In the summer of 2005, I spent five weeks in Singapore. One day, in a mall on Orchard Road, I found a sale bin full of stationery and had to bring a lot of it home. I think I know why it was on sale. I smile just looking at them. The letter sets are rife with whimsical images and sometimes strange, awkward and confusing text.
I recently perused the pile again, and wanted to share a few with you!
This one is exuberant! And that apple looks angry:
Although this says “wonderful world” it seems a bit maudlin:
Your cookie adventure could be a little dangerous:
Here’s a sheet you use especially for those pen pals you’d like to guilt trip into writing you back!
Here’s a set perfect for your crafty friends who can’t follow a train of thought:
This one shares some advice for us adults:
And then they just get weird:
This one is sweet and holds it together…until it doesn’t…
Thanks for the laugh, Dana! A great break from all the serious academic bs 🙂
Ooh: Its if minh Ah’s time to fill his empty heart under the Groomy sky, Girl! Girl~! He needs to like this everything in Knitting class. Makkes world me. Now I want to survwive cookies.
What a lovely mashup!
I knew you’d like them!