Truth: Craigslist is not our friend.

Sadly, we are what we shall call: Craigslist impaired. Every time we choose to peruse about, there is nothing but terrible photos of even more terrible nonsense or fabulous items with atrocious price tags. We rack our brains for delightful keywords and usually come out empty-handed and Google Reader clogged. (Yes, you can RSS a Craigslist search. Yes, it is more time consuming than helpful.)

So here we are, Craiglist forelorn, and what do we do? We read blogs and see photos and hear stories of all the lovely loveliness that everyone else and their entire extended families have located on none other than...yes, Craigslist. Curses!

P.S. Why is the Craigslist web icon a purple peace sign? Anyone?

Regardless, we have finally made amends with Craigslist. Our months of fruitless searches have ultimately left us with these:




Nikon, the resident pooch, is not so sure however and still declares Craigslist a fiend.



These letters look quite suspicious it seems and she spends most of her days eyeballing them worriedly since they've arrived. Perhaps she is just disheartened that her favorite planty friend (pictured with said letters: Rodger) is being held hostage and is unavailable for the usual mischievous leaf sniffing and dirt rummaging.

It should be noted, that while Craigslist finally revealed it's silver lining it was not without a fight. Read: Drive. A dark, rainy, 3 hour one at that.

Oh & yes, all the letters came with their bright red faces! Call dibs!
Arriving within the week to the shop.

Ciao!

Reminds us of our beauteous (and laboriously/lovingly handmade) Dirkon pinhole camera...
See the little guy in his 26 Olive Street Etsy prop debut:




To view & download the full font version (and give oneself good reason to refriend the beloved Elmer's Glue!) visit DaFont.com..


Now: off to snip some font up straight away!

A new found 26 Olive Street Twitter friend & vintage connoisseur Agent Gallery Chicago has us in awe with their most fabulous findings...




If those aren't enough to warrant some drool-inducing perusing about their site, just take a gander at some more eye candy:








With amazingly reasonable prices and a promising round up of items, be sure to keep checking back!

More information regarding Agent Gallery Chicago's showroom and current artists is available at their site.
Keep up to date with a blog RSS right here, and follow on Twitter here.

Hello all! After a hectic holiday weekend and a busy month with inventory and site maintenance, we're jumping back into the swing of things in the blog world.

For starters, today is the last day of our Black Friday through Cyber Monday Sale!




Customer Appreciation Discounts:
10% off your total order for all first time buyers
20% off your total order for all repeat customers

***Convo for a pre-purchase updated listing -or- Receive your discount as a Paypal refund post checkout completion.***

We've just listed quite a bit of new items, so check out the shop!



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Feast your eyes on last weekend's haul, arriving soon at our 26 Olive Street Etsy shop:



Take a look at what's in stock right now.
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We'll be taking a blog break for inventory & shop maintenance and we'll be back in the swing of things again mid November! Check back for updates!

Excited to have come across a rather large gallery archive of printable & downloadable public domain vintage images...whether they be photos, illustrations or ephemera & rare book scans.

Here's a few of our favorite eye candy finds from Vintage Printable:













Check out the full list of galleries on the right hand sidebar here.
Keep up-to-date on new images added by following their blog over here.
Read Vintage Printable's about me & copyright info here.

The fabulous new Etsy shop (of)matter took our love for flip numbers & converted the concept into extremely wearable, affordable, and unique neckwear.




Pictured left to right:
1. Perpetual Necklace - 00 - $20
2. Perpetual Necklace - 06 - $20

(of)matter also takes custom perpetual orders and sells a few vintage tid bits to round it out.
Make sure to visit the rest of what's in stock right here.
Follow (of)matter on their blog space here.

"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short."

Holy smokes, we just found our new hero.

Photographer Kevin Gray has an awesome collection of shots known as "American Cars" that just happens to have prints for sale on Etsy & is conglomerated into a covet-worthy coffee table book.







Find his prints & book for sale on Etsy here.
Check out the rest of his portfolio on his main site here.

Have a great weekend!

From the same gents that brought us the covet-worthy Factory 20... Meet Modern 50:



Pictured left to right, top to bottom:
1. George Nelson Slate Top Table - $1225
2. Toledo Metal & Maple Chairs - $525 Set of 4
3. Marching Band Bass Drum - $625
4. Paint by Numbers Jesus - $675
5. Surveyors Lamp - $650
6. Tombstone Steamer Trunk - $850
7. ROSS Deluxe Child's Bicycle - $250
8. Letterpress Printing Blocks - $300
9. French Industrial Shop Desks - $400

View the rest of Modern 50's stock here.
Check out Factory 20 while you're at it right here.

You might also be interested in our Factory 20 post found here.