The Mill Markets

For those of you that are vintage obsessed like myself, you're going to love The Mill Markets. There are 5 locations across Victoria but the one featured here is the Geelong location. (Please excuse the quality of some of the pics. They were taken on my iphone).

The place is massive! The bottom floor holds antique and collectible furniture while upstairs appears to be a gigantic walk-in-wardrobe full of vintage clothing.

I was intrigued with the things that have found their way to the markets, in particular the old dentist chair, a bit eerie if you ask me!

My favourite pieces of furniture would have to be the old librarian filling system and the teacher's pigeon hole. I can see them both living happily in my studio.

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Children's Book Illustrations

As a Graphic designer I'm often asked what inspires me? Different things inspire me all the time but at the moment it happens to be all things old. In my second-hand book collection there are a few books that contain some adorable children's illustrations. Here are a few of my favourites.

The first lot of illustrations are found in a Little Golden Book called 'A Book of God's Gifts' illustrated by Rick Schreter. How pretty is the colour palette and the patterns used in the children's clothing? Very vintage.

The second lot are from a book called 'The Illuminated Language of Flowers' illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Apparently these 'Victorian World' illustrations first appeared in a book called 'Language of Flowers' in 1884!

The last lot of illustrations are from Enid Blyton's 'Gay Street Book' illustrated by Grace Lodge. I love Grace's style of illustration. Her imagination jumps right off the page. And how cool is Brer Rabbit?