Inspiration: Japanese Adverts From The 1950s

The other week on the train I stumbled upon the most whimsical collection of Japanese adverts from the 1950s and I've been dreaming about them ever since! So simple and pretty, it's hard not to be inspired by them. I'd love to print some of these out and hang them up in the studio; David and I have a bit of a vintage advert collection going on right now!

 Don't you just love how timeless these are? I have no idea what they're on about, but I'm pretty sure I want to buy one of everything. Why can't we kick it old school and do amazing print adverts like this any more? Illustrators and designers are super overlooked these days. If anyone wants to hire us to draw them an advert, I'm totally game!

Are you addicted yet? I feel a pinterest-a-thon coming on right now :D 

New Products: Illustrated Cards & Prints!

boyfriend note cards

Hello lovelies!

We've been working like little bee's here at Vivid HQ on lots of fun new goodies for our shop. We created these new cards and prints which were exclusively for sale at our last market and we are delighted to announce they are now available in our online boutique too :D 

pug print

We've released our little pug illustration from the keepsake card as a full sized print as he's been getting a lot of friendly attention :D We've also created 6 new cards with a few of our favorite things on them...

sweet things note cards

Gumball machines, French Fancies and little sweeties for the ladies - c'est bon! And retro record players, red converse shoes and mint green headphones for the guys. Such a cute couple, right ;)

retro notecards

Finally, our extra special retro cards with our marshmallow fluff jar, vintage salon, garden flamingos and clock radio illustrations are now available to buy as a set. Looking good, right?

We're really excited to share that we've also working away on a new line of products for some time now which has been stupidly hard to keep a secret! A lot of time and effort has been put in and we are really close to spilling the beans :D Keep your eyes peeled for something super exciting coming to the shop and blog soon :)

In the mean time, we hope you love our new stationery and remember that there is a 20% discount available at our etsy shop too. Simply enter the coupon code: SPOOKTACULAR20 at the checkout... beware, the code will expire very soon so if you want to snap up some of these new works you better get in there quick!

New Products: We Love Scotland... A Latte!

Scotland Print

We love Scotland!
Despite the crap weather, you just can't beat the banter.

We grew up in Edinburgh and that is where our hearts will always be!

Scotland Print

We decided to create our Scotland print to celebrate our home town and our love for the little country that many forget. It's great to be from Great Britain, but even greater to be a Scot...

Did you know Peter Pan and Sherlock Holmes were written in Scotland? And that we invented the radar, the flushing toilet, the telephone, the bicycle, the refrigerator, the television, MRI scanners, penicillin, tarmac ... and we even cloned Dolly the sheep! Phew!

 And that's just the start of it. I guess with it being so dreich all the time, we can focus a lot more on inventing and creating as we can't go out and play. Could you imagine a world without these things? We can barely even imagine an afternoon without some of them! 

Scotland Print

For us, home will always be where our heart is. 

We are proud to announce that we will also make custom orders for this little print if your heart belongs to another town in our beautiful country. Lets share the love! Check out our Love Scotland print in our Etsy Shop. If you want to learn more about how great it is to be Scottish click here and if you would like to come visit, click here. We'd love to see you!

I love you a latte...

Our second new addition this adorable keepsake card.

Using photo corners to hold the artwork in place means that the print can be easily slipped out and hung on the wall. We are tired of seeing so many beautiful cards end up in the bin so we decided to create our own range that functions as it's own work of art. Simple yet beautiful. 

Latte card

This print has the cute line 'I Love You A Latte' followed by three small hearts. It's illustration is of a take out paper cup as we have a bit of an addiction for coffee to go! 

Latte print

Perfect for all you caffeine junkies, this little mini print will get you through those long days. A lovely reminder that someone is thinking of you... and starbucks! Hee hee!

You can snap up your mini print here and check out the rest of our range of keepsake cards here.

We hope you like our new work!

If you have any requests or suggestions we'd love to hear them :D

Happy Friday...

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the best for 2012!

Love

Vivid xox