Just wanted to send a HUGE congratulations to my dear friend Lisa Solomon on her upcoming excerpt from Illustration Play, a FANTASTIC book published by Victionary Press. I’ll let Lisa explain the deets: Illustration Play explores new trends in handcrafted illustration, each of which lends a welcome departure from digitally generated graphics. In a bold
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goodwill hunting.
Shelly Leer (a.k.a. Upholstery GODDESS) just sent me over her most recent DIY project and I am LOVING the result. A boring Goodwill coffee table was given the ultimate makeover and is now a decorator’s dream bench! She was kind enough to write out step-by-step instructions for the textile-deficient (read: me). Thank you, Shelly—- FANTASTIC
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print of the day: specimen 10.
“one little, two little, three little specimens…” $29 from Wondercabinet.
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plover organic.
Plover’s already made the rounds via Irene and Victoria, but I had to put in my two cents, for what it’s worth: It just hit me that I’ve been on such an art kick lately (you know, for like eight months) that I’ve been neglecting my love affair with textiles. It’s quite unwarranted, really; I
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fashion forward: a cocktail affair.
Woo hoo! It’s fashion forward time! If you’re unfamiliar with this little Design for Mankind tradition, here’s the skinny:1. Cute outfit.2. Cute room.3. Cute outfit feeds cute room. Cute room feeds cute outfit.4. Room and outfit blue into total cuteness, together as one. Make sense? Good. Let’s play: Need a breakdown? Here goes: THE ROOM:
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lindsay brackeen.
Gracious, this gal’s got talent. I’ve been eyeing Lindsay’s ‘Be My Guest’ print ever since she emailed me last week and introduced me to her lovely work. I just can’t get over how perfect it is. Lindsay’s art is equal parts cute and trendy. If you’re into that sort of thing, that is, and you
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lill studio.
Oh gracious. I am NOT a handbag girl, which is fantastic and has taken years of reverse psychology, so I pray that I don’t relapse because of this post. BUT, I can’t not post it, b/c it’s just so creative and fun and it makes me want to dance like a crazy man. My good
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print of the day: kitchen slippers.
Because I’ve always dreamed of a pudding foot massage. $45 from TskTsk.



