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!

the big girl bed

it's that time. for her very first big girl bed. the bed that lets her get up on her own accord (gulp). though i want to print ruby her own bedspread, i don't have time before said bed is installed and used. i love the above ikea fabrics (the b+w ones i'd love to modify, like some colorful lanterns hanging off the banners...).



and then also i like the blankets below all found on etsy but would need to custom order them a little bigger. top to bottom: what a hoot chocolate minky blanket and orange crush yellow minky blanket by snug-a-bug blankets,chirp microplush blanket by boopalina & bebe and minky simba blanket from quiltish by alisa jacobs

mister paper towel weiner dog

out for a walk

l'hopital

(don't know how to make the circumflexe over the o)
we've had a tumultuous week immediately upon our return from maine... david was hospitalized. it was scary. but we're home now and everything now seems like it's on the mend... and i'm oh so thankful he's alive, and for our loving families and friends. it's been a very personal time, and thus all the pictures. more fun and flitty stuff to come. promise

catching up

thanks meghan

the house

here we are

making mudcakes and octopus soup (chowder)

in two days

we'll be here

which reminds me

of beautiful losers (thanks c for the tip), also written up in (the typophilic issue of) print

greg lamarche

inspired by the above image (outflow 2, 2007) which i saw in the current issue of print magazine, i looked up more of his work and found lots of great stuff. below: coney island project, helio mural project.

see more work on his site

fears: part 2

i especially love this song. oh, and this one

fears: part 1

love these

new tea towels from three potato four

it's going to be...

just an idea...

naked carrots

the beginning of a special dinner for d.
eight carrots in the bed and the little one said roll over...
awww. and a couple of em are spooning.