Just Look

Since my last post was pretty word-intensive, I've decided to try to balance it out with one full of pictures of things I've liked recently. 

Enjoy!

Boots and (well-dressed) Babies 

on The Sartorialist

Fur-Collar Coats

at Urban Outfitters

Plaid Shoulder Bag

also at Urban Outfitters

Canadian Animals

by Lawrie McIntosh

Beer and Hotdogs

on The Dieline

Something Swedish

on this blog

I think it's safe to say I have little to no idea what's going on here (all I can really make out is design, trend, and Swedish Ninja). But as you can tell from the close-up, an adorable Swedish man is involved (feel free to learn fluent English and call me up!)

I Bet You've Missed Me...

...because I haven't posted in over a week. But hey, it was Fall Break so get off my back.

The important thing is, I'm here now (at work) and I'm getting this blogging thing done. 

You Are Welcome.

1/ Hetterson

I wear a medium, and I'll take one. Thanks.

 

 

 

2/ Cheese, Grilled Cheese

3/ Sassy Cat Food

 

 

4/ Movie Posters

 

 

5/ Chairs

Suitcase Chair

Face Chair

6/ Clay Pigeons (and other awesome sculptures)

7/ Affordable Art

8/ Halloween

This topic actually needs its own post. 

Coming soon to a screen near your face.

Jibberish

I'm so tired that I'm not entirely sure this post will make sense to those not inside my brain. But we'll try it out anyway. 

Mats Ottdal / Jeksel

Funny.

Pretty.

Pretty funny.

Massada Eyewear

Spanish Coffee in Tokio Tortoise

Obviously how cool I would look in them.

Unfortunately this brand is not for sale anywhere near the mid-west (Maybe in about 5 years? Who knows, we don't even have an H&M in this joint yet.) but you can buy them online (soon, hopefully).

Gilpin Family Whisky

In the process

Whisky

You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Read for yourself.

The Big Harumph

This is only $20!? Dibs.

Longshot Mag

Comebacks I Gleaned from Encyclopedia Brown

1. You’re lying through a hole in your head.
2. I’ve heard better ones from a horse with lockjaw.
3. They should have called themselves the tea bags. They were always getting in hot water.
4. He’s so tiny that if he fell into a bowl of alphabet soup, he couldn’t throw out an SOS.
5. Make like a drum and beat it.

Funny, right?

Posters, Prints, Projects

I fully intend to (someday) post some of my own work, but for now I'm just going to stick to passing on inspiration I've found.

Sculptural Photography

"Sculptural Photography" is a collaboration between photographer Szymon Roginski and Kasia Korzeniecka and I absolutely love it. I mean first of all, Szymon's photographs are beautiful, and the way they're folded and then layered just puts them over the top. I can't stop staring. 

The Heidelberg Project is "the result of artist Tyree Guyton's 24-year-strong mission to inspire a fading community" (Cool Hunting) in a Detroit neighborhood. 

Sam Winston's Made Up True Stories. I don't think I even need to say anything, but I just love the way Winston incorporates words and/or numbers into a lot of his work. 

Movie poster featuring Joaquin Phoenix...what a beast.

I love the way Joaquin Phoenix looks on the poster for his new movie I'm Still Here. What a nutso. Plus I've heard the movie is supposed to be pretty insane (something about sexual harassment lawsuits?) Which only makes me want to see it more.

Today, I had my first day of Printmaking class. Which I'm pretty excited about so I immediately started researching prints (I did get distracted by this post pretty quickly though...) and these are some that I especially liked. Maybe I will be able to post my own prints by the end of the semester. Maybe.

Lonely Sentinel by Irving Amen

Fishing Boats by Irving Amen

A Dog by Tommy Matejka

Oooook kiddies, I'm off to class. Have a good day!

Blogs, Bills, Books, Bed

Blogs

Since starting my own blog, I've become increasingly aware of (and enthralled with) other blogs. In fact, a good majority of what I post here are things I've read about on other blogs. These are some of the recent additions to my ever-growing list. 

XYXX

XYXX is a photoblog (introduced to me by It's Nice That) which describes itself as "A visual conversation between two iphones and two lovers." And it's kind of amazing. I'm not usually one for emotions and sappy things like that, but I think this is superbly romantic. I know, barf, I'm sorry.

Yvan Rodic

Yvan Rodic is another photoblog I've recently been introduced to (this time by a friend of mine via Facebook). Not only do I want this dress, but this blog makes me wish I were Scandinavian even more than I already did.

Bills

I'm pretty sure I came across this on Twitter (but as those who know me can attest, my memory sucks big time) and I gotta say, I'm a fan. An entry for the redesign of dolla dolla bills. 

5 dollas by Dowling Duncan

 Books

A bookcase by Lateral Architecture

This just seems like more fun than a normal bookcase. Plus I bet it doesn't take too long to assemble...

Bed

Pretty much every night, I get in my bed and I think to myself "I should really blog about how much I love my bed." And then, well, I don't. 

Adorable bed set

You see, I have a double bed, but when I went comforter shopping I found this adorable (and on sale) comforter set by Liberty of London for Target. The only problem was that it was a king size set. I mean it wasn't really a problem because I just bought it anyway. This means that my blanket is big enough for me to wrap my whole body in it and then use the excess to snuggle with. It's perfect.

Liberty of London is pretty awesome in general.