mathilde aubier.

Oh yes, another Panimal artist. You know I’m in love. Mathilde Aubier is a stunning French artist with a love for illustration, papier mache and prints. Which would make me a U.S. blogger with a love for anything Mathilde Aubier. See? Best friend material right there, baby. Call me, Mathilde.

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bakelite dreams.

Happy Monday, DFM! I thought I’d kick off the new week with a bit of vintage costume jewelry love, a fetish I had reserved in my mind for old cat ladies and child beauty queens, but BOY, did it bite me back. About a year ago I purchased my first bakelite cameo at the Santa

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trend alert: panimals.

[print from eveline tarunadjaja] At least that’s what I call them. You know what I’m talking about: people with animal traits, or animals with people traits. Either/or. Regardless, my husband thinks they’re totally creepy, and I think they’re ridiculously adorable. And it looks like 2008 agrees with my side of the story, b/c the trend

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aurora robson.

I received an email this morning from one of my favorite artists in the ENTIRE world [hi, lisa!], and she pointed me in the direction of Aurora Robson’s work. Lisa and Aurora are collaborating in Nashville this weekend for a show [opening tomorrow!] at SqFt Gallery. I hadn’t yet heard of Aurora, and am so

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anna wolf.

If I wasn’t a stay-at-home-blogger with a background in advertising, marketing and everything glamorous (that’s a joke, people), I’d want to be a photographer. Two years ago I bought my first grown-up camera with a REAL lens and I have no idea how to use it, but I love how it looks when I steady

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esprit cabane.

Oooh, I love a good DIY in the morning! French website Esprit Cabane offers a fabulous tutorial for reusing those old light bulbs that just keep burning out. The bad news is I can’t understand a WORD the tutorial says, but the GOOD news is that there are pictures! If you can decipher the code,

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