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I liked these vintage puzzles quite a bit. Cute lion.

And nice polar bear puzzle.

I liked this I'm Going to Grandma's case.

These large spools were interesting.

I thought this vintage 1955 Coca-Cola ad was interesting because the headline doesn't assume that everyone would appreciate the best (as it would likely assume today). That "almost" leaves a little wiggle room. Because you know, some people like the crappy thing. It seems counter-intuitive, but sometimes it's true.

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I liked these two prints by Margo Alexander. They were framed (and rather banged up), but the art was really pretty. Very 1950s. I liked the colors and the brush strokes.

A couple of Kentucky Tavern ads.

I like that this ad has this line at the bottom: There’s only one better buy in bonds…savings bonds!

An Old Dutch Cleanser ad from The Ladies’ Home Journal from 1924.

And a Pepsi ad from the 1950s. On your wedding day, choose Pepsi over champagne. Okay, the ad doesn’t say that, but it does want you to have a “light” refreshment with fewer calories. [Pause.] It’s my opinion that counting calories is the last people want to be doing at a wedding.

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Here are some 1950s ads I saw in a Life magazine. I thought this Pan American ad was interesting using Norman Rockwell art.

Here’s a Magnavox ad.

A Du Pont ad.

A Rexall ad—I just like seeing the toys from back in the day.

And I really like this Peter Pan Little X girdle ad. Super simple and graphic.

Vintage Advert Notebook

I finally broke down and bought a binding machine. I’d been eyeing one online for quite sometime and when it happened to be on sale at a local store—I gave in. I’d resisted the urge to get one for a while because I didn’t need one but as with most crafty items I wanted it. [Sigh.] I really just tried to avoid the inevitable…and that never really works.

Since my mom’s birthday was just around the corner, I thought it was the perfect time to test my new binding machine by making a notebook. My mom enjoys classic Hollywood films from the “Golden Age” of cinema when screwball comedies and musicals reigned supreme, so I wanted to reflect that time period in the notebook I made for her. I had purchased a stamp that had various newspaper ads from that 1940’s and thought that I could use it to create a cute cover.