Bike Love by Hybrid-Home
I love when I recieve the little newsletters from Design Public in my inbox. And what was featured today, but the work of Hybrid-Home, specializing in prints and pillows in this great simplicitic and classy designs. With everything from the pencils to the hidden insides of some robots, they do great work. Cheers! PS: I...
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Illustration : Charley Harper
Probably most famous for his various illustrations and painting of wildlife, Charley Harper was an American artist with a great sense of modern style. Old Navy, of all places, recently had a whole collection of toys and games using Harper illustrations, including a coloring book, matching game, and animal/letter cards. I fortunately picked them up...
Etsy Tuesday: Joom Throw Pillows
Head over to the Joom Etsy store and check out these awesome screen printed throw pillows. Made by hand and printed on cotton fabric, these pillows are great! Cheers!
The Moustache Mug : Urban Outfitters
In you are unaware, I have a collecting complusion, I think, and one of the collections I have emassed over the last few years, apart from other things, has been a mug collection. This mug found over at Urban Outfitters may have to be made mine very soon. Featuring a collection of the some of...
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Web Design Wednesday:
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, which has had the pleasure of being awesome for over 125 years, has always been one of my favorite places to visit in the grand ole city of Indy. And after thier massive renovations in 2004-2006, the museum not only holds a great collection of art but also looks just...
My Dear Blog Friends…
Dear Friends (And by ‘friends,’ of course, i mean all of the people who come to my blog accidentally, looking for Karl Marx pictures or a how-to about 3D glasses): Pictured above is a super cute tote that won my heart over at House Industries. They are also fine markers of font collections, children’s toys,...
HOW TO: Make a Valentine from Onion Skins
Over on CraftStylish, there is a great How to on making this really beautiful box/notebook using onion skins. This method would be cool to create paper or covers for almost anything, not necessarily Valentines. Using only the peels and some tac paper, this is really a very pretty craft idea. Cheers!
HOW TO: Rubber Origami
THIS. IS. AWESOME. Using a wonderus material called PlastiDip that I had never heard of until today, blightdesign has created a really awesome Instructable that I’m going to have to try. Taking a paper crane and dipping it into PlastiDip, this is a super idea. Check it out!
12 BA Mayo Jars
Because I know the only time I ever think of putting mayo on my sandwich is if it comes in a jar with a moustache, sunglasses, and vengence in it’s heart. Classic print from Marc Johns. Found via SwissMiss.
Van Gogh Mouse
I usually don’t have an affinitity for tiny plush animals in some kind of novelty garb, but this was too funny/weird/cute to not say something about it. The House of Mouse over at Etsy has a huge collection of these tiny handmade mice that are dressed in various characters, everything from Star Wars to Emo...
Etsy Tuesday: Live What You Love Print
This vintage wooden letter press print can be found over at Hijirik’s Store on Etsy. Great print–I love the color. Cheers!
Stitch-It by Simple Shoes
So I read about these shoes a long time ago in ReadyMade magazine, but never could fork over the $65 for them. So you can imagine my hipCheapster delight when I saw them on sale/clearance for $20 over at Simple Shoes! These eco shoes are made from sustainable and renewable materials, and come disassembled, so...