Handmade: Rebound

We had a quick wander around the Rose St Markets yesterday morning after having a sort of breakfast/brunch at the Vegie Bar. As we circled the little stalls of handmade goods it was Rebound Books that caught our eye. 

Melbournians Ben Mason and Natalie Crupi have coupled their love of old books and creative writing to found Rebound. They rescue the best looking hard cover novels from dusty shelves in charity op shops, filling them with 100% recycled denim paper (completely tree-free and made from denim offcuts and scraps) and bind them with a sturdy wire to create one of a kind blank journals. Each Rebound journal is hand made, each cover is unique, each page is hand cut and each binding is closed by hand.

You can get your hands on one of these unique pieces at various markets around Melbourne or online. For more information, take a look here. 

Vintage Finds: Buttons & Books

We had the good fortune of stumbling across a range of vintage buttons at an antique store in the hills recently. The turquoise ones have this sort of 'coiled rope' texture which I love. 

I also found these two amazing books on the bookshelf at Savers while I was waiting for Leo to finish scavenging tailored shorts from the vast racks. The fact that the outside of the pages are tinted to match the cover design cemented them as a fixture on our own bookshelf.

Visual Inspiration: Vintage Sewing Patterns

I love so many things about vintage sewing patterns, the wonderful illustrations, indicative of another place and time, and the way you can tell which decade they are from by the way the female figure is drawn (square shouldered and masculine in the 40s, curvy and sensual in the 50s). I love the the rich colours, the confident blocks of typography, the amazing diversity in the cuts of the garments. They really just don't make 'em like that anymore.