some blasts from the past

the wig + polaroids

while back in maine this past week i came across a large stack of photographs of "the wig". probably about ten years ago, around the time when i contemplated turning my hair grey with a variety of chemicals, i acquired this wig. my roomate christie and i, armed with a polaroid camera, began documenting people at parties in our house in that wig- often in varying degrees of inebriation (in which state a few men really let loose the woman in them...). back when these were taken, digital cameras weren't ubiquitious (in fact, i don't remember anyone i knew having them but then again i used an apple 2c through college).. and how when these pictures were taken it was so exciting to see them "right away" (the anticipation during the "development" only heightening the excitement of the unveiling...would it be bad, would it be amazing?)...and how we really take for granted today what it means to see a captured image seconds or split seconds after taking it. every party we had the polaroid was passed around...oh the sad sad state of the polaroid...to think-- how exciting it was to WAIT to see what you had shot...

distinguished creatures

prints by berkley illustration

from top left: squirrel print...polar bear print ...canada goose print...
raccoon print

aya brackett

aya brackett, a photographer out of berkeley, was one of PDN's 30 emerging photographers to watch in 2008.

check out more beautiful work on her website. her still life/chez panisse portfolio will make your mouth water....oh, alice waters!

from top left: nest, recycling, thanksgiving, breakfast, 3pm between meals

hug

hug it out, by sighn of multipolar projects, who's also doing this ambitious project

two beautiful sculptures

by the artist nancy bausch. left to right: between silence and light...fossil no.1. nancy's home collection is beautiful too, and marries so well with the adonde dessert spoons below

tools for living

a new-ish series from design within reach . and--- the bottle opener is 8 dollars!!!! who ever knew you'd be able to get something from DWR for under ten bucks!
i love all these pieces! clockwise from top left: hinoki tissue box... heavyweight tape dispenser...adonde dessert spoons...wall mounted bottle opener...fog linen kitchen cloth... tiffin lunch box set

from our porch this morning

rhino

my old roomie

photographs by katherine wolkoff
top: from deerbed series, bottom: from adaptations series

the hat lady

t-shirt by the full spectrum

quarries

photographed by edward burtynsky (click on them to see detail)
from top: Carrara Marble Quarries # 24, Carrara, Italy, 1993...Iberia Quarries # 8, Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal, 2006
(via dwell)

contemplating

making a third bday present for rube (above, an inspiration from the campagna bros). i'm thinking flamingos or monkeys...

jamie wieck

awesome inspiring graphic designer and illustrator out of london. (via tas-ka). sooo clever and talented and playful ala s. sagmeister.
top to bottom "if you can 'say it with flowers' can you say it with chocolate", and "can a poster make people do something they shouldn't". you have to visit his site to see more and understand the degree of cleverness of some of em. love him

chandeliers and mountain pillows

again, via remodelista, pics from the moormann berge hotel in denmark. how lovely are the chandeliers, and i was so happy to come across pix of these pillows as i had seen them in maira kalman's principles of uncertainty. it's worth visiting the hotel's site to peruse through their beautiful rooms and neat details. love the simple bedside lamps and inset bookshelving

waterpipes made beautiful

nabbed these pix of bathrooms at hotel basico from remodelista. love that the pipes look elegant, even (appropriately) fluid against the concrete walls. and no need for art when function = art. love

if j. adler made a childrens desk

'tmight look a lot like the cabana desk by duc duc. although you know JA would do some faux alligator on the cushion
(via fawn&forest)

frazier + wing

solid bright mobile
(via fawn&forest)

it's getting chilly...

great chunky knit little hats for little ones from pip-squeak chapeau

wiksten made

two pretty pieces from wiksten's fall 2008 collection. left to right: the lena dress (named for lena corwin...and sold out at the moment), and the alison skirt.

check out designer jenny gordy's blog. really pretty pix of her designs there too

croc

hand felted crocodile from pip-squeak chapeau

studio violet

elisabeth dunker and camilla engman have combined forces via studio violet, a studio/shop they share... can't wait to see more of what comes out of here. and what a beautiful space! hooray. as as if the talented artists don't have enough work with their own projects and blogs, they have a studio violet blog too!
(via poppytalk via design sponge)

funny/serious

...from YeeHaw Press. top to bottom: letterpress pole dance bear print, hand printed letterpress obama poster

built + french bull

have conspired! married! co-mingled! quite lovely-like. check more out here

cake

i have a wicked sweet tooth. and my achilles heel in the sweet tooth department is in cakes. i don't need anything special to make me swoon. a sheet cake from the grocery store will do. so long as it has that ridge of slightly crustier frosting... i do diverge. i discovered recently that i can fall in love with really classy cakes too. amazing wedding cakes, a show on the WE network, profiles some of the most challenging, fun and creative projects going on in some of the best cake shops in the country. one shop in particular, the cake girls in chicago, run by sisters mary and brenda maher, totally knocked my socks off with both the wedding and specialty cake art (above).

the show itself features more of the awesome cake artist teams across the country and you can see a lot of their work and profiles of the owners here. it's kind of like the project runway of the cake world (without the competition/elimination) since these artists are using their skills and talents to dream up & make happen something extraordinary, inspirational and one of a kind for their clients. cool stuff.

red prairie press

i just ordered this folkprint capsleeve tee by red prairie press. can't wait to get it!!

out of it

i have been out of blogland for a while (and the rabbithole of blogness that has a life of it's own), because some other life stuff has required attention (and because i have been moving my office to create space for a playroom for ruby). i likely will be out of the loop for a while, so here's a little montage of what's playing in my world... kinda like a visual mixtape

beauty on the inside by martha rich



mr. red kitchen towel by patapri



new pillows by jonathan adler



F that S letterprinted postcard by rar rar press



topo cards by crafterall



everything will be ok cards by bread + butter

small magazine

i'm sure i've mentioned small magazine before but the recent issue is really neat.top: illustrations by jayme mcgowan, bottom: photography and styling by this talented and inspiring woman

jackalope cards

by argyle whale
and you can write whatever you want in the banner between his antlers!

marni 3 tunic dress

grey and sea green, by bread and roses. this is a competitor in the handmade kids sweepstakes on etsy so it may be hard to come by

no bear

print by corduroy