Part of my Week

I love you because print by SeattleShowPosters found via Swiss Miss

Lara of Ink & Spindle's New Wall Stickers!

Dog Stache, found via Swiss Miss

Liberty of London for Target debuts today

Design * Sponge's DIY Woven Cork Ikea Skala Tray

Alphabets All Around

I was born into loving alphabets as some people are born into money. It's as simple as that. I can't help but notice how they are everywhere these days too. Check these out! In rows, left to right (click on image to enlarge--don't miss the details of these babies!)...

• Angela Liguori Brocade Ribbons (Edizoni)
• Stamp Chart (The Small Object)
• Jessica Hische (Design Sponge)
• Alligators All Around (via my childhood memories of growing up with the Nutshell Library)
• Girard Alphabet Blocks (Moma Store)
• Paper Nut (Black Eiffel)
• Please someone, help me find the artist to this image that I pulled years ago and still love to death--if I remember correctly, she is an artist around Seattle who makes individual square prints and will do custom numbers. I recall N, Z or "rette" being in her name some how...anybody recognize?
  
• Found Alphabet (Black Eiffel)
• Beauchamping (Simple Song)
• Proverbial Quilt Pattern (Denise Schmidt) - Not exactly the alphabet, but close enough
• The Blueprint-made-famous Binth Alphabet poster now available in individual prints
• Ink Tree Press (Etsy)

SNAPS i think i might go gladiator

J.Crew Spring 2010 - It took me a while to warm up to the idea...

Part of My Week

Better late than never! This weekend came and went too quickly...the leisure time was grand and the homework not so bad either...anyways, here are a few things that caught my attention last week. Clockwise from top left...

• Ixelles Settee from Casamidy (Remodelista)
• An email from Heath Ceramics announcing their Spring/Summer 2010 collection
• Bobbi Bear (Purl Soho)
• Lumi Doll Print - collaboration between Julie Morstad & Le Train Fantome
• Fog Linen Book (Lena Corwin)
• Photo from Cathinca's Flickr album (via Morning's Light)
• Cupcake Kits (Oh Joy)

Good Company

In my dream world, I craft and blog all day. In the real world, I have a great "real job." Since the fall, I've been working with my team to develop the program, theme, collateral and website for Fairmont's 2010 Summer Program. It is with great enthusiasm that I share with blogland, Fairmont's Summer Circus, aka. my "real job."

I've been living and breathing the circus and am happy to see that I'm not alone. Check out some of Fairmont Summer Program's recent circus-y company. Something tells me, we couldn't have picked a better theme for 2010!

• Giant Dwarf Pinwheels found via Design is Mine
• The Winding Road's Circus Birthday Party featured on The Sweetest Occasion, found via my girlfriend Jayna who incidentally designed our amazing look!
• Circus Tent Ring found via Greedy GirlAnthropologie's February 2010 Circus Catalogue
• J Crew's Crewcuts Circus

Bookin' Good!

Who doesn't heart books? (BTW, at what point did heart take over love in the land of blogs? I still get a kick out of that.)

Here's a little something I learned from Dr. Krashen, language acuqisition researcher extraordinaire, at Fairmont's last teacher in-service: Need to expand your personal library, but on the cheap? Book Mooch lets you do it for (almost) free.

And here are some things that caught my attention blogging and twittering the past few weeks (clockwise from top left)...

- Stack of Cookbooks photo from Geninne's Art Blog
- Penguin Postcards (via Design Crush)
- Mrs. Literary Book Club - a funny, if not a bit snotty, view of reading in style (via Mrs. Lilien)
- More Penguin Classics Books (Amazon & Anthropologie - photo from Anthro)
- Cover Spy "a team of publishing nerds hits the subways, streets, parks and bars to see what New Yorkers are reading now"
- Readeo (new partner of Chronicle Books) allows grandparents to read to their grandchildren via the internet while living far away...love it!

Part of My Week

What a week! After packing a week of work into a few days, B and I are now on a mini vacation in Montana to see friends. Check out a few favorite parts of my week (not related to my time in Montana!):

• To support my claim that you can't have too much Green: Belle Maison's Green Interiors
• To make me miss Paris (even more!): Design Crush's Picture It: Eiffel Tower (photo by Andy Bloxham)
• Loving this Tasty Book, found via the Purl Bee Newsletter
  
• To give me another chance at getting one of these amazing creations: The In like a Lion, Out like a Lamb Collection by Stephanie Congdon Barnes