organic goodness

in my search for an evening gown i added to my search something that was better for the planet. though i knew an evening gown was a reach, and indeed never found something ankle length and green, i did find an interesting variety of lovely eco-conscious cocktail dresses, undies, etcetera
clockwise from top left:
angelica dress by ecoskin, organic john patrick hand knit cardigan,the movie star dress by kate, perfectly imperfect organic cotton lace boy short, alison pleated dress by sublet, hera dress by popomomo, fleece jacket by stem, brasenia dress by ecoskin

vintageous

i have an evening gown to purchase for a formal event around the corner. specifically, a floor-length evening gown. not that i am having tremendous luck finding the perfect one but i did come across this fabulous site of vintage party frocks. they post new dresses every couple of weeks and seem to sell out quite quickly (i think all of the above have been spoken for). an interesting selection of goddess-style and full-skirt stuff...

wrong is subjective

handmade signs

inspired by a show we saw last night about the artist steve powers and the hand-painted revitalization of coney island, i looked for some handmade sign inspiration. so i poked around flickr and found some wonderful images.

some with colorful advertising...


some with important messages...


some beautifullly weathered and simple...


(pls bear with me while i credit the flickr photographers)

jesse brown

i came across seattle artist jesse brown on happy cavalier ... love his handlettering and- better yet- the way he uses it to show how (cleverly) his mind works

john bennett fitts

love the beautiful abandoned pool photographs by john bennett fitts

petite collage

animal alphabet silkscreen by petite collage (aka lorena simonovich). pics of her studio (below) are via poppytalk blog.





etsy store here, website here

in honor of the beard

bearded guy tee by loyalty and blood

this here song makes me cry, but i love it.
makes me think of this article

i never was his biggest fan but

i really like two songs on his self-produced album : milk thistle and cape canaveral (thanks david)

fun with play-doh

ruby was a bit of a grump yesterday, considering her i'd-prefer-to-bounce-in-my-crib-instead-of-sleep naptime. can you tell which worm is hers? hmmmmmm

everyone will want to be your friend

by esther pearl watson

cake + hate

i like it alot and i hate everything right now by martha rich.
yup. pretty much sums it up at times, no?
check out martha's daily art site, freedomwig

outside in the ice ocean

by betsy walton

a little saturday night...

picture from our porch

amendment to previous post...

someone on project runway DID make that dress. leanne! i had no idea when i found it. such a doofus.

someone on project runway...

should be making something like this!