What a milestone! 20 years ago today we tied the knot. Oh happy memories! Paul surprised me this morning with a heart-stopping little black box, with beautiful vintage ruby and diamond stud earrings inside! After the disastrous storm (our house awaits a new roof) we deferred our plans to travel to my favourite place – [...]
For once, 4th of July celebrations Down Under enjoyed fair weather. Although Perth is in the middle of a snap freeze (think frozen fishfingers), it was a perfect day to head out to Kardinya for the American Women’s Club Annual Fair at Kardinya. We met some mighty nice people, happy to share fond memories of [...]
If a print-check requires your presence over yonder-way in Maylands, I suggest you deserve a refreshment on the return trip (so I always tell myself). I recommend Sherbet, heaven for sweet-tooths, then swing around the corner to the rockabilly & retro store Atomic Trash a Gogo on Eighth Ave. This brand new store, run by [...]
A new Dean Bowen painting for the collection: Bird with Stick Insects. He’s made friends with the nest of blue-toned mid-century ceramics.
There’s something poignant and beautiful about old illustrated tourist maps that satisfies my love of retro design – and my nosiness about people’s excursions and travels… These fold-out maps of Paris and London are from an elderly couple who kept these as souvenirs from their early 50s trip – the London map even had a [...]
A quick detour through the local Vinnies had me pondering the death of the LP. The large area of the cardboard sleeve provided huge acreage for artwork and typography – sometimes amazing, sometimes cringey, sometimes touching off fond memories of my parent’s collection – I’m talking Neil Diamond, Glenn Campbell, Charley Pride… wait, maybe I [...]
I picked up some old type blocks at the Oxford St Market on Saturday. These fab blocks make interesting displays and have lovely textures – can’t wait to ink ‘em up.
The Art Gallery of WA has a special celebration of Barbie’s 50th birthday, with a selection of Neil Taylor’s vintage Barbie collection on display. I love the 59-66 couture era of Barbie’s wardrobe, and Neil has some pristine examples of original outfits, all with great accessories… and several Ken friends to choose from! But I [...]
We detoured thru Mandurah to shoot the ‘Castle Fun Park with Bavarian Castle and Miniature Village’ before it’s demolished (there’s a planning notice out front). A bit of a sad derelict place. But maybe Princess Barbie could move in for a while.
What designer can resist a vintage, boomerang-shaped promo? For P&O cruises ‘boomerang’ excursions to England – I guess so-named as you would finally arrive in England to ghastly weather and boomerang straight back to Oz! In 4 spot colours, it’s an ingenious piece of advertising. Gorgeous type.
