the small stakes

Jason Munn has a design studio called The Small Stakes, which has some pretty fabulous concert posters (including some glow-in-the dark ones!) here on his website...

he also designed several t-shirts/posters for several of my favorite bands for the Insound 20, a collection available for pre-order now. great design AND great bands!!!

alabama chanin fabrics

Alabama Chanin (formerly Project Alabama) has a line of fabrics which are just beautiful. Their fall/winter 08-09 catalog is also gorgeous. Alabama Chanin is a studio based in Florence, AL that produces beautiful clothes and products for the home. the artisans that make the products are from the area....a lot of them used to work in the textile factories that were in and around Florence, most of which have fairly recently shut down... a great way to revitalize an area, and to embrace southern culture.

staples for city living

So the past couple of days, I have heard much about Urban Standard, a new coffee place down on 2nd ave N in Birmingham, so today during lunch I thought I would head down there and check it out. I loved it, they serve breakfast and lunch...coffee...cupcakes...they sell ribbon, vintage jewelry and letterpressed cards...B Lesch went with me and said the chai latte was wonderful...leeanne you would be all over this place!

feist + sesame street = cuteness

how cute is this???

save the honeybees

haagan dazs loves honey bees...and their new flavor of ice cream with honey is delicious! check out their site in efforts to save the honey bees

Andrew Bush photography

Andrew Bush takes great photographs of everyday things - my favorite is his series of envelopes, here. there are some really interesting envelopes. and i love how simple all the photos are. oh, i would love to have a billion of these framed and hung on my wall in a group.

my guilty pleasure

t-minus 7 days.... season 5 woop woop!

a year of mornings

ok, holly, you've put pressure on me to upload some things to the blog today. I hate to knock Daisy out of the first blog position, so I think I should make her my photo... 

anyway... this is such a cool book that is coming out soon...  it's similar to holleeanne because it's two friends keeping in touch while they live across the country from each other. they each took a photograph of their morning every day and shared it. they've compiled their photographs into a book now, and it is coming out this fall... i may just have to buy it!... you can preorder it here.

daisy

hi / grrrr

liberty of london

liberty of london's flagship oncept shop opens this week...the shop looks amazing


























at calico and ivy you can order an assorted pack of liberty of london fabrics

pitu

so i discovered this font today from an e-mail newsletter from fontshop...i think it has such a nice elegance with its flourished but still has readability

wedding marathon: pete and sarah nell

pete and sarah nell's wedding...was a wonderful weekend to be apart of...from a sweet bridesmaids lunch to toasts at the rehearsal dinner that would make you cry...to the best reception i have been to yet

her uncle gene glass took these photos, her aunt julia glass did the flowers and table arrangements, they were so awsome and very grand and took the lanark pavillion to its glory

i did invites and programs, etc...and also a website

wedding marathon: michael and ali

this past week i have been to four weddings, all which were wonderful...ali got married on the 5th at the oaks in montgomery...here are a few pics from her wedding

charles smith was her photographer and ali put everything together herself, it was beautiful...very martha :)..and her dress is her mothers

vintage wallpaper

so this site has tons and tons of vintage wallpaper and vinyl designs, you can buy them, but they are also great inspiration for color palletes or pattern designs

birds!

i keep seeing these little handmade birds, and i think they are so cute...i just found this lady, ann wood, who makes them...click here to visit her site and make sure to check out her blog too

winnie the pooh illustrations

the classic illustrations of winnie the pooh and friends, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, are so beautiful and simple, line is drawn with much life and skill and color is added so delicately...so much could be learned by observation...click here to veiw a whole library of images

brigette's grandmother's bestfriend's son

check out this beautiful unique calligraphy by brody neuenschwander

tour of gilah press

design sponge just posted an article on gillah press' studio and letterpress space...here are a few photos

nyc waterfalls

i am DYING to go see these waterfalls by Olafur Eliasson... he built 4 waterfalls on the river in lower manhattan - including one at the base of the brooklyn bridge...they are up until october, so hopefully i will have time to go see them at some point.... for now, i'm headed down to the beach for vacation with family.... i guess i can settle for an ocean instead of a man-made waterfall on the river... but when i get back, i am definitely planning on doing this bike tour of the falls!...anyone care to join??

holly's first role

directed by fletcher
starring andrew (smoker)
and nathan (shananigate)

Me and the Vignelli's

While on my trip to New York, me and the other half of holleeanne went to the Cooper-Hewitt. Massimo Vignelli was there doing a demonstartion with the glassblowers. I was so excited to meet him. Here is a pic of me with him and his wife Lela.

Tribute to Paul Rand Video

oh joy! oh boy this blog rocks

this is the blog of joy cho a wonderful designer...so much inspiration...also check out her stationery line, nantaka joy

now it's beatles stamps

so, there are some pretty cool stamps out these days...i first saw these in I.D.'s 54th annual design rewards...they gave them "best of category"...i am not a huge beatles fan, but these stamps are pretty cool

here is a link to an article about them on AIGA's website

vintage french illustration

so this site has so many cute vintage french illustrations...i had a hard time deciding which ones i wanted to post...and they are all high res

these would be so cute to print out on a strathmore script in 100% pc cream white and frame...super cute and inexpensive art

charles and ray eames postage stamps

i got so excited when i saw these...they are so fun, jut like the eames...i got some today at my local post office but if you can't find them, click here to purchase

 

ooooh goodie

my favorite icelandic band, Sigur Ros, is coming out with a new album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust  (which apparently translates into "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly") - on June 24. But for now, you can listen to the whole thing online here - good stuff!! AND....they are playing a show at MoMa on June 18 in conjunction with the Take Your Time exhibit by Omar Eliasson (a fellow icelander!). it's an amazing exhibit, and they are one of my all-time favorite bands!!... I think it's a pretty well-kept secret, and i can't wait! - that is, if i can get tickets...

p.s. - mom, if you're reading this, sorry for the naked butts in the picture...

cute cake stands from design*sponge

these are so cute and would be super easy to make

dutch bikes

after renting bikes and riding along the hudson river on sunday, i really want to buy a bike for commuting around town... i want this one reallllllly bad....