I’ve always been a little bit obsessed with phones – but I come by it honestly, my grandfather and my uncle both worked for Bell Atlantic at one point in their lives (I think my aunt might have even worked as an old-fashioned phone operator, too). Growing up I somehow convinced my parents that it would behoove their [...]

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Lovers of vintage books, prints, and posters; purveyors of bygone eras; and collectors of rarities will drop to their knees over Itis Edition. The Taiwan-based shop sells gently aged post-WWII industrial design books, catalogs, magazines, card sets, and manuals that also happen to be graphic design eye candy.  These are my favorites . . .    Above: The 35th Annual of [...]

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Apparently, I live under a rock because I JUST discovered I’m Remembering, a blog devoted to remembering basically every little thing from my childhood little thing from the 80s and 90s. I’ve only just skimmed the surface of this site, but already I’ve found . . . Fisher Price’s breakfast play set, wax bottle candy that [...]

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Happy Fourth of July! For those of you celebrating the holiday, we hope it’s filled with cookouts, libations, and lots of fireworks! Speaking of fireworks, we found some AMAZING vintage fireworks labels that we thought would be perfect to highlight for the Fourth. Have a good one!   All labels found at Firework Heritage Museum.

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This past weekend Ryan and I went to Harvard Square to pick up some  Belton paint at Proletariat, and while I do enjoy perusing the selection of imported spray paint, I opted instead to head to Hootenanny and browse. We reconvened there sometime later, and just before heading out the entrance Catcher in the Rye caught our attention — the [...]

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The December issue of Martha Stewart Living features a great photo spread of antique, collectible Santa figurines, and I highly suggest picking up a copy (or at least stopping by Martha’s Web site to check out the selection). When my eyes fell upon the collectible Santa feature, a smile spread across my face — there’s [...]

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Check out the sweet captions that accompanied some of the sets: “All ice cream’s are on me!” As a youngster I was obsessed with building houses and drawing floor plans. My go-to building material? Legos! I would take over my parents living room and spend hours creating my own Legoland. When Lego came out with [...]

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I’m a bit of an over achiever when it comes to gift giving. I think it’s important to be extremely thoughtful — no one wants to receive something they won’t put to use — and I try hard to give gifts that won’t be relegated to the hall closet once opened.  If you know your [...]

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Remember gathering up popcorn and a blanket, racing to the living room, and jockeying for position with your sister in front of the TV? Remember Fraggle Rock, and the excitement you felt in anticipation of a new episode? Remember the HBO programming-intro at the time, the one where the camera soared through a meticulously-detailed miniature [...]

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