Here’s wishing everyone a relaxing few days. i swear my weekends are going by faster and faster!
PS: This is one of those images that’s been floating around on my Mac for awhile and has lost its credit. If anyone happens to know who it belongs to don’t hesitate to tell me!
Posted In happy weekendThis video, in my mind, is the most inspirational political speech of our generation. I can honestly say that I’ve never been moved to feel any emotions similar to the ones I felt while watching this from any other political talk.
“This is a video for Barack Obama inspired by his speech on change and aspiration. It was produced independently without knowledge or support from the Obama campaign. It was made by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and stars Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta and Nick Cannon.”
If you liked this video, please forward it on! There are a lot of undecided people out there and a lot of close races.
:: via Eye Heard Too Much
Posted In monday goodnessValentine’s Day is two weeks from today and I’ve held off on this Round Up because new valentines keep popping up every day! So without further ado – or babble – here are my favorite valentines of 2008. (I tend to lean more towards the quirky/funny side with these cards because that’s just where my personality falls in regards to this holiday.)
16 Sparrows Valentine Cards
Together, we make a pretty badass robot.
Take those damn pants off!!
Aran Made letterpress Valentine’s Day cards
i’m trying…
i really like your pheromones
hello
run away with me…
Bella Muse Valentine’s Day cards
I want to have text with you.
Happy Valentine’s Day you saucy little tart.
Ella Studio Valentine Expressions Cards
I Fucking Love You.
Fucking Be Mine.
Earmark Invitations Let’s Fork
Orange Beautiful’s LOVE cards
Pressa Russa’s letterpress V14 cards and envelopes
Melissa Kate’s Olive You linocut card set
Tina Seamonster’s Zombie Plague Gocco Valentines Day Card
Turtle Papers’ Giraffes in Love note card set
Sometimes I Think Sometimes I Don’t light installation by Stefan Bruggemann.
I’ve been tagged by d.Sharp and Fresh Peel. And since I haven’t done one of these in awhile, well, I guess it’s time to fess up.
1. You know when there’s something rank smelling in the air and people tell you to breathe through your mouth? Yeah, I can’t do that. I feel like I’m eating the stench.
2. I’m constantly in the middle of an internal monologue and sometimes make the mistake of speaking it out loud. Make that a very frequent sometimes.
3. My sarcasm runs rampant and if you don’t know me, well, let’s just say there may be either severe confusion or offense taken. And lots of explaining to do on my part.
4. I have no middle name.
5. I am the Queen of Lists. I have them for everything in a notebook I tote around. Right down to one for Possible Future Pet Names. I’m such a loser. (And not at all antipcipating or looking forward to the demise of my current two feline friends…)
6. I love to purge my belongings at least once a year. (In fact, it’s one of the lists!) But I have a rule that 99% of the things I’m ditching either go to charity or someone else who can use them – not into the trash.
7. My favorite word in the English language is quintessential. If you don’t know what it means look it up.
I’m not going to tag anyone because I figure by this point we’ve all filled out this chain letter equivalent at least once. But what I am going to do is open it up to the Design Crush readers. Yes, you. It can be seven strange things about yourself or one. If you feel compelled to share your deepest, darkest secrets there’s no better time or place and than here and now.
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MOMA recently acquired this piece entitled Living: Some days you wake and immediately… by artist Jenny Holzer. The 8 x 10″ bronze signage really spoke to me – everyone has had a day like this. You wake up able to feel its presence and it feels like a cloud hanging over you. You’re literally just waiting for the bomb to drop. Ugh.
So now you’re saying, “But today’s Tuesday. You’re Monday Goodness is a day late!” And you’re right of course. Yesterday our office was closed for MLK Day. It’s taking awhile to get used to having bank holidays off, but I’m not complaining! I apologize for not giving a heads up last Friday about my Monday absence. I hope everyone had a crazy-great weekend.
Posted In monday goodnessOh. My. Gosh. This is the best thing I’ve seen all week! Check out the Design Police Visual Enforcement Kit and download a free copy for your own use (there are five pages total). I can only imagine what could/would happen should this fall into the wrong hands…
:: via Oneplusinfinity
Perfect for a Monday.
:: via Avi Abrams Flickr
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The last three weeks have taught me a valuable lesson: I’m not cut out to be a rockstar. Three trips in two and half week is enough to kill anyone, so touring would be out of the question. One more dream crushed and washed down the drain. My traveling is finally over and although it was wonderful to see family and friends I’m so, so glad to be home and stationary for a bit.
I arrived home to a great surprise – an award from Snowflakes & Vampires for my posts and these rings. I promised to pass on ten more awards from Design Crush, so here you go.
1. Chris Wilson of Fresh Peel for his innovative approaches and thoughts on every day life in marketing.
2. Rachel of Black*Eiffel for her posts that make my eyes pop.
3. Jhayne of black.white.bliss. for this post on the Tiny Buildings Blog.
4. BB of BB-Blog because it’s a Must Read for unique finds.
5. Smoke and Ochre’s Bronwyn for these amazing Andy Warhol posters.
6. Jordan of Oh Happy Day because her brand new son Moses is the most adorable baby. Oh, and because she barely took a break from blogging after having him!
7. The Projects because I’m just digging the posts lately.
8. Abbey Goes Design Scouting for this post on the number 8.
9. Susy of SusyJack* for these great desktop images.
10. And last (but not least) Amber of Daisy Chain for agreeing with me thatJuno is, in fact, one of the best movies ever!
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