Arts and Crafts and Steampunk Design: Apothecary labels, air mail, and other little free bits of happiness

Why this blog?

My husband and I are just starting the house buying process which will mean that we can FINALLY, after years of rentals, decorate as we wish. In that spirit, I've begun collecting ideas and inspirations for my own use and thought that, maybe, there might be someone out there who likes the same thing.

I love the eccentricities and the analogue mechanics of the steampunk world but I just don't like standard victorian decor. So it was a wonderful moment when I realized that my beloved Arts and Crafts style actually got it's start back during the victorian era and would have been quite familiar to Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. So with that I've taken to try and marry the two styles, creating my own mix of Arts and Crafts and Steampunk design.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Apothecary labels, air mail, and other little free bits of happiness

Amy Moss, graphic designer and author of the Eat Drink Chic blog, is almost too talented to be true. She's like the Martha Stewart of the sweet steampunk world. Seriously, look at what she's giving to the world -

Mini airmail envelope packets. She says they're for holding birdseed for weddings but we both know that's just one of many, many ways these can be used.