Banquet Journal

the magic butterfly

Another thrifted children's book with more inspiring illustrations: The Magic Butterfly and Other Fairy Tales of Central Europe (1963), a Golden Book illustrated by Ugo Fontana. His embroidered cu...

cuckoo clocks and pine boughs

Just put another baby tee order together. Now you can buy them at Eugene Choo and Dandelion Kids. One is a riff on a cuckoo clock in oxblood on charcoal. The other has pine boughs, squirrels, and ...

the three bears

I've been looking at Fedor Rojankovsky. a Russian born illustrator who came to America from France after the War.Rojankovsky did the drawings in this Little Golden Book, The Three Bears.

baby lederhosen

Lederhosen. I'm loving them so. Leaf detailing on the pockets. Faux elkhorn buttons, piped trim, and reindeer mediallions. A la bavaroise!