Full House

We're amassing quite an extensive playing card collection, mostly consisting of vintage packs, but when we saw these Johnny Cupcake Cards we had to add them to the pile.

Check out their store here.

Vintage Matches

Match boxes are always a great source of inspiration, particularly for typography, and so we thought we'd share a selection from our own collection of vintage matchbooks. These were collected at various locations including Tynemouth Market and MyGeneration in Barnard Castle.

For more match based inspiration check out the following links.

www.maraid.co.uk/blog/2007/06/matchbox-labels/
www.flickr.com/photos/maraid/sets/72157594234429063/
www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/sets/72157601270250256/
www.flickr.com/photos/linzie/sets/72157601961559416/
www.flickr.com/photos/68246722@N00/sets/72157608605792877/
www.matt-lee.com/index.php?/photos/indian-matchboxes/

Reet Good

We went to visit our best bud's in Sheffield and sampled a beer by the steel cities finest, Kid Acne. A tasty brew with an even tastier label. Top work as ever.

You can see more of Kid Acne's work here.