Free Art Source! - Part 2, Printable Vintage Ads - Lucien Hamelinck

If you liked last week's post about Vintage Printable... we're not done yet. Nooooo sir. No ma'am. No ma'am, no sir. No way.  I have another art resource to glam up those walls of yours.

Boucheron Vintage Jewelry Ad - Find it here

 I discovered this next source on Pinterest.  I saw the incredible print above and thought about it for days, wondering if I should re-visit the link and buy it (thinking it was a print from Etsy, perhaps?).  But no sir.  No ma'am.  No ma'am, no sir.  No freaking way!  It's FREE!

Ready for round two of our free art sources?  It's an album of vintage ads at pbase.com from Lucien Hamelinck. I work in advertising by day, so I'm particularly smitten with them.

Here are some more favorites.  Love them.  Print them.  Kiss them, then frame them.

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Take a look at the album in its entirety here.

What are your favorites?  Any of these strike your fancy?  Thinking of using any yourself? 

Free Art Source! - Part 1, Vintage Printable

I'm slowly trying to fill our bare walls, but it can be expensive... and sometimes it's hard to know if what you buy in the store will work out once it's in your home.  Am I right?  But today I have an uber-awesome resource.... a with free printable art, Vintage Printable.  Hollah!

It isn't the easiest site to navigate, but it's worth the hunt. Here are a few favorites that may work for you.

Vintage Map Print found here - Free Printable Art - Vintage Printable

Butterfly Print found here - Free Printable Art - Vintage Printable

Animal Insect Art found here - Free Printable Art - Vintage Printable

Painting of Woman Ordering Dinner found here - Free Printable Art - Vintage Printables

Botanical Art found here - Free Printable Art - Vintage Printable

If I find some more favorites, I may post them.  And stay tuned!  I have one more free art source for another post. 

In the meantime, I want to know what you think of this resource!  Find any favorites?  Heard of Vintage Printable before?  Used any of the prints in your home?  Would you consider incorporating one of these on your walls?

Arriving Soon! Andalusia Rug

I'm actually breaking this news to you before I tell the hubs.  Well, I mean, by the time you read this he'll know.  But right now he's playing on his new iPad (a gift to himself, for being himself) with a new App where he can record his own voice.  Apparently he's writing a song.  The lyrics go like this: "Back in the daaaay... there was a doooog... his name was Geooorge...".

I just ordered the Andalusia Rug from West Elm for our dining room. Yep, I've been looking after it for quite awhile. 

I haven't seen it in person (we don't have a West Elm in Birmingham), but it's made enough appearances to make me feel relatively comfortable.  Like this season's Secrets From a Stylist.

Andalusia Rug from Secrets from a Stylist, via Dwell & Tell (that's me, yo)

It was kind of an impulse.  Yes, I've loved it for awhile but I'm a commitment-phobe. I've considered a striped rug, a DIY stencil rug, another natural fiber rug.  But tonight I walked in from a pretty long day at work, and decided to buy it.  I'm like that.  I usually waaaay over-think something, but every now and then I make an impulse buy, comforting myself that there will be a way out (and there is, ya know, I can always return it). 

The gift card my mama and daddy-o gifted my a West Elm gift card awhile back took the edge off.  I had about $15 left, which helped with the shipping.

Are you considering some rug options?  Geometric? Natural fiber?  Do you think we've made a mistake?  :)  And (most importantly) do you like recording yourself writing songs, the kind you would never dream to let anyone hear, like Seth does?