Missed Connections, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

I just discovered Sophie Blackall’s Missed Connections project via a Facebook posting from Chronicle Books, who recently published a children’s book, Ruby’s Wish, which Blackall illustrated. On her Missed Connections blog, Blackall provides uniquely imaginative visual translations of a selection of those addictive Craigslist postings in which someone loses contact with someone else for some reason or other. Sometimes endearing, occasionally heartbreaking, the messages Blackall transmits are always vividly touching. Plus, many include book references.

The illustrations below are all graciously borrowed from Blackall’s blog HERE, where many more great illustrative interpretations await you!

(Incidentally, many of these illustrations are also available for purchase as prints in Blackall’s very own Etsy shop HERE!)

For more info on Sophie Blackall and her lovely illustrations, click over to her personal site HERE.

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First image above found via MartinKlasch. All other images found via the always-inspiring WeLoveTypography.com.

The collage maker on Picasa has quickly become my new best friend.

Halloween Chills & Thrills!

From the Little Big Book of Chills & Thrills, published by WelcomeBooks in 2005:

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French Friday: Tintin covers!

From: http://bit.ly/1IYaS2

I had the great fortune of taking a Belgian Lit. class when I was getting my Masters. We read just one Tintin text (Les Bijoux de la Castafiore, which you’ll see pictured below), but the commentary from my (Belgian) prof completely turned me, and the entire class, into a Tintin convert.

In homage to Professeur LeRoy, I give you a selection of covers representing the misadventures of Tintin and his beloved pooch Milou.

All images below borrowed from THIS CATALOG.

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.

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.)…

The Artwork of Louise Best

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

From Miffy to Simenon…

Dick Bruna, the beloved Dutch children’s author and illustrator, most famously of the Miffy books (see the adorable Miffy, directly below), has also given the world these genius cover designs, which I found today over at the fabulous Grain Edit: