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The Coolest Umbrellas (Senz)and rain accoutrement (Tretorn & Hunter)

January 31, 2008 4 Comments

Come rain or shine I’m swimming!! We just found a lovely apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn to rent. We love it. It’s on a lovely quiet block, all brownstones. We’re in a second floor walk up. It’s sunny and full of character. I might have to start posting my new obsessions about design and decor. I can’t wait to get the place looking like home. Stay tuned for updates! And now for the rain gear:

I love these amazing Senz wind resistant umbrellas (up to 70mph!). They’re aerodynamic and great aesthetically to boot. Oh and speaking of boots, I adore my Tretorn waterproof boots in rose. I wear them all the time (they were procured out of necessity during an ice/rain last month in which my un-sensible flats got drenched and my feet too). They’re cute, quite comfy, waterproof, as well as lined. For men these Hunter original wellies are cool looking and functional. They seem like something Prince Wills might don. Oh and I just saw these cute Hunter’s for women with free fleece socks for the insides, oh cozy…on Shopbop.

Artists are Mammals: Mammal Magazine by mammalian illustrators/bloggers.

January 23, 2008 No Comments

Yesterday was newsy so I’ll keep today’s brief, brief: I was the guest on Moldawer in the Morning podcast again if you want to hear us talk about Edgar Allen Poe’s grave, robots, and tigers. News done.

I knew a pack of boys in college that lived in a ramshackle house called “Sugartown”. They even had the kitschy light-up sign to prove it. The cohabitants of this modern animal house were talented illustrators. They were post ironic before the Brooklyn hipsters even got to ironic. They finished making lascivious video art before Dash Snow ever curled up in his first hamster nest. They were passionate about their art while maintaining a sense of humor and self deprecation. In terms of raw talent they matched R. Crumb, Norman Rockwell, and Frank Frazetta combined. I looked up to them as they worked slumped over on the floor in front of the t.v, in their rooms at a professional drawing table, or at the studio on campus.

They collaborated on this fantastic project called Mammal Magazine. It recently launched. It’s tongue and cheek, clever, witty, ironic, and post ironic at the same time. Each illo and comic is created with fun and aplomb. You’ll just have to see it to get the full picture. To catch Mammal news, subscribe to the Mammal blog.

Here are the boys that made the magic happen:

Designboom: Cool souvenirs

January 22, 2008 4 Comments

Here’s some news before I tell you where to get the cool designboom goodies:

I guest-blogged on the fabulous Colour Lovers: Color + Design blog, my new obsession.

My free Valentine’s Day cards are featured on Craft Magazine blog, Shiny Squirrel blog, Creature Comforts blog, Oktavia blog, and In This Instance blog. Yippeee!

My work for MJM is featured on ART MOCO…one of my favorite contemporary art magazines online. Here’s where they posted about my oil paintings before.

And Anna from Absolutely Beautiful Things posted about one of my illos. Thanks everyone!

Finally, here’s the info you wanted about the cool goodies:

1 5 minute candles: first presented at the tokyo mart in 2006, 5-minute candles are small pocket candles for celebrating happy moments spontaneously. carry them with you and never risk forgetting a friend’s birthday or anniversary!

2 Cassette wallet: retro wallets hand-made from cassette tapes because every ‘cassette wallet’ is hand made, each design is a one-off. Available from marcella foschi, Italy.

3 Moss pencils: first seen at the designboom mart in new york 2006 the ‘moss pencil’ is a wooden pencil covered with green flocking

There Will Be Blood but not from Laser Cut Mirrors

January 16, 2008 No Comments

Ok so I just got home from the movie, There Will Be Blood by P.T Anderson. I’m not going to attempt to be a film blogger but I have to say this film is not for the faint of heart. Paul Dano and Daniel Day Lewis earned their daily bread on this one. I have not seen such intensity in as long as I can remember. The music was so foreboding that I felt my heart clenching up….that feeling basically lasted the entire film as my knuckles turned white from squeezing my M&M bag. A truly incredible film.

1: cool Moustache laser cut mirror by Elsewares via This Next

2 & 3: laser cut mirrors from Domestic

More on Macarons, I’m just obsessed.

January 14, 2008 2 Comments

Ok, I’m still obsessing about macarons since my last post about them. I want to go back to Paris so badly. My husband does too but thinks we should be saving for an apartment and paying bills. Ugh he’s so logical. Anyway for today’s post, I happened upon the macaron plates and went from there. When I do paint the walls of our perspective first home I think using color hunter and my favorite macaron colors is a great plan.

1 Macaron plates via Domestic

2 Macaron tea set via paris breakfasts blog (I could not find the set when I followed the link…it’s nice to look at though).

3 Macaron color palettes via color hunter. This one reminds me of my recent post about wear palettes.

If anyone knows where to get the macaron tea set online please let me know. Also, don’t think I’d hesitate to post more about macarons if anyone comes up with more cool macaron color sites, products, or any macaron items I’m unaware of. I’d like to be a macaron expert (eater/ looker at that is, not maker, they’re too complicated).

â€¢In other news, I’m working on some Valentine’s Day cards that I’m going to make available for free to download so if anyone has any feedback so far, share share. Here they are on flickr in early drafts. I’ll have to make two versions of each, one with color background and one plain so people can choose whether they want to print on color or white paper. They’ll be 5 X 7. More to come.

The Coolest Umbrellas (Senz)and rain accoutrement (Tretorn & Hunter)

Artists are Mammals: Mammal Magazine by mammalian illustrators/bloggers.

Designboom: Cool souvenirs

There Will Be Blood but not from Laser Cut Mirrors

More on Macarons, I’m just obsessed.

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