Karen’s Whimsy

I am thoroughly fascinated by history (especially the Middle Ages) and I love to unashamedly indulge in the elaborate, romanticised version of Medieval history that appears in books, films and illustrations. For this reason, I was very excited to stumble upon Karen’s Whimsy, a website containing hundreds of public domain vintage images of everything from King Arthur of Camelot and Medieval Knights to Victorian, Renaissance and other Vintage Fashion. In fact, I believe there are even some images of Molluscs and a section devoted to Celtic Knot Patterns.

Bari Zaki — Ardour Bookbinding B’zaar

Bari Zaki is a bookbinder who also crafts exquisite boxes, notecards, envelopes and vintage postal artifacts.

‘Envelopes hand-crafted from full-colour enlargements of vintage correspondence’ $8ea USD

‘A one-of-a-kind piece from the postal past is archivally attached on the front of a fold-over note card’ $7ea USD

‘You have snail mail. Elegant engraved notecard with matching tissue-lined pointed-flap envelope’ $8ea USD

Kyoto Quartet set; ‘Set of eight {2 of each pattern} envelopes (5” x nearly 7-1/2”) lined with Japanese Yuzen papers. Super-luxurious cards are edged in 23k gold’ $30 per set USD

Visit Ardour Bookbinding to purchase and peruse many more delights.

Discovered via the Letter Writers Alliance.