http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2006/05/14/1970s-postal-stamps/ Hunting for design inspiration! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2006/05/14/1970s-postal-stamps/#comment-5190 Abbey Goes Design Scouting » » Vintage number eight stamps Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:35:58 +0000 http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2006/05/14/1970s-postal-stamps/#comment-5190 [...] is it about vintage stamps? and the number eight? I love the tiny images, so colorful, such a little bit of color and charm [...] [...] is it about vintage stamps? and the number eight? I love the tiny images, so colorful, such a little bit of color and charm [...]

]]> http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2006/05/14/1970s-postal-stamps/#comment-1405 GoGoAbigail: Abbey Goes Design Scouting » » Desk-scapes and Framed Vintage Whimsies Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:39:36 +0000 http://gogoabigail.com/blog/2006/05/14/1970s-postal-stamps/#comment-1405 [...] I bought the gold frog at Swallow the first year I lived in NY and hadn’t figured out how to merge my work life and my creative life. The stamp T. gave me when we decided that my taking the job in NY was the right thing, even it meant living apart. The dish with clips was my great grandmother’s and the paperweight next to it was my grandmother’s. The tiny “stamps” box was given to me by my mother in-law after I blogged it here. And the tiny red chair I bought at an antiques store on the cape last week. I was inspired over vacation to finish a project that has been on the back burner for years: framing my favorite vintage bits in tiny frames. Here they are!  I’m really pleased with how they came out. The top two are vintage 6 cent US postal stamps, the second two are vintage Wills cigarette cards from the 1930s from New Zealand and the last row is another vintage stamp and my personal favorite, two elephant chromos from the Paris flea market! They are all up for sale on Etsy so tell your friends and start your own desk-scape! Tag: Design Scout [...] [...] I bought the gold frog at Swallow the first year I lived in NY and hadn’t figured out how to merge my work life and my creative life. The stamp T. gave me when we decided that my taking the job in NY was the right thing, even it meant living apart. The dish with clips was my great grandmother’s and the paperweight next to it was my grandmother’s. The tiny “stamps” box was given to me by my mother in-law after I blogged it here. And the tiny red chair I bought at an antiques store on the cape last week. I was inspired over vacation to finish a project that has been on the back burner for years: framing my favorite vintage bits in tiny frames. Here they are!  I’m really pleased with how they came out. The top two are vintage 6 cent US postal stamps, the second two are vintage Wills cigarette cards from the 1930s from New Zealand and the last row is another vintage stamp and my personal favorite, two elephant chromos from the Paris flea market! They are all up for sale on Etsy so tell your friends and start your own desk-scape! Tag: Design Scout [...]

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