PHOTO: Emma Louise
01/ inside -out caramel apples!
02/ gorgeous paper wigs
03/ love these stackable phone cases
04/ so happy to see this shop open
05/ great 3D paper art: a camper!
06/ The Mixed Race Project
07/ a candy corn vodka tonic – YUM
08/ how to make origami bats
Crushing big time on this Penguin books iPhone case from Cassia Beck and Society6. Already have a case? No worries because it’s also available as a print, a canvas, and laptop and iPad skins.
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I’m crazy about these wood ikat cards from INK + WIT! They’re flats that don’t fold and each one comes with a gold envelope for sending. I think a set would look lovely framed and put on display, too. Well done, Tara!
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Row 1: Frankie wall calendar, Spread the Love veneer wall calendar, Sycamore Street Press French pastry letterpress calendar
Row 2: Leah Duncan geometric wall calendar, Rifle Paper Co. garden calendar print, Hammerpress vamos bicycle calendar
Row 3: egg press desk calendar, Two Trick Pony Year of Type, Blackbird Letterpress Here Comes the Rain calendar
Have you signed up for the 2012 Calendar Swap yet?!
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PHOTO: Hilda Grahnat
01/ digging the latest incarnation of this desktop wallpaper project
02/ a very well executed video series about studying abroad
03/ I Heart New York
04/ interested in this letterpress collaboration, Friends With Benefits
05/ some mad genius deep-fried Babybel
06/ abandoned Victorian houses made out of LEGOS
07/ inbook charging stations for your iPod + iPhone
08/ another recharged desktop collaboration series from Shanna Murray
PHOTO: Kate Miss
If you’ve been following For Me, For You these past few weeks you already know that Kate Miss’s boyfriend, Will, has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Will has been unable to work since having a tumor removed and has no medical insurance. You can imagine the mountain of debt the surgery, tests, and appointments have put these two under, and now to make things just a little more difficult they’ve had trouble securing funding for his upcoming chemo treatments. As someone who hasn’t had health insurance for more years than I care to admit, this is my own personal nightmare.
While the duo are refusing cash donations, Kate has set up an Etsy shop full of her and Will’s work – they’re both completely gifted creatives – that will benefit their current situation. So if you want to help one of the sweetest couples I know (on the internet), please consider visiting the shop and purchasing a super affordable piece of art. Will, Kate, and I will all thank you for it.
Posted In do goodI’d be remiss not to pay homage to the loss of such a visionary. Steve Jobs was sick, that we all knew. I think what we didn’t know was how much he impacted our lives. He made my career as a graphic designer possible, and my role as a blogger easier. His inventions allow me to communicate more readily with my friends and family, and share photos and work instantly without a second thought. Without Steve Jobs my love of music might not be as big a part of my life as it is, because it’s so readily available. Without his innovative, forward-thinking ingenuity my life as I know it would cease to exist. And to think, he was really only getting started.
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I’ve been waiting for Julia Rothman’s Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life
As much as I’ve grown and changed in 31 years, one thing has remained a constant. My love of animals. Several of my friends foster dogs and cats and, well, it seemed like only a matter of time before I fell into the system as well.
Last Monday I received my first two charges: Sophie and Petunia. One miniature pinscher and one Italian greyhound(?). Both 6-months(ish) old, both with massive ears. Sophie is more timid, but plays a mean rope. Petunia is a hardcore play-all-the-timer, but gives good snuggles too. Both are lovers and being potty trained (a first for me!). This fostering thing is no joke, it is definitely work. I take them outside at least once an hour, break up dog fights, and listen to whines when it’s time for bed and they have to be crated. I don’t think I’d be able to do it if I weren’t working from home right now, that’s for sure. But I know when they go up for adoption in less than two weeks I’m going to feel the biggest sense of accomplishment (and a little sadness) as I send them off to their new homes.
For those of you in Oklahoma City, both Sophie and Petunia (along with 598 other animals) will be up for adoption at Midnight Woofness October 15-16!
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Wouldn’t this see through shapes postcard from Present & Correct be so much fun to receive in the mail? Insta-party!
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