If all of the prints we’ve featured recently haven’t quite been your thing, then Jade Marczynski Embroidery has some completely different artwork including this piece, “Caravanning”.
It features a hand embroidered design of a vintage caravan on a piece of vintage floral fabric, which it turns out is 1940s nightgown material. It is sold ready framed.
It costs £70 from Lasso the Moon.
I Love Retro has added to its series of prints with a collection of 1920s Advertising Prints.
The prints are reproductions of genuine art deco style advertisements for fashion, cars, films and even cigarettes. Needlless to say, the art deco style makes them decidely more classy than any of today's advertisements. There are twelve different designs to chose from, each one measuring 30cm by 40cm.
The prints are sold unframed, priced £14.95 from I Love Retro via Not on the High Street.
There is probably no cooler way of teaching our children the basics of reading than by using this limited edition Alphabet print by Sean Sims.
A bright and bold A2 print, reminiscent of something out of the early 70s, it offers up a different mini design (and word) for each letter of the alphabet, all on a limited edition print that's also signed by the artist.
Whether you want it for your own kids or the big kid that's yourself, it's a winner. Yours for £40 and limited to just 250.
Craig Ennew has joined the growing ranks of artists and designers creating exclusives for Pedlars. He has produced three limited edition print designs, each consisting of a montage of vintage images around a particular theme.
Pictured here is the design “Old Reliable” which brings together a collection of traditional British images, including Queen Victoria, a cup of tea, a detail from a banknote and Union Jack. The other designs are “Woman and Shoes” which features a woman from the 1940s grasping a giant shoe, surrounded by other footwear from various periods, and “Good Morning, Many Things to Do”, which includes a cockerel, breakfast cereal and a vintage caravan.
The prints are limited to ten for each design and are sold framed for £199. Visit the Pedlars site to buy.
The destination lists for trains, trams and buses are a surprisingly common source of inspiration for homewares, cropping up on cushions, blinds and, of course, art. You've now got the opportunity to create your own dream journey thanks to this Personalised destination print by Betsy Benn.
Executed in a similar style to her London weekend print using the traditional typography used for transport, the difference here is that you get to pick up to 14 lines for inclusion. These could be cities that you've visited or places that you've lived but you could also move away from the travel theme to include things such as your family's names – the world is your oyster really.
As you might expect, orders have already been pretty busy for Christmas, so get your request in quickly. The print costs £52.
Order it from Not on the High Street
As retro as we all like to be, it’s useful to have a modern handset and we’re guessing many of you currently use Apple’s iPhone. But the iPhone can be retro too, especially when it comes to photography. In fact, there are so many retro camera apps out there, we thought we would sort out the good from the bad.
Specifically, picking out what are, in our opinion, the five best vintage camera apps for the iPhone.
1. Hipstamatic
It’s the star of the show, at least in terms of sales. It comes with three rolls of vintage-style film (simulated of course). plus a selection of lenses and flashes for the initial price. Once you’re in, you can buy more, as well as share via the social networks and if you love your work lots, you can even order your analogue prints.
It’s the market leader for good reason and is easy to use. But unless you start spending, you might get a little bored of the limited options fairly soon.
We like: Ease of use, finished and the options to share.
Not so sure about: Cost of add-ons and how quickly we got tired of the initial set up.
Price: £1.19
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