Sunday, September 12, 2010

Renegade: I'm Smitten & Debbie Carlos Photography

Hello! I strongly encourage all of you in Chicago to go to the Renegade Craft fair and check out my friends' booth with amazing photography and art: I'm Smitten and Debbie Carlos Photography. They are both amazing artists!!!!!!

Debbie Carlos Photography






I'm Smitten




Friday, July 23, 2010

Banana Bike

What's the deal with this particular style of banana bike? They seem to be everywhere. All I know is that I want one!





Thursday, July 22, 2010

Alex Katz

A lovely gentleman just introduced me to the painter Alex Katz today. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Rowboat, 1966

Unfamiliar Image, 2001

Twilight I, 1978

Sunset: Lake Wesserrunsett IV, 1972

Beach Sandals, 1987

Grey Dress, 1992

Dog at Duck Trap, 1975, 76

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Summer=Things on Wheels

Kinderfluff Roller Skate!


My Favorite Person Biking Lake Michigan


Bike Plush by My Paper Crane

This picture is lovely and idyllic!

I just visited the darling town of Krems, Austria. It is an amazing bike city!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Star Wars Plush

Every now and again I check on Heidi Kenney's My Paper Crane plushes. She is such a fantastic artist and she puts out so much stuff, so its hard to keep up with. I found this Star Wars plush she put in the Stitch Wars show at the Bear and the Bird Boutique and Gallery a while ago. I am SO impressed with this plush--its from the beginning of Empire Strikes back when Han has to put Luke's body in a Tauntaun to keep him warm to save his life. Han has to slice open the Tonka's body to save Luke, and all the Tonka's guts spill out...and it smells really bad. This is an amazing representation of this moment.



ALSO, I can't believe I came across a rad craft on the official Star Wars website. Its a Bantha plush! It's so weird and awesome that they have crafts on the Star Wars Website, and this one is extremely cool. There are a ton of other Star Wars crafts here including the Chewie Tissue Box Cozy, the Death Star Pinata and the Admiral Sackbar Puppet Craft..haha! This Bantha is my favorite!


Saturday, June 19, 2010

Kitty Blogs

People who blog about their kittens are awesome. This is why.



Courtesy of I am Maru

Friday, June 18, 2010

What is it?


Found this picture on Flickr....what on earth? Doughnut hole mountain....or something.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Geemo

I found this magnificent and bizarre toy called Geemo by Brooklyn Junior on the online designer marketplace called Supermarket. Here is the description on the toy's website, being that it's very hard to describe: "Geemo by Cas Holman, is a building block for the imagination. Geemo’s flexible magnetic limbs grab and repel each other in unpredictable ways. As Geemo comes to life in your hands, you can build, discover, create, and imagine with this new species of toy." Basically, this toy is really innovative and looks crazy awesome when it is put together. I also like the octagonal lunch box style packaging. Way to go! Also check out casholman.com. There are some neat pictures of things she has created for the home, one below.




Thursday, May 20, 2010

Kinderfluff Couch

Yes! I made a tiny couch. I used this lovely screen printed fabric my friend gave me with purple bears and hearts. I am extremely happy with the results!





Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Foxes!

I love foxes so very much! Here are a few different fox plushes I found that I really like:


I also love this fox print my friend I'm Smitten sells, which is also a wallpaper.