
Submit your factoids HERE for possible inclusion! You could even win a free poster. EXCITEMENT. 
Posted in art, Design & Paper
Tagged ABBA, art, Bible, cars, Charlie Chaplin, Churchill, Design & Paper, drawing, France, illustration, Learn Something Everyday, marriage, music, Picasso, poster design, shoplifting, typewriter, Winston Churchill, words, Young
Louise Best is an artist, a diarist, a designer of books and all things awesome, and the creator of one of my favorite new-to-me blogs, called Loulou Loves Books. There, Louise/Loulou offers us snippets of life “from behind the hedge and beyond,” whether in postcard, journal, or typewritten form. No matter what the medium, the effect is charming and lovely. Thank you to @Typoretum for introducing me to Ms. Loulou!
I love the Griffin & Sabine quality of the postcards and the journals. I just love handmade collage-y mail in general. So lovely.
All images above have been graciously borrowed from Loulou’s BLOG and SHOP; however, I strongly strongly encourage you to visit her in the following realms:
WEBSITE
FLICKR
ETSY SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (can’t sufficiently exclaim my excitement here…)
TWITTER
Posted in art, collage, Design & Paper, French, handwriting, Journals, sketchbooks
Tagged art, blogs, books, butterflies, collage, Design & Paper, diary, drawing, Eiffel Tower, Griffin and Sabine, Handmade Artists, handwriting, Jack Kerouac, Journals, Louise Best, LoulouLovesBooks, Paris, passports, poetry, postage stamps, postcards, sketchbooks, stamps
Sven Brasch (1886-1970) is undoubtedly the most highly revered Danish poster designer. From his movie posters to his commercial designs, here’s why:
All images borrowed from Confetta’s Sven Brasch Flickr set. Click over to see more than 60 other Brasch goodies!
Posted in art, Design & Paper, Type, Vintage
Tagged 1920s, advertisements, art, Casino, Charlie Chaplin, Confetta, Danish art, Denmark, Design & Paper, film, film posters, flappers, Greta Garbo, illustration, Jazz Age, magazine covers, magazines, movie, poster art, posters, Sven Brasch, Type, Vintage, World Cinema
Some of these are old. Like, from 2002. I’ve never publicly shared the pages of my sketchbook before. Be gentle with me.
Posted in art, calligraphy, Journals, sketchbooks, Type
Tagged alphabets, art, borders, calligraphy, colored pencil, drawing, eyes, faces, graphite, illuminated initials, initials, journal, lettering, Norman Rockwell, ornamentation, sketchbook, Type
Nothing like the beauty of découpage to lead into a (much-deserved) long, holiday weekend. The following photos have been kindly borrowed from Agence Eureka’s Flickr set. These cutouts are so ridiculously cute, they kinda make me want to go home, put on my sweats, grab my scissors, sit under a blanket, and cut things up. In a non-violent manner, of course.
Enjoy!
Posted in art, Design & Paper, French, French Friday, Vintage
Tagged Agence Eureka, animals, art, birds, children, decoupage, Design & Paper, France, French, French Friday, kids, paper cuts, Ribambelles, scissors, silhouettes, Vintage
I never had an Atari when I was growing up. My aunt bought my sisters and me a Texas Instruments computer instead. I didn’t know the difference. I was eight years old. I pretty much just liked pressing the buttons and pretending to play library. (Don’t ask.) My sisters really liked the “TI-Invaders” game (the TI rip-off of Space Invaders). But my favorite game — if I did actually play a game — was a little hide-’n-seek-ish type novelty called “Hunt the Wumpus.” I think I maybe just liked saying the word “Wumpus.” You try it. “Wumpus.” See? It’s fun, right? Though, to this day, I still have no clue what a “wumpus” is. Other than being something with freakishly large teeth and two awkwardly long arms with claw-hands.
Anyway, Texas Instruments evolved into more of a calculator giant. Atari, however, remains the top retro gaming device. Plus, they had a pretty rad logo. Texas Instruments was pretty banal. I mean, a silhouette of the state of Texas? Whoa. How mind-blowingly creative. Pff. So… for this installment of Throwback Thursday, I give you… Atari.
Most photos borrowed from the fabulous Atari Flickr group. Others found HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Posted in Design & Paper, Throwback Thursday, Type, Vintage
Tagged ads, advertisements, Atari, buttons, cartridges, computers, Design & Paper, gaming, handwriting, Hunt the Wumpus, logos, manuals, Pong, recorders, retro, Space Invaders, technology, Texas Instruments, Throwback Thursday, TI Invaders, Type, video games, Vintage, wumpus
The lovely and gracious Marie-France Annasse is featured in this month’s issue of the French magazine Avantages! Not only does she give a beautifully insightful interview, but I am very humbled to report that she mentions Words & Eggs as one of her favorite blogs!
Thank you so much, Marie-France! All the best to you and continued success with all your creative endeavours!
If you have not already visited Marie-France’s beautiful blog, I strongly encourage you to do so HERE.
Posted in art, Design & Paper, French
Tagged art, Avantages, blogs, Design & Paper, France, French, magazines, Marie-France Annasse
