January 2009

Time Lapse of baby playing, Tim Walker kisses + sharing the Love (book)

January 29, 2009 4 Comments

My husband sent me This video by a French-Canadian photo journalist, it’s making the rounds on the web this week. I love OPB, or “other people’s babies” as he likes to call them. We’re excited to have our own someday. I can’t get the song out of my head, it’s “Ensemble” by French Canadian band “Coeur de Pirate“.

Also check out this adorable photo by my fav fashion photographer Tim Walker via Fifi Lapin

*In other news, the Love book already got some lovely press this week after launching on Wednesday. Give it to your “honey, or yourself, or your bestie, or your mom. they will all enjoy it.” as Lisa says. Even after laying it out, I’m not bored of looking through it. I look at it everyday.

Here ‘s what other bloggers are saying about it so far and if you’re not familiar with these blogs do check them out over the weekend, they’re written by amazing people:

Have such a lovely weekend. XO.

Love book: 40 pages of incredible art & writing on love by 25 artists (perfect for V-day)

January 27, 2009 29 Comments

I’m excited to share an art book on “Love” with you. I asked 25 artists & writers—each with a distinct style and voice—to submit a piece inspired by their idea of love (sneak peek below), and then I published them as a book on blurb, a print-on-demand website. The contributing artists hail from around the world. I knew that each one’s interpretation of love would be singular, but with some profound similarities.

Love is the ideal subject for artists to interpret. We all love, but everyone defines love differently in their minds and hearts. We all love differently and the same. We are connected through love and art.

Love is available through blurb for $16.95 for a softcover, $25.95 for a hardcover with a dust jacket, and $27.95 for hardcover with “image wrap.” It contains 40 pages of incredible art including a couple of pages of amazing writing.

Enjoy the book as eye candy or give it as a gift to a loved one, just in time for V-day. If you’d like to share this book with your blog readers feel free to share the link:

Love

Contributing artists include:
Hannah Stouffer, Lilly Piri, Aaron Hogg, Lisa Butterworth, Dan Funderburgh, Samantha Hahn, Erin Loechner, Jesse Breytenbach, Kate Miss, Jessica Gonacha, Kelly Lynn Jones, Yasmine Surovec, Shira Sela, Matthew and Sandy Lynn Davis (Treatzone), Maditi, Amy Sahba, Ez Pudewa, Hijiri Shepherd, Marisa Haedike, Lisa Congdon, Holly Becker, Kate Neckel, Katie Sokoler & Kate Bingaman Burt

Stay tuned for a video preview of the book later this week!!!!!

Tyler Bender Journals with my designs on them

January 25, 2009 6 Comments

This week is the culmination of many fun collaborative projects I’ve been working on with some fabulous artists/friends. I’ll be revealing them all in the next few days.

One collaboration that I’m excited to post today is with the talented book-maker Tyler Bender. I’ve been enamoured with his work since I first saw it. Tyler takes vintage books he finds at flea markets and garage sales and remakes them into fabulous journals using a variety of papers from lined, to manila, to graph….etc.

Recently he took some of my designs and made them into these precious journals that I used here. I’m so thrilled with them. I don’t want to reveal too much, too soon, but Tyler and I have something in the works for you!! So if you like these journals stay tuned for more…..soon.

*Read my interview with Tyler and a recent post about his updated etsy shop. For real halcyon memories, here’s one of my first posts ever on Maquette where I mention Tyler’s journals.

Treatzone got my week off to a super start with this extremely warm post about my work. Thanks Sandy & Matthew!

Vintage balloon photos + links to awesome things for you to check out this weekend

January 23, 2009 6 Comments

I hope your weekend involves gleefully prancing around with balloons, or at least doing something else that makes you feel lighthearted.

Here’s where I procured these incredible photos:

1938 Vogue via My Vintage Vogue on flickr
Thelma Todd via Gatochy on flickr

Links to awesome things:

Polaroid t-shirt from Rumplo via FFFound
Heather of Skinny LaMinx’s in genius “I wish we had Ikea” (in South Africa) Tea towel
Treatzone’s gocco prints on vintage wallpaper V-day cards (or frame-able art)
Pretty and colorfully clad mom and baby on Face Hunter
Beards are the new moustaches. Beard revue just wrote to tell me about their awesome Milton Glaser-esq beard poster for only $20
Young Michael Jackson sings “we don’t have to change at all” in Free To Be. I sang it all week in my apartment to my husband’s chagrin.
Printsource run down
My love themed art in Poppytalk market
I really want to be here
Jason Wu designed Michelle Obama’s gown via Coquette. I’m on the “I love it” team

More beards and moustaches + old timey men’s bathing suits that match them

January 22, 2009 6 Comments

After my beard is the new moustache post the other day, one of my lovely readers, Elisabeth scooped me! Boy, what a scoop. Just look at these photos by Luke Stephenson on flickr from the world championship. These guys are very serious about their facial hair.

The guy on the top right needs to get some swim trunks like these old timey ones.

Don’t ask me why I’ve gone from posting frilly frocks, and sorbet color palettes to men’s facial hair and vintage bathing suits. Here’s more men’s swimwear from the olden days.

Time Lapse of baby playing, Tim Walker kisses + sharing the Love (book)

Love book: 40 pages of incredible art & writing on love by 25 artists (perfect for V-day)

Tyler Bender Journals with my designs on them

Vintage balloon photos + links to awesome things for you to check out this weekend

More beards and moustaches + old timey men’s bathing suits that match them

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