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as seen on etsy: judging books by their covers

June 27th, 2011 | Author: drawpilgrim

✽ ready to roll ✽ the adventures of jodelle ✽ the fugitive pigeon ✽

✽ cook in ✽ christopher’s parade ✽ 365 ways to say “i love you” ✽

who isn’t guilty of judging/buying books by their covers? not i that for sure! and i would buy aaaaall of these solely on their good looks.

ps: who agrees with me that the fugitive pigeon looks like it could be the sequel to Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! noooo! we TOLD you not to let him drive! and now he’s on the lam!

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as seen on etsy: groovy and graphic

April 11th, 2011 | Author: drawpilgrim

✽ foam coasters ✽ mccalls embroidery transers ✽ morton’s salt ‘when it rains’ cutting board ✽

✽ the adventures of jodelle book ✽ groovy party invites ✽ typewriter wall hanging ✽

✽ jamboree, bash, in short: a party invitation ✽ foods men like by betty crocker ✽

wow. some weeks i like my round up’s, and some week i LOVE my round ups. all of that, up there, floats my boat. now who wants to come to my place for a jamboree? please bring food men like and jodelle and her sexy adventures.

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groovy greetings: vintage bunny ‘get well’ greeting card

June 9th, 2010 | Author: drawpilgrim

i’m feeling a bit poorly today, so i’m sending myself this groovy greeting from the collection of peta pledger (sale on now!). isn’t it cute? i really like the iron bed frame design and the charming brush script.

hoping to be back in top condition tomorrow!

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as seen on etsy: vintage toys

May 24th, 2010 | Author: drawpilgrim

✽ vintage card game ✽ weekend in vegas board game ✽ war card game ✽

✽ number picture puzzle ✽ balloon man puzzle ✽ mother’s helper game ✽

✽ wooden finger puppets ✽ nursery rhyme tin spinning top ✽

some playful inspiration from etsy’s selection of vintage toys and games. i really had fun putting this together and i hope you enjoy the colors, textures and type as much as i do.

sorry there was no 7by7 post on friday. busyness gave way to a bit of a relapse of the cold i thought i’d kicked. half the weekend spent under a blanket went a long way toward fixing that though. the power of resting can not be underestimated! all this means next friday’s 7by7 will be all killer no filler though so watch out!

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book pile: 123

April 6th, 2010 | Author: drawpilgrim

this vintage children’s book comes from my lovely friend peta pledger who was kind enough to share her amazing stash of vintage treasures with me. over the next few months i’ll be showing you some of the gems from her collections, and of course continuing sharing my own favorites.

having a little kid of my own has honed my appreciation for counting and alphabet books. previously i thought they were a bit meh, but now i adore the simplicity of a good ABC or 123 book. i’m a connoisseur of pre-school readers!

what immediately attracted me to this very simple book is the great type and colors. its all so bold and bright, and the icing on the cake is the fact that every page is slightly off-register, meaning the pages moved about during printing so the cyan, magenta, yellow and black don’t line up and you get that trippy kind of 3D effect.

dig the groovy chairs and bells. yeah, so there is no story, and obviously i have a lot less to tell you about this book, so feel free to skim my inane chattering!

how many dollies can you see? and how many dollies come alive at night and eat your precious eye jellies? that’s right! five!

i want all of those mugs. all of them. come into my kitchen, mugs, and i will look after you.

these houses are so cute! if only my neighborhood was filled with houses this colorful. we rent, but i don’t think our owner would mind if we decided to paint the exterior vivid lilac, hot pink and lime green, do you think?

i just love these big chunky numbers! there was a house in our street that had a big number seven in this ‘playbill’ kind of style, and i kept forgetting to take a photo of it until last month… but they’ve replaced the fence and the number is gone!! so let that be a lesson to ye. fascinating story, non?

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vintage graphis: ’79 posters

October 25th, 2009 | Author: drawpilgrim

from a series of posters about the poster. 1. black and white 2. black and white on grey brown, 3. red, yellow, black, and white, the text on 4. explains to children the essence of transience of the poster.

artist: alain le quernec