one night stand

sleeper sofa by blue dot

unstop a bull

about trading dirt

allan kaprow's wonderful and inspiring storytelling of his art happening, 'trading dirt'
view video by peter kirby here

our attempt

at dyeing eggs with blueberries. they came out more purpley than the pictures, but so pretty nonetheless. hyacinth flowers made really neat impressions...

natural egg dyeing

great article on how to use veggies, fruit, spices and tea
from vegetable gardener

built by you

i love these two patterns from the built by wendy/simplicity collaboration.
lena corwin is offering a one-day workshop with cal patch on the second dress pattern in her studio.
buy patterns here. workshop here

linen, wool, cotton

this awesome japanese craft book is now available in english! woohoo.
preorder it here

corey arnold

from his arcticness series. more here

martine fougeron

tete a tete, an adolescent portrait of two sons. more here

emma adbage

wonderful illustrations by swedish artist emma adbage
via fine little day

special

goodies d brought back from singapore and hong kong. a gold goat and silver ball tea (blossoming jasmine flowers)and strange nougat/gummy candies in foil.

a candy ode to vanessa beecroft:

san juan

astrological baby blankets

egg baby

a door, a bull

happy birthday david

to dry for

to dry for is a company launched last year by sally and dave when they couldn't find tea towels that suited their fancies. they have a great collection of now 101 designs by a variety of great designers.
a few of my favorites:
jelly by thornback and peel, big breakfast (green) by mr. PS, pigeons by thornback and peel

goodies from supermarket

dove ornaments by joshua stone , polopolo tissue box cover by yokomono studio , and large marine canvas notebooks by randL

pinch

harper table, alba console, beata light and contore bench from pinch

i love the clean + simple styling in these, in particular the paint color and mouldings- or lack thereof. pinch are a husband/wife design duo out of london.

via bloesem

jesper waldersten

art and illustrations by jesper waldersten

builtbright barn

finally, an excellent prefab possibility in the works on the east coast! builtbright barn is a 700 sq ft 2BR home/studio that is slated to receive LEED platinum certification. built on spruce mountain in rockland, maine, the net-zero house is designed to generate more electricity over a year than it uses. the model house has been completed but is not yet available for sale.

the signature LED lightskirt changes colors based on the home's energy use. green means there is an energy surplus, yellow means the house is making just as much as the house needs, and red means the energy usage is more than is culled.

via builtbright barn and jetson green

pretty

by mina perhonen, on sale at bird and karma necklace from jcrew