Paper Valise

so many lovely and delightful vintage and new goodies from the fabulous Canadian store Paper Valise.

Our Mr Sun - Prelinger Archives

I have been meaning to post this for ages and yonks, Lauren of Nathanna kindly told little ignorant me about the fantastic Prelinger Archives (beware you can spend some time over there). These stills are from Our Mr Sun.
Thanks Lauren.

Gunnar Olsen

love this 50's happy fork and spoon by Gunnar Olsen

CB2 mobile

mobile in orange mustard and cement from CB2 $19.95

Sara Smedley

cool simple retro designs on napkins, aprons and dishtowels from Sara Smedley's etsy store.

Ikea Cushions

I really want this, I just wish we lived a teeny bit closer to IKEA

MoMA store

Always lovely things at the MoMA store, I particularly like the little paper animal calendar by Katsumi Tamura.

Heat - Abner Graboff

It's been a while since we posted any Abner Graboff here and I thought today was a perfect day to share Heat with you, yes its very hot and sticky here right now as we continue to enjoy the glorious summer! (yep I hate winter)

Click here to see more Abner Graboff there's a great interview by Ward Jenkins with Abner's son, Jon Graboff over at the fantastic blog Ward-O-Matic.

Heliotrope

Heliotrope is such a cool store and I always love seeing their fabulous collection of paper products, here's a few of my favorites.
Click here to see lots more fun stuff!

Blue Q - tote bags

cool, funky and marvelous tote bags from Blue Q.
Including designs by Nate Williams, Helen Dardik and Fiona Hewitt.
See more designs and buy one or two click here.

Too Many Mittens - Florence and Louis Slobodkin

Sweet sweet illustrations in this old book, published in 1958
I love that style, it reminds me of Roger Duvoisin a little.
Looks like there are several copies here.

Picture Pie - Ed Emberley

Everything Ed Emberly does is so fun, exciting and approachable.
I love the bright fun colors and the simple shapes and pages of pattern in this book Picture Pie - a cut and paste drawing book.
Get a copy for yourself here.
Other books by Ed click here.

Kevin Waldron

I am very happy that Kevin Waldron emailed me recently to say how much he likes Stickers and Sutff (ahhhhh).
I was only too happy to click on his link and discover these delights, cute fun and wonderful illustrations.
Looks like The Owl and the Pussycat book will be released in October
and Mr Peek and the Misunderstanding at the Zoo in May 2010.
I am looking forward to seeing them.