Monday, December 07, 2009

Graffiti Gone Global

Graffiti Gone Global

Jeff Claassen

Matt found amayzun, love this style. And Keep Drafting, Collected works of Augustine Kofie.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Wooly Pocket

Woolly Pocket Garden Company and the blog. I am thinking of all the ways I could use something like this! Fantastic.


O color trends

Found this interesting post on COLOURlovers ... a look at the last year of O Magazine covers and their color trends.

p.s. My head is hurting. My brain is numb from trying to build my final project website ... I just can't seem to remember anything I learned this year and I am starting to panic.

Prison Penpals

I was searching for something in my blog for someone and ran across this post from March 2008 that I guess I never published but it is still pretty interesing.

You could have your own prison penpal.

Or you could meet your inmate, at any age ... is this real?

Or there is always inmates for you. !!!!

"InmatesForYou.com provides a user friendly, searchable database for which to correspond with those that are in county, state or federal prisons across the US. We charge a nominal fee to help with the time and costs involved in maintaining the website, sending out mailers and fulfilling orders.

Not only do I communicate with the inmates listed within here as a service provider, but I have also had the opportunity to reply back to personal letters written directly to me. This has aided me in getting to know more about what prison life is like. I can honestly say there are sincere, caring women in prison who want nothing more than a pen pal or friend to correspond with. Some may even look to you as more than a friend and possible partner in a relationship. Either way there is someone out there for all of us."


Honestly, if you just google "prisoners photos" there are more sites than I can list here. I am have written a email to ask about this and am investigating this further. I think this is very, very odd. And definitely needs some more research.

Simplify Christmas

Ran across this delightful (Washington State) blog, Simplify Christmas.

A garden approach

Found a couple of interesting things while paging through Pacific Northwest Magazine today.

Held in September, an innovative garden show that I would loved to have gone to ... The Late Show Gardens, photos by Saxon Holt, this amazing table! "Future Feast in The Garden Of Flow / Accumulation" by Suzanne Biaggi and Patrick Picard at The Late Show Gardens".




Then I ended up at Garden Design photo gallery (and the blog) where I spied one little thing in a photo will make your heart stop. It happened when I was going through the photo gallery of "David Winston Flowers takes a modern approach to decorating for the holidays". I saw this chandelier! The description is rich: "The crowning glory of the room is the chandelier (shown in detail above). The drum-shaped framework of aluminum and wire, 30 inches across and 38 inches tall, was created to fit over the existing light fixture. It took three people two days to meticulously attach its tiny jewels - pine needles, hemlock cones, Mylar snowflakes, faux gems and Hypericum berries."





Inspiration

Recyclart has the most fun stuff! Via the delightful Inspiracion hecha a mano.

Would love to make these Spray Can Delight lights. Car parts sculptures by Austrian artist James Corbett. Yes, Delightful!



Falling into winter

It rained all November! December, just dipped into the 30's. I have been so busy with school, work and stuff going on that I feel like I haven't been spending enough time blogging. I am going through my drafts this morning (hundreds of them) and found this.

fall

Mari Andrews

I remember feeling like I could do a big backwards flip when I first discovered Mari Andrews ... and just felt the same way when I saw her work on the most wonderful art blog, Dear Ada. Thank you!


Saturday, December 05, 2009

The GOOD 100

GOOD magazine's The GOOD 100 list. Via and read more about it from Inclined to Create.

One Lil' Waif at a Time

Remember Lil' Waif, where we found our Pixel? They have a new book out
Timmy’s Rescue: One Lil’ Waif at a Time: "is a true story about finding inspiration and gifts of friendship. Now, when people ask, "Just how did you get involved in rescue?" this story, can be our answer... Watching our book evolve while patiently wading through the publishing process has been a worthwhile venture and now we're ready to share it. It's done! It's finally here. Time to spread the word and begin our adventure into the book-world; we're excited! We hope you are too.'

Friday, December 04, 2009

Sleepy head

Pixel sleeps between D and me ... this morning I woke her up by accident. No matter, she went right back to sleep.



And my friend Robin has a new puppy, "Monkey". With her monkey sweater.


Thursday, December 03, 2009

A Constance Posey

Amazing simple and elegant shoe illustrations by Constance Posey found via Inside-Out.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

I am getting hungry!

Do you know how much I love brussel sprouts, and how good this recipe for balsamic braised brussels with pancetta looks! From Smitten Kitchen (and don't miss the cappuccino fudge cheesecake while you are there). Well, it all makes me hungry.

Super Epic Rainbow Cake

Whisk Kid is whipping up a Super Epic Rainbow Cake and I love it.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Stocking stuffers

Going to get my son this TODO-TATTOO™, he needs something like this to get him through his chores. He keeps telling me to make him a list. I say, make your own list.




Hand monsters and Napkin sketchbook

Monday, November 30, 2009

Arranged by Sue Hammond

Arranged flickr set by very talented Australian photographer Sue Hammond. Another link from a Seattle blog, Pursuit of Happiness, full of inspiration.

Yum

This recipe and everything on cannelle et vanille makes my mouth water.

Loving

Lonny Magazine is very fun.

Oh My Cavalier

kindra is here

Rug Design blog

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS leaf installation by Luzinterruptus. Found at MoCo - "Imagine the magic of autumn leaves afloat just above the ground, seemingly lifted by light. Then blink again, and they are still there." Photo by Gustavo Sanabria.



A Mark In Time

A Mark In Time

Dime Store Emporium

speak without my voice

I want this, PEPE Tools Combination Disc Cutter!