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caroline gaedechens.

Caroline is fast becoming a current favorite of mine over here at DFM. I’m so inspired by her nature-esque themes and the creativity that she sees in the environment. I’m constantly in awe of artists that can take the everyday world and turn it into something beautiful; something that has always been there, but something

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long vowels.

I love this excerpt from the book ‘Seeing Sound’, by Thomas Chandler. The illustrations are from a whopping year of 1958 and created by Mary Gehr. Love it, love it, love it. Poster re-creation, anyone? [Thanks, IdahoStudios!]

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gallery ocho presents sideshow.

Gallery Ocho isn’t really known for being budget-friendly. In fact, this Santa Barbara shoppe could easily steal a month’s salary from my pockets in one fell swoop (granted, that salary would be a full time blogger’s salary, which translates to like, four dollars). Until now. With the new e-grand opening of Side Show, Gallery Ocho

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trend alert: anatomical hearts.

[bad heart print by india richer: $32]. It’s about time for a trend alert, yes? It’s been AGES, I know, but luckily, I’m just in time for V Day. Anatomical hearts have been ALL over the freaking place. ALL over. Everywhere. As in, EVERY WHERE. I haven’t decided how I feel about the trend yet,

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sketchbook crafts.

Amber, owner of Sketchbook Crafts was kind enough to send me an email last week, and of course, I couldn’t wait to check out her work. [If you want to follow in Amber’s footsteps, I’m ALWAYS happy to e-meet new artists! Email me at designformankind@gmail.com]. Anyway, I had no idea what I was missing. Amber

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home sweet home: krisi from bulgaria.

My new friend Krisi was kind enough to give me the in on a recent home makeover she’s working on, and to be totally honest, I’m smitten with this place. I’ve never been a fan of mod, or even modERN for that matter, but her brilliant mix of colors and light are just enough to

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