Samantha Hahn

I covet UPPERCASE’s books

books I want via UPPERCASE

(I love) UPPERCASE highlights the world of graphic design through its gallery, books & papergoods. The gallery presents work by illustrators, photographers and graphic designers. The eclectic book selection features titles hand-picked for their uniqueness and quality of design and content. Here are some of the books I really want to read/see/have in my collection from their online shop.

Handjob

100 Years of Fashion Illustration

Wallpaper

Erie Basin birthday gift…could it get any better?

Erie Basin Necklace

Saturday night (my b’day eve) a troupe and I had a fiesta and karaoke rockathon. It was extremely exciting to get a gift from Erie Basin the stunning jewelry shop in Red Hook I often taut. The piece is special and quite spectacular (thanks Mike, Hannah, Robyn, and Brian).

I wrote to Russell the owner who was so nice to gave me a little information on the piece’s history. What a gem…Russell and Erie Basin (no pun intended):

“The little notebook is silver plated brass, and was likely made in France between 1860 and 1890. It was probably part of a chatelaine- a belt clip from which hung things usually related to sewing. The fancier chatelaines often had these little ivory notebooks too”.

Russell found both the chain and the pendant in New York, but made the educated assumption that it’s from England or France originally. It’s called a “notebook” because people could write on the ivory tablets inside. I plan to write my heart’s desire, “get a 650+ sq. ft apartment in Park Slope for under $100”.

Chalkboard wall paint: Turning a wall into a changeable slate.

Chalkboard paint post

I love this stuff and really want to make use of it in our new apt. I’d love to paint a small (14X14ish) section of wall as a calendar where we can share our events and leave grocery lists etc. The pictures above illustrate some great options for the paint and how to use it.

Image 1: design verb via Martha Stewart
Image 2: apartment therapy
Image 3: hometown paint

Tuesday expect a post on a fabulous vintage necklace from Erie Basin that I got as a b’day gift this weekend.

Laissezfaire’s top ten best new design blogs contest

image recap

Su Ling of Laissezfaire put a reminder out there that the Laissezfaire blog contest vote deadline is October 15th. If you would like to vote for Maquette or any other new design blog now is your final chance. I’m excited to pick up a few new blogs. I’m sure there’ll be some great ones to see.

Above are some images from Maquette this week:

Amenity bedding, Habitat chairs, Mary Jo Matsumoto logo, Dreams of flying/Trampoline flipping, and Cake topper.

Have a lovely weekend.

Habitat Uk: Dining chairs and Maquette news

Habitat Chairs with border by me

I love perusing Habitat dreamily. These modern dining chairs are really unobtrusive, their lines are clean and their shape so appealing. Matching is always safe but I can see mixing colors a little within one of the designs.

Sigh….another household item to add to the list. If in reality we were to purchase all the things we wanted we’d be wearing barrels with suspenders.

I added the pink border drawing in for kicks.

***In other news Craftzine.com blog posted about my DIY cupcake topper/ sculpture!!!! I am so thrilled and thankful. I think they’re so fantastic.

And Trust Your Style mentioned me and my husband after filling my eyes with glorious sunshine yellow!

My birthday is Sunday so next time I post I’ll be a bit older and wiser. Older at least.

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