Comments on: Antique Inspiration

By: Leonce Antique Sterling Silver

Leonce Antique Sterling Silver — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:52:45 +0000

First time visitor. Nice blog design. Take care.

By: Mrs. Kim

Mrs. Kim — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:02:52 +0000

I’m in LOOOOVE!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

By: Octavine Illustration

Octavine Illustration — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:24:34 +0000

i too have an inspiration file (or rather box upon box upon box of ephemera garnered from ebay and estate sales) i use in my work (i’m an illustrator and calligrapher). so glad to know there’s others about who collect not for the sake of collecting but for the sake of inspiring. brava.

By: kimberlymichelle

kimberlymichelle — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:15:13 +0000

I use Typophile all the time :)

And… so ironically…. I was looking for some of those identical fonts last week! I was making some moving announcements (that are wooden postcards) and looked up old postcards on FLICKR for inspiration!

By: Diane Zerr

Diane Zerr — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:51 +0000

Another great way to identify fonts is by going to MyFonts and using the What the Font feature. You upload a photo and you type in the letters where it asks you to identify them and then it will bring up the closest matches in their library! Awesome!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:12:12 +0000

Hey there, thanks for asking! You’re going to think this is funny, but I get a lot of my inspiration for my invitations from interior design magazines. I’m not sure how to explain it, but when I see an image of a room I really like in a magazine like House Beautiful or Domino, I like to translate it into an invitation set. I might not seem like the two could mesh easily, but they do, and I end up with lots of different “attitudes” for my designs.
A few other spots for inspiration:
The fabric store, The art museum, my favorite illustrators, The botanical gardens, old sheet music designs, Martha, old tea and tobacco tins, and really anything I can find at the antique store. That on it’s own is a huge source for me.
I have a folio of stuff I’m thinking of using for the current year’s collection, the previous year’s inspirations get filed away in my filing cabinet. I’m hoping to get a huge cork board soon so that I can display everything I’m currently using up in my office.