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Last minute holiday cards

last minute holiday cards

These lovely cards are perfect for the holidays without screaming “HOLIDAY” too overtly. You can use them as thank you cards, for other occasions, or send them to someone just to brighten their day as well. Hope you like them! I know I’d love to get one in the mail. It’s so fun to get real mail.

Ink + Wit,

greener grass design,

Saturate

*Also here are some great gift tags to download and print for free!

* Check out talented book designer/ artist Michael Storrings watercolor paintings in his book “A Very New York Christmas” available through Saks. He also makes ornaments!

Obsessive Consumption: Where Kate Bingaman showcases her love/hate relationship with money, shopping, branding, credit cards, celebrity etc…

obsessive consumption

Obsessive consumption is a brilliantly clever concept by graphic designer Kate Bingaman to document all of her purchases. Read her blog to get the daily update of what she bought in drawn form. I wonder if I were to document all of my purchases if I would become more aware of how wasteful I am, how much more I could conserve, or if I would try to buy pretty things to draw. Probably something in between. It’s a wonderful idea and I love her drawings. They’re for sale here.

Btw I was a guest again on Moldawer in the Morning podcast, episode 64. It’s a little racy. But it’s tongue and cheek.

Video-game art, Orsinal games, and art evocative cocktails

Orsinal games images

Much to the chagrin of my video-game loving husband I don’t really get into them. I used to be obsessed with Tetris and when I was a kid loved playing winter Olympics on my Apple 2gs ( I even played Super Mario 1 in college since I never had it growing up. I was too scared of the fireballs on the chains so I could never get passed a low level). I’m not into World of Warcraft (which I pretend to think is called “Army of Darkness” to get my husband’s goat), or Ps2 for that matter.

Recently at a party our cocktail loving friends, Mike and Hannah concocted a delectable drink that they coined “Golden Fawn”(2 oz light rum
2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
1 oz ginger syrup (Mike recommends Great Uncle Cornelius’, if you can find it)
1 oz homemade Falernum

I told them their drink title evoked the image of a soft fawn in a sunny field. Actually I pictured Lily Piri’s work (especially this illo).

Mike told me about Orsinal games saying they would also fit my initial vision of their cocktail. The games are sweet, pretty and cute. Check them out for aesthetic reasons or to play.

Also, I recieved this book Video Game Art as a gift once. It’s a good one if you are interested in the art that makes your favorite game look they way it does, or if you are just interested in this modern pioneering art form.

MAQUETTE GIFT GUIDE!!

MAQUETTE GIFT GUIDE!

Finally I’m done! Remind me never to promise that I’m going to do some sort of guide or compilation again. It took ages. We’re two nights in to Hanukkah and X’mas is ’round the corner. Hope you delight in the items I’ve chosen. Enjoy them for yourself or as a gift for a loved one….or at the very least as eye candy! Tell me what you think.

Here’s where you can get the goods:
1. ipod cozy: Stitchella’s shop on Etsy
2. stuffed squirrel doll: (where else but) Shiny Squirrel shop
3. Hetty Rose handmade shoes
4. Kate Spade clock
5. LED clock via Mookie Gifts
6. Casio Watch via Le Poste blog
7. Puma watch via Amazon
8. Jack Spade bag
9. Lodis Men’s wallet
10. Jack Gomme tote
11. Lodis hinge opera wallet via Amazon
12. Atwood tool handmade
13. Refurbished rotary phone: firebox.com
14. Glowing bath lights: firebox.com
15. Sunjar: firebox.com
16. Handjob typography book: Uppercase Gallery/books
17. Erica Weiner’s ginkgo necklace: Chocosho
18. Philip Crangi ring: Erie Basin
19. Love & Eight heathered lips t-shirt: Revolve Clothing
20. Giant jellyfish attacking t-shirt: Poketo

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