Tuesday 30 October 2012

iPhone 5 Covers in Vintage

Todays creations are covers for the iPhone 5. Beautiful covers for your phone adorned with vintage illustrations of hummingbirds, birds of prey, kittens and more. Express your likes and individual style with these stunning iPhone 5 covers. A small selection below. These may be purchased from my website: http://www.vintageobsession.com




Monday 29 October 2012

Back again with some more Christmas vintage.  This time I have drink pitchers/gravy boats that will be perfect for your family Christmas table. Holding 19 oz, the pitchers are 100% white porcelain and are dishwasher and microwave safe. You can find them at www.vintageobsession.com/vintage-christmas-home-decor.html







Tuesday 23 October 2012

Adorable Vintage for a Little Boy's Bedroom

This set of four prints is just adorable!  I think any little boy would love to have them decorate his bedroom wall.  The them is planes and various creatures flying them and generally having fun.  You can purchase them from my website : www.vintageobsession.com    The manufacturer is Zazzle and once on this purchase site, you can customize the prints to any size you wish and add a variety of frames and mats - or not, as you wish.




Tuesday 16 October 2012

Dressing Up for Christmas

Who doesn't like to dress up for Christmas?  I have several warm, woolly Christmas sweaters all cosy for the North American winter Christmas.  But what about Christmas in the Southern hemisphere where it's hot?  I have just added some lovely Christmas t-shirts to my website.  All cheerfully adorned with lovely vintage Christmas images.  Here's a sneak peek.  You can see more here:- http://www.vintageobsession.com/vintage-christmas-apparel.html

Maternity TShirt

Toddler TShirt

Ladies TShirt

Sunday 14 October 2012

Getting into the Christmas Spirit

Today I added more vintage Christmas card to my shop and also Christmas mailing stickers.  What a delightful way to finish off your Christmas mailings by adding a lovely Christmas seal.  Can also be used for scrapbooking, etc. Small selection shown below.  They can be purchased at: http://www.vintageobsession.com/vintage-christmas-cards.html




Warm Christmas Blankets


Here in the northern hemisphere where Christmas is in winter and winter is particularly cold, Christmas blankets are a popular home decorator item and always make welcome gifts.  How about one of these warm and cozy blankets to snuggle into while watching the snow fall?  100% fully washable fleece that won't run, fade or distress.  You can purchase these and more on my website here:- http://www.vintageobsession.com/vintage-christmas-home-decor.html

Friday 12 October 2012

Freaky Vintage Friday

I wonder who the bright spark was that thought this was a good idea?  And the pig has a smile on his face yet!  Parents, please DON'T show this to your children.  Truly the stuff of horror movies.

Wednesday 10 October 2012

More Vintage Kitchen Decor

Today's creations are ceramic serving trays.  Decorated beautifully with vintage and art nouveau designs.  Interesting additions to any hostess' kitchen.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Marvellous Mugs

In my opinion, one can never have too many marvellous mugs!  And vintage illustrations and advertising always look terrific on them.  Today I've added a set of 6 mugs to my shop all decorated with vintage food tin labels.  You can find them here: www.vintageobsession.com






Monday 8 October 2012

Kitchen Wall Art - Fruit

Framed vintage prints of fruit always look wonderful decorating a kitchen and are among my favourite antique and vintage prints.  Here is a sample of vintage fruit prints I have for sale at http://www.vintageobsession.com



Sunday 7 October 2012

More Serving Trays with a Vintage Flair

A few more serving trays added to my Vintage Obsession shop today.  Check them out at:-
www.vintageobsession.com

Vintage Menu Heading Page from the New England Society Annual Dinner - Dec 1893


Vintage Advertisement for the Cheyenne Count Fair - Sept 1916

Vintage Advertisement for Lea & Perrins Sauce

Vintage Can Label - Eatmor Cranberries

Friday 5 October 2012

Freaky Vintage Friday Thanksgiving

There's something about seeing a child carrying an axe that truly creeps me out!  I don't think this vintage Thanksgiving card is in keeping with the spirit of Thanksgiving somehow..........

Thursday 4 October 2012

Serving Trays Decorated in Vintage

Today I've added classy black serving trays to VintageObsession.com.  Black wooden trays with gloss finish that is easy to clean and food safe.  Decorated with lovely vintage illustrations and useful too! 
Size: 18.75 in x 13.5 in.  Take a look at all 5 at http://www.vintageobsession.com/home-kitchen-accessories.html    Here's a peek....

Tuesday 2 October 2012

The Charm of Vintage Flower Illustrations

Vintage and antique illustrations of flowers are very charming and add warmth to any room in your home.  I especially like them in a kitchen or dining room setting.  Today I have created a set of ceramic tile coasters that I absolutely adore!  Each coaster measures 4.25" x 4.25" and is 1/6-inch thick. Images are applied with a polyester resin that accepts dye as part of the coating. Four felt pads protect your furniture from scratches.   There are 6 to the set.





Sunday 30 September 2012

Freaky Vintage Friday - On Sunday....

Just arrived home from a week in the Canadian Maritimes - Nova Scotia to be exact.  Absolutely beautiful, quaint and endearing places to visit and eat seafood.  Had a great time, now it's back to reality. 
This week's freaky vintage image shows how comfortable people were with ratial inferences way back when.  The caption shows the nice and clean, well-dressed white child holding a bar of Fairy Soap and asking the bedraggled, dirty black child, "Why doesn't your mamma wash you with Fairy Soap?"  The look on the black child's face says it all.....

Friday 21 September 2012

Freaky Vintage Friday

This Friday's Freaky Vintage image is something to make the 'lil missus' happy...... happy about what I don't know.  Judging by the way she's petting the thing, she obviously has a wonderful imagination..... a puppy perhaps??  Anyway, no husband in his right mind in this century would even dream of buying his partner a cleaning appliance for Christmas... and live to tell about it.

Friday 14 September 2012

Freaky Friday Vintage

Not everything vintage was beautiful or romantic and certainly some of the vintage advertising was sexist, racist, creepy and sometimes just downright horrible!  Often the advertising was simply ignorant and without the benefit of years of study.  Today's Freaky Friday Vintage image is an advertisement for - believe it or not - Dr. Batty's Asthma Cigarettes.  It expounds on the wonderful health effects of smoking this product.  Thank God it wasn't recommended for children under the age of 6!

I don't know why anywone would want this as a poster, but if you do, I'd be happy to oblige.

Thursday 13 September 2012

There's Something About the Sea

Some would say that the sea is in our blood and for some of us, most definately in our hearts.  So it's not surprising that we love images of the ocean and it's many inhabitants. And of course, on home decor and accessories.  Vintage illustrations and artwork depicting sailing, ocean scenery and of course sea creatures both real and imaginary look fantastic on things like shower curtains, glasses and mugs and of course as wall art.  Here are a few examples of ocean related vintage decor that is available at www.vintageobsession.com
Vintage Shower Curtain








Antique Illustrations on
Kindle Covers and mugs

Beautiful old images on shoulder bags