featuring a mid-century lamp design and several mid century chairs these are just in time for christmas. great retro modern posters, in yellow, red, sea foam and gray are available in the etsy studio shop now! want to buy them locally? email for a pick up or stop into reimagine furniture on elmwood and get one today!
ready for a Buffalo Christmas? send holiday cheer this year with these great hometown themed cards. handmade right here in Buffalo, NY. available for purchase in my etsy studio shop! available soon at local retailers such as Park Edge Sweet Shoppe in South Buffalo and Reimagine Furniture in the Elmwood Village. want to make your cards easy this year? add personalization for just $5. have a big list this year? order 4 or more packs of the same cards and get your personalization free!
i had so much fun working with this couple! we met at the buffalo small press book fair and i knew i would enjoy working on a handmade design for them. sara and phone sent me tons of inspiration photos they had gathered for their wedding day. plus including the obvious influence of their venue, the botanical gardens, i was able to gather a sense of the style they were looking for in their wedding invitations. combining hand drawn branches with a few wildflowers and their wonderful color palette we were able to come up with something unique and fitting for the type of event they are having.
interested in your own custom invitations? contact me here or check out the esty studio shop for already designed items in our wedding stationery line .
this week’s “pack it up, baby!” features another vintage design. this one was a particularly unique find (thanks again to Tom). federal meats is a local butcher shop with several locations and has been around since 1930, making it a buffalo,ny staple. this insulated paper bag looks like it was from the late 40s or 50s. the illustration is so whimsical and charming in it’s simplicity. what is particulary exciting about this find, is that my father-in-law is a long time employee and manager of federal meats. so not only is it a great piece of local graphic design history but we have a personal connection to it, too! enjoy 
in the spirit of the giant candy filled easter basket, i had this idea. i thought, wouldn’t it be cool to feature some vintage chocolate packaging from the long time local candy shops? between fowler’s chocolates, parkside candy, watson’s chocolates and niagara chocolate and all of the photos people post online now i thought it would be easy to find some cool retro boxes to share. not as easy as i thought, it turns out. i did however come across a couple of cool items though.
someone had posted a fowler’s chocolates easter box for sale on ebay. after much searching, it was exciting to find. the illustrations & coloring are just so sweet and 1950s. my favorite part though is the inside, i love the typography and that cute little whimsical bunny!
my other find was an item offered on etsy. it came up on my search of buffalo candy vintage. a fun find, it looks like a local business that existed in the past. i wonder if they sold candy or meat here? i thought it was fitting of the season still, because of our rich german and polish heritage, sausage (as seen in the man’s basket) is a huge easter tradition in this area. design wise, i love the type in the logo and address. does anyone know anything further about this company? i am interested to find out more!
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