be awesome today

Many thanks to Heather, Eunice and James, who each in their own way, contributed in making this print now hang above my front door.
Go here to get your own!

recent thrift store treasures

I'd been looking for a marquetry wood painting for years - they were either vastly out of my price range or the subject matter wasn't to my liking (lots of churches), so I was pretty excited when I found this one for twenty bucks at a thrift shop in Manhattan. My other recent finds included an orange blouse from the Brooklyn Flea...

 ...summery flats:

And a polka dot shirt from Buffalo Exchange:

©photos by me

california gold

Loving these California inspired posters from my friends over at Lab Partners. Check out their newly re-designed site - it looks amazing!

get back to work

With all the internet has to offer these days, sometimes I think I might need this hanging in my office.
Via Miss Moss.

time travel posters

The 826 LA storefront, the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, is so clever and well-thought out, I didn't know where to look first. These retro inspired posters were especially fantastic.

dans les rues

These posters make me want to jump on the next place to Paris.

Who am I kidding?! Anything makes me want to jump on the next plane to Paris!
Via AT.

herb & dorothy

Herb & Dorothy is a documentary chronicling the inspirational life of the Vogels, who collected one of the most important collections of minimal and conceptual art. Of meager means, they lived on Dorothy's salary (a librarian) while using Herb's income (a postal worker) to purchase work. They had two rules - the piece had to be affordable, and it had to fit into their one bedroom Manhattan apartment. By the time the documentary was made in 2008, their collection had grown to over four thousand works. In 1992, they donated their entire collection to the National Gallery.

plate wall

Over the weekend my sister and I created a plate wall for her new apartment, inspired by this one. We used a mixture of new and thrifted plates (the new ones came from Anthropologie and American Rag) and if we weren't so particular about it, the whole thing would have taken under an hour to put up.

Pretty cute, huh?!

nyc bound

I'm in NYC! I won't be blogging while I am away, but I'll be back in a week-ish with a report on the trade show, my trip and an EXCITING GIVEAWAY!!! That's right....stay tuned!
Above print from here.

e is for eames

From Please Be Still.

rather be thriftin'

I couldn't agree more.
Via duo.

enamored with: ironstone print

I'm loving this monochromatic limited edition print from Julia Rothman (in conjunction with the past & present series for design*sponge) featuring varying pieces of ironstone (a less expensive version of porcelain, originally produced in the 19th century).
Available for purchase here.

moka pot

Cute print from Sandra Juto. Available here.

sit & eat

Two new prints from Julia Rothman, one of my favorite artists.

Each print is $18 and is available for sale here.
Via D*S.