Stamp Inspired

It should be no surprise to anyone that this dork collected stamps as a kid. My folks had friends from all over the world so I was quite spoiled with seeing cool stamps from all over the world. That hobby definitely dwindled and I never paid attention to stamps because it seems that stamp design in the states became so patriotic that I rarely saw anything other than flags or liberty bells. My interest in stamps got renewed last year when I took a batch of invitations to the post office to mail. An awesome postal service lady pointed out she had just the stamps for me. Summer + Indian wedding = Tropical Fruit Stamps! Heck yeah, she was so right and boooo for me (duhhhhhhh!) for not paying attention!

Looking at USPS website they have more not-so-lame postage stamps out, especially the really cool card shark love stamp that has been all the rage online lately. These would be awesome on rockabilly, vegas-themed or citrus-colored wedding invites. I know it'd be subtle, but how cool would it be if the groom's invites had the king, and the brides side, queen?

By all the rage, look at all these cards, address lables and gift tags inpired by the stamps.

So yeah, I have a couple ideas up my sleeve all inspired by current stamps. How's this set for a couple of kickass vintage weddings?

More to come...

Sherwin Williams App

Here's a pretty cool free app from Sherwin-Williams. You can upload an image to find the paint colors and it also has coordinating pallets. The best part is it that it doesn't only tell you the Sherwin Williams color but the RGB colors.

I can totally dork it out and spout off RGB breakdowns on the go now! (Seriously though, this is great to build color combos for websites/blogs, etc)

Click here for ColorSnap from Sherwin-Williams.

Update: If you like Benjamin-Moore, theirs is out at the Apple App Store too!

Vintage Bird Prints

I came across this great site, Vintage Printable, for vintage images from books so out of print the images are royalty free. Since these images are scanned in at hi resolutions, they can be printed at a large scale as instant art as blogged here at I Suwannee. They have such a variety from anatomy to scenery. Very kickass site.

It's not secrete I love birds. Here are some the gems I enjoyed looking at. Yup that's a rooster and my totem animal on the top right.

Oooooh, check out this set of Japanese illustration of birds. I love the translation of "Owl," it pretty much means "Wood Rabbit."

Thanks to I Suwannee for the pointer.