i’ve always been a fan of blissen‘s work- they make adorable cards, books and journals with a unique design that’s all their own. what’s so wonderful about blissen is that each piece is handmade by the group’s artists. i love the handcrafted feel behind each design and i think you will too. i’m rather partial…
i love these magnets from the apartment. they’re simple, chunky and cool. plus, i’ve been looking for a cool new way to display my polaroids of our cats…i really need to stop taking pictures of them…
jen corace is an illustrator i discovered via one good bumblebee. her work is painfully cute and you really have to visit her site to see the work in full effect. you’re greeted by bouncing gingerbread men, cupcakes and a giant snowman that houses her portfolio. if cute (but edgy) illustration is your thing, click…
welcome back everyone, i hope all of you who were able to take monday off had a lovely long weekend. aaron and i were deliciously lazy and did very little. i just wanted to thank everyone out there who has taken the time to enter my little diy contest (which is not so little anymore)….
hear ye, hear ye, on this 18th day of february let the search for the best in independent, diy design begin! in a world where it’s so easy to lose track of what’s really important about design (the process behind the product: the joy of building and designing things by hand), i thought it would…
i really like chris ferebee. for starters, he’s from my hometown (hooray for the 757!), he’s really talented (and cute) and i used to be convinced he was the older brother of my quaker-school friend (who i had a huge crush on). turns out it’s a different chris ferebee. oh well. i’m gonna do a…
one of the cutest diy, indepehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifndent design sites is almost closed so hurry! hurry! to quibbly.net to purchase some of the remaining button and illustration designs from brooklyn based michi turner. her style is unique and definitely worth checking out (i’d love to frame a whole slew of her buttons). click here to catch the…
i found superfantastico via the wonderful ms. bumblebee. short and sweet this site has some funny posters that would be the perfect addition to a small space that needs some color, humor and aw heck, pizazz. click here for more info. (and be sure to catch the “ideal boy” poster below. ha.
since the theme of the next week is DIY, i figured i just had to feature never twice, a portland, oregon based crafts website that has some great designs to offer. i’m partial to the heart-a-twitter necklace above. so cute. click here for more info on never twice. hooray for diy!
did you ever have one of those crazy crazy small world moments? well, i just did. nathan from disfugure::san francisco just contacted me and thought i might like the cool antique meets mod chairs they design for retail and contract interiors. funny you should ask, nathan….when ac and i were in san francisco (i miss…
my old roommate, rachael is from maine, therefore this post is dedicated to her. another fantastic d*s reader IMed me yesterday with praise for their local portland, maine design store called ferdinand. and boy were they right- this store is painfully cute and has some awesome homemade goods that are available online right here. from…
a wonderful d*s reader passed these on to me. they’re cute design stamps from sweden. you can buy them online here. enjoy.
this is seriously the shit. seriously. you can upload your own handwriting and create a font from it. do it. it’s awesome. [via ms. jen's unbeige]
it’s no secret that kiln enamel makes amazing products- their booth at the gift fair was swarming with admirers (myself included). they make beautiful jewelry, but this time i chose to focus on their beautiful bud vases. i’ve always been a sucker for an interteresting vase and these are no exception. cute, colorful and perfect…
although yesterday was a wonderfully lovely day (complete with a walk through prospect park for me!) the day before it was disgusting. first class yucky rain weather. hence, dom from id fuel emailed me with these umbrella designs, thinking they were up my alley, but hopefully not required during my day. so, even though the…
silho home is an LA based store with a lot to offer. while a bit more traditonal at times than my own personal style, i think it’s worth checking out. their furniture is classy, stylish and above all, elegant. check out silho’s website for more info. enjoy!
cute bird necklace from cute jewelry company. nuff said. more info here.
if you like design and architecture, your butt should be here. soon. ac and i are going pronto. i mean come on, a play about le courbusier and robert moses? sweeet. click here for more info on times, tix and location. [via the real janelle]
every wednesday night i sit on our little ikea couch in unbearable anticipation. with baited breath i wait for my favorite hour of television to begin, longing to hear those sweet, sweet words, “are you in or are you out“….because my heart belongs to wednesday night and wednesday night belongs to project runway. bursting with…
i love budget living magazine. it’s a great magazine for people like me who are a veritable radar for high-end goods, but happen live on a low-end budget. this month’s issue is home to tons of wonderful diy projects- mainly a GORGEOUS silver spoon mirror designed by flaunt magazine‘s jocelyn meintser. i absolutely love it….
