Flying hats

Vintage game from 1965.

Franka van der Loo

A long time ago I fell in love with these dog portraits painted by Franka van der Loo. I bought postcards of the paintings but I had forgotten all about them, untill a few weeks ago when I was going through a closet and discovered the framed postcards. I'll put them on the wall soon!

Father's day

Yesterday was father's day. No, I did not forget... but I did forget to dedicate a post to my father. My dad used to be a coal merchant back in the sixties and early seventies. He owned the company together with his brother. These bills are memorabilia items from that period.

Vintage sewing kit

In my earlier blogpost I referred to this box, which I bought the other day. A vintage wooden box which served as sewing kit. A few things where in it, the best item was of course the pair of scissors in the original box.

Vintage knitting patterns

The other day I bought a wooden box with vintage sewing material. The owner threw in this old magazine with knitting patterns and inspirational photos. So great these old fashion pictures, especially if the weren't meant for high fashion.

Une première année de sciences

Vintage French book, rather damaged but still quite beautiful. This is the third edition from 1884. The small encyclopedic drawings are really superb.

Marigold garden

encyclopedic machinery

Woolmill and weaving mill

Wood for children

Too bad the box is covered with ugly brown tape...

Judy Kaufmann

Judy Kaufmann lives in Barcelona. According to herself she was never interested in economics, law, or even art, but somewhere she began to draw stories of her life.
And she does that beautifully! She sells her stuff through Etsy.

Johanna Basford

Amazing work by Johanna Basford. Beautiful handdrawn black and white textures. Here is what Johanna says about her work on her website:

Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in my inky black and white Wonderland... I'm a creative catch-all; a designer / illustrator / printer on a mission to cover the world with my hand drawn patterns and motifs. I'm not a Vector Technician, but one of the dwindling number of creatives who still likes to put pen to paper.

I know (for sure)

This is a small encyclopedia from 1954 which could be filled with full colour trading cards. Each part of the book could be ordered at Blue Band (a butter brand).

That was then and this is now

Okki is a children's magazine which started in 1953, a catholic magazine for preschool children. Okki is still alive and kicking, but has a different look though...